Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
May 1989 5-a-day
Every sheet in May 1989
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 1989This sentence contains a comma splice: The match ended in a draw, both teams were happy. Correct it in one way.
- 2nd May 1989A question asks you to 'find and copy one word which shows that the workshop was untidy.' What kind of question is this, and how should you answer it?
- 3rd May 1989A question is worth 5 marks and asks you to explain how a writer builds atmosphere across a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
- 4th May 1989Which of these would best speed up the pace of an action scene: a long sentence with several clauses, or a short, three-word sentence?
- 5th May 1989Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the funfair at midnight.'
- 6th May 1989Is the claim 'debating is clearly the single best way to build confidence' a fact or an opinion?
- 7th May 1989A campaign letter opens with a short, true story about one family affected by flooding, before giving any statistics. What is this technique called, and why might a writer use it first?
- 8th May 1989Work out (-5) + (-8) - (-6).
- 9th May 1989A right-angled triangle has two shorter sides of length 9 cm and 12 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse.
- 10th May 1989Find 3/8 of 64.
- 11th May 1989Write 0.000078 in standard form.
- 12th May 1989A cylindrical bucket has radius 12 cm and height 25 cm. Work out its volume, to 3 significant figures. (Use pi = 3.14159.)
- 13th May 1989Work out sqrt(169) + 4^2.
- 14th May 1989Increase 240 pounds by 12%.
- 15th May 1989Work out 312 divided by 8, using a written method.
- 16th May 1989The list shows the number of pets owned by 9 pupils: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 0, 1. Write down the mode.
- 17th May 1989During vigorous exercise, a sprinter's muscles cannot get enough oxygen. Name the substance that builds up in the muscles as a result, and state one effect this has.
- 18th May 1989The density of olive oil is 0.92 g/cm^3. State, with a reason, whether olive oil would float or sink in water (density 1.0 g/cm^3).
- 19th May 1989A parcel of mass 2.5 kg is lifted onto a shelf 2 m above the ground. Take g = 10 N/kg and use GPE = mass x g x height. Calculate the gain in gravitational potential energy.
- 20th May 1989Name the process by which plants lose water vapour from their leaves through tiny pores called stomata.
- 21st May 1989Name the structure inside a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place.
- 22nd May 1989A 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.
- 23rd May 1989A pupil is choosing between two thermometers to measure a temperature change of about 5 degrees C: one has markings every 2 degrees C, and the other has markings every 0.2 degrees C. State which thermometer would give the more precise reading, and explain why.
- 24th May 1989Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Dust rose from the floor, and Elias covered his mouth."
- 25th May 1989Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The old house was SCARY.'
- 26th May 1989Which word from 'the tannoy crackled out another indistinct apology' suggests the announcement was hard to understand?
- 27th May 1989A diver 'counted her breaths, trying to make each one last longer than the last.' What does this suggest about her situation?
- 28th May 1989In a poem, the line "Waves gnaw at the cliff's grey chin" contains an example of which technique?
- 29th May 1989An article states 'Pupils who read for pleasure for just ten minutes a day report feeling calmer.' Name the technique used here.
- 30th May 1989A poem describes wind as "howling" and "moaning" through bare branches. Name the technique shown by these two words.
- 31st May 1989A triangular prism has a cross-sectional area of 15 cm^2 and a length of 12 cm. Calculate its volume.