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June 1965 5-a-day

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June 1965

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 5-6

Every sheet in June 1965

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

  1. 1st June 1965Find and copy the short sentence used at the end of the extract for emphasis.
  2. 2nd June 1965Convert to reported speech: Maria said, 'I feel unwell today.'
  3. 3rd June 1965Complete with the correct homophone: 'I can't believe ___ going on holiday tomorrow!' (they are)
  4. 4th June 1965Find the misspelled word: 'The teacher was embarassed after tripping over the bag.'
  5. 5th June 1965What is the effect of the connecting phrase 'by contrast' in the second sentence?
  6. 6th June 1965Explain why translating an idiom's individual words literally usually leads to a wrong or confusing meaning, using "raining cats and dogs" as your example.
  7. 7th June 1965Write an original simile describing a bonfire, avoiding the cliche "as hot as fire".
  8. 8th June 1965What is the purpose of shaking the pulp gently on the mesh screen, according to the extract?
  9. 9th June 1965Give one word from Extract B that shows the writer feels strongly that swimming is important.
  10. 10th June 1965What does "in medias res" mean when applied to a story's opening?
  11. 11th June 1965How many lines are quoted in 'The hammer sings its one bright note again and again, / until the iron finally learns to bend'?
  12. 12th June 1965Give one typical feature of a persuasive extract that would not usually appear in a purely factual non-fiction extract.
  13. 13th June 1965Estimate 58 x 21 by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.
  14. 14th June 1965A 250 g jar of jam costs 1.50 pounds. Find the price per 100 g.
  15. 15th June 1965Convert 420 mm to centimetres.
  16. 16th June 19654_ + 27 = 71, where the underscore is the missing units digit of the two-digit number. Find the missing digit.
  17. 17th June 1965Does a rhombus always have four right angles? Explain your answer.
  18. 18th June 1965A set of kitchen scales is labelled every 100 g, with 5 small divisions between each label. What does each small division represent?
  19. 19th June 1965A litres-to-gallons conversion graph shows 45 litres is equal to 10 gallons. How many litres is 1 gallon?
  20. 20th June 1965A sequence begins 4, 9, 14, 19, ... Write down the next two terms.
  21. 21st June 1965A school raises 150 pounds. Half is spent on new books and a quarter of what remains is spent on a trophy. How much is left after both purchases?
  22. 22nd June 1965A shop sells pencils in packs of 6 for 1.80 pounds. What is the cost of one pencil?
  23. 23rd June 1965Find 20% of 45.
  24. 24th June 1965Share 36 sweets in the ratio 2:1.
  25. 25th June 1965Solve: n/3 + 4 = 10.
  26. 26th June 1965A right angle is split into two parts, one of 35 degrees. Find the other part.
  27. 27th June 1965Multiply 6 by 9.
  28. 28th June 1965Write 45:27 in its simplest form, working in your head. Which single number should you spot as the common factor?
  29. 29th June 1965What is the value of the digit 5 in the number 45,872?
  30. 30th June 1965A warehouse has 68 boxes. It receives a delivery of 47 more. How many boxes does the warehouse have now?