Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance

Daily Practice - 13+ Common Entrance

12th January 1994

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 why it is good practice to run a quick preliminary (trial) experiment before starting the main investigation.
3
Reading and Comprehension (Prose)
A question is worth 4 marks and asks you to explain the effect of a writer's language in a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
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
Which word means the same as "ascend" in a sentence about a balloon rising into the sky: "climb", "sink", "hover" or "spin"?

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