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October 1954 5-a-day

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October 1954

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st October 1954A writer describes a departure board as 'flickering through a list of cancellations like a nervous heartbeat.' Name the technique used.
  2. 2nd October 1954A character 'held his breath without realising it' as he entered a dark passage. What does this suggest about his feelings?
  3. 3rd October 1954A poem has four lines per stanza with the rhyme pattern ABAB. What is this pattern called?
  4. 4th October 1954Is the claim 'reading is obviously more rewarding than scrolling through a screen' a fact or an opinion?
  5. 5th October 1954A question asks you to explain "how the poet's feelings towards winter change across the poem." What should your answer focus on?
  6. 6th October 1954A triangular prism has a cross-sectional area of 15 cm^2 and a length of 12 cm. Calculate its volume.
  7. 7th October 1954Work out -4 - 7.
  8. 8th October 1954Find the highest common factor of 24 and 36.
  9. 9th October 1954Simplify 6x + 4 - 2x - 9.
  10. 10th October 1954A basket contains 15 lemons and 25 limes. Write the ratio of lemons to limes in its simplest form.
  11. 11th October 1954Calculate 56 + 29.
  12. 12th October 1954Work out 20 - 3 x 4.
  13. 13th October 1954A number is tripled and then 5 is added, giving 32. Form an equation and find the number.
  14. 14th October 1954Simplify the ratio 18:24 to its simplest form.
  15. 15th October 1954In the food chain 'grass, rabbit, fox', name the primary consumer.
  16. 16th October 1954State one physical property that distinguishes a typical non-metal from a typical metal.
  17. 17th October 1954State the law of reflection.
  18. 18th October 1954A student shouts and hears an echo 0.6 s later off a distant wall. Given the speed of sound in air is 340 m/s, calculate the total distance travelled by the sound (there and back).
  19. 19th October 1954State one function of the human skeleton, other than support.
  20. 20th October 1954Name the enzyme found in saliva that begins the digestion of starch in the mouth.
  21. 21st October 1954In an extract, a character 'chewed his lip and stared at his shoes.' What does this suggest about the character's feelings?
  22. 22nd October 1954Add a colon to this sentence in the correct place: The expedition needed three things warm clothing enough food and a reliable map.
  23. 23rd October 1954Choose the correct word: There were ___ people at the concert than last year. (less / fewer)
  24. 24th October 1954Which two poetic techniques are both used in the line 'The branches creaked and clawed at the window'?
  25. 25th October 1954Find and copy one word from 'the anvil's patient, unmoving weight' that gives the anvil a human quality.
  26. 26th October 1954Which word class is 'desperately' in 'He desperately searched for a handhold'?
  27. 27th October 1954Add an apostrophe in the correct place: The three girls coats were left on the bus. (There is one coat per girl, and three girls in total.)
  28. 28th October 1954A question asks you to "find and copy one phrase" meaning "completely dark." Which of these fits: "pitch black", "faintly lit", "clear blue" or "softly glowing"?
  29. 29th October 1954A cinema charges 6.50 pounds for an adult ticket and 4.20 pounds for a child ticket. A family buys tickets for 2 adults and 3 children. Work out the total cost, without using a calculator.
  30. 30th October 1954Convert 2 hours 15 minutes into minutes.
  31. 31st October 1954Find 2/9 of 63.