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February 1964 5-a-day

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February 1964

29 sheets · 145 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in February 1964

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

  1. 1st February 1964In an extract, a character 'chewed his lip and stared at his shoes.' What does this suggest about the character's feelings?
  2. 2nd February 1964Add a colon to this sentence in the correct place: The expedition needed three things warm clothing enough food and a reliable map.
  3. 3rd February 1964Choose the correct word: There were ___ people at the concert than last year. (less / fewer)
  4. 4th February 1964Which two poetic techniques are both used in the line 'The branches creaked and clawed at the window'?
  5. 5th February 1964Find and copy one word from 'the anvil's patient, unmoving weight' that gives the anvil a human quality.
  6. 6th February 1964Which word class is 'desperately' in 'He desperately searched for a handhold'?
  7. 7th February 1964Choose the correct homophone to complete the sentence: The dog wagged ___ tail happily. (its / it's)
  8. 8th February 1964A 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"?
  9. 9th February 1964A charity bake sale raises 200 pounds, split between three charities in the ratio 3 : 2 : 5. Work out the amount the largest share receives.
  10. 10th February 1964Convert 2 hours 15 minutes into minutes.
  11. 11th February 1964Find 2/9 of 63.
  12. 12th February 1964Write 5.4 x 10^4 as an ordinary number.
  13. 13th February 1964A recipe needs 250 g of flour to make 8 muffins. Work out how much flour is needed to make 20 muffins at the same recipe strength.
  14. 14th February 1964Write 0.72 as a fraction in its simplest form.
  15. 15th February 1964A regular polygon has an exterior angle of 24 degrees. Work out how many sides the polygon has.
  16. 16th February 1964A cuboid has dimensions 6 cm by 4 cm by 3 cm. Calculate its volume.
  17. 17th February 1964A pattern of dots grows so that pattern 1 has 4 dots, pattern 2 has 7 dots, and pattern 3 has 10 dots. How many dots will pattern 6 have?
  18. 18th February 1964Name the substance that builds up in muscles during anaerobic respiration and causes fatigue.
  19. 19th February 1964Name the two substances that must both be present for iron to rust.
  20. 20th February 1964Explain how a person is able to see a book resting on a table in a well-lit room, in terms of light rays.
  21. 21st February 1964Explain one way in which a polar bear's thick white fur helps it survive in the Arctic.
  22. 22nd February 1964State the name of the process by which light rays bend as they pass from air into glass.
  23. 23rd February 1964Which piece of apparatus should be used to measure the temperature of a liquid in an experiment?
  24. 24th February 1964In the same text, is the sentence "There is nothing more thrilling than floating silently above the countryside" a fact or an opinion?
  25. 25th February 1964Find and copy one word from 'the tide dragged its heavy silver chain across the sand' that gives the tide a human or animal-like quality.
  26. 26th February 1964Which two poetic techniques are both used in the line 'The wind whispered through the willow'?
  27. 27th February 1964Add the missing apostrophe: The three teachers offices were being redecorated. (There are three teachers, each with their own office.)
  28. 28th February 1964Add a semicolon in the correct place: The bus was late the queue grew longer by the minute.
  29. 29th February 1964Explain why a poet might choose soft, hissing sounds, sibilance, to describe a fox moving at night, rather than harsh, hard sounds.