Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
January 2016 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in January 2016, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in January 2016
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 2016Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The map was old and torn."
- 2nd January 2016Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the corridor at midnight.'
- 3rd January 2016A writer describes a departure board as 'flickering through a list of cancellations like a nervous heartbeat.' Name the technique used.
- 4th January 2016A character 'held his breath without realising it' as he entered a dark passage. What does this suggest about his feelings?
- 5th January 2016A poem has four lines per stanza with the rhyme pattern ABAB. What is this pattern called?
- 6th January 2016Is the claim 'reading is obviously more rewarding than scrolling through a screen' a fact or an opinion?
- 7th January 2016A question asks you to explain "how the poet's feelings towards winter change across the poem." What should your answer focus on?
- 8th January 2016Calculate the circumference of a circle with a radius of 9 cm. Use pi = 3.14.
- 9th January 2016Work out -4 - 7.
- 10th January 2016Find the highest common factor of 24 and 36.
- 11th January 2016Simplify 6x + 4 - 2x - 9.
- 12th January 2016A basket contains 15 lemons and 25 limes. Write the ratio of lemons to limes in its simplest form.
- 13th January 2016Calculate 56 + 29.
- 14th January 2016Work out 20 - 3 x 4.
- 15th January 2016A number is tripled and then 5 is added, giving 32. Form an equation and find the number.
- 16th January 2016Simplify the ratio 18:24 to its simplest form.
- 17th January 2016A polar bear has thick white fur. State whether this is a structural or a behavioural adaptation, and explain why.
- 18th January 2016State whether reactivity increases or decreases going down Group 1, the alkali metals.
- 19th January 2016An astronaut has a mass of 70 kg on Earth. State her mass on the Moon, and explain why her weight on the Moon is less than her weight on Earth.
- 20th January 2016Using the periodic table, state whether the element chlorine (Cl) is a metal or a non-metal.
- 21st January 2016A ball is dropped from a height and falls freely towards the ground. State the type of energy the ball gains as it speeds up.
- 22nd January 2016A 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.
- 23rd January 2016In an extract, a character 'chewed his lip and stared at his shoes.' What does this suggest about the character's feelings?
- 24th January 2016Add a colon to this sentence in the correct place: The expedition needed three things warm clothing enough food and a reliable map.
- 25th January 2016Choose the correct word: There were ___ people at the concert than last year. (less / fewer)
- 26th January 2016Which two poetic techniques are both used in the line 'The branches creaked and clawed at the window'?
- 27th January 2016Find and copy one word from 'the anvil's patient, unmoving weight' that gives the anvil a human quality.
- 28th January 2016Which word class is 'desperately' in 'He desperately searched for a handhold'?
- 29th January 2016Choose the correct homophone to complete the sentence: The dog wagged ___ tail happily. (its / it's)
- 30th January 2016A question asks you to "find and copy one phrase" meaning "completely dark." Which of these fits: "pitch black", "faintly lit", "clear blue" or "softly glowing"?
- 31st January 2016A charity bake sale raises 200 pounds, split between three charities in the ratio 3 : 2 : 5. Work out the amount the largest share receives.