Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
April 1979 5-a-day
Every sheet in April 1979
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 1979Correct the spelling error caused by a missing doubled consonant: 'I am hopping to finish my homework before dinner' (meaning expecting, not jumping).
- 2nd April 1979Correct the tense error: 'Last week, she swims to the buoy and back without stopping.'
- 3rd April 1979A 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?
- 4th April 1979What is the name for a poem with no regular rhyme scheme or fixed rhythm?
- 5th April 1979A character 'counted his steps instead of looking down.' What does this suggest about his feelings?
- 6th April 1979Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly? A) I like tennis; and swimming. B) I like tennis; my sister prefers swimming.
- 7th April 1979A writer describes a current as "dragging greedy fingers along the wreck." Name the technique used here.
- 8th April 1979A 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 April 1979A box of 15 chocolates costs 4.50 pounds. Work out the cost of one chocolate.
- 10th April 1979Work out 56 / 7.
- 11th April 1979In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 27 degrees and the opposite side is 6 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse, to 1 decimal place.
- 12th April 1979Work out 3/4 of 148.
- 13th April 1979Share 156 pounds between two people in the ratio 7:6.
- 14th April 1979A regular polygon has an exterior angle of 24 degrees. Work out how many sides the polygon has.
- 15th April 1979Convert 4.2 metres into centimetres.
- 16th April 1979Write the first four terms of the sequence with nth term 2n^2.
- 17th April 1979Name the substance that builds up in muscles during anaerobic respiration and causes fatigue.
- 18th April 1979Name the two substances that must both be present for iron to rust.
- 19th April 1979A pupil measures a length as 250 mm. State this length in metres.
- 20th April 1979State how many natural moons orbit the Earth.
- 21st April 1979State the name of the process by which light rays bend as they pass from air into glass.
- 22nd April 1979A thermometer has graduations every 1 degree C. A student takes a single temperature reading of 40 degrees C. Calculate the percentage uncertainty in this reading.
- 23rd April 1979A text about coral reefs moves from explaining what coral is, to how reefs form, to why they are under threat. What is this structure called?
- 24th April 1979Explain why a poet might use short, one-word lines to describe a sudden event, such as an accident.
- 25th April 1979A poem compares grief to 'a stone carried in the pocket, never quite forgotten.' Name this technique.
- 26th April 1979Correct the tense error: Last week, the choir practises for two hours every evening.
- 27th April 1979Punctuate this exchange between two speakers, starting a new line for each: are you ready asked sam almost said priya
- 28th April 1979Which two poetic techniques appear in the line 'The streetlamp's silver stare slid over its fur'?
- 29th April 1979In a report, a word is defined as follows: 'The expedition team faced constant attrition - illness, injury and exhaustion wore down their numbers day by day.' What does 'attrition' mean here?
- 30th April 1979A train travels 90 km in 1.5 hours at a constant speed, shown as a straight line on a distance-time graph. Calculate the gradient of this line, and state what it represents.