Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
June 1994 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every sheet in June 1994
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 1994A poem has three-line stanzas with no rhyme at all. What effect might this irregular structure create?
- 2nd June 1994A climber 'gripped the rope until his knuckles turned white, then made himself let go, one finger at a time.' What does this suggest about the difficulty of what he is doing?
- 3rd June 1994Add an apostrophe in the correct place: The three girls coats were left on the bus. (There is one coat per girl, and three girls in total.)
- 4th June 1994Which word means the same as "enormous" in a sentence describing a huge shipwreck: "colossal", "tiny", "narrow" or "shallow"?
- 5th June 1994A 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 June 1994Work out 9 x 8.
- 7th June 1994Work out (4 + 3) x (9 - 5).
- 8th June 1994y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 4, y = 32. Work out y when x = 6.
- 9th June 1994Write the ratio 18:24 in its simplest form.
- 10th June 1994Work out 8.4 x 6, using a written method.
- 11th June 1994A regular polygon has an exterior angle of 24 degrees. Work out how many sides the polygon has.
- 12th June 1994State the order of rotational symmetry and the number of lines of symmetry of a regular pentagon.
- 13th June 1994Write the next two terms of the sequence: 3, 7, 11, 15, ...
- 14th June 1994Name the substance that builds up in muscles during anaerobic respiration and causes fatigue.
- 15th June 1994Name the two substances that must both be present for iron to rust.
- 16th June 1994Write the number 0.048706 to 2 significant figures.
- 17th June 1994State the name of the rock type formed when magma cools and solidifies underground.
- 18th June 1994State the name of the process by which light rays bend as they pass from air into glass.
- 19th June 1994Amara is investigating how the mass of a paper cone affects how long it takes to fall from a fixed height. State the independent variable and the dependent variable in this investigation.
- 20th June 1994In a factual text, is the sentence "Hot air balloons were first flown in France in 1783" a fact or an opinion?
- 21st June 1994A poem repeats the phrase 'and still it climbed' at the end of every stanza. What is this technique called, and what might its effect be?
- 22nd June 1994Find and copy one word from the phrase 'the old clock ticked its patient rhythm' that gives the clock a human quality.
- 23rd June 1994Which punctuation mark correctly joins these two sentences without adding a joining word: 'The coach was late the pupils waited in the hall.'?
- 24th June 1994Choose the correct word: I'm not sure ___ my umbrella is. (where / were / we're)
- 25th June 1994A poem is written in a single, unbroken stanza with no rhyme. What effect might this create?
- 26th June 1994A magazine article about volcanoes is broken into sections titled 'How volcanoes form', 'Famous eruptions' and 'Living near a volcano'. What are these called, and what is their purpose?
- 27th June 1994Write down the coordinates of the point 3 units to the left of the origin and 5 units up.
- 28th June 1994A 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 June 1994Write 0.72 as a percentage.
- 30th June 1994After a 12% pay rise, Priya's monthly salary is 2,240 pounds. Work out her monthly salary before the pay rise.