Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
June 1993 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every sheet in June 1993
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 1993Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The cellar was DARK."
- 2nd June 1993Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'Although the fog was thick, the fishermen still set out.'
- 3rd June 1993In an extract, the writer moves from describing the busy platform to focusing closely on one child crying by the ticket barrier. What effect might this shift in focus create?
- 4th June 1993Find and copy one word from 'the corridor swallowed the beam of her torch' that gives the corridor a human or animal-like quality.
- 5th June 1993A poem describes a train as having a "rattling, roaring, rumbling" journey. Name the technique shown by these three words together.
- 6th June 1993An article opens with a short story about one pupil who found a favourite book by accident, before making any wider argument. What is this technique called?
- 7th June 1993A poem has six lines in each stanza with no regular rhyme pattern. What is this style called?
- 8th June 1993Calculate the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 9 cm.
- 9th June 1993Work out 12 x 7.
- 10th June 1993Work out 7 x 8 + 6 x 3.
- 11th June 1993Without a calculator, work out 45% of 160.
- 12th June 1993Ade and Bo share 56 sweets in the ratio 3:4. How many sweets does Bo receive?
- 13th June 1993108 pounds is shared between Amir and Bea in the ratio 4:5.
- 14th June 1993Write 0.4 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 15th June 1993Write 5/8 as a decimal.
- 16th June 1993Work out 7 x 9 - 4 x 5.
- 17th June 1993State one way a communicable disease differs from a non-communicable disease.
- 18th June 1993State the name given to a horizontal row of the periodic table.
- 19th June 1993A ray of light travels from air into a glass block. State whether the ray bends towards the normal or away from the normal as it enters the glass.
- 20th June 1993Write the word equation for photosynthesis.
- 21st June 1993A pupil records the mass of a beaker of ice every 2 minutes as it melts. State which variable is the independent variable in this investigation.
- 22nd June 1993Name the three states of matter.
- 23rd June 1993Which word means the same as 'ancient' in a sentence describing an old, crumbling castle: 'timeworn', 'modern', 'spacious' or 'lively'?
- 24th June 1993Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: Regular ___ at the piano will improve your technique. (practice / practise)
- 25th June 1993Identify and correct the pronoun error: 'The dog wagged their tail happily.'
- 26th June 1993A poem compares old age to 'a candle guttering low, still giving light.' Name this technique.
- 27th June 1993Which two poetic techniques appear in the line 'The fire hissed and spat its sparks'?
- 28th June 1993Find and copy one word from 'the mist swallowed the path ahead of him' that gives the mist a human or animal-like quality.
- 29th June 1993Find and correct the tense error in this sentence: Yesterday, Priya walks to school and meets her friend Tom.
- 30th June 1993A diver signals "all clear" with a steady hand, but his eyes keep darting towards the wreck's dark entrance. Explain what the contrast between his signal and his eyes suggests.