Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
July 2009 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in July 2009, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in July 2009
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st July 2009Name the process of cell division that produces two genetically identical daughter cells for growth and repair.
- 2nd July 2009A pupil's results table is missing units for one column, headed only 'Volume'. State why it is important to always include a unit in a column heading or with a numerical answer.
- 3rd July 2009Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Although the handle was rusted solid, the door creaked open at last."
- 4th July 2009Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: hurry up whispered Kofi we havent got much time
- 5th July 2009A question asks you to 'state one reason why the train was delayed, using evidence from the text.' What kind of answer is required?
- 6th July 2009A diver notices 'a single brass buckle winking in the torchlight.' Which word suggests the buckle is briefly catching and reflecting the light?
- 7th July 2009In the phrase "silent, secret snow", which technique is being used?
- 8th July 2009What is a counter-argument, and why might a writer include one?
- 9th July 2009In the phrase "silent, snow-hushed streets", which technique is being used?
- 10th July 2009Calculate the perimeter of a rectangle measuring 14 cm by 8.5 cm.
- 11th July 2009A pack of 24 pencils costs 3.60 pounds. Work out the cost of one pencil.
- 12th July 2009Write 0.35 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 13th July 2009A parallelogram has base 12 cm and perpendicular height 5 cm. Work out its area.
- 14th July 20093 workers can paint a fence in 8 hours, working at the same constant rate. How long would it take 4 workers to paint the same fence?
- 15th July 2009Find 10% of 95 pounds.
- 16th July 2009Work out 9 x 8.
- 17th July 2009A coat costs 80 pounds. It is reduced by 35% in a sale. Work out the sale price.
- 18th July 2009Work out 15% of 60.
- 19th July 2009A polar bear has thick white fur. State whether this is a structural or a behavioural adaptation, and explain why.
- 20th July 2009State whether reactivity increases or decreases going down Group 1, the alkali metals.
- 21st July 2009Put these bodies in order of their distance from the Sun, starting with the closest: Mars, Mercury, Earth, Venus.
- 22nd July 2009State whether elements in the same group of the periodic table have similar or very different chemical properties.
- 23rd July 2009A ball is dropped from a height and falls freely towards the ground. State the type of energy the ball gains as it speeds up.
- 24th July 2009A 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.
- 25th July 2009A question asks you to 'summarise the passage in your own words.' What must you avoid doing when answering it?
- 26th July 2009Is the relative clause in this sentence defining or non-defining, and should it have commas: 'The teacher who marked our essays gave detailed feedback' (assume there are several teachers)?
- 27th July 2009Which sentence is correct if you mean you carried your umbrella with you: 'I brought my umbrella yesterday' or 'I bought my umbrella yesterday'?
- 28th July 2009Find and copy one word from 'the wind stripped the last brave leaves from the oak' that suggests the leaves were trying to resist the wind.
- 29th July 2009A poem compares old age to 'a coat grown heavy with wear.' Name this technique.
- 30th July 2009A question worth 4 marks asks you to explain the effect of a writer's description. Roughly how many separate points should your answer include?
- 31st July 2009This sentence contains a comma splice: The rain started early, we cancelled the picnic. Correct it in one way.