Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
July 1996 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every sheet in July 1996
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st July 1996State whether burning magnesium ribbon in air to form magnesium oxide is a physical change or a chemical change, and give a reason.
- 2nd July 1996Using the reactivity series, state whether iron would react with a solution of copper sulfate, given that iron is more reactive than copper.
- 3rd July 1996Name the process of cell division that produces two genetically identical daughter cells for growth and repair.
- 4th July 1996A 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.
- 5th July 1996Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Although the handle was rusted solid, the door creaked open at last."
- 6th July 1996Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: hurry up whispered Kofi we havent got much time
- 7th July 1996A question asks you to 'state one reason why the train was delayed, using evidence from the text.' What kind of answer is required?
- 8th July 1996A diver notices 'a single brass buckle winking in the torchlight.' Which word suggests the buckle is briefly catching and reflecting the light?
- 9th July 1996In the phrase "silent, secret snow", which technique is being used?
- 10th July 1996What is a counter-argument, and why might a writer include one?
- 11th July 1996In the phrase "silent, snow-hushed streets", which technique is being used?
- 12th July 1996A cuboid measures 7 cm by 5 cm by 4 cm. Calculate its volume.
- 13th July 1996A pack of 24 pencils costs 3.60 pounds. Work out the cost of one pencil.
- 14th July 1996Write 0.35 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 15th July 1996A parallelogram has base 12 cm and perpendicular height 5 cm. Work out its area.
- 16th July 19963 workers can paint a fence in 8 hours, working at the same constant rate. How long would it take 4 workers to paint the same fence?
- 17th July 1996Find 10% of 95 pounds.
- 18th July 1996Work out 9 x 8.
- 19th July 1996A coat costs 80 pounds. It is reduced by 35% in a sale. Work out the sale price.
- 20th July 1996Work out 15% of 60.
- 21st July 1996A polar bear has thick white fur. State whether this is a structural or a behavioural adaptation, and explain why.
- 22nd July 1996State whether reactivity increases or decreases going down Group 1, the alkali metals.
- 23rd July 1996State whether the Earth's day (one full rotation on its axis) or the Earth's year (one full orbit of the Sun) takes longer.
- 24th July 1996A sound wave has a high frequency. State whether this means it has a high pitch or a low pitch.
- 25th July 1996A ball is dropped from a height and falls freely towards the ground. State the type of energy the ball gains as it speeds up.
- 26th July 1996A pupil applies a force of 8 N to a spring and it extends by 4 cm. Use spring constant = force / extension to calculate the spring constant, in N/cm.
- 27th July 1996A question asks you to 'summarise the passage in your own words.' What must you avoid doing when answering it?
- 28th July 1996Is the relative clause in this sentence defining or non-defining, and should it have commas: 'The teacher who marked our essays gave detailed feedback' (assume there are several teachers)?
- 29th July 1996Which sentence is correct if you mean you carried your umbrella with you: 'I brought my umbrella yesterday' or 'I bought my umbrella yesterday'?
- 30th July 1996Find and copy one word from 'the wind stripped the last brave leaves from the oak' that suggests the leaves were trying to resist the wind.
- 31st July 1996A poem compares old age to 'a coat grown heavy with wear.' Name this technique.