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January 1989 5-a-day

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January 1989

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 5-6

January 1989 compilationAll answers

Every sheet in January 1989

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

  1. 1st January 1989Find the one word that completes both words in brackets to make two new compound words: CLASS ( ? ) MATE
  2. 2nd January 1989Choose the word closest in meaning to RELUCTANT: eager, unwilling, curious, confident.
  3. 3rd January 1989Find the missing number: ? / 9 = 8
  4. 4th January 1989Find the letter that completes the word before the bracket and begins the word after the bracket: CLI ( ? ) ART
  5. 5th January 1989SCALE is to FISH as FEATHER is to ?
  6. 6th January 1989(HEART, HART) (BOARD, BARD) (BLEAT, ?)
  7. 7th January 19895 x 4 = 12 + [ ]. Find the missing number.
  8. 8th January 1989F=3, G=7, H=2, J=17, K=20. Work out F + G x H. Which letter has this value?
  9. 9th January 1989Statement 1: If a shape is a hexagon, it has six sides. Statement 2: A shape has five sides. Which conclusion must be true?
  10. 10th January 1989(SAW, WAS) (TEN, NET) (TAP, ?) - each pair reverses the letters of the first word to make the second. What completes the third pair?
  11. 11th January 1989Here are five words: SPARE, MARKET, STARE, GARDEN, PASTE. Which TWO words do NOT belong with the other three?
  12. 12th January 1989KEY is to PIANO as STRING is to ? A) Guitar B) Music C) Note D) Sound E) Chord
  13. 13th January 1989Omar scored higher than Layla. Layla scored higher than Freya. Freya scored higher than Ravi. Who scored the lowest?
  14. 14th January 1989Find the letter that continues the series: J, M, P, S, ( ? )
  15. 15th January 1989Choose the word closest in meaning to VIVID. A) dull B) bright C) faint D) plain E) grey
  16. 16th January 1989A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'During rehearsal, the piano ventured through several new jazz chords.' A) OVEN B) SONG C) TUNE D) KEYS E) BAND
  17. 17th January 1989Nadia is older than Oscar. Priti is older than Nadia. Oscar is older than Quinn. Quinn is older than Ravi. Who is the second oldest?
  18. 18th January 1989Find the next letter: A, B, D, E, G, ( ? )
  19. 19th January 1989P=4, Q=20, R=8, S=15, T=48. Work out (Q - R) x P. Which letter has this value?
  20. 20th January 1989Find the hidden four-letter word that runs across two consecutive words: 'The tired gentleman waved back.'
  21. 21st January 1989In this code, DOG is GRJ and CAT is FDW. Using the same rule, what is the code for BOAT? A) ERDW B) EQDW C) FRDW D) ERDV E) DRDW
  22. 22nd January 1989(SEAL) (AND). Which letter moves from the end of the first word to the front of the second? A) S B) E C) A D) L E) M
  23. 23rd January 1989'The wind howled around the chimney like a wolf calling to its pack.' Name the simile in this sentence.
  24. 24th January 1989'It wasn't me,' he said, though his voice cracked halfway through the sentence. What does 'cracked' suggest about how Jamie was feeling as he spoke?
  25. 25th January 1989Find and copy the simile used to describe the loose sign.
  26. 26th January 1989The word 'decision' appears in 'The judge's decision surprised everyone in the courtroom.' Which familiar verb is this word built from, and what word class is 'decision'?
  27. 27th January 1989Explain the idiom in: 'Once she realised her mistake, she decided to bite the bullet and tell her manager straight away.'
  28. 28th January 1989In your own words, explain why the rangers are cautious about claiming the seabird population has fully recovered.
  29. 29th January 1989Sentence completion: 'The critic's review was ___ , praising almost nothing about the performance.' Choose the best word: mixed, scathing, warm, brief.
  30. 30th January 1989True or False: a poem written entirely in free verse, with no regular rhyme scheme, has an irregular structure.
  31. 31st January 1989Complete the gap with the correct pronoun: "Mr Ahmed and his daughter packed the car quietly, since (1)_______ of them wanted to wake the rest of the family." Choose: He, She, Neither, They.