Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
October 2015 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in October 2015, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in October 2015
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 2015State the name of a reaction in which a more reactive metal displaces a less reactive metal from a compound.
- 2nd October 2015Which word means the same as 'ancient' in a sentence describing an old, crumbling castle: 'timeworn', 'modern', 'spacious' or 'lively'?
- 3rd October 2015Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: Regular ___ at the piano will improve your technique. (practice / practise)
- 4th October 2015Identify and correct the pronoun error: 'The dog wagged their tail happily.'
- 5th October 2015A poem compares old age to 'a candle guttering low, still giving light.' Name this technique.
- 6th October 2015Which two poetic techniques appear in the line 'The fire hissed and spat its sparks'?
- 7th October 2015Find and copy one word from 'the mist swallowed the path ahead of him' that gives the mist a human or animal-like quality.
- 8th October 2015Find and correct the tense error in this sentence: Yesterday, Priya walks to school and meets her friend Tom.
- 9th October 2015A 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.
- 10th October 2015Without a calculator, work out 15% of 180.
- 11th October 2015Find 1/3 of 96.
- 12th October 2015Work out -12 + 4 x 3.
- 13th October 2015Solve x^2 - 2x - 24 = 0.
- 14th October 2015Work out 207 divided by 9, showing your written method.
- 15th October 2015Work out 143 divided by 11.
- 16th October 2015A rectangular field measuring 60 m by 40 m is to be divided into identical square plots, as large as possible, with no land left over. Work out the side length of each square plot, and the total number of plots.
- 17th October 2015A right-angled triangle has hypotenuse 17 cm and one leg of 8 cm. Calculate the length of the other leg.
- 18th October 2015The 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?
- 19th October 2015Put these structures in the order air passes through them when breathing in, starting from the windpipe: alveoli, bronchi, trachea, bronchioles.
- 20th October 2015A piece of magnesium ribbon is added to silver nitrate solution. State whether a displacement reaction would occur, and explain why.
- 21st October 2015The 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.
- 22nd October 2015Name the type of rock formed when layers of sediment, such as sand or mud, are compressed together over a long period of time.
- 23rd October 2015State the pH value of a neutral solution, such as pure water.
- 24th October 2015A cylinder of gas is labelled with a diamond-shaped symbol showing a black flame on an orange background. State what hazard this symbol represents.
- 25th October 2015A 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.
- 26th October 2015A poem compares loneliness to 'an empty chair at a crowded table.' Name this technique.
- 27th October 2015Explain why a poet might choose an irregular, unpredictable rhythm to describe a storm, rather than a steady, regular one.
- 28th October 2015Choose the correct homophone: ___ going to be late if the bus does not arrive soon. (Whose / Who's)
- 29th October 2015Identify the subordinate clause in this sentence: Because the fire alarm sounded, everyone left the building calmly.
- 30th October 2015What is the term for a poem that continues a sentence or idea from one line to the next without a pause?
- 31st October 2015What do the letters PAF stand for when analysing a non-fiction text?