Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
October 1984 5-a-day
Every sheet in October 1984
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1984A pupil's results table is missing units for one column, headed only 'Volume'. State why it is important to always include a unit in a column heading or with a numerical answer.
- 2nd October 1984Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: dont go any further whispered grace something isnt right down here
- 3rd October 1984Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The fog rolled in, and the harbour lights dimmed to a blur.'
- 4th October 1984A five-mark question asks you to explain how the writer builds a sense of frustration across the whole extract. What should your answer cover?
- 5th October 1984A question is worth 3 marks and asks you to explain the effect of a description. Roughly how many separate points should your answer include?
- 6th October 1984If a poem's rhythm becomes short and broken in its final stanza after being steady throughout, what might this suggest?
- 7th October 1984Name the technique used in this line: New worlds. New characters. New ideas, every single time.
- 8th October 1984If a poem starts with long, flowing lines and ends with very short, clipped lines, what effect might this create?
- 9th October 1984Calculate the perimeter of a rectangle measuring 14 cm by 8.5 cm.
- 10th October 1984Simplify 6a + 9 - 2a - 4.
- 11th October 1984Simplify 4(2x - 3) + 5.
- 12th October 1984A stall sells 4 sandwiches at 2.20 pounds each and 3 drinks at 1.10 pounds each. Work out the total cost, without a calculator.
- 13th October 1984Write the ratio 16:24 in its simplest form.
- 14th October 1984Work out 8 x 6.
- 15th October 1984Find 3/5 of 45.
- 16th October 1984Work out 15 x 14, using a written method.
- 17th October 1984Find 3/4 of 88.
- 18th October 1984State one way a communicable disease differs from a non-communicable disease.
- 19th October 1984State the name given to a horizontal row of the periodic table.
- 20th October 1984Put these bodies in order of their distance from the Sun, starting with the closest: Mars, Mercury, Earth, Venus.
- 21st October 1984State whether elements in the same group of the periodic table have similar or very different chemical properties.
- 22nd October 1984A pupil records the mass of a beaker of ice every 2 minutes as it melts. State which variable is the independent variable in this investigation.
- 23rd October 1984Name the three states of matter.
- 24th October 1984A character says 'I'm fine' through gritted teeth, then slams the door. Explain what the contrast between the character's words and actions suggests.
- 25th October 1984Correct the spelling error caused by a missing doubled consonant: 'I am hopping to finish my homework before dinner' (meaning expecting, not jumping).
- 26th October 1984Correct the tense error: 'Last week, she swims to the buoy and back without stopping.'
- 27th October 1984A 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?
- 28th October 1984What is the name for a poem with no regular rhyme scheme or fixed rhythm?
- 29th October 1984A character 'counted his steps instead of looking down.' What does this suggest about his feelings?
- 30th October 1984This sentence contains a comma splice: The rain started early, we cancelled the picnic. Correct it in one way.
- 31st October 1984A writer describes a current as "dragging greedy fingers along the wreck." Name the technique used here.