Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
March 1992 5-a-day
Every sheet in March 1992
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 1992State whether the main force acting when a compass needle points north is a contact force or a non-contact force.
- 2nd March 1992A ray of light travels from air into a glass block and bends towards the normal at the boundary. Name this effect.
- 3rd March 1992Name one structure found in a plant cell that is not found in an animal cell.
- 4th March 1992Name the process of cell division that produces two genetically identical daughter cells for growth and repair.
- 5th March 1992A 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.
- 6th March 1992Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: dont go any further whispered grace something isnt right down here
- 7th March 1992Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The fog rolled in, and the harbour lights dimmed to a blur.'
- 8th March 1992A five-mark question asks you to explain how the writer builds a sense of frustration across the whole extract. What should your answer cover?
- 9th March 1992A question is worth 3 marks and asks you to explain the effect of a description. Roughly how many separate points should your answer include?
- 10th March 1992If a poem's rhythm becomes short and broken in its final stanza after being steady throughout, what might this suggest?
- 11th March 1992Name the technique used in this line: New worlds. New characters. New ideas, every single time.
- 12th March 1992If a poem starts with long, flowing lines and ends with very short, clipped lines, what effect might this create?
- 13th March 1992Calculate the perimeter of a rectangle measuring 14 cm by 8.5 cm.
- 14th March 1992Simplify 6a + 9 - 2a - 4.
- 15th March 1992Simplify 4(2x - 3) + 5.
- 16th March 1992A stall sells 4 sandwiches at 2.20 pounds each and 3 drinks at 1.10 pounds each. Work out the total cost, without a calculator.
- 17th March 1992Write the ratio 16:24 in its simplest form.
- 18th March 1992Work out 8 x 6.
- 19th March 1992Find 3/5 of 45.
- 20th March 1992Work out 15 x 14, using a written method.
- 21st March 1992Find 3/4 of 88.
- 22nd March 1992A polar bear has thick white fur. State whether this is a structural or a behavioural adaptation, and explain why.
- 23rd March 1992State whether reactivity increases or decreases going down Group 1, the alkali metals.
- 24th March 1992Put these bodies in order of their distance from the Sun, starting with the closest: Mars, Mercury, Earth, Venus.
- 25th March 1992State whether elements in the same group of the periodic table have similar or very different chemical properties.
- 26th March 1992A ball is dropped from a height and falls freely towards the ground. State the type of energy the ball gains as it speeds up.
- 27th March 1992A 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.
- 28th March 1992A character says 'I'm fine' through gritted teeth, then slams the door. Explain what the contrast between the character's words and actions suggests.
- 29th March 1992Correct the spelling error caused by a missing doubled consonant: 'I am hopping to finish my homework before dinner' (meaning expecting, not jumping).
- 30th March 1992Correct the tense error: 'Last week, she swims to the buoy and back without stopping.'
- 31st March 1992A poem has irregular line lengths and no rhyme scheme, but a steady, insistent rhythm created by repeating the same three-syllable phrase. What technique creates this effect?