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January 1986 5-a-day

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January 1986

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st January 1986A poem describes a train as having a "rattling, roaring, rumbling" journey. Name the technique shown by these three words together.
  2. 2nd January 1986An article opens with a short story about one pupil who found a favourite book by accident, before making any wider argument. What is this technique called?
  3. 3rd January 1986A poem has six lines in each stanza with no regular rhyme pattern. What is this style called?
  4. 4th January 1986Calculate the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 9 cm.
  5. 5th January 1986Work out 12 x 7.
  6. 6th January 1986Work out 7 x 8 + 6 x 3.
  7. 7th January 1986Without a calculator, work out 45% of 160.
  8. 8th January 1986Ade and Bo share 56 sweets in the ratio 3:4. How many sweets does Bo receive?
  9. 9th January 1986108 pounds is shared between Amir and Bea in the ratio 4:5.
  10. 10th January 1986Write 0.4 as a fraction in its simplest form.
  11. 11th January 1986Write 5/8 as a decimal.
  12. 12th January 1986Work out 7 x 9 - 4 x 5.
  13. 13th January 1986Name the green pigment, found in chloroplasts, that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis.
  14. 14th January 1986Name the group of the periodic table that contains elements which are almost completely unreactive because their outer electron shell is full.
  15. 15th January 1986A ray of light travels from air into a glass block. State whether the ray bends towards the normal or away from the normal as it enters the glass.
  16. 16th January 1986Write the word equation for photosynthesis.
  17. 17th January 1986Name the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
  18. 18th January 1986Name the small intestine's main job in the digestive system.
  19. 19th January 1986Which word means the same as 'ancient' in a sentence describing an old, crumbling castle: 'timeworn', 'modern', 'spacious' or 'lively'?
  20. 20th January 1986Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: Regular ___ at the piano will improve your technique. (practice / practise)
  21. 21st January 1986Identify and correct the pronoun error: 'The dog wagged their tail happily.'
  22. 22nd January 1986A poem compares old age to 'a candle guttering low, still giving light.' Name this technique.
  23. 23rd January 1986Which two poetic techniques appear in the line 'The fire hissed and spat its sparks'?
  24. 24th January 1986Find and copy one word from 'the mist swallowed the path ahead of him' that gives the mist a human or animal-like quality.
  25. 25th January 1986Find and correct the tense error in this sentence: Yesterday, Priya walks to school and meets her friend Tom.
  26. 26th January 1986A diver signals "all clear" with a steady hand, but his eyes keep darting towards the wreck's dark entrance. Explain what the contrast between his signal and his eyes suggests.
  27. 27th January 1986Simplify 5x + 3y - 2x + 7y.
  28. 28th January 1986Find 1/3 of 96.
  29. 29th January 1986Work out -12 + 4 x 3.
  30. 30th January 1986Solve x^2 - 2x - 24 = 0.
  31. 31st January 1986Work out 207 divided by 9, showing your written method.