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June 2023 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in June 2023, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.

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June 2023

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in June 2023

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

  1. 1st June 2023Name the type of blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart under high pressure.
  2. 2nd June 2023State whether gold is a very reactive or a very unreactive metal, given that it is found in the Earth as the pure metal rather than in a compound.
  3. 3rd June 2023Name the part of a plant cell, not found in an animal cell, that carries out photosynthesis.
  4. 4th June 2023Before starting a watering investigation, a pupil writes this prediction: a plant given more water each day will grow taller than one given less water. State one piece of scientific reasoning that could support this prediction.
  5. 5th June 2023Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The map was old and torn."
  6. 6th June 2023Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the corridor at midnight.'
  7. 7th June 2023A writer describes a departure board as 'flickering through a list of cancellations like a nervous heartbeat.' Name the technique used.
  8. 8th June 2023A character 'held his breath without realising it' as he entered a dark passage. What does this suggest about his feelings?
  9. 9th June 2023A poem has four lines per stanza with the rhyme pattern ABAB. What is this pattern called?
  10. 10th June 2023Is the claim 'reading is obviously more rewarding than scrolling through a screen' a fact or an opinion?
  11. 11th June 2023A question asks you to explain "how the poet's feelings towards winter change across the poem." What should your answer focus on?
  12. 12th June 2023Calculate the circumference of a circle with a radius of 9 cm. Use pi = 3.14.
  13. 13th June 2023Work out -4 - 7.
  14. 14th June 2023Find the highest common factor of 24 and 36.
  15. 15th June 2023Simplify 6x + 4 - 2x - 9.
  16. 16th June 2023A basket contains 15 lemons and 25 limes. Write the ratio of lemons to limes in its simplest form.
  17. 17th June 2023Calculate 56 + 29.
  18. 18th June 2023Work out 20 - 3 x 4.
  19. 19th June 2023A number is tripled and then 5 is added, giving 32. Form an equation and find the number.
  20. 20th June 2023Simplify the ratio 18:24 to its simplest form.
  21. 21st June 2023State one way the xylem is adapted for transporting water up a plant.
  22. 22nd June 2023In a chromatography experiment, the solvent front travels 10 cm and a dye spot travels 4 cm. Calculate the Rf value of the dye.
  23. 23rd June 2023An astronaut has a mass of 70 kg on Earth. State her mass on the Moon, and explain why her weight on the Moon is less than her weight on Earth.
  24. 24th June 2023Using the periodic table, state whether the element chlorine (Cl) is a metal or a non-metal.
  25. 25th June 2023State the name given to a chemical reaction that releases heat energy to the surroundings.
  26. 26th June 2023State the products formed when a metal reacts with an acid.
  27. 27th June 2023In an extract, a character 'chewed his lip and stared at his shoes.' What does this suggest about the character's feelings?
  28. 28th June 2023Add a colon to this sentence in the correct place: The expedition needed three things warm clothing enough food and a reliable map.
  29. 29th June 2023Choose the correct word: There were ___ people at the concert than last year. (less / fewer)
  30. 30th June 2023Which two poetic techniques are both used in the line 'The branches creaked and clawed at the window'?