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26th August 1979

5 questions · Years 5-6 · 2790 questions in this band

1
Comprehension: Poetry Set 2
How many lines are quoted in 'Streetlights blink awake one by one, / stitching the dark city back together'?
2
Comprehension: Fiction Set 4
True or False: The extract describes a fairground that is busy and full of visitors.
3
Comprehension: Fiction: Practice Set 2
Explain in one sentence why the writer chose 'glinted' rather than 'shone' to describe the whistle under the pool lights.
4
Comprehension: Non-Fiction
'Despite early doubts, the scheme proved remarkably successful.' What does 'remarkably' suggest about how successful the scheme was?
5
Cloze and Sentence Completion Set 2
Cloze: Complete the gap using a word from this bank (quietly, loudly, slowly, quickly): 'She tiptoed ___ past the sleeping baby so as not to wake him.'

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