Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
October 1985 5-a-day
Every sheet in October 1985
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1985What is the name for a poem written in stanzas of two lines each?
- 2nd October 1985Explain why a poet might choose short, one-syllable words to describe the strike of a hammer, rather than longer, softer words.
- 3rd October 1985A climber notices 'his fingers had gone from cold to strangely warm.' What might this detail suggest to an alert reader?
- 4th October 1985Correct the punctuation in this sentence, which reports direct speech: she shouted watch out and pulled her brother back from the road
- 5th October 1985A 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?
- 6th October 1985A charity bake sale raises 200 pounds, split between three charities in the ratio 3 : 2 : 5. Work out the amount the largest share receives.
- 7th October 1985Work out 40% of 65.
- 8th October 1985A jacket costs 65 pounds. Work out the cost after a 20% discount.
- 9th October 1985p is inversely proportional to q. When q = 8, p = 9. Work out p when q = 6.
- 10th October 1985Write 0.35 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 11th October 1985Work out 5/6 of 90.
- 12th October 1985A regular polygon has an exterior angle of 24 degrees. Work out how many sides the polygon has.
- 13th October 1985A rectangle has length 9.2 cm and width 6.8 cm. Calculate its perimeter.
- 14th October 1985The nth term of a sequence is 5n - 2. Find the 12th term.
- 15th October 1985Name the substance that builds up in muscles during anaerobic respiration and causes fatigue.
- 16th October 1985Name the two substances that must both be present for iron to rust.
- 17th October 1985Name the organs whose main job is to filter waste products out of the blood and produce urine.
- 18th October 1985Name the continuous process by which rocks are broken down, transported, deposited, and can eventually reform into new rock types.
- 19th October 1985State the name of the process by which light rays bend as they pass from air into glass.
- 20th October 1985A student reads the volume of liquid in a measuring cylinder. The bottom of the meniscus lines up exactly halfway between the 22 cm^3 and 24 cm^3 graduation marks. State the volume of liquid.
- 21st October 1985A non-fiction text about volcanoes uses the heading "How an Eruption Happens." What is the purpose of this heading?
- 22nd October 1985What is the name for a poem written in three-line stanzas?
- 23rd October 1985A poem has four-line stanzas with an ABAB rhyme scheme throughout. What effect might this regular structure have on the reader?
- 24th October 1985Insert a colon in the correct place: The kit list included the following items a torch, a compass and a whistle.
- 25th October 1985Correct the subject-verb agreement error: The team of swimmers were training every morning.
- 26th October 1985A poem compares the fox's eyes to 'two small, cold coins.' Name this technique.
- 27th October 1985You are asked to summarise a paragraph in one sentence. What is the biggest risk to avoid?
- 28th October 1985A conversion graph shows that 5 miles is equivalent to 8 kilometres. Using this scale, convert 20 miles to kilometres.
- 29th October 1985A car valued at 12,000 pounds depreciates by 15% in its first year. Work out its value at the end of the first year.
- 30th October 1985Write 3/5 as a decimal.
- 31st October 1985After a 12% pay rise, Priya's monthly salary is 2,240 pounds. Work out her monthly salary before the pay rise.