Year 5—English Comprehension Review

1.What is the Sun? Describe it.

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2. Read the following statements about the sun. Place a tick beside which of

these is correct and an ‘X’ beside the statements which are incorrect.

Statement Tick or X

Earth’s gravity keeps Earth and all the

other planets travelling around it because

of its own gravity.

Earth is smaller than Venus.

Earth in the closest planet from the sun.

Surface temperature of the Sun is 5505

degrees Celsius.

3. Draw lines to measure the correct fact to the correct measurement.

Fact Measurement

Sun’s distance to the Earth. 8 minuets

Radius of the Sun 4,366,813 km

Circumference of the Sun 696,342 km

How long does it take for the

Sun’s light to reach the Earth?

149.6 million km

Year 5 - English Review

4. Will the Sun last forever? If not , why?

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5. The writer has used subheadings (for exam, Making Energy) and feature boxes (for

example, Did You Know?). Why do you think the writer chose to write this way?

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6. What type of text is this? Circle the correct answer.

A set of instructions / A report / A recount / An explanation / An argument

7. Read the paragraph titled ‘Lifespan’. What is the writer stating?

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8. Look at the final line. Where do you think the humans will be by then?

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Year 5 - Maths Review

4. 36 = 2 x ___ = 3 x ___ = 4 x ___

6. 286 ÷ 10 =

7. Change the Roman numeral CCCLXVII to a number.

8.83—> 4.41 —>