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January 1961 5-a-day

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January 1961

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 5-6

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Every sheet in January 1961

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

  1. 1st January 1961SPARK is to FIRE as SEED is to ?
  2. 2nd January 1961CROSS ( ) WORK - which word completes CROSS and begins WORK?
  3. 3rd January 19618 x 3 = 16 + [ ]. Find the missing number.
  4. 4th January 1961Find the letter that completes the word before the bracket and begins the word after the bracket: CHI ( ? ) OAL
  5. 5th January 1961Ben is older than Cara. Dev is older than Ben. Cara is older than Ellie. Who is the youngest?
  6. 6th January 1961Find the missing number that makes both sides equal: 15 + 9 = 13 + [ ]
  7. 7th January 1961Which ONE word means both 'to guide or show the way' and 'a heavy, soft grey metal once used in water pipes and paint'? A) GUIDE B) METAL C) LEAD D) STEER E) TIN
  8. 8th January 1961Using A=1, B=2, up to Z=26, the code for CLOUD is 3-12-15-21-4. What is the code for STORM, using the same rule? A) 18-19-14-17-12 B) 19-20-15-18-13 C) 20-21-16-19-14 D) 19-20-18-15-13 E) 13-18-15-20-19
  9. 9th January 1961Find the letter that continues the series: E, I, M, Q, ( ? )
  10. 10th January 1961All the trophies in the display cabinet are gold. The tallest trophy in the school is silver. What can you correctly conclude about the tallest trophy?
  11. 11th January 1961Which word is most nearly opposite to DILIGENT? A) Careful B) Lazy C) Clever D) Honest E) Quick
  12. 12th January 1961Using the rule that each letter's alphabet position (A=1 to Z=26) is doubled, the code for CAB is 6-2-4. What is the code for FED, using the same rule? A) 12-10-8 B) 6-5-4 C) 10-8-6 D) 12-8-10 E) 6-10-4
  13. 13th January 1961Find the missing number: (9 x 3) - 7 = 30 - ( ? ) A) 8 B) 10 C) 12 D) 20 E) 30
  14. 14th January 1961A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'The opera terrified the young pianist backstage.' A) MEAL B) LAMP C) RATE D) DUST E) COAT
  15. 15th January 1961Find the next number in this woven series: 5, 20, 9, 16, 13, 12, ( ? )
  16. 16th January 1961Eight books are on a shelf. The dictionary is to the left of the atlas. The atlas is to the left of the novel. Which of these three books is in the middle?
  17. 17th January 1961A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'The old piano vents were dusty.' A) Oven B) Iano C) Nove D) Anov E) Vent
  18. 18th January 1961Find the letter that continues the series: D, F, H, J, ( ? ) A) K B) L C) M D) J E) I
  19. 19th January 1961Give one example of figurative language you could use to describe a storm.
  20. 20th January 1961Give one word from the extract that means 'requested'.
  21. 21st January 1961Name the simile used to describe the coach's whistle.
  22. 22nd January 1961True or False: Ellie is remembering a time when she was ten years old.
  23. 23rd January 1961A poem uses very short lines during its description of the storm's peak, after longer lines earlier. Give one reason a poet might do this.
  24. 24th January 1961'The mountain does not care that my legs are shaking.' Which two words describe how the climber's legs feel?
  25. 25th January 1961Explain in your own words what the saying "Actions speak louder than words" means.
  26. 26th January 1961'The negotiations were protracted, dragging on for over a year before an agreement was reached.' What clue in the sentence helps you work out that 'protracted' means 'lasting a long time'?
  27. 27th January 1961Why might a writer choose specific numbers, 'the fifth, the ninth', rather than just saying Mia avoided the creaky stairs?
  28. 28th January 1961True or False: 'show, don't tell' means a writer should never state a character's emotion directly.
  29. 29th January 1961True or False: according to the extract, Ravi manages to say the announcement without any trouble.
  30. 30th January 1961If a stage direction reads '(the room falls silent)', is this an instruction about a character's speech or about the setting/atmosphere?
  31. 31st January 1961Write the plural of "shelf".