Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
August 1989 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 1989
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 1989You are asked to summarise a paragraph in one sentence. What is the biggest risk to avoid?
- 2nd August 1989Give one feature, other than headings, that a factual magazine article might use to help organise information for the reader.
- 3rd August 1989What is emotive language, and why might a writer use it in a leaflet about ocean pollution?
- 4th August 1989Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The storm was BIG.'
- 5th August 1989Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The doors opened, and passengers spilled onto the platform."
- 6th August 1989Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The market was NOISY."
- 7th August 1989A survey of 40 students' favourite sport is shown in a pie chart. If football takes up a sector of 90 degrees, what percentage of students chose football?
- 8th August 1989y is directly proportional to x. When x = 6, y = 15. Work out y when x = 10.
- 9th August 1989A bag contains 8 red, 9 blue and 7 green counters only. A counter is picked at random. Work out the probability it is red, giving your answer as a decimal to 3 significant figures.
- 10th August 1989Find 3/5 of 120.
- 11th August 1989A spinner can land on red, blue, green or yellow only. P(red) = 0.3, P(blue) = 0.25, P(green) = 0.2. Work out P(yellow).
- 12th August 1989The product of two consecutive positive integers is 132. Find the two integers.
- 13th August 1989Solve 5x - 4 = 21.
- 14th August 1989A train travels 245 km in 3.5 hours. Work out its average speed.
- 15th August 1989Fatima earns 1800 pounds a month and saves 12% of her earnings. Calculate how much she saves each month.
- 16th August 1989A cell has a real width of 0.02 mm. In a drawing, the same cell is shown 4 mm wide. Calculate the magnification of the drawing.
- 17th August 1989Explain, using collision theory, why crushing a solid into a powder increases the rate of reaction.
- 18th August 1989Name one non-renewable energy resource used to generate electricity, other than coal.
- 19th August 1989Name the five main kingdoms into which living things can be classified.
- 20th August 1989Name the group in the periodic table that contains helium, neon and argon.
- 21st August 1989A pupil measures a mass of 3.5 kg on a set of scales. Convert this mass to grams.
- 22nd August 1989Find and correct the tense error in this sentence: Last week, the team trains hard and wins every match.
- 23rd August 1989A four-mark question asks you to explain the effect of the writer's language in one paragraph. Roughly how many separate points should your answer include?
- 24th August 1989A question asks you to "find and copy one word" meaning "silent." Which of these fits: "hushed", "loud", "busy" or "bright"?
- 25th August 1989Identify the four stages of a well-structured short narrative.
- 26th August 1989Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: dont go near the big wheel warned tom its not safe
- 27th August 1989A speaker opens with a short, true story about one shy pupil who became the club's best speaker. What is this technique called?
- 28th August 1989A 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.
- 29th August 1989List all the factors of 30, and state the highest common factor (HCF) of 30 and 45.
- 30th August 1989Write 0.00042 in standard form.
- 31st August 1989Simplify 7x - 3y + 2x + 8y.