Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
January 1984 5-a-day
Every sheet in January 1984
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 1984Name the enzyme, found in saliva, that begins the digestion of starch in the mouth.
- 2nd January 1984State the standard unit used for density in physics and chemistry.
- 3rd January 1984A pupil applies a force of 10 N to move an object 2 m in the direction of the force. Use work done = force x distance to calculate the work done.
- 4th January 1984A student wears safety goggles when heating a test tube of liquid over a Bunsen burner. State the hazard that the goggles help protect against.
- 5th January 1984A guide tells the group "we're nearly there" in a steady voice, but keeps glancing anxiously at the darkening sky. Explain what the contrast between his words and his glances suggests.
- 6th January 1984You are asked to summarise a paragraph in one sentence. What is the biggest risk to avoid?
- 7th January 1984Give one feature, other than headings, that a factual magazine article might use to help organise information for the reader.
- 8th January 1984What is emotive language, and why might a writer use it in a leaflet about ocean pollution?
- 9th January 1984Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The storm was BIG.'
- 10th January 1984Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The doors opened, and passengers spilled onto the platform."
- 11th January 1984Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The market was NOISY."
- 12th January 1984A spinner has a probability of 0.3 of landing on red, a probability of 0.45 of landing on blue, and the remaining probability of landing on green. Find the probability of landing on green.
- 13th January 1984y is directly proportional to x. When x = 6, y = 15. Work out y when x = 10.
- 14th January 1984A bag contains 8 red, 9 blue and 7 green counters only. A counter is picked at random. Work out the probability it is red, giving your answer as a decimal to 3 significant figures.
- 15th January 1984Find 3/5 of 120.
- 16th January 1984A fair coin is flipped and a fair six-sided dice is rolled at the same time. Work out the probability of getting heads on the coin and a number greater than 4 on the dice.
- 17th January 1984Femi can complete a job alone in 2 hours, Grace can complete the same job alone in 3 hours, and Hassan can complete it alone in 6 hours. Working together at these constant rates, how long will it take them to complete the job?
- 18th January 1984Solve 5x - 4 = 21.
- 19th January 1984A train travels 245 km in 3.5 hours. Work out its average speed.
- 20th January 1984Calculate the simple interest earned on 600 pounds saved for 3 years at an annual rate of 4%.
- 21st January 1984State whether human eye colour is an example of inherited variation, environmental variation, or both.
- 22nd January 1984State whether an exothermic reaction transfers energy to, or takes in energy from, the surroundings.
- 23rd January 1984A wind turbine and a coal power station both generate electricity, but only one of them directly burns fuel to boil water into steam. State which one this is, and name the component that this steam turns.
- 24th January 1984A car accelerates from rest to 20 m/s in 4 s. Calculate its acceleration, using acceleration = change in velocity / time.
- 25th January 1984State the unit used to measure electric current.
- 26th January 1984State the name of the force that acts to slow down a moving object due to contact between two surfaces.
- 27th January 1984Add an apostrophe in the correct place: The two teams kits were both muddy after the match. (There is one kit set per team, and two teams in total.)
- 28th January 1984A four-mark question asks you to explain the effect of the writer's language in one paragraph. Roughly how many separate points should your answer include?
- 29th January 1984A question asks you to "find and copy one word" meaning "silent." Which of these fits: "hushed", "loud", "busy" or "bright"?
- 30th January 1984Identify the four stages of a well-structured short narrative.
- 31st January 1984Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: dont go near the big wheel warned tom its not safe