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