Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
September 1986 5-a-day
Every sheet in September 1986
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 1986State the products formed when a metal reacts with an acid.
- 2nd September 1986A character says 'I'm fine' through gritted teeth, then slams the door. Explain what the contrast between the character's words and actions suggests.
- 3rd September 1986Correct the spelling error caused by a missing doubled consonant: 'I am hopping to finish my homework before dinner' (meaning expecting, not jumping).
- 4th September 1986Correct the tense error: 'Last week, she swims to the buoy and back without stopping.'
- 5th September 1986A 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?
- 6th September 1986What is the name for a poem with no regular rhyme scheme or fixed rhythm?
- 7th September 1986A character 'counted his steps instead of looking down.' What does this suggest about his feelings?
- 8th September 1986Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly? A) I like tennis; and swimming. B) I like tennis; my sister prefers swimming.
- 9th September 1986A writer describes a current as "dragging greedy fingers along the wreck." Name the technique used here.
- 10th September 1986A rectangle has length 9 cm and width 6 cm. Work out its area and its perimeter.
- 11th September 1986A box of 15 chocolates costs 4.50 pounds. Work out the cost of one chocolate.
- 12th September 1986Work out 56 / 7.
- 13th September 1986In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 27 degrees and the opposite side is 6 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse, to 1 decimal place.
- 14th September 1986Work out 3/4 of 148.
- 15th September 1986Share 156 pounds between two people in the ratio 7:6.
- 16th September 1986A floor is tiled with a repeating pattern of identical regular hexagonal tiles, with no gaps or overlaps. State the size of each interior angle of a regular hexagon, and explain why regular hexagons can tile a flat floor exactly.
- 17th September 1986Convert 4.2 metres into centimetres.
- 18th September 1986Write the first four terms of the sequence with nth term 2n^2.
- 19th September 1986State one way the alveoli are adapted for efficient gas exchange.
- 20th September 1986Explain why attaching a block of zinc to the hull of a steel ship helps to protect the ship from rusting.
- 21st September 1986A pupil measures a length as 250 mm. State this length in metres.
- 22nd September 1986State how many natural moons orbit the Earth.
- 23rd September 1986Name the gas that makes up approximately 78% of the Earth's atmosphere.
- 24th September 1986A thermometer has graduations every 1 degree C. A student takes a single temperature reading of 40 degrees C. Calculate the percentage uncertainty in this reading.
- 25th September 1986A text about coral reefs moves from explaining what coral is, to how reefs form, to why they are under threat. What is this structure called?
- 26th September 1986Explain why a poet might use short, one-word lines to describe a sudden event, such as an accident.
- 27th September 1986A poem compares grief to 'a stone carried in the pocket, never quite forgotten.' Name this technique.
- 28th September 1986Correct the tense error: Last week, the choir practises for two hours every evening.
- 29th September 1986Punctuate this exchange between two speakers, starting a new line for each: are you ready asked sam almost said priya
- 30th September 1986Which two poetic techniques appear in the line 'The streetlamp's silver stare slid over its fur'?