Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
April 1992 5-a-day
Every sheet in April 1992
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 1992What is the name for a poem with no regular rhyme scheme or fixed rhythm?
- 2nd April 1992A character 'counted his steps instead of looking down.' What does this suggest about his feelings?
- 3rd April 1992This sentence contains a comma splice: The rain started early, we cancelled the picnic. Correct it in one way.
- 4th April 1992A writer describes a current as "dragging greedy fingers along the wreck." Name the technique used here.
- 5th April 1992A charity bake sale raises 200 pounds, split between three charities in the ratio 3 : 2 : 5. Work out the amount the largest share receives.
- 6th April 1992A box of 15 chocolates costs 4.50 pounds. Work out the cost of one chocolate.
- 7th April 1992Work out 56 / 7.
- 8th April 1992In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 27 degrees and the opposite side is 6 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse, to 1 decimal place.
- 9th April 1992Work out 3/4 of 148.
- 10th April 1992Share 156 pounds between two people in the ratio 7:6.
- 11th April 1992A regular polygon has an exterior angle of 24 degrees. Work out how many sides the polygon has.
- 12th April 1992Convert 4.2 metres into centimetres.
- 13th April 1992Using the formula v = u + at, find v when u = 5, a = 3 and t = 4.
- 14th April 1992Name the substance that builds up in muscles during anaerobic respiration and causes fatigue.
- 15th April 1992Name the two substances that must both be present for iron to rust.
- 16th April 1992A pupil rubs a plastic rod with a cloth, giving the rod a negative electric charge. She then holds the rod near small pieces of paper on a table. State what she would observe, and explain why, in terms of electric charge.
- 17th April 1992In the food chain grass, rabbit, fox, where grass is eaten by rabbits and rabbits are eaten by foxes, name the organism that is the producer.
- 18th April 1992State the name of the process by which light rays bend as they pass from air into glass.
- 19th April 1992A thermometer has graduations every 1 degree C. A student takes a single temperature reading of 40 degrees C. Calculate the percentage uncertainty in this reading.
- 20th April 1992A text about coral reefs moves from explaining what coral is, to how reefs form, to why they are under threat. What is this structure called?
- 21st April 1992Explain why a poet might use short, one-word lines to describe a sudden event, such as an accident.
- 22nd April 1992A poem compares grief to 'a stone carried in the pocket, never quite forgotten.' Name this technique.
- 23rd April 1992Correct the tense error: Last week, the choir practises for two hours every evening.
- 24th April 1992Punctuate this exchange between two speakers, starting a new line for each: are you ready asked sam almost said priya
- 25th April 1992Which two poetic techniques appear in the line 'The streetlamp's silver stare slid over its fur'?
- 26th April 1992Give one feature, other than headings, that a factual magazine article might use to help organise information for the reader.
- 27th April 1992Find the midpoint of the line segment joining (-4, 2) and (6, -8).
- 28th April 1992A car valued at 12,000 pounds depreciates by 15% in its first year. Work out its value at the end of the first year.
- 29th April 1992Find 35% of 180.
- 30th April 1992After a 12% pay rise, Priya's monthly salary is 2,240 pounds. Work out her monthly salary before the pay rise.