Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
December 1974 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1974
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1974Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: Regular ___ at the piano will improve your technique. (practice / practise)
- 2nd December 1974Identify and correct the pronoun error: 'The dog wagged their tail happily.'
- 3rd December 1974A poem compares old age to 'a candle guttering low, still giving light.' Name this technique.
- 4th December 1974Which two poetic techniques appear in the line 'The fire hissed and spat its sparks'?
- 5th December 1974Find and copy one word from 'the mist swallowed the path ahead of him' that gives the mist a human or animal-like quality.
- 6th December 1974This sentence contains a comma splice: The rain started early, we cancelled the picnic. Correct it in one way.
- 7th December 1974A diver signals "all clear" with a steady hand, but his eyes keep darting towards the wreck's dark entrance. Explain what the contrast between his signal and his eyes suggests.
- 8th December 1974A charity bake sale raises 200 pounds, split between three charities in the ratio 3 : 2 : 5. Work out the amount the largest share receives.
- 9th December 1974Find 1/3 of 96.
- 10th December 1974Work out -12 + 4 x 3.
- 11th December 1974Solve x^2 - 2x - 24 = 0.
- 12th December 1974Work out 207 divided by 9, showing your written method.
- 13th December 1974Work out 143 divided by 11.
- 14th December 1974A regular polygon has an exterior angle of 24 degrees. Work out how many sides the polygon has.
- 15th December 1974A right-angled triangle has hypotenuse 17 cm and one leg of 8 cm. Calculate the length of the other leg.
- 16th December 1974Using the formula v = u + at, find v when u = 5, a = 3 and t = 4.
- 17th December 1974Name the substance that builds up in muscles during anaerobic respiration and causes fatigue.
- 18th December 1974Name the two substances that must both be present for iron to rust.
- 19th December 1974A pupil rubs a plastic rod with a cloth, giving the rod a negative electric charge. She then holds the rod near small pieces of paper on a table. State what she would observe, and explain why, in terms of electric charge.
- 20th December 1974In the food chain grass, rabbit, fox, where grass is eaten by rabbits and rabbits are eaten by foxes, name the organism that is the producer.
- 21st December 1974State the name of the process by which light rays bend as they pass from air into glass.
- 22nd December 1974A cylinder of gas is labelled with a diamond-shaped symbol showing a black flame on an orange background. State what hazard this symbol represents.
- 23rd December 1974A writer describes rising ocean temperatures as "a slow-burning threat to one of the planet's most colourful ecosystems." Explain what effect the phrase "slow-burning" has on the reader.
- 24th December 1974A poem compares loneliness to 'an empty chair at a crowded table.' Name this technique.
- 25th December 1974Explain why a poet might choose an irregular, unpredictable rhythm to describe a storm, rather than a steady, regular one.
- 26th December 1974Choose the correct homophone: ___ going to be late if the bus does not arrive soon. (Whose / Who's)
- 27th December 1974Identify the subordinate clause in this sentence: Because the fire alarm sounded, everyone left the building calmly.
- 28th December 1974What is the term for a poem that continues a sentence or idea from one line to the next without a pause?
- 29th December 1974Give one feature, other than headings, that a factual magazine article might use to help organise information for the reader.
- 30th December 1974Find the midpoint of the line segment joining (-4, 2) and (6, -8).
- 31st December 1974A car valued at 12,000 pounds depreciates by 15% in its first year. Work out its value at the end of the first year.