Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
June 2006 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in June 2006, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in June 2006
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 2006In an extract, the writer moves from describing the busy platform to focusing closely on one child crying by the ticket barrier. What effect might this shift in focus create?
- 2nd June 2006Find and copy one word from 'the corridor swallowed the beam of her torch' that gives the corridor a human or animal-like quality.
- 3rd June 2006A poem describes a train as having a "rattling, roaring, rumbling" journey. Name the technique shown by these three words together.
- 4th June 2006An article opens with a short story about one pupil who found a favourite book by accident, before making any wider argument. What is this technique called?
- 5th June 2006A poem has six lines in each stanza with no regular rhyme pattern. What is this style called?
- 6th June 2006A cuboid measures 7 cm by 5 cm by 4 cm. Calculate its volume.
- 7th June 2006Work out 12 x 7.
- 8th June 2006Work out 7 x 8 + 6 x 3.
- 9th June 2006Without a calculator, work out 45% of 160.
- 10th June 2006Ade and Bo share 56 sweets in the ratio 3:4. How many sweets does Bo receive?
- 11th June 2006108 pounds is shared between Amir and Bea in the ratio 4:5.
- 12th June 2006Write 0.4 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 13th June 2006Write 5/8 as a decimal.
- 14th June 2006Work out 7 x 9 - 4 x 5.
- 15th June 2006State one way a communicable disease differs from a non-communicable disease.
- 16th June 2006State the name given to a horizontal row of the periodic table.
- 17th June 2006State whether the Earth's day (one full rotation on its axis) or the Earth's year (one full orbit of the Sun) takes longer.
- 18th June 2006A sound wave has a high frequency. State whether this means it has a high pitch or a low pitch.
- 19th June 2006A pupil records the mass of a beaker of ice every 2 minutes as it melts. State which variable is the independent variable in this investigation.
- 20th June 2006Name the three states of matter.
- 21st June 2006Which word means the same as 'ancient' in a sentence describing an old, crumbling castle: 'timeworn', 'modern', 'spacious' or 'lively'?
- 22nd June 2006Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: Regular ___ at the piano will improve your technique. (practice / practise)
- 23rd June 2006Identify and correct the pronoun error: 'The dog wagged their tail happily.'
- 24th June 2006A poem compares old age to 'a candle guttering low, still giving light.' Name this technique.
- 25th June 2006Which two poetic techniques appear in the line 'The fire hissed and spat its sparks'?
- 26th June 2006Find and copy one word from 'the mist swallowed the path ahead of him' that gives the mist a human or animal-like quality.
- 27th June 2006Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly? A) I like tennis; and swimming. B) I like tennis; my sister prefers swimming.
- 28th June 2006A diver signals "all clear" with a steady hand, but his eyes keep darting towards the wreck's dark entrance. Explain what the contrast between his signal and his eyes suggests.
- 29th June 2006Find 2/5 of 65.
- 30th June 2006Find 1/3 of 96.