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June 1979 5-a-day

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June 1979

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 5-6

Every sheet in June 1979

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 1979Explain the difference in meaning between 'to jump on the bandwagon' and 'to hit the nail on the head'.
  2. 2nd June 1979Why might a writer choose to quote the rangers' caution rather than simply reporting the record numbers alone?
  3. 3rd June 1979Sentence completion: 'The manual gave a highly ___ account of how to assemble the furniture, listing every screw and panel.' Choose the best word: vague, detailed, brief, casual.
  4. 4th June 1979In the line 'The tide slides in on silver feet', how many lines are quoted?
  5. 5th June 1979Complete the sentence with the correct correlative word: "The soup was (1)_______ too salty but also far too thin." A) not only B) either C) neither
  6. 6th June 1979Complete the analogy: Key is to lock as password is to ___.
  7. 7th June 1979What does the word 'finally' suggest about how long Amara had been waiting?
  8. 8th June 1979'She remembered the exact moment the letter arrived: the postman's knock, the crackle of the envelope, the way her hands shook as she opened it.' What signal phrase shows this is a flashback, and why does the sentence slow down here?
  9. 9th June 1979Rank these three words for anger from mildest to strongest: furious, irritated, angry.
  10. 10th June 1979What had happened to Noah's sandcastle by the time he noticed it?
  11. 11th June 1979Choose the correct verb form: 'By the time the bus arrived, the queue ___ around the corner.' A) stretches B) had stretched C) stretch
  12. 12th June 1979Choose the correct word: "Signing the peace treaty was a (1)_______ moment for both countries." A) historic B) historical
  13. 13th June 1979What is unusual about the light in the corridors, according to the extract?
  14. 14th June 1979'the hinges shrieking in protest' - name the technique used here.
  15. 15th June 1979Give an antonym for 'brave'.
  16. 16th June 1979Find 99% of 400 using a quick mental shortcut.
  17. 17th June 1979Work out 3 - 10.
  18. 18th June 1979Find the smallest three-digit number divisible by 6.
  19. 19th June 1979A compound shape is made from a 9 cm by 6 cm rectangle with a 3 cm by 2 cm rectangle removed from one corner. Find its area.
  20. 20th June 1979Find the perimeter of a rectangle measuring 7 cm by 4 cm.
  21. 21st June 1979A coach travels 150 miles at an average speed of 50 mph. How long does the journey take?
  22. 22nd June 1979True or False: in a Venn diagram, the region where two circles overlap should be counted twice when finding the total number in either set.
  23. 23rd June 1979A function machine has the rule 'add 6, then multiply by 2'. Find the output for an input of 5.
  24. 24th June 1979Write 7/20 as a decimal.
  25. 25th June 1979Solve 3x + 8 = 29.
  26. 26th June 1979A bar chart shows a shop sold 35 umbrellas in April and 20 in May. How many more umbrellas were sold in April than May?
  27. 27th June 1979Solve 4(x + 1) = 2(x + 9).
  28. 28th June 1979A total bill of 56 pounds is split equally between 4 friends, but one friend also owes an extra 5 pounds for a drink they had alone. Find how much that friend pays in total.
  29. 29th June 1979Find the perimeter of a square with side length 11cm.
  30. 30th June 1979Find 1/3 of 27.