Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
April 2021 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in April 2021, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in April 2021
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 2021State whether burning magnesium ribbon in air to form magnesium oxide is a physical change or a chemical change, and give a reason.
- 2nd April 2021Using the reactivity series, state whether iron would react with a solution of copper sulfate, given that iron is more reactive than copper.
- 3rd April 2021Name the part of a plant cell, not found in an animal cell, that carries out photosynthesis.
- 4th April 2021A pupil uses a stopwatch to measure how long a candle takes to burn down by 1 cm, but forgets to shield the candle from a draught in the room. State whether this makes the result less reliable or less valid, and explain your answer.
- 5th April 2021Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The cellar was DARK."
- 6th April 2021Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'Although the fog was thick, the fishermen still set out.'
- 7th April 2021In 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?
- 8th April 2021Find and copy one word from 'the corridor swallowed the beam of her torch' that gives the corridor a human or animal-like quality.
- 9th April 2021A poem describes a train as having a "rattling, roaring, rumbling" journey. Name the technique shown by these three words together.
- 10th April 2021An article opens with a short story about one pupil who found a favourite book by accident, before making any wider argument. What is this technique called?
- 11th April 2021A poem has six lines in each stanza with no regular rhyme pattern. What is this style called?
- 12th April 2021A cuboid measures 7 cm by 5 cm by 4 cm. Calculate its volume.
- 13th April 2021Work out 12 x 7.
- 14th April 2021Work out 7 x 8 + 6 x 3.
- 15th April 2021Without a calculator, work out 45% of 160.
- 16th April 2021Ade and Bo share 56 sweets in the ratio 3:4. How many sweets does Bo receive?
- 17th April 2021108 pounds is shared between Amir and Bea in the ratio 4:5.
- 18th April 2021Write 0.4 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 19th April 2021Write 5/8 as a decimal.
- 20th April 2021Work out 7 x 9 - 4 x 5.
- 21st April 2021State one way the xylem is adapted for transporting water up a plant.
- 22nd April 2021In a chromatography experiment, the solvent front travels 10 cm and a dye spot travels 4 cm. Calculate the Rf value of the dye.
- 23rd April 2021State whether the Earth's day (one full rotation on its axis) or the Earth's year (one full orbit of the Sun) takes longer.
- 24th April 2021A sound wave has a high frequency. State whether this means it has a high pitch or a low pitch.
- 25th April 2021State the name given to a chemical reaction that releases heat energy to the surroundings.
- 26th April 2021State the products formed when a metal reacts with an acid.
- 27th April 2021Which word means the same as 'ancient' in a sentence describing an old, crumbling castle: 'timeworn', 'modern', 'spacious' or 'lively'?
- 28th April 2021Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: Regular ___ at the piano will improve your technique. (practice / practise)
- 29th April 2021Identify and correct the pronoun error: 'The dog wagged their tail happily.'
- 30th April 2021A poem compares old age to 'a candle guttering low, still giving light.' Name this technique.