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June 1999 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in June 1999, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.

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June 1999

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in June 1999

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st June 1999Which piece of apparatus should be used to measure the temperature of a liquid in an experiment?
  2. 2nd June 1999In the same text, is the sentence "There is nothing more thrilling than floating silently above the countryside" a fact or an opinion?
  3. 3rd June 1999Find and copy one word from 'the tide dragged its heavy silver chain across the sand' that gives the tide a human or animal-like quality.
  4. 4th June 1999Which two poetic techniques are both used in the line 'The wind whispered through the willow'?
  5. 5th June 1999Add the missing apostrophe: The three teachers offices were being redecorated. (There are three teachers, each with their own office.)
  6. 6th June 1999Add a semicolon in the correct place: The bus was late the queue grew longer by the minute.
  7. 7th June 1999Explain why a poet might choose soft, hissing sounds, sibilance, to describe a fox moving at night, rather than harsh, hard sounds.
  8. 8th June 1999A magazine article about volcanoes is broken into sections titled 'How volcanoes form', 'Famous eruptions' and 'Living near a volcano'. What are these called, and what is their purpose?
  9. 9th June 1999Write down the coordinates of the point 3 units to the left of the origin and 5 units up.
  10. 10th June 1999A 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.
  11. 11th June 1999Convert the recurring decimal 0.3636... (where the digits 36 recur) to a fraction in its simplest form.
  12. 12th June 1999Solve 3(2x - 1) = x + 17.
  13. 13th June 1999Describe the locus of points that are equidistant from two fixed points, A and B.
  14. 14th June 1999Factorise x^2 - 9x + 20.
  15. 15th June 1999Expand and simplify (2x - 3)(x + 4).
  16. 16th June 1999A car's value depreciates from 18,000 pounds to 14,400 pounds in one year. Work out the percentage decrease.
  17. 17th June 1999Work out 9 x 7.
  18. 18th June 1999A 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.
  19. 19th June 1999A 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.
  20. 20th June 1999State whether the north pole of one bar magnet placed near the north pole of a second bar magnet will attract or repel.
  21. 21st June 1999A solution has pH 10. State whether it is acidic, neutral or alkaline.
  22. 22nd June 1999A diver swims from the surface down to a depth of 10 m in a swimming pool. State how the water pressure on her body changes as she swims deeper, and give a reason.
  23. 23rd June 1999Name the gas needed by the body for aerobic respiration to take place.
  24. 24th June 1999A 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.
  25. 25th June 1999Which word means the same as "exhausted" in a sentence describing tired climbers: "drained", "energetic", "cheerful" or "restless"?
  26. 26th June 1999A biography states that a person 'taught herself to read at six using her grandfather's newspapers, and published her first book by twenty.' What can a reader infer about this person's character from these facts?
  27. 27th June 1999A travel brochure and a science textbook both describe coral reefs. Which is more likely to use exaggerated, emotive language, and why?
  28. 28th June 1999A leaflet states 'You could help save a hundred bottles a year.' Which word directly addresses the reader?
  29. 29th June 1999Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The rain fell steadily.'
  30. 30th June 1999Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the suitcase on the platform."