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November 1974 5-a-day

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November 1974

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 5-6

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  1. 1st November 1974True or False: repeated sounds or rhythms in a poem about travel can be used to mimic the movement being described.
  2. 2nd November 1974A writer describes a character's home as "cosy" rather than "cramped". What impression is the writer trying to create?
  3. 3rd November 1974Identify the word class of 'garden' in the sentence 'She walked into the garden'.
  4. 4th November 1974Write one rhetorical question that could open a persuasive piece arguing against homework at weekends.
  5. 5th November 1974'Every night I feed the light its steady diet of flame.' Which word is the key metaphor, borrowed from looking after a living creature?
  6. 6th November 1974Correct the punctuation and capitalisation in this line of speech: can you help me asked leo
  7. 7th November 1974Why is it important to check which extract (A or B) a question refers to on a mixed-genre paper?
  8. 8th November 1974How many lines are quoted in 'The apple tree empties its pockets of red and gold, / tired now, having given everything it had'?
  9. 9th November 1974Choose the correct word: 'There were (fewer / less) students in the class today.'
  10. 10th November 1974Give the correct sign-off for a formal letter that began "Dear Sir/Madam,".
  11. 11th November 1974True or False: Extract B includes a character whose feelings the reader must infer.
  12. 12th November 1974In the sentence 'The crowd fell (1)_______ as the winner's name was announced', explain why 'silent' fits better than 'quiet', even though both are grammatically correct.
  13. 13th November 1974True or False: increasing an amount by 50% and then decreasing the result by 50% returns you to the original amount.
  14. 14th November 1974True or False: to find 2/5 of a ratio share, you first work out the share as a number, then find the fraction of that number.
  15. 15th November 1974A rectangle has length 9 cm and width 6 cm. Calculate its area.
  16. 16th November 1974Tom is 5 years older than Ella. Ella is 9. How old is Tom?
  17. 17th November 1974Point B is at (-3, 2). Reflect B in the x-axis. Write down the new coordinates.
  18. 18th November 1974A coach departs 23:45 and the journey takes 40 minutes. At what time, using the 24-hour clock, does it arrive?
  19. 19th November 1974A data set of 9 values is arranged in order. Which position is the median value in?
  20. 20th November 1974Find the term-to-term rule for the sequence 40, 34, 28, 22, ...
  21. 21st November 1974A pupil spends 90 seconds on a question, but had planned 54 seconds per question. Roughly how many seconds behind schedule are they after this one question?
  22. 22nd November 1974Find the nth term of the decreasing sequence 20, 17, 14, 11, ...
  23. 23rd November 1974A factory makes 480 toys on Monday and 25% more on Tuesday. How many toys does it make on Tuesday?
  24. 24th November 1974Solve: x + 12 = 30.
  25. 25th November 1974A car travels 180 miles using 6 gallons of fuel. How many miles does it travel per gallon?
  26. 26th November 1974Share 84 pounds in the ratio 3:4.
  27. 27th November 1974What is 88 / 11?
  28. 28th November 1974Layla saves 3 pounds a week. How much has she saved after 8 weeks?
  29. 29th November 1974A triangle has angles of 90 degrees and 35 degrees. What is the third angle?
  30. 30th November 1974Simplify 10/15 fully.