Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
May 2019 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in May 2019, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in May 2019
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 2019Name one non-renewable energy resource used to generate electricity, other than coal.
- 2nd May 2019Name the five main kingdoms into which living things can be classified.
- 3rd May 2019Name the two products of photosynthesis.
- 4th May 2019A pupil adds universal indicator to a solution and it turns red. State whether the solution is acidic, alkaline or neutral.
- 5th May 2019Find and correct the tense error in this sentence: Last week, the team trains hard and wins every match.
- 6th May 2019A four-mark question asks you to explain the effect of the writer's language in one paragraph. Roughly how many separate points should your answer include?
- 7th May 2019A question asks you to "find and copy one word" meaning "silent." Which of these fits: "hushed", "loud", "busy" or "bright"?
- 8th May 2019Identify the four stages of a well-structured short narrative.
- 9th May 2019Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: dont go near the big wheel warned tom its not safe
- 10th May 2019A speaker opens with a short, true story about one shy pupil who became the club's best speaker. What is this technique called?
- 11th May 2019A leaflet states: 'Experts agree that recycling just one more item a week could transform our town's waste problem.' Name one persuasive technique used here.
- 12th May 2019List all the factors of 30, and state the highest common factor (HCF) of 30 and 45.
- 13th May 2019Solve x^2 + 3x - 10 = 0.
- 14th May 2019Simplify 7x - 3y + 2x + 8y.
- 15th May 2019A right-angled triangle has shorter sides of 7 cm and 24 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse.
- 16th May 2019A bag contains 9 red, 8 blue and 7 green counters only. A counter is picked at random. Work out the probability it is green, giving your answer as a decimal to 3 significant figures.
- 17th May 2019Work out 15% of 340 pounds.
- 18th May 2019Work out 8.3 x 5.2, giving your answer to 1 decimal place.
- 19th May 2019Simplify the ratio 45:60.
- 20th May 2019A netball team played 20 matches. The table shows goals scored per match. Goals: 0, 1, 2, 3. Frequency: 4, 7, 6, 3. Calculate the mean number of goals per match.
- 21st May 2019A slice of toast contains 12 g of carbohydrate, 4 g of protein and 3 g of fat. Each gram of carbohydrate and each gram of protein provides 4 kcal of energy, and each gram of fat provides 9 kcal. Calculate the total energy content of the toast.
- 22nd May 2019Name the technique used to separate sand from a mixture of sand and water.
- 23rd May 2019Ben has a mass of 12 kg. Calculate his weight on Earth. Use weight = mass x gravitational field strength, with g = 10 N/kg.
- 24th May 2019A ray of light travels from air into a glass block and bends towards the normal at the boundary. Name this effect.
- 25th May 2019Name one structure found in a plant cell that is not found in an animal cell.
- 26th May 2019Name the piece of equipment used to separate an insoluble solid from a liquid.
- 27th May 2019A 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.
- 28th May 2019Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The cellar was DARK."
- 29th May 2019Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'Although the fog was thick, the fishermen still set out.'
- 30th May 2019In an extract, the writer moves from describing the busy platform to focusing closely on one child crying by the ticket barrier. What effect might this shift in focus create?
- 31st May 2019Find and copy one word from 'the corridor swallowed the beam of her torch' that gives the corridor a human or animal-like quality.