Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
October 2009 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in October 2009, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in October 2009
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 2009Correct the punctuation in this sentence, which reports direct speech: the coach shouted keep going were nearly there
- 2nd October 2009A question asks you to 'find and copy one word which shows that the workshop was untidy.' What kind of question is this, and how should you answer it?
- 3rd October 2009A question is worth 5 marks and asks you to explain how a writer builds atmosphere across a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
- 4th October 2009Which of these would best speed up the pace of an action scene: a long sentence with several clauses, or a short, three-word sentence?
- 5th October 2009Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the funfair at midnight.'
- 6th October 2009Is the claim 'debating is clearly the single best way to build confidence' a fact or an opinion?
- 7th October 2009Give one example of emotive language a writer might use to persuade readers to support an animal shelter.
- 8th October 2009Work out (-5) + (-8) - (-6).
- 9th October 2009The three angles of a triangle are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. Work out the size of the largest angle.
- 10th October 2009Find 3/8 of 64.
- 11th October 2009Write 0.000078 in standard form.
- 12th October 2009A cylindrical bucket has radius 12 cm and height 25 cm. Work out its volume, to 3 significant figures. (Use pi = 3.14159.)
- 13th October 2009Work out sqrt(169) + 4^2.
- 14th October 2009Increase 240 pounds by 12%.
- 15th October 2009Work out 312 divided by 8, using a written method.
- 16th October 2009The list shows the number of pets owned by 9 pupils: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 0, 1. Write down the mode.
- 17th October 2009During vigorous exercise, a sprinter's muscles cannot get enough oxygen. Name the substance that builds up in the muscles as a result, and state one effect this has.
- 18th October 2009The density of olive oil is 0.92 g/cm^3. State, with a reason, whether olive oil would float or sink in water (density 1.0 g/cm^3).
- 19th October 2009A parcel of mass 2.5 kg is lifted onto a shelf 2 m above the ground. Take g = 10 N/kg and use GPE = mass x g x height. Calculate the gain in gravitational potential energy.
- 20th October 2009A solution turns universal indicator paper red. State whether the solution is acidic, neutral or alkaline.
- 21st October 2009State one disadvantage of burning coal to generate electricity.
- 22nd October 2009State the name of the process by which oxygen moves from the air in the lungs into the blood.
- 23rd October 2009In 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.
- 24th October 2009Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Dust rose from the floor, and Elias covered his mouth."
- 25th October 2009Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The old house was SCARY.'
- 26th October 2009Which word from 'the tannoy crackled out another indistinct apology' suggests the announcement was hard to understand?
- 27th October 2009A diver 'counted her breaths, trying to make each one last longer than the last.' What does this suggest about her situation?
- 28th October 2009In a poem, the line "Waves gnaw at the cliff's grey chin" contains an example of which technique?
- 29th October 2009An article states 'Pupils who read for pleasure for just ten minutes a day report feeling calmer.' Name the technique used here.
- 30th October 2009A poem describes wind as "howling" and "moaning" through bare branches. Name the technique shown by these two words.
- 31st October 2009A trapezium has parallel sides of 6 cm and 10 cm, and a height of 5 cm. Calculate its area.