Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
December 1968 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1968
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1968A question is worth 5 marks and asks you to explain how a writer builds atmosphere across a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
- 2nd December 1968Which of these would best speed up the pace of an action scene: a long sentence with several clauses, or a short, three-word sentence?
- 3rd December 1968Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the funfair at midnight.'
- 4th December 1968Is the claim 'debating is clearly the single best way to build confidence' a fact or an opinion?
- 5th December 1968A charity advert says: 'You could change a child's life today.' Which word directly addresses the reader, and what effect does this have?
- 6th December 1968Work out (-5) + (-8) - (-6).
- 7th December 1968y is directly proportional to x. When x = 5, y = 30. Work out the value of y when x = 8.
- 8th December 1968Find 3/8 of 64.
- 9th December 1968Write 0.000078 in standard form.
- 10th December 1968A cylindrical bucket has radius 12 cm and height 25 cm. Work out its volume, to 3 significant figures. (Use pi = 3.14159.)
- 11th December 1968Work out sqrt(169) + 4^2.
- 12th December 1968Increase 240 pounds by 12%.
- 13th December 1968Work out 312 divided by 8, using a written method.
- 14th December 1968The list shows the number of pets owned by 9 pupils: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 0, 1. Write down the mode.
- 15th December 1968During vigorous exercise, a sprinter's muscles cannot get enough oxygen. Name the substance that builds up in the muscles as a result, and state one effect this has.
- 16th December 1968The density of olive oil is 0.92 g/cm^3. State, with a reason, whether olive oil would float or sink in water (density 1.0 g/cm^3).
- 17th December 1968A parcel of mass 2.5 kg is lifted onto a shelf 2 m above the ground. Take g = 10 N/kg and use GPE = mass x g x height. Calculate the gain in gravitational potential energy.
- 18th December 1968Name the type of blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart under high pressure.
- 19th December 1968State whether gold is a very reactive or a very unreactive metal, given that it is found in the Earth as the pure metal rather than in a compound.
- 20th December 1968State the name given to elements found in Group 1 of the periodic table.
- 21st December 1968Before starting a watering investigation, a pupil writes this prediction: a plant given more water each day will grow taller than one given less water. State one piece of scientific reasoning that could support this prediction.
- 22nd December 1968Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Dust rose from the floor, and Elias covered his mouth."
- 23rd December 1968Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The old house was SCARY.'
- 24th December 1968Which word from 'the tannoy crackled out another indistinct apology' suggests the announcement was hard to understand?
- 25th December 1968A diver 'counted her breaths, trying to make each one last longer than the last.' What does this suggest about her situation?
- 26th December 1968In a poem, the line "Waves gnaw at the cliff's grey chin" contains an example of which technique?
- 27th December 1968An article states 'Pupils who read for pleasure for just ten minutes a day report feeling calmer.' Name the technique used here.
- 28th December 1968A poem describes wind as "howling" and "moaning" through bare branches. Name the technique shown by these two words.
- 29th December 1968Calculate the circumference of a circle with a radius of 9 cm. Use pi = 3.14.
- 30th December 1968Round 6.849 to 1 decimal place.
- 31st December 1968A coat costs 80 pounds. Its price increases by 25%. Work out the new price.