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May 1990 5-a-day

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May 1990

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st May 1990A question is worth 3 marks and asks you to explain the effect of a description. Roughly how many separate points should your answer include?
  2. 2nd May 1990If a poem's rhythm becomes short and broken in its final stanza after being steady throughout, what might this suggest?
  3. 3rd May 1990Name the technique used in this line: New worlds. New characters. New ideas, every single time.
  4. 4th May 1990If a poem starts with long, flowing lines and ends with very short, clipped lines, what effect might this create?
  5. 5th May 1990Calculate the area of a circle with a diameter of 20 cm. Use pi = 3.14.
  6. 6th May 1990Simplify 6a + 9 - 2a - 4.
  7. 7th May 1990Simplify 4(2x - 3) + 5.
  8. 8th May 1990A stall sells 4 sandwiches at 2.20 pounds each and 3 drinks at 1.10 pounds each. Work out the total cost, without a calculator.
  9. 9th May 1990Write the ratio 16:24 in its simplest form.
  10. 10th May 1990Work out 8 x 6.
  11. 11th May 1990Find 3/5 of 45.
  12. 12th May 1990Work out 15 x 14, using a written method.
  13. 13th May 1990Find 3/4 of 88.
  14. 14th May 1990Name the green pigment, found in chloroplasts, that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis.
  15. 15th May 1990Name the group of the periodic table that contains elements which are almost completely unreactive because their outer electron shell is full.
  16. 16th May 1990State why an astronaut in open space, far from any planet or star, cannot hear an explosion happening nearby.
  17. 17th May 1990Name the green pigment found in chloroplasts that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis.
  18. 18th May 1990Name the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
  19. 19th May 1990Name the small intestine's main job in the digestive system.
  20. 20th May 1990A character says 'I'm fine' through gritted teeth, then slams the door. Explain what the contrast between the character's words and actions suggests.
  21. 21st May 1990Correct the spelling error caused by a missing doubled consonant: 'I am hopping to finish my homework before dinner' (meaning expecting, not jumping).
  22. 22nd May 1990Correct the tense error: 'Last week, she swims to the buoy and back without stopping.'
  23. 23rd May 1990A poem has irregular line lengths and no rhyme scheme, but a steady, insistent rhythm created by repeating the same three-syllable phrase. What technique creates this effect?
  24. 24th May 1990What is the name for a poem with no regular rhyme scheme or fixed rhythm?
  25. 25th May 1990A character 'counted his steps instead of looking down.' What does this suggest about his feelings?
  26. 26th May 1990Which punctuation mark is missing, and where, from this sentence: Please bring your pencil case ruler and calculator to the exam.
  27. 27th May 1990A writer describes a current as "dragging greedy fingers along the wreck." Name the technique used here.
  28. 28th May 1990Simplify 5x + 3y - 2x + 7y.
  29. 29th May 1990A box of 15 chocolates costs 4.50 pounds. Work out the cost of one chocolate.
  30. 30th May 1990Work out 56 / 7.
  31. 31st May 1990In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 27 degrees and the opposite side is 6 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse, to 1 decimal place.