Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
June 2005 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in June 2005, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in June 2005
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 2005State the approximate time it takes for light from the Sun to reach the Earth.
- 2nd June 2005In the sentence "The exhausted runner collapsed across the finish line," what word class is "exhausted"?
- 3rd June 2005A writer describes sawdust as 'settling like a light snowfall over every surface.' Name the technique used.
- 4th June 2005In an extract, a character "kept glancing at the door and twisting the strap of her bag." What does this suggest about the character's feelings?
- 5th June 2005Write one short sentence (no more than five words) suitable for a moment of sudden shock in a story.
- 6th June 2005Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: The gates creaked open.
- 7th June 2005What is the effect of directly addressing an audience as 'you' in a speech?
- 8th June 2005Is the claim 'this is the most dangerous road crossing in the whole town' a fact or an opinion? Explain your answer.
- 9th June 2005Express 60 as a product of its prime factors, then use this to find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 60 and 24.
- 10th June 2005The three angles of a triangle are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. Work out the size of the largest angle.
- 11th June 2005A cafe sells 3 coffees at 2.40 pounds each and 2 teas at 1.60 pounds each. Work out the total cost, without a calculator.
- 12th June 2005y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 3, y = 45. Work out y when x = 5.
- 13th June 2005A survey asked 30 people how many siblings they have: 9 have 0, 12 have 1, 6 have 2, 3 have 3. Work out the mean number of siblings.
- 14th June 2005A machine produces 480 items in a day that lasts 7.5 hours. Work out the number of items produced per hour.
- 15th June 2005Work out 6^2 - sqrt(49).
- 16th June 2005Write 0.6 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 17th June 2005Two fair coins are tossed together. Find the probability of getting at least one tail.
- 18th June 2005Which of the seven life processes describes an organism getting rid of waste products made inside its body?
- 19th June 2005State the name of the change of state when a solid changes directly into a liquid.
- 20th June 2005A trolley of mass 20 kg is pushed with a resultant force of 60 N. Use force = mass x acceleration to calculate its acceleration.
- 21st June 2005A cyclist travels 300 m in 25 s. Calculate her average speed.
- 22nd June 2005Name the gas produced when a reactive metal reacts with a dilute acid.
- 23rd June 2005State the name of the process by which oxygen moves from the air in the lungs into the blood.
- 24th June 2005A pupil measures the mass of a metal washer five times using a balance and gets: 14.2 g, 14.5 g, 14.1 g, 14.6 g, 14.1 g. Calculate the mean mass, giving your answer to 3 significant figures.
- 25th June 2005Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the map in the drawer."
- 26th June 2005Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The fog rolled in from the sea.'
- 27th June 2005A character 'checked her watch for the third time in a minute and sighed.' What does this suggest about how she is feeling?
- 28th June 2005Which word class is 'cautiously' in the sentence 'She cautiously ran her glove along the rusted rail'?
- 29th June 2005A question asks you to "compare how the two poets present the sea." What is the best way to structure your answer?
- 30th June 2005Give one example of emotive language a writer might use to persuade pupils that reading is enjoyable rather than a chore.