Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
December 1987 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1987
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1987A poem compares old age to 'a candle guttering low, still giving light.' Name this technique.
- 2nd December 1987Which two poetic techniques appear in the line 'The fire hissed and spat its sparks'?
- 3rd December 1987Find and copy one word from 'the mist swallowed the path ahead of him' that gives the mist a human or animal-like quality.
- 4th December 1987Which punctuation mark is missing, and where, from this sentence: Please bring your pencil case ruler and calculator to the exam.
- 5th December 1987A diver signals "all clear" with a steady hand, but his eyes keep darting towards the wreck's dark entrance. Explain what the contrast between his signal and his eyes suggests.
- 6th December 1987A 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 December 1987Find 1/3 of 96.
- 8th December 1987Work out -12 + 4 x 3.
- 9th December 1987Solve x^2 - 2x - 24 = 0.
- 10th December 1987Work out 207 divided by 9, showing your written method.
- 11th December 1987Work out 143 divided by 11.
- 12th December 1987A regular polygon has an exterior angle of 24 degrees. Work out how many sides the polygon has.
- 13th December 1987A right-angled triangle has hypotenuse 17 cm and one leg of 8 cm. Calculate the length of the other leg.
- 14th December 1987Rearrange the formula P = 2l + 2w to make w the subject.
- 15th December 1987Name the substance that builds up in muscles during anaerobic respiration and causes fatigue.
- 16th December 1987Name the two substances that must both be present for iron to rust.
- 17th December 1987Define the terms 'solute' and 'solvent'.
- 18th December 1987Name the force that causes objects to fall towards the ground when dropped.
- 19th December 1987State the name of the process by which light rays bend as they pass from air into glass.
- 20th December 1987A cylinder of gas is labelled with a diamond-shaped symbol showing a black flame on an orange background. State what hazard this symbol represents.
- 21st December 1987A writer describes rising ocean temperatures as "a slow-burning threat to one of the planet's most colourful ecosystems." Explain what effect the phrase "slow-burning" has on the reader.
- 22nd December 1987A poem compares loneliness to 'an empty chair at a crowded table.' Name this technique.
- 23rd December 1987Explain why a poet might choose an irregular, unpredictable rhythm to describe a storm, rather than a steady, regular one.
- 24th December 1987Choose the correct homophone: ___ going to be late if the bus does not arrive soon. (Whose / Who's)
- 25th December 1987Identify the subordinate clause in this sentence: Because the fire alarm sounded, everyone left the building calmly.
- 26th December 1987What is the term for a poem that continues a sentence or idea from one line to the next without a pause?
- 27th December 1987A travel article is written for a general newspaper audience rather than for expert climbers. How might its vocabulary and level of detail differ from a specialist mountaineering magazine?
- 28th December 1987On a distance-time graph, a cyclist's journey is shown as a horizontal line for 15 minutes. What does this tell you about the cyclist during this time?
- 29th December 1987A 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 December 1987Find 3/8 of 64.
- 31st December 1987After a 12% pay rise, Priya's monthly salary is 2,240 pounds. Work out her monthly salary before the pay rise.