Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
November 1983 5-a-day
Every sheet in November 1983
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 1983A diver 'counted her breaths, trying to make each one last longer than the last.' What does this suggest about her situation?
- 2nd November 1983In a poem, the line "Waves gnaw at the cliff's grey chin" contains an example of which technique?
- 3rd November 1983An article states 'Pupils who read for pleasure for just ten minutes a day report feeling calmer.' Name the technique used here.
- 4th November 1983A poem describes wind as "howling" and "moaning" through bare branches. Name the technique shown by these two words.
- 5th November 1983Calculate the circumference of a circle with a radius of 9 cm. Use pi = 3.14.
- 6th November 1983Round 6.849 to 1 decimal place.
- 7th November 1983A coat costs 80 pounds. Its price increases by 25%. Work out the new price.
- 8th November 1983A prize of 240 pounds is shared between three friends in the ratio 1:2:5. Work out the smallest share.
- 9th November 1983A map has a scale of 1:20000. Two towns are 7cm apart on the map. Work out the real distance between them, in km.
- 10th November 1983Work out 3 + 6 x 2 - 4.
- 11th November 1983A recipe uses 2 eggs for every 150 g of flour. Work out how many grams of flour are needed for 5 eggs, at the same ratio.
- 12th November 1983Work out -3 - 6.
- 13th November 1983Work out -9 + 15.
- 14th November 1983Name the green pigment, found in chloroplasts, that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis.
- 15th November 1983Name the group of the periodic table that contains elements which are almost completely unreactive because their outer electron shell is full.
- 16th November 1983An astronaut has a mass of 70 kg on Earth. State her mass on the Moon, and explain why her weight on the Moon is less than her weight on Earth.
- 17th November 1983Using the periodic table, state whether the element chlorine (Cl) is a metal or a non-metal.
- 18th November 1983Name the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
- 19th November 1983Name the small intestine's main job in the digestive system.
- 20th November 1983A writer describes a bell as 'clanging its complaint into the empty square.' Name the poetic or literary technique used here.
- 21st November 1983Add the correct negative prefix to make this word mean 'not legal': legal.
- 22nd November 1983Choose the correct word: We had ___ time to finish the test than we expected. (less / fewer)
- 23rd November 1983What is the name for a poem written in stanzas of two lines each?
- 24th November 1983Explain why a poet might choose short, one-syllable words to describe the strike of a hammer, rather than longer, softer words.
- 25th November 1983A climber notices 'his fingers had gone from cold to strangely warm.' What might this detail suggest to an alert reader?
- 26th November 1983Choose the correct homophone to complete the sentence: The dog wagged ___ tail happily. (its / it's)
- 27th November 1983A question is worth 5 marks and asks you to explain how a writer builds a sense of danger across a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
- 28th November 1983Simplify 5x + 3y - 2x + 7y.
- 29th November 1983Work out 40% of 65.
- 30th November 1983A jacket costs 65 pounds. Work out the cost after a 20% discount.