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13+ Common Entrance

18th February 1984

5 questions · Years 7-8 · 744 questions in this band

1
Science: Working Scientifically and Practical Skills Set 2
A pupil uses a stopwatch to measure how long a candle takes to burn down by 1 cm, but forgets to shield the candle from a draught in the room. State whether this makes the result less reliable or less valid, and explain your answer.
2
Science: Working Scientifically and Practical Skills Set 3
State the name given to a value read from a graph that lies between two points that were actually measured.
3
Reading and Comprehension (Prose)
In an extract, a character 'chewed his lip and stared at his shoes.' What does this suggest about the character's feelings?
4
Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Set 2
In the sentence "The exhausted runner collapsed across the finish line," what word class is "exhausted"?
5
Reading and Comprehension (Non-Fiction) Set 3
A text about coral reefs moves from explaining what coral is, to how reefs form, to why they are under threat. What is this structure called?

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