Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
July 2008 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in July 2008, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in July 2008
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st July 2008State two factors, other than using a catalyst, that increase the rate of a reaction between a solid and a solution.
- 2nd July 2008State whether solar power is a renewable or a non-renewable energy resource.
- 3rd July 2008A book rests on a table and does not move. Name the force from the table that balances the book's weight.
- 4th July 2008Name the two products of photosynthesis.
- 5th July 2008A pupil adds universal indicator to a solution and it turns red. State whether the solution is acidic, alkaline or neutral.
- 6th July 2008Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly? A) The whistle blew; and the players stopped. B) The whistle blew; the players stopped at once.
- 7th July 2008In an extract, a character 'set down his tools without a word and walked out into the rain.' What might this action suggest about his state of mind?
- 8th July 2008A writer describes a clock as "ticking its patient warning through the empty hall." Name the poetic technique used here.
- 9th July 2008Punctuate this exchange, adding inverted commas, capital letters and any other punctuation needed: are you sure about this asked Leo his sister nodded without looking up
- 10th July 2008Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: The funfair was SCARY.
- 11th July 2008A speaker says 'Ninety per cent of our debate club members say it changed how they see arguments.' Name the technique used here.
- 12th July 2008A charity advert says: 'You could change a child's life today.' Which word directly addresses the reader, and what effect does this have?
- 13th July 2008Order these integers from smallest to largest: -6, 2, -3, 0, -9
- 14th July 2008Solve x^2 + 3x - 10 = 0.
- 15th July 2008A triangle has base 10 cm and height 7 cm. Work out its area.
- 16th July 2008p is inversely proportional to q^2. When q = 2, p = 18. Work out p when q = 3.
- 17th July 2008The nth term of a sequence is 6n - 4. Work out the 12th term.
- 18th July 2008A car journey of 156 miles takes 2.4 hours. Work out the average speed, to the nearest mile per hour.
- 19th July 2008A rectangle has a perimeter of 38 cm and a width of 6.5 cm. Work out its length.
- 20th July 2008Find the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 7 cm.
- 21st July 2008A box contains 7 yellow pencils, 5 blue pencils and 3 green pencils. A pencil is picked at random. Find the probability that it is not blue.
- 22nd July 2008State one structure found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.
- 23rd July 2008A sample of matter has particles that are far apart and moving quickly in random directions. State which state of matter this describes.
- 24th July 2008In a tug of war, Team X pulls with a force of 640 N and Team Y pulls with a force of 590 N in the opposite direction. Calculate the resultant force acting on the rope.
- 25th July 2008Name the type of blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart under high pressure.
- 26th July 2008State whether gold is a very reactive or a very unreactive metal, given that it is found in the Earth as the pure metal rather than in a compound.
- 27th July 2008Name the piece of equipment used to separate an insoluble solid from a liquid.
- 28th July 2008Before starting a watering investigation, a pupil writes this prediction: a plant given more water each day will grow taller than one given less water. State one piece of scientific reasoning that could support this prediction.
- 29th July 2008Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The map was old and torn."
- 30th July 2008Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the corridor at midnight.'
- 31st July 2008A writer describes a departure board as 'flickering through a list of cancellations like a nervous heartbeat.' Name the technique used.