Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
February 2008 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in February 2008, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in February 2008
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 2008A poem has four-line stanzas with an ABAB rhyme scheme throughout. What effect might this regular structure have on the reader?
- 2nd February 2008Insert a colon in the correct place: The kit list included the following items a torch, a compass and a whistle.
- 3rd February 2008Correct the subject-verb agreement error: The team of swimmers were training every morning.
- 4th February 2008A poem compares the fox's eyes to 'two small, cold coins.' Name this technique.
- 5th February 2008You are asked to summarise a paragraph in one sentence. What is the biggest risk to avoid?
- 6th February 2008A conversion graph shows that 5 miles is equivalent to 8 kilometres. Using this scale, convert 20 miles to kilometres.
- 7th February 2008A phone contract costs 18.50 pounds per month for 24 months, plus an upfront cost of 49 pounds. Work out the total cost of the contract.
- 8th February 2008Write 3/5 as a decimal.
- 9th February 2008Solve 3(2x - 1) = x + 17.
- 10th February 2008Describe the locus of points that are equidistant from two fixed points, A and B.
- 11th February 2008Expand and simplify (x + 5)(x - 3).
- 12th February 2008Simplify sqrt(75) - sqrt(12), giving your answer in the form k sqrt(3).
- 13th February 2008Work out 9.6 divided by 0.4.
- 14th February 2008Calculate 47 + 36.
- 15th February 2008A doctor records that a foetus is 38 weeks old. Given that human gestation lasts approximately 40 weeks, state approximately how many weeks of pregnancy remain.
- 16th February 2008A student adds a piece of unknown grey solid to dilute acid and no bubbles are produced, even after several minutes. Suggest whether the solid is a metal or a non-metal, and explain your reasoning.
- 17th February 2008Name the circuit component whose symbol is a circle with a cross inside it.
- 18th February 2008Name the process by which digested food molecules pass from the small intestine into the blood.
- 19th February 2008An old-style filament light bulb transfers 100 J of electrical energy. Of this, 20 J is transferred usefully as light, and the rest is wasted as heat. Calculate the energy wasted as heat.
- 20th February 2008Name the gas needed by the body for aerobic respiration to take place.
- 21st February 2008A student investigates how the mass of five different metal samples affects their volume, with mass as a continuous numerical variable. State whether a bar chart or a line graph is the more appropriate way to display these results.
- 22nd February 2008A guide tells the group "we're nearly there" in a steady voice, but keeps glancing anxiously at the darkening sky. Explain what the contrast between his words and his glances suggests.
- 23rd February 2008You are asked to summarise a paragraph in one sentence. What is the biggest risk to avoid?
- 24th February 2008Give one feature, other than headings, that a factual magazine article might use to help organise information for the reader.
- 25th February 2008What is emotive language, and why might a writer use it in a leaflet about ocean pollution?
- 26th February 2008Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The storm was BIG.'
- 27th February 2008Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The doors opened, and passengers spilled onto the platform."
- 28th February 2008Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The market was NOISY."
- 29th February 2008Find the mean of these test scores: 14, 18, 12, 20, 16.