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July 2026 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in July 2026, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.

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July 2026

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in July 2026

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 2026The list shows the number of pets owned by 9 pupils: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 0, 1. Write down the mode.
  2. 2nd July 2026During vigorous exercise, a sprinter's muscles cannot get enough oxygen. Name the substance that builds up in the muscles as a result, and state one effect this has.
  3. 3rd July 2026The density of olive oil is 0.92 g/cm^3. State, with a reason, whether olive oil would float or sink in water (density 1.0 g/cm^3).
  4. 4th July 2026A parcel of mass 2.5 kg is lifted onto a shelf 2 m above the ground. Take g = 10 N/kg and use GPE = mass x g x height. Calculate the gain in gravitational potential energy.
  5. 5th July 2026Name the process by which plants lose water vapour from their leaves through tiny pores called stomata.
  6. 6th July 2026Name the structure inside a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place.
  7. 7th July 2026A wave has a wavelength of 2 m and a frequency of 5 Hz. Use wave speed = frequency x wavelength to calculate its speed.
  8. 8th July 2026A 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.
  9. 9th July 2026Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Dust rose from the floor, and Elias covered his mouth."
  10. 10th July 2026Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The old house was SCARY.'
  11. 11th July 2026Which word from 'the tannoy crackled out another indistinct apology' suggests the announcement was hard to understand?
  12. 12th July 2026A diver 'counted her breaths, trying to make each one last longer than the last.' What does this suggest about her situation?
  13. 13th July 2026In a poem, the line "Waves gnaw at the cliff's grey chin" contains an example of which technique?
  14. 14th July 2026An article states 'Pupils who read for pleasure for just ten minutes a day report feeling calmer.' Name the technique used here.
  15. 15th July 2026A poem describes wind as "howling" and "moaning" through bare branches. Name the technique shown by these two words.
  16. 16th July 2026A triangular prism has a cross-sectional area of 15 cm^2 and a length of 12 cm. Calculate its volume.
  17. 17th July 2026Round 6.849 to 1 decimal place.
  18. 18th July 2026A coat costs 80 pounds. Its price increases by 25%. Work out the new price.
  19. 19th July 2026A prize of 240 pounds is shared between three friends in the ratio 1:2:5. Work out the smallest share.
  20. 20th July 2026A map has a scale of 1:20000. Two towns are 7cm apart on the map. Work out the real distance between them, in km.
  21. 21st July 2026Work out 3 + 6 x 2 - 4.
  22. 22nd July 2026A recipe uses 2 eggs for every 150 g of flour. Work out how many grams of flour are needed for 5 eggs, at the same ratio.
  23. 23rd July 2026Work out -3 - 6.
  24. 24th July 2026Work out -9 + 15.
  25. 25th July 2026Complete the word equation for photosynthesis: carbon dioxide + water produces ___ + ___.
  26. 26th July 2026Explain why a pencil, not a pen, must be used to draw the baseline on chromatography paper.
  27. 27th July 2026State the law of reflection.
  28. 28th July 2026A student shouts and hears an echo 0.6 s later off a distant wall. Given the speed of sound in air is 340 m/s, calculate the total distance travelled by the sound (there and back).
  29. 29th July 2026Give the chemical symbol for the element sodium.
  30. 30th July 2026State the name of a reaction in which a more reactive metal displaces a less reactive metal from a compound.
  31. 31st July 2026A writer describes a bell as 'clanging its complaint into the empty square.' Name the poetic or literary technique used here.