Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
May 2003 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in May 2003, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in May 2003
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 2003Name the technique used in this line: New worlds. New characters. New ideas, every single time.
- 2nd May 2003If a poem starts with long, flowing lines and ends with very short, clipped lines, what effect might this create?
- 3rd May 2003Calculate the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 9 cm.
- 4th May 2003Simplify 6a + 9 - 2a - 4.
- 5th May 2003Simplify 4(2x - 3) + 5.
- 6th May 2003A stall sells 4 sandwiches at 2.20 pounds each and 3 drinks at 1.10 pounds each. Work out the total cost, without a calculator.
- 7th May 2003Write the ratio 16:24 in its simplest form.
- 8th May 2003Work out 8 x 6.
- 9th May 2003Find 3/5 of 45.
- 10th May 2003Work out 15 x 14, using a written method.
- 11th May 2003Find 3/4 of 88.
- 12th May 2003Name the green pigment, found in chloroplasts, that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis.
- 13th May 2003Name the group of the periodic table that contains elements which are almost completely unreactive because their outer electron shell is full.
- 14th May 2003A ray of light travels from air into a glass block. State whether the ray bends towards the normal or away from the normal as it enters the glass.
- 15th May 2003Write the word equation for photosynthesis.
- 16th May 2003Name the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
- 17th May 2003Name the small intestine's main job in the digestive system.
- 18th May 2003A character says 'I'm fine' through gritted teeth, then slams the door. Explain what the contrast between the character's words and actions suggests.
- 19th May 2003Correct the spelling error caused by a missing doubled consonant: 'I am hopping to finish my homework before dinner' (meaning expecting, not jumping).
- 20th May 2003Correct the tense error: 'Last week, she swims to the buoy and back without stopping.'
- 21st May 2003A 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?
- 22nd May 2003What is the name for a poem with no regular rhyme scheme or fixed rhythm?
- 23rd May 2003A character 'counted his steps instead of looking down.' What does this suggest about his feelings?
- 24th May 2003Find and correct the tense error in this sentence: Yesterday, Priya walks to school and meets her friend Tom.
- 25th May 2003A writer describes a current as "dragging greedy fingers along the wreck." Name the technique used here.
- 26th May 2003Simplify 5x + 3y - 2x + 7y.
- 27th May 2003A box of 15 chocolates costs 4.50 pounds. Work out the cost of one chocolate.
- 28th May 2003Work out 56 / 7.
- 29th May 2003In 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.
- 30th May 2003Work out 3/4 of 148.
- 31st May 2003Share 156 pounds between two people in the ratio 7:6.