Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
December 2016 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in December 2016, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in December 2016
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 2016A ray of light travels from air into a glass block and bends towards the normal at the boundary. Name this effect.
- 2nd December 2016Name one structure found in a plant cell that is not found in an animal cell.
- 3rd December 2016Name the part of a plant cell, not found in an animal cell, that carries out photosynthesis.
- 4th December 2016A 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.
- 5th December 2016Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Although the handle was rusted solid, the door creaked open at last."
- 6th December 2016Punctuate 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
- 7th December 2016A question asks you to 'state one reason why the train was delayed, using evidence from the text.' What kind of answer is required?
- 8th December 2016A diver notices 'a single brass buckle winking in the torchlight.' Which word suggests the buckle is briefly catching and reflecting the light?
- 9th December 2016In the phrase "silent, secret snow", which technique is being used?
- 10th December 2016What is a counter-argument, and why might a writer include one?
- 11th December 2016In the phrase "silent, snow-hushed streets", which technique is being used?
- 12th December 2016Calculate the perimeter of a rectangle measuring 14 cm by 8.5 cm.
- 13th December 2016A pack of 24 pencils costs 3.60 pounds. Work out the cost of one pencil.
- 14th December 2016Write 0.35 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 15th December 2016A parallelogram has base 12 cm and perpendicular height 5 cm. Work out its area.
- 16th December 20163 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?
- 17th December 2016Find 10% of 95 pounds.
- 18th December 2016Work out 9 x 8.
- 19th December 2016A coat costs 80 pounds. It is reduced by 35% in a sale. Work out the sale price.
- 20th December 2016Work out 15% of 60.
- 21st December 2016State one way the xylem is adapted for transporting water up a plant.
- 22nd December 2016In a chromatography experiment, the solvent front travels 10 cm and a dye spot travels 4 cm. Calculate the Rf value of the dye.
- 23rd December 2016Put these bodies in order of their distance from the Sun, starting with the closest: Mars, Mercury, Earth, Venus.
- 24th December 2016State whether elements in the same group of the periodic table have similar or very different chemical properties.
- 25th December 2016State the name given to a chemical reaction that releases heat energy to the surroundings.
- 26th December 2016State the products formed when a metal reacts with an acid.
- 27th December 2016A question asks you to 'summarise the passage in your own words.' What must you avoid doing when answering it?
- 28th December 2016Is 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)?
- 29th December 2016Which sentence is correct if you mean you carried your umbrella with you: 'I brought my umbrella yesterday' or 'I bought my umbrella yesterday'?
- 30th December 2016Find 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.
- 31st December 2016A poem compares old age to 'a coat grown heavy with wear.' Name this technique.