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April 1984 5-a-day

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April 1984

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 5-6

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  1. 1st April 1984Complete the gap with the best connective: 'The bridge had been closed for repairs; ___ , traffic was diverted through the town centre.' Choose from: as a result, although, meanwhile.
  2. 2nd April 1984'The waves crashed like a thousand galloping horses.' Name the simile in this line.
  3. 3rd April 1984Complete the sentence for a formal letter: "I am writing to (1)_______ you of an important change to the timetable." Choose: A) tell B) inform C) blab
  4. 4th April 1984Complete the analogy: Doctor is to hospital as teacher is to ___.
  5. 5th April 1984Explain in one sentence why a writer might choose to describe a character's actions, such as gripping a folder, instead of simply writing 'Amara felt nervous'.
  6. 6th April 1984'He had not set foot in the old schoolyard in twenty years.' What tense is used here, and what does it usually signal in a story?
  7. 7th April 1984"The lecture was (1)_______ boring." Choose the word matching "utterly": A) mildly B) somewhat C) excruciatingly
  8. 8th April 1984True or False: according to the extract, Noah gives up building sandcastles after this happens.
  9. 9th April 1984Choose the correct word: 'The dog wagged ___ tail.' A) its B) it's
  10. 10th April 1984Explain the difference between "imply" and "infer", using each in a short sentence.
  11. 11th April 1984Explain in one sentence why an unexplained sound, like a creaking floorboard, can create tension in a story.
  12. 12th April 1984Explain in one sentence why the writer chooses to describe the trunk's contents as 'only a single folded letter' rather than listing several objects.
  13. 13th April 1984In the sentence 'The detective's account was accurate', give a word that means the OPPOSITE of 'accurate'.
  14. 14th April 1984Find 25% of 96.
  15. 15th April 1984Explain, using a number line, why subtracting a negative number has the same effect as adding a positive number.
  16. 16th April 1984Which of these numbers is NOT divisible by 9: 342, 630, 451?
  17. 17th April 1984An L-shaped room is formed from an 8 m by 5 m rectangle with a 3 m by 2 m rectangle removed from one corner. Find its perimeter.
  18. 18th April 1984An L-shaped room is made from a 6 m by 4 m rectangle with a 2 m by 3 m rectangle removed from one corner. Find the remaining area.
  19. 19th April 1984True or False: if a car halves its speed but keeps the distance the same, the journey time doubles.
  20. 20th April 1984In a two-way table, 15 pupils like tea only, 9 like coffee only, and 6 like both. How many pupils like at least one of tea or coffee?
  21. 21st April 1984Solve: 4(x + 1) = 24.
  22. 22nd April 1984In a bag of 40 sweets, 3/8 are red. How many sweets are red?
  23. 23rd April 1984Simplify 6a + 4a - a.
  24. 24th April 1984A bar chart shows 4 classes with 28, 30, 26 and 32 pupils. Find the mean class size.
  25. 25th April 1984A rectangle has length (2x + 1) cm and width (x + 3) cm. Its perimeter is 38 cm. Form and solve an equation to find x.
  26. 26th April 1984A recipe uses flour and butter in the ratio 3:1. If 45g of butter is used, how much flour is needed?
  27. 27th April 1984A path is 2.4m wide and 15m long. Find its area.
  28. 28th April 1984Find 15% of 60.
  29. 29th April 1984A florist has 100 stems and makes bunches of 7 stems each, selling only complete bunches. How many complete bunches can she make?
  30. 30th April 1984A bar chart shows 5 pupils scored a 'red' vote, 8 scored 'blue', and 3 scored 'green'. How many pupils voted in total?