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

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

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August 2026

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in August 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 August 2026Add the correct negative prefix to make this word mean 'not legal': legal.
  2. 2nd August 2026Choose the correct word: We had ___ time to finish the test than we expected. (less / fewer)
  3. 3rd August 2026What is the name for a poem written in stanzas of two lines each?
  4. 4th August 2026Explain why a poet might choose short, one-syllable words to describe the strike of a hammer, rather than longer, softer words.
  5. 5th August 2026A climber notices 'his fingers had gone from cold to strangely warm.' What might this detail suggest to an alert reader?
  6. 6th August 2026Add an apostrophe in the correct place: The three girls coats were left on the bus. (There is one coat per girl, and three girls in total.)
  7. 7th August 2026A question is worth 5 marks and asks you to explain how a writer builds a sense of danger across a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
  8. 8th August 2026Without a calculator, work out 15% of 180.
  9. 9th August 2026Work out 40% of 65.
  10. 10th August 2026A jacket costs 65 pounds. Work out the cost after a 20% discount.
  11. 11th August 2026p is inversely proportional to q. When q = 8, p = 9. Work out p when q = 6.
  12. 12th August 2026Write 0.35 as a fraction in its simplest form.
  13. 13th August 2026Work out 5/6 of 90.
  14. 14th August 2026A rectangular field measuring 60 m by 40 m is to be divided into identical square plots, as large as possible, with no land left over. Work out the side length of each square plot, and the total number of plots.
  15. 15th August 2026A rectangle has length 9.2 cm and width 6.8 cm. Calculate its perimeter.
  16. 16th August 2026Write the next two terms of the sequence: 3, 7, 11, 15, ...
  17. 17th August 2026Put these structures in the order air passes through them when breathing in, starting from the windpipe: alveoli, bronchi, trachea, bronchioles.
  18. 18th August 2026A piece of magnesium ribbon is added to silver nitrate solution. State whether a displacement reaction would occur, and explain why.
  19. 19th August 2026Write the number 0.048706 to 2 significant figures.
  20. 20th August 2026State the name of the rock type formed when magma cools and solidifies underground.
  21. 21st August 2026State the pH value of a neutral solution, such as pure water.
  22. 22nd August 2026A student reads the volume of liquid in a measuring cylinder. The bottom of the meniscus lines up exactly halfway between the 22 cm^3 and 24 cm^3 graduation marks. State the volume of liquid.
  23. 23rd August 2026A non-fiction text about volcanoes uses the heading "How an Eruption Happens." What is the purpose of this heading?
  24. 24th August 2026What is the name for a poem written in three-line stanzas?
  25. 25th August 2026A poem has four-line stanzas with an ABAB rhyme scheme throughout. What effect might this regular structure have on the reader?
  26. 26th August 2026Insert a colon in the correct place: The kit list included the following items a torch, a compass and a whistle.
  27. 27th August 2026Correct the subject-verb agreement error: The team of swimmers were training every morning.
  28. 28th August 2026A poem compares the fox's eyes to 'two small, cold coins.' Name this technique.
  29. 29th August 2026A magazine article about volcanoes is broken into sections titled 'How volcanoes form', 'Famous eruptions' and 'Living near a volcano'. What are these called, and what is their purpose?
  30. 30th August 2026Write down the coordinates of the point 3 units to the left of the origin and 5 units up.
  31. 31st August 2026A bag contains 12 red counters, 15 blue counters and 9 green counters only. A counter is picked at random. Work out the probability that it is blue, giving your answer as a decimal to 3 significant figures.