Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
September 1999 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in September 1999, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in September 1999
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 1999Correct the spelling error caused by a missing doubled consonant: 'I am hopping to finish my homework before dinner' (meaning expecting, not jumping).
- 2nd September 1999Correct the tense error: 'Last week, she swims to the buoy and back without stopping.'
- 3rd September 1999A poem has irregular line lengths and no rhyme scheme, but a steady, insistent rhythm created by repeating the same three-syllable phrase. What technique creates this effect?
- 4th September 1999What is the name for a poem with no regular rhyme scheme or fixed rhythm?
- 5th September 1999A character 'counted his steps instead of looking down.' What does this suggest about his feelings?
- 6th September 1999This sentence contains a comma splice: The rain started early, we cancelled the picnic. Correct it in one way.
- 7th September 1999A writer describes a current as "dragging greedy fingers along the wreck." Name the technique used here.
- 8th September 1999A rectangle has length 9 cm and width 6 cm. Work out its area and its perimeter.
- 9th September 1999A box of 15 chocolates costs 4.50 pounds. Work out the cost of one chocolate.
- 10th September 1999Work out 56 / 7.
- 11th September 1999In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 27 degrees and the opposite side is 6 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse, to 1 decimal place.
- 12th September 1999Work out 3/4 of 148.
- 13th September 1999Share 156 pounds between two people in the ratio 7:6.
- 14th September 1999A floor is tiled with a repeating pattern of identical regular hexagonal tiles, with no gaps or overlaps. State the size of each interior angle of a regular hexagon, and explain why regular hexagons can tile a flat floor exactly.
- 15th September 1999Convert 4.2 metres into centimetres.
- 16th September 1999Using the formula v = u + at, find v when u = 5, a = 3 and t = 4.
- 17th September 1999State one way the alveoli are adapted for efficient gas exchange.
- 18th September 1999Explain why attaching a block of zinc to the hull of a steel ship helps to protect the ship from rusting.
- 19th September 1999A pupil rubs a plastic rod with a cloth, giving the rod a negative electric charge. She then holds the rod near small pieces of paper on a table. State what she would observe, and explain why, in terms of electric charge.
- 20th September 1999In the food chain grass, rabbit, fox, where grass is eaten by rabbits and rabbits are eaten by foxes, name the organism that is the producer.
- 21st September 1999Name the gas that makes up approximately 78% of the Earth's atmosphere.
- 22nd September 1999A thermometer has graduations every 1 degree C. A student takes a single temperature reading of 40 degrees C. Calculate the percentage uncertainty in this reading.
- 23rd September 1999A 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?
- 24th September 1999Explain why a poet might use short, one-word lines to describe a sudden event, such as an accident.
- 25th September 1999A poem compares grief to 'a stone carried in the pocket, never quite forgotten.' Name this technique.
- 26th September 1999Correct the tense error: Last week, the choir practises for two hours every evening.
- 27th September 1999Punctuate this exchange between two speakers, starting a new line for each: are you ready asked sam almost said priya
- 28th September 1999Which two poetic techniques appear in the line 'The streetlamp's silver stare slid over its fur'?
- 29th September 1999Give one feature, other than headings, that a factual magazine article might use to help organise information for the reader.
- 30th September 1999Find the midpoint of the line segment joining (-4, 2) and (6, -8).