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1
Why do we have leap year?
To celebrate the planets in the solar system
The prime minister wanted another day for work.
Earth's orbit is 365 days & 6 hours; extra day to make up.
Astronomers need Leap Year to travel to space.
2
Bias is
one - sided opinion
fairness
Truth
honest
3
A fact is
reported in the news
your own opinion
Something that can be proven
mostly true
4
Which of the following words is a VERB?
chair
pretty
run
for
5
which is NOT a superlative
Newer
shortest
Oldest
Biggest
6
Which of these is NOT a noun
A toothbrush
Driving
The Metro Centre
The Queen
7
scanning is...
looking for a particular piece of information
checking for punctuation
reading whilst wearing glasses
looking at the style of the font
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An adjective is
A doing word
Usually ends in ly
begins with a capital letter
A word that tells us more about the noun
9
Historically Nike is
The Roman Goddess of fertility
The Viking God of battle
The Greek Goddess of Victory
The Greek God of war
10
In non - fiction writing who is the audience?
who the text is intended for
middle aged people
teenagers
children
11
This is a close up of
Kim Kardashian's hair
president Trumps hair
wire wool
A horses mane
12
What is a homophone?
a figure of speech
two words that sound the same but have different meanings
words that are spelled the same and have different meanings
all of the above
13
which of the following is NOT an example of writing to persuade
debate
advert
speech
recipe
14
A synonym is a word that means the same as another word
True
False
15
Which is the odd one out?
Eye
Aye
Nose
I
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it's is a contraction of it is
True
False
17
A new paragraph should be used when
A change in topic
Time
place
All of these
18
Close reading means
intense focus on the text
When you have forgot your glasses
looking for spelling mistakes
sharing a book
19
which of the following is NOT an example of writing to inform
novel
poster
manuals
newspaper articles
20
An antonym means a word that is opposite to another word
False
True
21
Which is a colon?
,
:
?
.
22
An adverb usually ends in
ies
es
ly
ent
23
Bonfire night is celebrated on
31st of October
5th of November
25th of December
1st of January
24
what were the words that Derek Bentley said to his accomplice Chris
"I wish I'd never met you"
"we're nicked"
"let him have it"
"lets go"
25
skim reading is...
reading the headline
reading to get the general gist (Idea)
reading back to front
a foreign language
26
What country is this?
Potugal
Italy
France
Spain
27
What is this famous statue
The Angel of The North
The Queen
Lady Justice
Statue of Liberty
28
A sentence should always start with a capital letter
True
False
29
who is the mysterious graffiti artist?
Damien Hirst
Banksy
Tony Hart
Buzzcocks
30
Fries were invented in which country?
Belguim
France
United States
Wendy's
31
proper nouns always begin with a capital letter
True
False
32
how tall was the tallest woman, was she...
7ft 1 inches
9ft 8 inches
7ft 7 inches
6ft 7 inches
33
A rhetorical question is
In capitals
Cheeky
Rhyming
A question that is not intended to be answered
34
which of these is an example of formal language?
Goodbye
ta ta
bye bye
see ya
35
How tall or small is the shortest living horse?
10.03 inches
22.36 inches
45.17 inches
53.27 inches
