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September 1993 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

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September 1993

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st September 1993A writer describes a clock as "ticking its patient warning through the empty hall." Name the poetic technique used here.
  2. 2nd September 1993Punctuate this exchange, adding inverted commas, capital letters and any other punctuation needed: are you sure about this asked Leo his sister nodded without looking up
  3. 3rd September 1993Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: The funfair was SCARY.
  4. 4th September 1993A speaker says 'Ninety per cent of our debate club members say it changed how they see arguments.' Name the technique used here.
  5. 5th September 1993A charity advert says: 'You could change a child's life today.' Which word directly addresses the reader, and what effect does this have?
  6. 6th September 1993Order these integers from smallest to largest: -6, 2, -3, 0, -9
  7. 7th September 1993A right-angled triangle has two shorter sides of length 9 cm and 12 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse.
  8. 8th September 1993A triangle has base 10 cm and height 7 cm. Work out its area.
  9. 9th September 1993p is inversely proportional to q^2. When q = 2, p = 18. Work out p when q = 3.
  10. 10th September 1993The nth term of a sequence is 6n - 4. Work out the 12th term.
  11. 11th September 1993A car journey of 156 miles takes 2.4 hours. Work out the average speed, to the nearest mile per hour.
  12. 12th September 1993A rectangle has a perimeter of 38 cm and a width of 6.5 cm. Work out its length.
  13. 13th September 1993Find the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 7 cm.
  14. 14th September 1993A box contains 7 yellow pencils, 5 blue pencils and 3 green pencils. A pencil is picked at random. Find the probability that it is not blue.
  15. 15th September 1993State one structure found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.
  16. 16th September 1993A sample of matter has particles that are far apart and moving quickly in random directions. State which state of matter this describes.
  17. 17th September 1993In a tug of war, Team X pulls with a force of 640 N and Team Y pulls with a force of 590 N in the opposite direction. Calculate the resultant force acting on the rope.
  18. 18th September 1993Name the type of blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart under high pressure.
  19. 19th September 1993State whether gold is a very reactive or a very unreactive metal, given that it is found in the Earth as the pure metal rather than in a compound.
  20. 20th September 1993A pupil doubles the concentration of acid used in a reaction with a metal, keeping everything else the same. State what happens to the rate of the reaction.
  21. 21st September 1993Before starting a watering investigation, a pupil writes this prediction: a plant given more water each day will grow taller than one given less water. State one piece of scientific reasoning that could support this prediction.
  22. 22nd September 1993Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The map was old and torn."
  23. 23rd September 1993Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the corridor at midnight.'
  24. 24th September 1993A writer describes a departure board as 'flickering through a list of cancellations like a nervous heartbeat.' Name the technique used.
  25. 25th September 1993A character 'held his breath without realising it' as he entered a dark passage. What does this suggest about his feelings?
  26. 26th September 1993A poem has four lines per stanza with the rhyme pattern ABAB. What is this pattern called?
  27. 27th September 1993Is the claim 'reading is obviously more rewarding than scrolling through a screen' a fact or an opinion?
  28. 28th September 1993A question asks you to explain "how the poet's feelings towards winter change across the poem." What should your answer focus on?
  29. 29th September 1993Calculate the circumference of a circle with a radius of 9 cm. Use pi = 3.14.
  30. 30th September 1993Work out -4 - 7.