Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
October 1971 5-a-day
Every sheet in October 1971
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1971State whether burning magnesium ribbon in air to form magnesium oxide is a physical change or a chemical change, and give a reason.
- 2nd October 1971Using the reactivity series, state whether iron would react with a solution of copper sulfate, given that iron is more reactive than copper.
- 3rd October 1971Name the piece of equipment used to separate an insoluble solid from a liquid.
- 4th October 1971A pupil uses a stopwatch to measure how long a candle takes to burn down by 1 cm, but forgets to shield the candle from a draught in the room. State whether this makes the result less reliable or less valid, and explain your answer.
- 5th October 1971Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: dont go any further whispered grace something isnt right down here
- 6th October 1971Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The fog rolled in, and the harbour lights dimmed to a blur.'
- 7th October 1971A five-mark question asks you to explain how the writer builds a sense of frustration across the whole extract. What should your answer cover?
- 8th October 1971A question is worth 3 marks and asks you to explain the effect of a description. Roughly how many separate points should your answer include?
- 9th October 1971If a poem's rhythm becomes short and broken in its final stanza after being steady throughout, what might this suggest?
- 10th October 1971Name the technique used in this line: New worlds. New characters. New ideas, every single time.
- 11th October 1971If a poem starts with long, flowing lines and ends with very short, clipped lines, what effect might this create?
- 12th October 1971A cuboid measures 7 cm by 5 cm by 4 cm. Calculate its volume.
- 13th October 1971Simplify 6a + 9 - 2a - 4.
- 14th October 1971Simplify 4(2x - 3) + 5.
- 15th October 1971A stall sells 4 sandwiches at 2.20 pounds each and 3 drinks at 1.10 pounds each. Work out the total cost, without a calculator.
- 16th October 1971Write the ratio 16:24 in its simplest form.
- 17th October 1971Work out 8 x 6.
- 18th October 1971Find 3/5 of 45.
- 19th October 1971Work out 15 x 14, using a written method.
- 20th October 1971Find 3/4 of 88.
- 21st October 1971State one way a communicable disease differs from a non-communicable disease.
- 22nd October 1971State the name given to a horizontal row of the periodic table.
- 23rd October 1971State whether the Earth's day (one full rotation on its axis) or the Earth's year (one full orbit of the Sun) takes longer.
- 24th October 1971A sound wave has a high frequency. State whether this means it has a high pitch or a low pitch.
- 25th October 1971A pupil records the mass of a beaker of ice every 2 minutes as it melts. State which variable is the independent variable in this investigation.
- 26th October 1971Name the three states of matter.
- 27th October 1971A character says 'I'm fine' through gritted teeth, then slams the door. Explain what the contrast between the character's words and actions suggests.
- 28th October 1971Correct the spelling error caused by a missing doubled consonant: 'I am hopping to finish my homework before dinner' (meaning expecting, not jumping).
- 29th October 1971Correct the tense error: 'Last week, she swims to the buoy and back without stopping.'
- 30th October 1971A poem has irregular line lengths and no rhyme scheme, but a steady, insistent rhythm created by repeating the same three-syllable phrase. What technique creates this effect?
- 31st October 1971What is the name for a poem with no regular rhyme scheme or fixed rhythm?