Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
January 1990 5-a-day
Every sheet in January 1990
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 1990A solution turns universal indicator paper red. State whether the solution is acidic, neutral or alkaline.
- 2nd January 1990State one disadvantage of burning coal to generate electricity.
- 3rd January 1990Name the process of cell division that produces two genetically identical daughter cells for growth and repair.
- 4th January 1990In an investigation into reaction time, a pupil's results are 0.18 s, 0.19 s, 0.61 s, 0.18 s and 0.20 s. Identify the anomalous result, and suggest one likely reason it occurred.
- 5th January 1990Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The map was old and torn."
- 6th January 1990Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the corridor at midnight.'
- 7th January 1990A writer describes a departure board as 'flickering through a list of cancellations like a nervous heartbeat.' Name the technique used.
- 8th January 1990A character 'held his breath without realising it' as he entered a dark passage. What does this suggest about his feelings?
- 9th January 1990A poem has four lines per stanza with the rhyme pattern ABAB. What is this pattern called?
- 10th January 1990Is the claim 'reading is obviously more rewarding than scrolling through a screen' a fact or an opinion?
- 11th January 1990A question asks you to explain "how the poet's feelings towards winter change across the poem." What should your answer focus on?
- 12th January 1990A trapezium has parallel sides of 6 cm and 10 cm, and a height of 5 cm. Calculate its area.
- 13th January 1990Work out -4 - 7.
- 14th January 1990Find the highest common factor of 24 and 36.
- 15th January 1990Simplify 6x + 4 - 2x - 9.
- 16th January 1990A basket contains 15 lemons and 25 limes. Write the ratio of lemons to limes in its simplest form.
- 17th January 1990Calculate 56 + 29.
- 18th January 1990Work out 20 - 3 x 4.
- 19th January 1990A number is tripled and then 5 is added, giving 32. Form an equation and find the number.
- 20th January 1990Simplify the ratio 18:24 to its simplest form.
- 21st January 1990A polar bear has thick white fur. State whether this is a structural or a behavioural adaptation, and explain why.
- 22nd January 1990State whether reactivity increases or decreases going down Group 1, the alkali metals.
- 23rd January 1990A red filter is held in front of a torch shining white light. State which colour of light passes through the filter.
- 24th January 1990State whether sound can travel through a vacuum (empty space), and give a reason.
- 25th January 1990A ball is dropped from a height and falls freely towards the ground. State the type of energy the ball gains as it speeds up.
- 26th January 1990A pupil applies a force of 8 N to a spring and it extends by 4 cm. Use spring constant = force / extension to calculate the spring constant, in N/cm.
- 27th January 1990In an extract, a character 'chewed his lip and stared at his shoes.' What does this suggest about the character's feelings?
- 28th January 1990Add a colon to this sentence in the correct place: The expedition needed three things warm clothing enough food and a reliable map.
- 29th January 1990Choose the correct word: There were ___ people at the concert than last year. (less / fewer)
- 30th January 1990Which two poetic techniques are both used in the line 'The branches creaked and clawed at the window'?
- 31st January 1990Find and copy one word from 'the anvil's patient, unmoving weight' that gives the anvil a human quality.