Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
December 1980 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1980
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1980Which word means the same as "exhausted" in a sentence describing tired climbers: "drained", "energetic", "cheerful" or "restless"?
- 2nd December 1980A biography states that a person 'taught herself to read at six using her grandfather's newspapers, and published her first book by twenty.' What can a reader infer about this person's character from these facts?
- 3rd December 1980A travel brochure and a science textbook both describe coral reefs. Which is more likely to use exaggerated, emotive language, and why?
- 4th December 1980A leaflet states 'You could help save a hundred bottles a year.' Which word directly addresses the reader?
- 5th December 1980Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The rain fell steadily.'
- 6th December 1980Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the suitcase on the platform."
- 7th December 1980Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Crates of fruit lined the pavement."
- 8th December 1980Find the mean of these test scores: 14, 18, 12, 20, 16.
- 9th December 1980Solve x^2 - 5x + 6 = 0.
- 10th December 1980A survey asked 25 people how many books they read last month: 6 people read 0, 10 read 1, 6 read 2, 3 read 3. Work out the mean number of books read.
- 11th December 1980Work out 60% of 45.
- 12th December 1980A spinner can land on red, blue, green or yellow only. P(red) = 0.3, P(blue) = 0.25, P(green) = 0.2. Work out P(yellow).
- 13th December 1980The product of two consecutive positive integers is 132. Find the two integers.
- 14th December 1980Expand 4(3x + 2).
- 15th December 1980Work out 12.6 divided by 0.3.
- 16th December 1980Find 35% of 160 pounds.
- 17th December 1980A cell has a real width of 0.02 mm. In a drawing, the same cell is shown 4 mm wide. Calculate the magnification of the drawing.
- 18th December 1980Explain, using collision theory, why crushing a solid into a powder increases the rate of reaction.
- 19th December 1980A runner covers 400 m in 50 seconds at a constant speed. Use speed = distance / time to calculate her speed.
- 20th December 1980Some endothermic reactions cause the temperature of their surroundings to fall. Explain, in terms of energy, why this happens.
- 21st December 1980Name the group in the periodic table that contains helium, neon and argon.
- 22nd December 1980A pupil measures a mass of 3.5 kg on a set of scales. Convert this mass to grams.
- 23rd December 1980Choose the correct homophone to complete the sentence: The team celebrated ___ victory together. (their / there / they're)
- 24th December 1980In the sentence 'The old clock in the hallway ticked with the patience of a watchman,' which word gives the clock a human quality?
- 25th December 1980A character mutters "It's nothing" while quickly hiding a letter in his pocket. Explain what the contrast between his words and actions suggests.
- 26th December 1980Explain one way an ending can 'connect back' to the opening of a story.
- 27th December 1980Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: Although the fair had closed years ago, the carousel still turned.
- 28th December 1980Give one example of emotive language a speaker might use to persuade pupils that public speaking is worth the risk.
- 29th December 1980What is a rhetorical question, and why do persuasive writers use them?
- 30th December 1980Round 4826 to the nearest hundred.
- 31st December 1980Write 0.00042 in standard form.