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March 1991 5-a-day

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March 1991

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 5-6

Every sheet in March 1991

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

  1. 1st March 1991Which sentence is correctly punctuated: 'Its a shame the trip was cancelled' or 'It's a shame the trip was cancelled'?
  2. 2nd March 1991Three of these words are close in meaning to 'brave' and one is not: courageous, timid, fearless, daring. Identify the odd one out.
  3. 3rd March 1991Move one letter from the word HEART to the front of the word AT, to leave two new real words. What are they?
  4. 4th March 1991In a matrix analogy, a small black circle is to a large black circle as a small white square is to what?
  5. 5th March 1991Three of these words are close in meaning to 'cautious' and one is not: wary, careful, reckless, guarded. Identify the odd one out.
  6. 6th March 1991Share 84 pounds between two people in the ratio 3:4, then the person with the larger share spends 15% of their share. How much do they have left?
  7. 7th March 1991In the sentence 'Liam's shoulders slumped as he read the letter', what does 'slumped' suggest about how Liam feels?
  8. 8th March 1991Choose the correctly punctuated sentence: (a) 'Its raining again' (b) 'It's raining again'.
  9. 9th March 1991DE is to GH as LM is to ? A) NO B) PQ C) PO D) OP E) NP
  10. 10th March 1991THERMOMETER is to TEMPERATURE as SCALES is to ?
  11. 11th March 1991TEEN ( ) LESS - which word completes TEEN and begins LESS?
  12. 12th March 199120 - [ ] = 3 x 4. Find the missing number.
  13. 13th March 1991Find the letter that completes the word before the bracket and begins the word after the bracket: SLA ( ? ) ICK
  14. 14th March 1991Ada, Ben and Cleo are sitting in a row of three seats numbered 1, 2 and 3 from left to right. Ada is not sitting in seat 1. Cleo is sitting to the immediate right of Ben. Ben is not sitting in seat 3. Which seat is Ada sitting in?
  15. 15th March 1991SIDE ( ) WALK. Choose the missing word that completes SIDE and begins WALK. A) Ways B) Board C) Kick D) Show E) Long
  16. 16th March 1991Which ONE word means both 'the long, flexible nose of an elephant' and 'the thick main stem of a tree, below its branches'? A) STEM B) TRUNK C) NOSE D) BRANCH E) ROOT
  17. 17th March 1991P=3, Q=6, R=5, S=33, T=18. Work out P + Q x R. Which letter has this value?
  18. 18th March 19916 (14) 8 | 7 (?) 5. Find the missing number, using the same rule as the first pair.
  19. 19th March 1991Find the letter that continues the series: Z, W, T, Q, ( ? )
  20. 20th March 1991Find the next letter in the series: D, H, L, P, ( ? ) A) S B) T C) U D) R E) Q
  21. 21st March 1991P=2, Q=5, R=3, S=21, T=16. Work out (P + Q) x R - Q. Which letter has this value?
  22. 22nd March 1991Which word can mean both 'to arrange in order of importance' and 'a row or line, as in a taxi rank'? A) Line B) Rank C) Row D) Sort E) Grade
  23. 23rd March 1991A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'The final amplified chorus filled the entire hall.' A) RATE B) LAMP C) MEAL D) COAT E) DUST
  24. 24th March 1991Find the next number: 2, 5, 11, 23, 47, ( ? )
  25. 25th March 1991Complete the third pair using the same pattern as the first two: (HAPPY, SAD) (FAST, SLOW) (LOUD, ? ) A) Noisy B) Quiet C) Soft D) High E) Deep
  26. 26th March 1991GAR ( ??? ) TIST. Find the three-letter word which completes the word on the left and starts the word on the right. A) Den B) Age C) Net D) Min E) Ton
  27. 27th March 1991Find the letter that continues the series: B, F, J, N, ( ? ) A) P B) Q C) R D) O E) N
  28. 28th March 1991Rewrite this flat opening to make it more engaging: 'One day a boy went to the park.'
  29. 29th March 1991True or False: According to the extract, every resident is happy with the beehive scheme.
  30. 30th March 1991Explain in one sentence why the writer chose 'glinted' rather than 'shone' to describe the whistle under the pool lights.
  31. 31st March 1991Explain in one sentence why a writer might use a flashback rather than simply telling the reader that Ellie once refused to leave the house as a child.