Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
May 2008 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in May 2008, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in May 2008
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 2008Identify and correct the pronoun error: 'The dog wagged their tail happily.'
- 2nd May 2008A poem compares old age to 'a candle guttering low, still giving light.' Name this technique.
- 3rd May 2008Which two poetic techniques appear in the line 'The fire hissed and spat its sparks'?
- 4th May 2008Find and copy one word from 'the mist swallowed the path ahead of him' that gives the mist a human or animal-like quality.
- 5th May 2008Find and correct the tense error in this sentence: Yesterday, Priya walks to school and meets her friend Tom.
- 6th May 2008A 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.
- 7th May 2008A rectangle has length 9 cm and width 6 cm. Work out its area and its perimeter.
- 8th May 2008Find 1/3 of 96.
- 9th May 2008Work out -12 + 4 x 3.
- 10th May 2008Solve x^2 - 2x - 24 = 0.
- 11th May 2008Work out 207 divided by 9, showing your written method.
- 12th May 2008Work out 143 divided by 11.
- 13th May 2008A floor is tiled with a repeating pattern of identical regular hexagonal tiles, with no gaps or overlaps. State the size of each interior angle of a regular hexagon, and explain why regular hexagons can tile a flat floor exactly.
- 14th May 2008A right-angled triangle has hypotenuse 17 cm and one leg of 8 cm. Calculate the length of the other leg.
- 15th May 2008The first three terms of the triangular numbers are 1, 3, 6. If the pattern continues in the same way, what is the next term after 6?
- 16th May 2008State one way the alveoli are adapted for efficient gas exchange.
- 17th May 2008Explain why attaching a block of zinc to the hull of a steel ship helps to protect the ship from rusting.
- 18th May 2008The Sun is much larger than the Earth. State what type of object the Sun is, and name the force that keeps the Earth in orbit around it.
- 19th May 2008Name the type of rock formed when layers of sediment, such as sand or mud, are compressed together over a long period of time.
- 20th May 2008Name the gas that makes up approximately 78% of the Earth's atmosphere.
- 21st May 2008A cylinder of gas is labelled with a diamond-shaped symbol showing a black flame on an orange background. State what hazard this symbol represents.
- 22nd May 2008A writer describes rising ocean temperatures as "a slow-burning threat to one of the planet's most colourful ecosystems." Explain what effect the phrase "slow-burning" has on the reader.
- 23rd May 2008A poem compares loneliness to 'an empty chair at a crowded table.' Name this technique.
- 24th May 2008Explain why a poet might choose an irregular, unpredictable rhythm to describe a storm, rather than a steady, regular one.
- 25th May 2008Choose the correct homophone: ___ going to be late if the bus does not arrive soon. (Whose / Who's)
- 26th May 2008Identify the subordinate clause in this sentence: Because the fire alarm sounded, everyone left the building calmly.
- 27th May 2008What is the term for a poem that continues a sentence or idea from one line to the next without a pause?
- 28th May 2008What do the letters PAF stand for when analysing a non-fiction text?
- 29th May 2008Find the gradient of the line joining (1, 4) and (5, 16).
- 30th May 2008The nth term of a sequence is 5n - 2. Work out the 15th term.
- 31st May 2008Find 3/8 of 64.