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March 1988 5-a-day

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March 1988

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st March 1988A character 'held his breath without realising it' as he entered a dark passage. What does this suggest about his feelings?
  2. 2nd March 1988A poem has four lines per stanza with the rhyme pattern ABAB. What is this pattern called?
  3. 3rd March 1988Is the claim 'reading is obviously more rewarding than scrolling through a screen' a fact or an opinion?
  4. 4th March 1988A question asks you to explain "how the poet's feelings towards winter change across the poem." What should your answer focus on?
  5. 5th March 1988An 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.
  6. 6th March 1988Work out -4 - 7.
  7. 7th March 1988Find the highest common factor of 24 and 36.
  8. 8th March 1988Simplify 6x + 4 - 2x - 9.
  9. 9th March 1988A basket contains 15 lemons and 25 limes. Write the ratio of lemons to limes in its simplest form.
  10. 10th March 1988Calculate 56 + 29.
  11. 11th March 1988Work out 20 - 3 x 4.
  12. 12th March 1988A number is tripled and then 5 is added, giving 32. Form an equation and find the number.
  13. 13th March 1988Simplify the ratio 18:24 to its simplest form.
  14. 14th March 1988Name the green pigment, found in chloroplasts, that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis.
  15. 15th March 1988Name the group of the periodic table that contains elements which are almost completely unreactive because their outer electron shell is full.
  16. 16th March 1988A cliff is 170 m from a person who claps and hears the echo. Use distance = speed x time and a speed of sound of 340 m/s to calculate how long after the clap the echo is heard.
  17. 17th March 1988State the number of protons found in an atom of oxygen, given that oxygen's atomic number is 8.
  18. 18th March 1988Name the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
  19. 19th March 1988Name the small intestine's main job in the digestive system.
  20. 20th March 1988In an extract, a character 'chewed his lip and stared at his shoes.' What does this suggest about the character's feelings?
  21. 21st March 1988Add a colon to this sentence in the correct place: The expedition needed three things warm clothing enough food and a reliable map.
  22. 22nd March 1988Choose the correct word: There were ___ people at the concert than last year. (less / fewer)
  23. 23rd March 1988Which two poetic techniques are both used in the line 'The branches creaked and clawed at the window'?
  24. 24th March 1988Find and copy one word from 'the anvil's patient, unmoving weight' that gives the anvil a human quality.
  25. 25th March 1988Which word class is 'desperately' in 'He desperately searched for a handhold'?
  26. 26th March 1988Correct the punctuation in this sentence, which reports direct speech: she shouted watch out and pulled her brother back from the road
  27. 27th March 1988A 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"?
  28. 28th March 1988Simplify 5x + 3y - 2x + 7y.
  29. 29th March 1988Convert 2 hours 15 minutes into minutes.
  30. 30th March 1988Find 2/9 of 63.
  31. 31st March 1988Write 5.4 x 10^4 as an ordinary number.