Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
May 2007 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in May 2007, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in May 2007
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 2007State one disadvantage of burning coal to generate electricity.
- 2nd May 2007Name the process of cell division that produces two genetically identical daughter cells for growth and repair.
- 3rd May 2007In an investigation into reaction time, a pupil's results are 0.18 s, 0.19 s, 0.61 s, 0.18 s and 0.20 s. Identify the anomalous result, and suggest one likely reason it occurred.
- 4th May 2007Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the map in the drawer."
- 5th May 2007Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The fog rolled in from the sea.'
- 6th May 2007A character 'checked her watch for the third time in a minute and sighed.' What does this suggest about how she is feeling?
- 7th May 2007Which word class is 'cautiously' in the sentence 'She cautiously ran her glove along the rusted rail'?
- 8th May 2007A question asks you to "compare how the two poets present the sea." What is the best way to structure your answer?
- 9th May 2007Give one example of emotive language a writer might use to persuade pupils that reading is enjoyable rather than a chore.
- 10th May 2007In the line "Icicles hang like daggers from the eaves", which technique is used?
- 11th May 2007A trapezium has parallel sides of 6 cm and 10 cm, and a height of 5 cm. Calculate its area.
- 12th May 2007Find 30% of 150.
- 13th May 2007Work out 13^2.
- 14th May 2007Find 5/6 of 72.
- 15th May 2007A recipe for 4 people uses 200g of butter. How much butter is needed for 10 people?
- 16th May 2007A tap fills a bucket at a constant rate of 3 litres every 2 minutes. Work out how many litres it fills in 10 minutes.
- 17th May 2007Calculate 74 - 38.
- 18th May 2007Work out -7 + 15.
- 19th May 2007A journey of 240 km takes 4 hours at a constant speed. Work out the speed in km/h.
- 20th May 2007A polar bear has thick white fur. State whether this is a structural or a behavioural adaptation, and explain why.
- 21st May 2007State whether reactivity increases or decreases going down Group 1, the alkali metals.
- 22nd May 2007A red filter is held in front of a torch shining white light. State which colour of light passes through the filter.
- 23rd May 2007State whether sound can travel through a vacuum (empty space), and give a reason.
- 24th May 2007A 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 May 2007A 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 May 2007A question is worth 4 marks and asks you to explain the effect of a writer's language in a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
- 27th May 2007Which punctuation mark correctly joins these two related sentences into one: 'The rain finally stopped ___ the match could go ahead after all.'
- 28th May 2007Add a hyphen where needed: a ten year old girl won the competition.
- 29th May 2007Explain why a poet might end a poem about autumn with a single short line, such as 'Then, silence.'
- 30th May 2007A poem has three-line stanzas with no rhyme at all. What effect might this irregular structure create?
- 31st May 2007A climber 'gripped the rope until his knuckles turned white, then made himself let go, one finger at a time.' What does this suggest about the difficulty of what he is doing?