Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
September 1981 5-a-day
Every sheet in September 1981
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 1981A diver notices 'a single brass buckle winking in the torchlight.' Which word suggests the buckle is briefly catching and reflecting the light?
- 2nd September 1981In the phrase "silent, secret snow", which technique is being used?
- 3rd September 1981What is a counter-argument, and why might a writer include one?
- 4th September 1981In the phrase "silent, snow-hushed streets", which technique is being used?
- 5th September 1981A cuboid measures 7 cm by 5 cm by 4 cm. Calculate its volume.
- 6th September 1981A pack of 24 pencils costs 3.60 pounds. Work out the cost of one pencil.
- 7th September 1981Write 0.35 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 8th September 1981A parallelogram has base 12 cm and perpendicular height 5 cm. Work out its area.
- 9th September 19813 workers can paint a fence in 8 hours, working at the same constant rate. How long would it take 4 workers to paint the same fence?
- 10th September 1981Find 10% of 95 pounds.
- 11th September 1981Work out 9 x 8.
- 12th September 1981A coat costs 80 pounds. It is reduced by 35% in a sale. Work out the sale price.
- 13th September 1981Work out 15% of 60.
- 14th September 1981Name the green pigment, found in chloroplasts, that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis.
- 15th September 1981Name the group of the periodic table that contains elements which are almost completely unreactive because their outer electron shell is full.
- 16th September 1981State whether the Earth's day (one full rotation on its axis) or the Earth's year (one full orbit of the Sun) takes longer.
- 17th September 1981A sound wave has a high frequency. State whether this means it has a high pitch or a low pitch.
- 18th September 1981Name the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
- 19th September 1981Name the small intestine's main job in the digestive system.
- 20th September 1981A question asks you to 'summarise the passage in your own words.' What must you avoid doing when answering it?
- 21st September 1981Is the relative clause in this sentence defining or non-defining, and should it have commas: 'The teacher who marked our essays gave detailed feedback' (assume there are several teachers)?
- 22nd September 1981Which sentence is correct if you mean you carried your umbrella with you: 'I brought my umbrella yesterday' or 'I bought my umbrella yesterday'?
- 23rd September 1981Find and copy one word from 'the wind stripped the last brave leaves from the oak' that suggests the leaves were trying to resist the wind.
- 24th September 1981A poem compares old age to 'a coat grown heavy with wear.' Name this technique.
- 25th September 1981A question worth 4 marks asks you to explain the effect of a writer's description. Roughly how many separate points should your answer include?
- 26th September 1981Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly? A) I like tennis; and swimming. B) I like tennis; my sister prefers swimming.
- 27th September 1981In an extract, a diver "checked her air gauge twice in under a minute." What does this suggest about how she is feeling?
- 28th September 1981Simplify 5x + 3y - 2x + 7y.
- 29th September 1981Simplify the ratio 45:30.
- 30th September 1981Write 5:20 as a ratio in its simplest form.