Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
May 1995 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every sheet in May 1995
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 1995State the products formed when a metal reacts with an acid.
- 2nd May 1995Which word means the same as 'ancient' in a sentence describing an old, crumbling castle: 'timeworn', 'modern', 'spacious' or 'lively'?
- 3rd May 1995Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: Regular ___ at the piano will improve your technique. (practice / practise)
- 4th May 1995Identify and correct the pronoun error: 'The dog wagged their tail happily.'
- 5th May 1995A poem compares old age to 'a candle guttering low, still giving light.' Name this technique.
- 6th May 1995Which two poetic techniques appear in the line 'The fire hissed and spat its sparks'?
- 7th May 1995Find and copy one word from 'the mist swallowed the path ahead of him' that gives the mist a human or animal-like quality.
- 8th May 1995Which punctuation mark is missing, and where, from this sentence: Please bring your pencil case ruler and calculator to the exam.
- 9th May 1995A 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.
- 10th May 1995A rectangle has length 9 cm and width 6 cm. Work out its area and its perimeter.
- 11th May 1995Find 1/3 of 96.
- 12th May 1995Work out -12 + 4 x 3.
- 13th May 1995Solve x^2 - 2x - 24 = 0.
- 14th May 1995Work out 207 divided by 9, showing your written method.
- 15th May 1995Work out 143 divided by 11.
- 16th May 1995A floor is tiled with a repeating pattern of identical regular hexagonal tiles, with no gaps or overlaps. State the size of each interior angle of a regular hexagon, and explain why regular hexagons can tile a flat floor exactly.
- 17th May 1995A right-angled triangle has hypotenuse 17 cm and one leg of 8 cm. Calculate the length of the other leg.
- 18th May 1995Rearrange the formula P = 2l + 2w to make w the subject.
- 19th May 1995State one way the alveoli are adapted for efficient gas exchange.
- 20th May 1995Explain why attaching a block of zinc to the hull of a steel ship helps to protect the ship from rusting.
- 21st May 1995Define the terms 'solute' and 'solvent'.
- 22nd May 1995Name the force that causes objects to fall towards the ground when dropped.
- 23rd May 1995Name the gas that makes up approximately 78% of the Earth's atmosphere.
- 24th May 1995A cylinder of gas is labelled with a diamond-shaped symbol showing a black flame on an orange background. State what hazard this symbol represents.
- 25th May 1995A writer describes rising ocean temperatures as "a slow-burning threat to one of the planet's most colourful ecosystems." Explain what effect the phrase "slow-burning" has on the reader.
- 26th May 1995A poem compares loneliness to 'an empty chair at a crowded table.' Name this technique.
- 27th May 1995Explain why a poet might choose an irregular, unpredictable rhythm to describe a storm, rather than a steady, regular one.
- 28th May 1995Choose the correct homophone: ___ going to be late if the bus does not arrive soon. (Whose / Who's)
- 29th May 1995Identify the subordinate clause in this sentence: Because the fire alarm sounded, everyone left the building calmly.
- 30th May 1995What is the term for a poem that continues a sentence or idea from one line to the next without a pause?
- 31st May 1995A travel article is written for a general newspaper audience rather than for expert climbers. How might its vocabulary and level of detail differ from a specialist mountaineering magazine?