Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
February 1995 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every sheet in February 1995
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 1995A non-fiction text about volcanoes uses the heading "How an Eruption Happens." What is the purpose of this heading?
- 2nd February 1995What is the name for a poem written in three-line stanzas?
- 3rd February 1995A poem has four-line stanzas with an ABAB rhyme scheme throughout. What effect might this regular structure have on the reader?
- 4th February 1995Insert a colon in the correct place: The kit list included the following items a torch, a compass and a whistle.
- 5th February 1995Correct the subject-verb agreement error: The team of swimmers were training every morning.
- 6th February 1995A poem compares the fox's eyes to 'two small, cold coins.' Name this technique.
- 7th February 1995A biography states that a person 'left school at fourteen to support her family, and by twenty-one had opened her own shop.' What can a reader infer about this person's character from these facts?
- 8th February 1995A line has equation y = 4x - 7. Write down its gradient and its y-intercept.
- 9th February 1995A phone contract costs 18.50 pounds per month for 24 months, plus an upfront cost of 49 pounds. Work out the total cost of the contract.
- 10th February 1995Write 3/5 as a decimal.
- 11th February 1995Solve 3(2x - 1) = x + 17.
- 12th February 1995Describe the locus of points that are equidistant from two fixed points, A and B.
- 13th February 1995Expand and simplify (x + 5)(x - 3).
- 14th February 1995Simplify sqrt(75) - sqrt(12), giving your answer in the form k sqrt(3).
- 15th February 1995Work out 9.6 divided by 0.4.
- 16th February 1995Calculate 47 + 36.
- 17th February 1995A doctor records that a foetus is 38 weeks old. Given that human gestation lasts approximately 40 weeks, state approximately how many weeks of pregnancy remain.
- 18th February 1995A student adds a piece of unknown grey solid to dilute acid and no bubbles are produced, even after several minutes. Suggest whether the solid is a metal or a non-metal, and explain your reasoning.
- 19th February 1995State whether sound is a transverse wave or a longitudinal wave.
- 20th February 1995Name the organ that produces bile, which helps to digest fats.
- 21st February 1995State whether melting ice is a physical change or a chemical change, and give a reason.
- 22nd February 1995Name the gas needed by the body for aerobic respiration to take place.
- 23rd February 1995A student investigates how the mass of five different metal samples affects their volume, with mass as a continuous numerical variable. State whether a bar chart or a line graph is the more appropriate way to display these results.
- 24th February 1995A guide tells the group "we're nearly there" in a steady voice, but keeps glancing anxiously at the darkening sky. Explain what the contrast between his words and his glances suggests.
- 25th February 1995You are asked to summarise a paragraph in one sentence. What is the biggest risk to avoid?
- 26th February 1995Give one feature, other than headings, that a factual magazine article might use to help organise information for the reader.
- 27th February 1995What is emotive language, and why might a writer use it in a leaflet about ocean pollution?
- 28th February 1995Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The storm was BIG.'