Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
February 2014 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in February 2014, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in February 2014
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 2014A writer describes a clock as "ticking its patient warning through the empty hall." Name the poetic technique used here.
- 2nd February 2014Punctuate 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
- 3rd February 2014Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: The funfair was SCARY.
- 4th February 2014A speaker says 'Ninety per cent of our debate club members say it changed how they see arguments.' Name the technique used here.
- 5th February 2014A campaign letter opens with a short, true story about one family affected by flooding, before giving any statistics. What is this technique called, and why might a writer use it first?
- 6th February 2014Order these integers from smallest to largest: -6, 2, -3, 0, -9
- 7th February 2014The three angles of a triangle are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. Work out the size of the largest angle.
- 8th February 2014A triangle has base 10 cm and height 7 cm. Work out its area.
- 9th February 2014p is inversely proportional to q^2. When q = 2, p = 18. Work out p when q = 3.
- 10th February 2014The nth term of a sequence is 6n - 4. Work out the 12th term.
- 11th February 2014A car journey of 156 miles takes 2.4 hours. Work out the average speed, to the nearest mile per hour.
- 12th February 2014A rectangle has a perimeter of 38 cm and a width of 6.5 cm. Work out its length.
- 13th February 2014Find the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 7 cm.
- 14th February 2014A 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.
- 15th February 2014State one structure found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.
- 16th February 2014A sample of matter has particles that are far apart and moving quickly in random directions. State which state of matter this describes.
- 17th February 2014In 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.
- 18th February 2014Name the process by which plants lose water vapour from their leaves through tiny pores called stomata.
- 19th February 2014Name the structure inside a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place.
- 20th February 2014State the name of the process by which oxygen moves from the air in the lungs into the blood.
- 21st February 2014A pupil is choosing between two thermometers to measure a temperature change of about 5 degrees C: one has markings every 2 degrees C, and the other has markings every 0.2 degrees C. State which thermometer would give the more precise reading, and explain why.
- 22nd February 2014Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The map was old and torn."
- 23rd February 2014Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the corridor at midnight.'
- 24th February 2014A writer describes a departure board as 'flickering through a list of cancellations like a nervous heartbeat.' Name the technique used.
- 25th February 2014A character 'held his breath without realising it' as he entered a dark passage. What does this suggest about his feelings?
- 26th February 2014A poem has four lines per stanza with the rhyme pattern ABAB. What is this pattern called?
- 27th February 2014Is the claim 'reading is obviously more rewarding than scrolling through a screen' a fact or an opinion?
- 28th February 2014A question asks you to explain "how the poet's feelings towards winter change across the poem." What should your answer focus on?