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April 1973

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in April 1973

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

  1. 1st April 1973A writer describes a clock as "ticking its patient warning through the empty hall." Name the poetic technique used here.
  2. 2nd April 1973Punctuate this exchange, adding inverted commas, capital letters and any other punctuation needed: are you sure about this asked Leo his sister nodded without looking up
  3. 3rd April 1973Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: The funfair was SCARY.
  4. 4th April 1973A speaker says 'Ninety per cent of our debate club members say it changed how they see arguments.' Name the technique used here.
  5. 5th April 1973Is the claim 'this is the most dangerous road crossing in the whole town' a fact or an opinion? Explain your answer.
  6. 6th April 1973Order these integers from smallest to largest: -6, 2, -3, 0, -9
  7. 7th April 1973y is directly proportional to x. When x = 5, y = 30. Work out the value of y when x = 8.
  8. 8th April 1973A triangle has base 10 cm and height 7 cm. Work out its area.
  9. 9th April 1973p is inversely proportional to q^2. When q = 2, p = 18. Work out p when q = 3.
  10. 10th April 1973The nth term of a sequence is 6n - 4. Work out the 12th term.
  11. 11th April 1973A car journey of 156 miles takes 2.4 hours. Work out the average speed, to the nearest mile per hour.
  12. 12th April 1973A rectangle has a perimeter of 38 cm and a width of 6.5 cm. Work out its length.
  13. 13th April 1973Find the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 7 cm.
  14. 14th April 1973A box contains 7 yellow pencils, 5 blue pencils and 3 green pencils. A pencil is picked at random. Find the probability that it is not blue.
  15. 15th April 1973State one structure found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.
  16. 16th April 1973A sample of matter has particles that are far apart and moving quickly in random directions. State which state of matter this describes.
  17. 17th April 1973In a tug of war, Team X pulls with a force of 640 N and Team Y pulls with a force of 590 N in the opposite direction. Calculate the resultant force acting on the rope.
  18. 18th April 1973A cyclist travels 300 m in 25 s. Calculate her average speed.
  19. 19th April 1973Name the gas produced when a reactive metal reacts with a dilute acid.
  20. 20th April 1973State the name given to elements found in Group 1 of the periodic table.
  21. 21st April 1973A pupil measures the mass of a metal washer five times using a balance and gets: 14.2 g, 14.5 g, 14.1 g, 14.6 g, 14.1 g. Calculate the mean mass, giving your answer to 3 significant figures.
  22. 22nd April 1973Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The map was old and torn."
  23. 23rd April 1973Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the corridor at midnight.'
  24. 24th April 1973A writer describes a departure board as 'flickering through a list of cancellations like a nervous heartbeat.' Name the technique used.
  25. 25th April 1973A character 'held his breath without realising it' as he entered a dark passage. What does this suggest about his feelings?
  26. 26th April 1973A poem has four lines per stanza with the rhyme pattern ABAB. What is this pattern called?
  27. 27th April 1973Is the claim 'reading is obviously more rewarding than scrolling through a screen' a fact or an opinion?
  28. 28th April 1973A question asks you to explain "how the poet's feelings towards winter change across the poem." What should your answer focus on?
  29. 29th April 1973An L-shaped room is made from a 6 m by 4 m rectangle with a 2 m by 3 m rectangle removed from one corner. Calculate the area of the room.
  30. 30th April 1973Work out -4 - 7.