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October 1975 5-a-day

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October 1975

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 5-6

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

  1. 1st October 1975Here are five words: STOP, HOUSE, POTS, GARDEN, TOPS. Which TWO words do NOT belong with the other three?
  2. 2nd October 1975SECOND is to MINUTE as MINUTE is to ? A) Hour B) Day C) Week D) Clock E) Second
  3. 3rd October 19753 (10) 7 | 5 (?) 9. The number in brackets is found the same way both times. What is the missing number?
  4. 4th October 1975DOCTOR is to HOSPITAL as TEACHER is to ? A) Student B) School C) Classroom D) Lesson E) Chalk
  5. 5th October 1975CATERPILLAR is to BUTTERFLY as TADPOLE is to ? A) Toad B) Pond C) Frog D) Egg E) Fish
  6. 6th October 1975A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'The old cabin tolerated many harsh winters.' A) INTO B) SHED C) COLD D) WARM E) YEAR
  7. 7th October 1975Every senior pupil helps run the assembly. No pupil who helps run the assembly is late for registration. Priya is a senior pupil. What must be true about Priya?
  8. 8th October 1975Six runners finish a race. Priya finishes before Quinn. Quinn finishes before Reuben. Sara finishes before Priya. Who finishes first?
  9. 9th October 1975In this code, each letter's alphabet position is doubled, then 1 is subtracted. If the code for CAB is 5-1-3, what is the code for FED, using the same rule? A) 12-10-8 B) 11-9-7 C) 11-10-7 D) 10-9-8 E) 11-9-8
  10. 10th October 1975A=7, B=14, C=2, D=21, E=3. Work out B / A. Which letter has this value?
  11. 11th October 1975If the code for MOUSE is OQWUG, what is the code for RIVER, using the same rule? A) TKXGT B) TKXGU C) SKXGT D) TJXGT E) TKWGT
  12. 12th October 1975(SCARE) (GO). Which letter moves from the end of the first word to the front of the second? A) S B) C C) A D) R E) E
  13. 13th October 1975True or False: In the sentence 'Reluctantly, Sam handed over his last sweet', Sam gave the sweet away happily.
  14. 14th October 1975Explain in one sentence why the writer chooses to describe Amara's silence rather than having her shout.
  15. 15th October 1975'The Ferris wheel stood frozen against the darkening sky.' What does 'frozen' suggest about the Ferris wheel?
  16. 16th October 1975Using the verb 'create', what word class would you expect 'creation' to be, and what would it mean?
  17. 17th October 1975'She was over the moon when she heard she had passed the exam.' What does 'over the moon' mean?
  18. 18th October 1975According to the extract, what change is credited with the rise in nesting pairs?
  19. 19th October 1975Explain why 'get' might feel out of place in an otherwise formal passage that uses words like 'obtain', 'require' and 'therefore'.
  20. 20th October 1975A poem's last stanza returns to an image used in its first stanza. Give one reason a poet might do this.
  21. 21st October 1975A cloze passage introduces "the pupils" in its first sentence. Which pronoun should a later gap use to refer back to them: "he", "she" or "they"?
  22. 22nd October 1975Complete the analogy: Doctor is to hospital as teacher is to ___.
  23. 23rd October 1975'Through the frosted glass she could make out shapes moving, but no words reached her.' What does this sentence suggest about how much Amara could understand of what was happening inside?
  24. 24th October 1975'The years slipped by quickly after that: the children grew, the shop changed hands twice, and the town spread further along the river.' Is this sentence an example of summarised time or a closely detailed scene? Explain your answer.
  25. 25th October 1975"The children were (1)_______ upset when the trip was cancelled." Choose the word matching "slightly": A) devastated B) disappointed C) heartbroken
  26. 26th October 1975Give one word from the extract that shows Noah did not complain or make a fuss about the sandcastle being destroyed.
  27. 27th October 1975Choose the correct preposition: 'The treasure was hidden ___ the three pirates.' A) between B) among
  28. 28th October 1975Why is "less" generally considered incorrect in the sentence "There were less cars on the road today"?
  29. 29th October 1975Why might a writer describe a setting as behaving illogically, such as corridors that multiply, rather than simply describing it as 'a big house'?
  30. 30th October 1975'Elliot dragged the trunk out from behind the water tank, coughing as decades of dust rose around him.' Which word tells you that a very long time had passed since the trunk was last moved?
  31. 31st October 1975Add a prefix to 'patient' to make its antonym.