Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
April 1997 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every sheet in April 1997
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 1997A cylinder of gas is labelled with a diamond-shaped symbol showing a black flame on an orange background. State what hazard this symbol represents.
- 2nd April 1997A 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.
- 3rd April 1997A poem compares loneliness to 'an empty chair at a crowded table.' Name this technique.
- 4th April 1997Explain why a poet might choose an irregular, unpredictable rhythm to describe a storm, rather than a steady, regular one.
- 5th April 1997Choose the correct homophone: ___ going to be late if the bus does not arrive soon. (Whose / Who's)
- 6th April 1997Identify the subordinate clause in this sentence: Because the fire alarm sounded, everyone left the building calmly.
- 7th April 1997What is the term for a poem that continues a sentence or idea from one line to the next without a pause?
- 8th April 1997Give one feature, other than headings, that a factual magazine article might use to help organise information for the reader.
- 9th April 1997Find the midpoint of the line segment joining (-4, 2) and (6, -8).
- 10th April 1997A 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.
- 11th April 1997Find 3/8 of 64.
- 12th April 1997Solve 3(2x - 1) = x + 17.
- 13th April 1997Describe the locus of points that are equidistant from two fixed points, A and B.
- 14th April 1997In a right-angled triangle, the hypotenuse is 13 cm and one other side is 5 cm. Work out the size of the angle opposite the 5 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
- 15th April 1997A triangle has sides 7 cm and 9 cm with an included angle of 50 degrees. Work out its area, to 1 decimal place.
- 16th April 1997Work out the mean of 8, 12, 15, 9 and 11.
- 17th April 1997Find 25% of 84 pounds.
- 18th April 1997A 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.
- 19th April 1997A 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.
- 20th April 1997State one way, other than increasing the current, to increase the strength of an electromagnet made from a coil of wire around an iron core.
- 21st April 1997State what happens to the current in a series circuit if an extra identical bulb is added, assuming the battery voltage stays the same.
- 22nd April 1997Name the organ system that carries electrical signals around the body to allow a fast reflex reaction, such as pulling a hand away from something hot.
- 23rd April 1997Name the gas needed by the body for aerobic respiration to take place.
- 24th April 1997A 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.
- 25th April 1997A question is worth 5 marks and asks you to explain how the writer builds a sense of danger across a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
- 26th April 1997A 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?
- 27th April 1997In a report, a word is defined as follows: 'The submersible's hull must withstand immense pressure at such depths, where a single flaw could prove catastrophic.' What does 'catastrophic' mean here?
- 28th April 1997Name the technique used in this slogan: Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.
- 29th April 1997Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the alleyway at dusk.'
- 30th April 1997Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The station was BUSY."