Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
March 1987 5-a-day
Every sheet in March 1987
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 1987Name the process used to neutralise an acid using an alkali.
- 2nd March 1987Find and correct the tense error in this sentence: Last week, the team trains hard and wins every match.
- 3rd March 1987An apprentice is described as 'chewing the inside of his cheek and avoiding his master's eye.' What does this suggest about how he feels?
- 4th March 1987Which word means the same as "cluttered" in a sentence describing a messy attic: "crammed", "empty", "tidy" or "spacious"?
- 5th March 1987Rewrite this line of dialogue to remove the overused adverb, showing the emotion instead: 'I'm not scared,' she said bravely.
- 6th March 1987Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: The lights flickered, and the music started on its own.
- 7th March 1987Name the technique used in this line: New voices. New ideas. New confidence.
- 8th March 1987A leaflet states: 'Experts agree that recycling just one more item a week could transform our town's waste problem.' Name one persuasive technique used here.
- 9th March 1987Calculate the value of 7 + 2 x (6 - 3) x 2, showing your method.
- 10th March 1987A right-angled triangle has two shorter sides of length 9 cm and 12 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse.
- 11th March 1987A prize fund of 150 pounds is shared between two clubs in the ratio 2:3. Work out the larger share.
- 12th March 1987In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 50 degrees and the hypotenuse is 14 cm. Work out the length of the side opposite angle A, to 1 decimal place.
- 13th March 1987Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(-5, -2) and B(9, 6).
- 14th March 1987A rectangle has an area of 84 cm^2 and a length of 9.6 cm. Work out its width, to 1 decimal place.
- 15th March 1987Decrease 350 pounds by 18%.
- 16th March 1987Work out 2/5 of 65.
- 17th March 1987Five pupils recorded the number of minutes they spent reading yesterday: 9, 13, 20, 11, 17. Find the mean number of minutes.
- 18th March 1987Name the organelle found in both plant and animal cells that is the site of aerobic respiration.
- 19th March 1987A block of wood has a mass of 60 g and a volume of 80 cm^3. Calculate its density.
- 20th March 1987A farmer weighing 900 N stands on the ground. Her boots have a total sole area of 0.03 m^2. Use pressure = force / area to calculate the pressure she exerts on the ground, giving your answer in Pa.
- 21st March 1987A ray of light travels from air into a glass block and bends towards the normal at the boundary. Name this effect.
- 22nd March 1987Name one structure found in a plant cell that is not found in an animal cell.
- 23rd March 1987A pupil doubles the concentration of acid used in a reaction with a metal, keeping everything else the same. State what happens to the rate of the reaction.
- 24th March 1987A 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.
- 25th March 1987Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Although the handle was rusted solid, the door creaked open at last."
- 26th March 1987Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: hurry up whispered Kofi we havent got much time
- 27th March 1987A question asks you to 'state one reason why the train was delayed, using evidence from the text.' What kind of answer is required?
- 28th March 1987A diver notices 'a single brass buckle winking in the torchlight.' Which word suggests the buckle is briefly catching and reflecting the light?
- 29th March 1987In the phrase "silent, secret snow", which technique is being used?
- 30th March 1987What is a counter-argument, and why might a writer include one?
- 31st March 1987In the phrase "silent, snow-hushed streets", which technique is being used?