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February 2019 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in February 2019, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.

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February 2019

28 sheets · 140 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in February 2019

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st February 2019Name the structure inside a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place.
  2. 2nd February 2019Name the part of a plant cell, not found in an animal cell, that carries out photosynthesis.
  3. 3rd February 2019A 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.
  4. 4th February 2019Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Dust rose from the floor, and Elias covered his mouth."
  5. 5th February 2019Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The old house was SCARY.'
  6. 6th February 2019Which word from 'the tannoy crackled out another indistinct apology' suggests the announcement was hard to understand?
  7. 7th February 2019A diver 'counted her breaths, trying to make each one last longer than the last.' What does this suggest about her situation?
  8. 8th February 2019In a poem, the line "Waves gnaw at the cliff's grey chin" contains an example of which technique?
  9. 9th February 2019An article states 'Pupils who read for pleasure for just ten minutes a day report feeling calmer.' Name the technique used here.
  10. 10th February 2019A poem describes wind as "howling" and "moaning" through bare branches. Name the technique shown by these two words.
  11. 11th February 2019A triangular prism has a cross-sectional area of 15 cm^2 and a length of 12 cm. Calculate its volume.
  12. 12th February 2019Round 6.849 to 1 decimal place.
  13. 13th February 2019A coat costs 80 pounds. Its price increases by 25%. Work out the new price.
  14. 14th February 2019A prize of 240 pounds is shared between three friends in the ratio 1:2:5. Work out the smallest share.
  15. 15th February 2019A map has a scale of 1:20000. Two towns are 7cm apart on the map. Work out the real distance between them, in km.
  16. 16th February 2019Work out 3 + 6 x 2 - 4.
  17. 17th February 2019A recipe uses 2 eggs for every 150 g of flour. Work out how many grams of flour are needed for 5 eggs, at the same ratio.
  18. 18th February 2019Work out -3 - 6.
  19. 19th February 2019Work out -9 + 15.
  20. 20th February 2019State one way the xylem is adapted for transporting water up a plant.
  21. 21st February 2019In a chromatography experiment, the solvent front travels 10 cm and a dye spot travels 4 cm. Calculate the Rf value of the dye.
  22. 22nd February 2019State the law of reflection.
  23. 23rd February 2019A student shouts and hears an echo 0.6 s later off a distant wall. Given the speed of sound in air is 340 m/s, calculate the total distance travelled by the sound (there and back).
  24. 24th February 2019State the name given to a chemical reaction that releases heat energy to the surroundings.
  25. 25th February 2019State the products formed when a metal reacts with an acid.
  26. 26th February 2019A writer describes a bell as 'clanging its complaint into the empty square.' Name the poetic or literary technique used here.
  27. 27th February 2019Add the correct negative prefix to make this word mean 'not legal': legal.
  28. 28th February 2019Choose the correct word: We had ___ time to finish the test than we expected. (less / fewer)