Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
March 2005 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in March 2005, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in March 2005
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 2005State one advantage of using solar power to generate electricity, compared with burning fossil fuels.
- 2nd March 2005Name the process of cell division that produces two genetically identical daughter cells for growth and repair.
- 3rd March 2005A pupil wants to find out whether increasing the concentration of a salt solution affects the boiling point of water. Suggest one variable, other than salt concentration, that should be kept the same for this to be a fair test.
- 4th March 2005Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: dont go any further whispered grace something isnt right down here
- 5th March 2005Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The fog rolled in, and the harbour lights dimmed to a blur.'
- 6th March 2005A five-mark question asks you to explain how the writer builds a sense of frustration across the whole extract. What should your answer cover?
- 7th March 2005A question is worth 3 marks and asks you to explain the effect of a description. Roughly how many separate points should your answer include?
- 8th March 2005If a poem's rhythm becomes short and broken in its final stanza after being steady throughout, what might this suggest?
- 9th March 2005Name the technique used in this line: New worlds. New characters. New ideas, every single time.
- 10th March 2005If a poem starts with long, flowing lines and ends with very short, clipped lines, what effect might this create?
- 11th March 2005Calculate the area of a circle with a diameter of 20 cm. Use pi = 3.14.
- 12th March 2005Simplify 6a + 9 - 2a - 4.
- 13th March 2005Simplify 4(2x - 3) + 5.
- 14th March 2005A 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.
- 15th March 2005Write the ratio 16:24 in its simplest form.
- 16th March 2005Work out 8 x 6.
- 17th March 2005Find 3/5 of 45.
- 18th March 2005Work out 15 x 14, using a written method.
- 19th March 2005Find 3/4 of 88.
- 20th March 2005A polar bear has thick white fur. State whether this is a structural or a behavioural adaptation, and explain why.
- 21st March 2005State whether reactivity increases or decreases going down Group 1, the alkali metals.
- 22nd March 2005State why an astronaut in open space, far from any planet or star, cannot hear an explosion happening nearby.
- 23rd March 2005Name the green pigment found in chloroplasts that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis.
- 24th March 2005A ball is dropped from a height and falls freely towards the ground. State the type of energy the ball gains as it speeds up.
- 25th March 2005A 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.
- 26th March 2005A character says 'I'm fine' through gritted teeth, then slams the door. Explain what the contrast between the character's words and actions suggests.
- 27th March 2005Correct the spelling error caused by a missing doubled consonant: 'I am hopping to finish my homework before dinner' (meaning expecting, not jumping).
- 28th March 2005Correct the tense error: 'Last week, she swims to the buoy and back without stopping.'
- 29th March 2005A 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?
- 30th March 2005What is the name for a poem with no regular rhyme scheme or fixed rhythm?
- 31st March 2005A character 'counted his steps instead of looking down.' What does this suggest about his feelings?