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July 1990 5-a-day

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July 1990

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 5-6

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Every sheet in July 1990

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

  1. 1st July 1990TR is to QO as JG is to ( ? ) A) GD B) FD C) GE D) HD E) GC
  2. 2nd July 1990AC is to CA as EG is to ( ? ) A) EG B) GE C) FG D) GF E) EF
  3. 3rd July 1990All the pupils in Class 5 own a bicycle. Tom owns a bicycle. Is Tom definitely in Class 5?
  4. 4th July 1990(TEAM) (AZE). Which letter moves from the end of the first word to the front of the second? A) T B) E C) A D) M E) Z
  5. 5th July 1990Farah is taller than Grace. Hugo is taller than Ivy. Grace is taller than Jax. Is Hugo taller or shorter than Jax, or can this not be determined?
  6. 6th July 1990In this code, the first two letters of a four-letter word move 3 places forward in the alphabet, and the last two letters move 3 places back. If the code for FLAT is IOXQ, what is the code for GONE, using the same rule? A) JRKB B) JQKB C) IRKB D) JRLC E) KRJB
  7. 7th July 1990Under timed conditions, spot the misspelled word: 'The recieved parcel contained a birthday present.'
  8. 8th July 1990'Streetlights blink awake one by one.' Which word gives the streetlights a human quality?
  9. 9th July 1990State whether the prompt 'Sport is more important than art in school. Do you agree?' is asking for narrative, persuasive or descriptive writing.
  10. 10th July 1990Join these two sentences correctly with a semicolon: 'The rain finally stopped. The sun came out almost immediately.'
  11. 11th July 1990True or False: A poem written in four-line stanzas with an ABAB rhyme scheme has an irregular, unpredictable structure.
  12. 12th July 1990Explain the difference in connotation between 'thrifty' and 'stingy', two words for someone careful with money.
  13. 13th July 1990'The train stitches the dark countryside together.' Which word is the metaphor's key verb, borrowed from sewing?
  14. 14th July 1990Why might a persuasive writer deliberately choose a word with a strong negative connotation when describing the opposing side of an argument?
  15. 15th July 1990What sentence type is 'Close the window, please.'?
  16. 16th July 1990Give an example of the 'rule of three' in a sentence persuading readers to recycle more.
  17. 17th July 1990True or False: a poem written from the point of view of a single character, using 'I', is written in the first person.
  18. 18th July 1990Correct the comma splice: 'The bell rang, everyone stood up.'
  19. 19th July 1990True or False: the same question types (for example, 'explain the writer's use of language to build atmosphere') are equally likely to appear for both a fiction extract and a purely factual non-fiction extract.
  20. 20th July 1990A poem describing a busy harvest uses short, quick lines, then switches to longer, slower lines once the orchard is described as empty. Give one reason a poet might do this.
  21. 21st July 1990Choose the correct word: 'We have (fewer / less) time than we thought.'
  22. 22nd July 1990A pupil writes a persuasive letter to a local council. Which paragraph should generally state the reason for writing: the opening or the closing paragraph?
  23. 23rd July 1990In Extract A, what does Grandad do every year at dusk?
  24. 24th July 1990Complete the gap: 'She read the letter twice, unable to (1)_______ what it actually meant.'
  25. 25th July 1990Explain why a 20% increase followed by a 20% decrease does not return an amount to its original value.
  26. 26th July 1990A total of 180 pounds is shared in the ratio 1 : 5 between Zara and a savings fund. Zara then spends 1/3 of her share. How much does Zara have left?
  27. 27th July 1990A cube has edges of length 5 cm. Calculate its volume.
  28. 28th July 1990A mother is 24 years older than her daughter. The daughter is currently 11. How old will the mother be when the daughter is 20?
  29. 29th July 1990Point F is at (2, 2). Reflect F in the line x = 6. Write down the new coordinates.
  30. 30th July 1990Two trains connect at a station: the first arrives at 14:35, and the connecting train departs at 14:50. How long is the wait?
  31. 31st July 1990A frequency table shows 1 pupil scored 5, 3 pupils scored 6, and 2 pupils scored 8 in a quiz. Work out the mean score.