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June 1962 5-a-day

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June 1962

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st June 1962Find and correct the tense error in this sentence: Last week, the team trains hard and wins every match.
  2. 2nd June 1962In the sentence 'The old clock in the hallway ticked with the patience of a watchman,' which word gives the clock a human quality?
  3. 3rd June 1962A character mutters "It's nothing" while quickly hiding a letter in his pocket. Explain what the contrast between his words and actions suggests.
  4. 4th June 1962Explain one way an ending can 'connect back' to the opening of a story.
  5. 5th June 1962Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: Although the fair had closed years ago, the carousel still turned.
  6. 6th June 1962Give one example of emotive language a speaker might use to persuade pupils that public speaking is worth the risk.
  7. 7th June 1962A leaflet states: 'Experts agree that recycling just one more item a week could transform our town's waste problem.' Name one persuasive technique used here.
  8. 8th June 1962Round 4826 to the nearest hundred.
  9. 9th June 1962y is directly proportional to x. When x = 5, y = 30. Work out the value of y when x = 8.
  10. 10th June 1962Without a calculator, work out 35% of 220.
  11. 11th June 1962Solve x^2 + 4x - 21 = 0.
  12. 12th June 1962A motorbike valued at 5,500 pounds depreciates by 18% in its first year. Work out its value at the end of the first year.
  13. 13th June 1962Work out 4.7 x 3.6, giving your answer to 1 decimal place.
  14. 14th June 1962A car travels 189 miles using 7 gallons of fuel. Work out the miles per gallon.
  15. 15th June 1962A pair of trainers costs 45 pounds. The price increases by 20%. Work out the new price.
  16. 16th June 1962A bag contains 5 red counters and 7 blue counters. Two counters are taken from the bag at random, one after the other, without replacement. Find the probability that both counters are the same colour.
  17. 17th June 1962Put these organs in the order food passes through them during digestion: large intestine, mouth, stomach, small intestine, oesophagus.
  18. 18th June 1962A pupil finds the volume of an irregular stone using a measuring cylinder. The water level rises from 35 cm^3 to 52 cm^3 when the stone is added. The stone has a mass of 42.5 g. Calculate the density of the stone, giving your answer to 2 significant figures.
  19. 19th June 1962State whether the main force acting when a compass needle points north is a contact force or a non-contact force.
  20. 20th June 1962A ray of light travels from air into a glass block and bends towards the normal at the boundary. Name this effect.
  21. 21st June 1962Name one structure found in a plant cell that is not found in an animal cell.
  22. 22nd June 1962State the name given to elements found in Group 1 of the periodic table.
  23. 23rd June 1962A pupil's results table is missing units for one column, headed only 'Volume'. State why it is important to always include a unit in a column heading or with a numerical answer.
  24. 24th June 1962Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: dont go any further whispered grace something isnt right down here
  25. 25th June 1962Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The fog rolled in, and the harbour lights dimmed to a blur.'
  26. 26th June 1962A five-mark question asks you to explain how the writer builds a sense of frustration across the whole extract. What should your answer cover?
  27. 27th June 1962A question is worth 3 marks and asks you to explain the effect of a description. Roughly how many separate points should your answer include?
  28. 28th June 1962If a poem's rhythm becomes short and broken in its final stanza after being steady throughout, what might this suggest?
  29. 29th June 1962Name the technique used in this line: New worlds. New characters. New ideas, every single time.
  30. 30th June 1962If a poem starts with long, flowing lines and ends with very short, clipped lines, what effect might this create?