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July 2021 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in July 2021, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.

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July 2021

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in July 2021

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

  1. 1st July 2021State whether a frog is classified as a vertebrate or an invertebrate, and give a reason.
  2. 2nd July 2021Name the two products of photosynthesis.
  3. 3rd July 2021A pupil adds universal indicator to a solution and it turns red. State whether the solution is acidic, alkaline or neutral.
  4. 4th July 2021This sentence contains a comma splice: The match ended in a draw, both teams were happy. Correct it in one way.
  5. 5th July 2021In an extract, a character 'set down his tools without a word and walked out into the rain.' What might this action suggest about his state of mind?
  6. 6th July 2021A writer describes a clock as "ticking its patient warning through the empty hall." Name the poetic technique used here.
  7. 7th July 2021Punctuate this exchange, adding inverted commas, capital letters and any other punctuation needed: are you sure about this asked Leo his sister nodded without looking up
  8. 8th July 2021Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: The funfair was SCARY.
  9. 9th July 2021A speaker says 'Ninety per cent of our debate club members say it changed how they see arguments.' Name the technique used here.
  10. 10th July 2021A campaign letter opens with a short, true story about one family affected by flooding, before giving any statistics. What is this technique called, and why might a writer use it first?
  11. 11th July 2021Order these integers from smallest to largest: -6, 2, -3, 0, -9
  12. 12th July 2021Solve x^2 + 3x - 10 = 0.
  13. 13th July 2021A triangle has base 10 cm and height 7 cm. Work out its area.
  14. 14th July 2021p is inversely proportional to q^2. When q = 2, p = 18. Work out p when q = 3.
  15. 15th July 2021The nth term of a sequence is 6n - 4. Work out the 12th term.
  16. 16th July 2021A car journey of 156 miles takes 2.4 hours. Work out the average speed, to the nearest mile per hour.
  17. 17th July 2021A rectangle has a perimeter of 38 cm and a width of 6.5 cm. Work out its length.
  18. 18th July 2021Find the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 7 cm.
  19. 19th July 2021A box contains 7 yellow pencils, 5 blue pencils and 3 green pencils. A pencil is picked at random. Find the probability that it is not blue.
  20. 20th July 2021State one structure found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.
  21. 21st July 2021A sample of matter has particles that are far apart and moving quickly in random directions. State which state of matter this describes.
  22. 22nd July 2021In a tug of war, Team X pulls with a force of 640 N and Team Y pulls with a force of 590 N in the opposite direction. Calculate the resultant force acting on the rope.
  23. 23rd July 2021Name the process by which plants lose water vapour from their leaves through tiny pores called stomata.
  24. 24th July 2021Name the structure inside a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place.
  25. 25th July 2021Name the piece of equipment used to separate an insoluble solid from a liquid.
  26. 26th July 2021A 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.
  27. 27th July 2021Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The map was old and torn."
  28. 28th July 2021Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the corridor at midnight.'
  29. 29th July 2021A writer describes a departure board as 'flickering through a list of cancellations like a nervous heartbeat.' Name the technique used.
  30. 30th July 2021A character 'held his breath without realising it' as he entered a dark passage. What does this suggest about his feelings?
  31. 31st July 2021A poem has four lines per stanza with the rhyme pattern ABAB. What is this pattern called?