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December 1976 5-a-day

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December 1976

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 5-6

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  1. 1st December 1976Which word is closest in meaning to 'reluctant': (a) eager (b) unwilling (c) confident (d) careless?
  2. 2nd December 1976Which shape is the odd one out: a circle with 3 dots, a circle with 3 dots, a circle with 3 dots, a circle with 4 dots?
  3. 3rd December 1976What is 7/8 - 1/4? Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
  4. 4th December 1976Which meaning of 'address' fits this sentence: 'The headteacher will address the concerns raised at the meeting.' (a) where someone lives (b) to speak formally to a group (c) to deal with or respond to an issue (d) to write on an envelope?
  5. 5th December 1976Find the one letter that completes the word before the brackets and starts the word after: SEA ( ? ) ORN
  6. 6th December 1976Continue the number sequence: 200, 100, 50, 25, ...
  7. 7th December 1976What is 2/5 + 1/10? Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
  8. 8th December 1976Find the letter that completes the word before the bracket and begins the word after the bracket: CAR ( ? ) ET
  9. 9th December 1976PROLOGUE is to BEGINNING as EPILOGUE is to ?
  10. 10th December 1976(BEE, HONEY) (COW, MILK) (SHEEP, ?)
  11. 11th December 1976(7 x 8) - (6 x 5) = [ ] x 13. Find the missing number.
  12. 12th December 1976W=8, X=5, Y=3, Z=37, A=40. Work out (W x X) - Y. Which letter has this value?
  13. 13th December 1976Statement 1: If Ahmed finishes his homework, he can play football. Statement 2: If Ahmed plays football, he gets tired. Statement 3: Ahmed is not tired. Which conclusion must be true?
  14. 14th December 1976Here are five words: VIOLIN, TRUMPET, HAMMER, CELLO, WRENCH. Three of these five words share something in common. Which TWO words do NOT belong with the other three?
  15. 15th December 1976Here are five words: BEACH, PENCIL, THROWN, MARKET, CEREAL. Which TWO words do NOT belong with the other three?
  16. 16th December 1976VICTORY is to DEFEAT as PRAISE is to ? A) Reward B) Criticism C) Applause D) Compliment E) Silence
  17. 17th December 1976In a race, Ben finished before Cara. Dev finished after Ben but before Cara. Who finished first?
  18. 18th December 1976Which ONE word means both 'the inner surface of your hand' and 'a type of tropical tree'? A) Palm B) Leaf C) Branch D) Wrist E) Coconut
  19. 19th December 197690, 81, 72, 63, ( ? )
  20. 20th December 1976A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'Both grandmas and grandpas came to the reunion.' A) SAND B) MEET C) FEST D) HOME E) LOVE
  21. 21st December 1976No pupil in Class 5 plays the trumpet. Every trumpet player in the school is in the orchestra. Freddie plays the trumpet. What must be true about Freddie?
  22. 22nd December 1976TEACHER is to SCHOOL as DOCTOR is to ( ? ) A) Patient B) Hospital C) Medicine D) Nurse E) Ambulance
  23. 23rd December 1976In this code, every letter moves 1 place forward in the alphabet, then the first and last letters of the result are swapped. If the code for LAMP is QBNM, what is the code for WIND, using the same rule? A) XJOE B) EJOX C) EJOE D) XJOX E) EOJX
  24. 24th December 1976Which word can mean both 'the outer covering of a tree' and 'the short, sharp sound a dog makes'? A) Trunk B) Bark C) Skin D) Growl E) Branch
  25. 25th December 1976In this code, each letter's code number equals its alphabet position multiplied by its position in the word (the 1st letter x1, the 2nd letter x2, the 3rd letter x3, and so on). What is the code for CAB?
  26. 26th December 1976(SEAT) (RAP). Which letter moves from the end of the first word to the front of the second? A) S B) E C) A D) T E) R
  27. 27th December 1976In the sentence 'Maya sprinted down the corridor, her shoes slapping against the tiles', which single word tells the reader Maya was running very fast?
  28. 28th December 1976'Jamie held the tangled kite behind his back.' What does this action suggest Jamie is trying to do?
  29. 29th December 1976Explain in one sentence why the writer describes the wind as finding 'a gap to slip through' rather than simply saying it blew through a gap.
  30. 30th December 1976'The teacher's explanation was admirably clear.' Identify the word class of 'admirably' and the adjective it is built from.
  31. 31st December 1976Explain what 'it was raining cats and dogs' means in the sentence: 'We cancelled the picnic because it was raining cats and dogs.'