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January 1956 5-a-day

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January 1956

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 5-6

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  1. 1st January 1956'I suppose it will do,' Mrs Fenwick said, examining the room without expression. What tone does 'I suppose it will do' suggest, and what does this imply about her opinion of the room?
  2. 2nd January 1956Give one word from the extract that means 'went down' or 'reduced', referring to the floods.
  3. 3rd January 1956'Her argument was compelling, backed by clear evidence at every stage.' 'Compelling' is closest in meaning to: A) confusing B) convincing C) short D) careless
  4. 4th January 1956True or False: according to the extract, every driver in the town is unhappy about the cycle lanes.
  5. 5th January 1956'Mistakes were made.' Explain what effect leaving out the doer has in this sentence.
  6. 6th January 1956Classify this sentence as simple, compound or complex: "The rain stopped, but the wind grew stronger."
  7. 7th January 1956What kind of evidence does the writer use to support the opening claim: a personal opinion, an expert quotation, or a survey?
  8. 8th January 1956Give one stage direction from the extract that shows a change in Dad's attention during the scene.
  9. 9th January 1956Add the suffix "-ing" to "swim", applying the doubling rule, and explain why the rule applies.
  10. 10th January 1956What effect does the phrase 'on the other hand' have in this extract?
  11. 11th January 1956'Voices pile on voices, a tower of noise.' Which word shows the voices are being added on top of each other?
  12. 12th January 1956A car travels at a constant speed of 50 km/h for 4 hours. Calculate the distance travelled.
  13. 13th January 1956Explain why it is important to scale every ingredient in a recipe by the same scale factor.
  14. 14th January 1956What is 9 squared?
  15. 15th January 1956I think of a number, add 9, and the result is 23. What was my number?
  16. 16th January 1956Two angles on a straight line are 118 degrees and y degrees. Find y.
  17. 17th January 1956How many edges does a triangular prism have?
  18. 18th January 1956A pictogram uses a whole symbol to represent 8 books and shows 3 and a quarter symbols for one class. How many books does this row represent?
  19. 19th January 1956A quadrilateral has three angles of 80, 95 and 110 degrees. Find the fourth angle.
  20. 20th January 1956Four pupils, W, X, Y and Z, each play a different sport. If three of the four pupil-sport pairings are already fixed by clues, how many more clues, at minimum, are needed to be certain of the last pairing?
  21. 21st January 1956Solve: 5x + 2 = 32.
  22. 22nd January 1956What must be added to 68 to make 100?
  23. 23rd January 1956A pupil has 5 pounds and spends 2.75 pounds. How much money is left?
  24. 24th January 1956A triangle has angles of 50 degrees and 65 degrees. Find the third angle.
  25. 25th January 1956A jug holds 1.2 litres. If 3/4 of it is poured out, how much remains, in litres?
  26. 26th January 1956What is 6 times 9, plus 4?
  27. 27th January 1956A baker makes 132 rolls and sells 79 of them. How many rolls are left?
  28. 28th January 1956Write 7/10 as a percentage.
  29. 29th January 1956Find 2/3 of 27.
  30. 30th January 1956In a class, everyone who plays chess also plays draughts. Maya plays chess. Does Maya play draughts?
  31. 31st January 1956Two parallel lines are crossed by a third line. One angle formed is 118 degrees. Find the co-interior angle on the same side.