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

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

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September 2023

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in September 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 September 2023Name the two products of photosynthesis.
  2. 2nd September 2023A pupil adds universal indicator to a solution and it turns red. State whether the solution is acidic, alkaline or neutral.
  3. 3rd September 2023Add an apostrophe in the correct place: The two teams kits were both muddy after the match. (There is one kit set per team, and two teams in total.)
  4. 4th September 2023In the sentence 'The old clock in the hallway ticked with the patience of a watchman,' which word gives the clock a human quality?
  5. 5th September 2023A character mutters "It's nothing" while quickly hiding a letter in his pocket. Explain what the contrast between his words and actions suggests.
  6. 6th September 2023Explain one way an ending can 'connect back' to the opening of a story.
  7. 7th September 2023Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: Although the fair had closed years ago, the carousel still turned.
  8. 8th September 2023Give one example of emotive language a speaker might use to persuade pupils that public speaking is worth the risk.
  9. 9th September 2023A speech opens with the line: 'Imagine losing your home in a single night.' What technique is this, and why is it an effective opening?
  10. 10th September 2023Round 4826 to the nearest hundred.
  11. 11th September 2023Solve x^2 + 3x - 10 = 0.
  12. 12th September 2023Without a calculator, work out 35% of 220.
  13. 13th September 2023Solve x^2 + 4x - 21 = 0.
  14. 14th September 2023A motorbike valued at 5,500 pounds depreciates by 18% in its first year. Work out its value at the end of the first year.
  15. 15th September 2023Work out 4.7 x 3.6, giving your answer to 1 decimal place.
  16. 16th September 2023A car travels 189 miles using 7 gallons of fuel. Work out the miles per gallon.
  17. 17th September 2023A pair of trainers costs 45 pounds. The price increases by 20%. Work out the new price.
  18. 18th September 2023A bag contains 5 red counters and 7 blue counters. Two counters are taken from the bag at random, one after the other, without replacement. Find the probability that both counters are the same colour.
  19. 19th September 2023Put these organs in the order food passes through them during digestion: large intestine, mouth, stomach, small intestine, oesophagus.
  20. 20th September 2023A pupil finds the volume of an irregular stone using a measuring cylinder. The water level rises from 35 cm^3 to 52 cm^3 when the stone is added. The stone has a mass of 42.5 g. Calculate the density of the stone, giving your answer to 2 significant figures.
  21. 21st September 2023State whether the main force acting when a compass needle points north is a contact force or a non-contact force.
  22. 22nd September 2023State whether burning magnesium ribbon in air to form magnesium oxide is a physical change or a chemical change, and give a reason.
  23. 23rd September 2023Using the reactivity series, state whether iron would react with a solution of copper sulfate, given that iron is more reactive than copper.
  24. 24th September 2023Name the piece of equipment used to separate an insoluble solid from a liquid.
  25. 25th September 2023A 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.
  26. 26th September 2023Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: dont go any further whispered grace something isnt right down here
  27. 27th September 2023Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The fog rolled in, and the harbour lights dimmed to a blur.'
  28. 28th September 2023A five-mark question asks you to explain how the writer builds a sense of frustration across the whole extract. What should your answer cover?
  29. 29th September 2023A question is worth 3 marks and asks you to explain the effect of a description. Roughly how many separate points should your answer include?
  30. 30th September 2023If a poem's rhythm becomes short and broken in its final stanza after being steady throughout, what might this suggest?