Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
January 1997 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every sheet in January 1997
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 1997A student wears safety goggles when heating a test tube of liquid over a Bunsen burner. State the hazard that the goggles help protect against.
- 2nd January 1997A 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.
- 3rd January 1997You are asked to summarise a paragraph in one sentence. What is the biggest risk to avoid?
- 4th January 1997Give one feature, other than headings, that a factual magazine article might use to help organise information for the reader.
- 5th January 1997What is emotive language, and why might a writer use it in a leaflet about ocean pollution?
- 6th January 1997Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The storm was BIG.'
- 7th January 1997Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The doors opened, and passengers spilled onto the platform."
- 8th January 1997Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The market was NOISY."
- 9th January 1997A survey of 40 students' favourite sport is shown in a pie chart. If football takes up a sector of 90 degrees, what percentage of students chose football?
- 10th January 1997y is directly proportional to x. When x = 6, y = 15. Work out y when x = 10.
- 11th January 1997A bag contains 8 red, 9 blue and 7 green counters only. A counter is picked at random. Work out the probability it is red, giving your answer as a decimal to 3 significant figures.
- 12th January 1997Find 3/5 of 120.
- 13th January 1997A fair coin is flipped and a fair six-sided dice is rolled at the same time. Work out the probability of getting heads on the coin and a number greater than 4 on the dice.
- 14th January 1997Femi can complete a job alone in 2 hours, Grace can complete the same job alone in 3 hours, and Hassan can complete it alone in 6 hours. Working together at these constant rates, how long will it take them to complete the job?
- 15th January 1997Solve 5x - 4 = 21.
- 16th January 1997A train travels 245 km in 3.5 hours. Work out its average speed.
- 17th January 1997Fatima earns 1800 pounds a month and saves 12% of her earnings. Calculate how much she saves each month.
- 18th January 1997State whether human eye colour is an example of inherited variation, environmental variation, or both.
- 19th January 1997State whether an exothermic reaction transfers energy to, or takes in energy from, the surroundings.
- 20th January 1997Name one non-renewable energy resource used to generate electricity, other than coal.
- 21st January 1997Name the five main kingdoms into which living things can be classified.
- 22nd January 1997State the unit used to measure electric current.
- 23rd January 1997State the name of the force that acts to slow down a moving object due to contact between two surfaces.
- 24th January 1997Find and correct the tense error in this sentence: Last week, the team trains hard and wins every match.
- 25th January 1997A four-mark question asks you to explain the effect of the writer's language in one paragraph. Roughly how many separate points should your answer include?
- 26th January 1997A question asks you to "find and copy one word" meaning "silent." Which of these fits: "hushed", "loud", "busy" or "bright"?
- 27th January 1997Identify the four stages of a well-structured short narrative.
- 28th January 1997Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: dont go near the big wheel warned tom its not safe
- 29th January 1997A speaker opens with a short, true story about one shy pupil who became the club's best speaker. What is this technique called?
- 30th January 1997A leaflet states: 'Experts agree that recycling just one more item a week could transform our town's waste problem.' Name one persuasive technique used here.
- 31st January 1997List all the factors of 30, and state the highest common factor (HCF) of 30 and 45.