Daily Practice · Key Stage 2
October 1980 5-a-day
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Every sheet in October 1980
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1980Rewrite to add an adverb showing low certainty: 'It will snow this weekend.'
- 2nd October 1980Identify the present perfect verb in: 'She has finished her homework.'
- 3rd October 1980Rewrite in the active voice: 'The trophy was lifted by the captain.'
- 4th October 1980Punctuate this bullet as a full sentence: 'the dog barked loudly' (as a standalone bulleted sentence)
- 5th October 1980Give one piece of evidence a reader could use to show a character is nervous, from the phrase 'her hands trembled as she opened the letter'.
- 6th October 1980Combine using 'when': 'The bell rang. The children lined up.'
- 7th October 1980Give a synonym for 'scared'.
- 8th October 1980Add a comma: 'Without any hesitation she jumped in.'
- 9th October 1980Choose the correct relative pronoun: 'The dog ___ barked all night belongs to my neighbour.'
- 10th October 1980Rewrite this sentence adding the parenthesis 'a keen gardener' using commas: 'My grandad grows his own vegetables.'
- 11th October 1980Choose a cohesive device to link these sentences showing time order: 'We ate dinner. ___ we watched a film.'
- 12th October 1980Correct the punctuation: 'She was tired, she went to bed early.'
- 13th October 1980Underline the verb in this sentence: 'The dog barked loudly at the postman.'
- 14th October 1980Explain the tense error in: 'Every day she cooked dinner for her family, then yesterday she cooks again.'
- 15th October 1980Correct this sentence if it only has one girl: 'The girls' bag was red.'
- 16th October 1980Which is Standard English: 'They was late' or 'They were late'?
- 17th October 1980Add 'often' in the correct place: 'He is ___ late for class.' (using the verb 'to be')
- 18th October 1980Explain the error in this sentence and correct it: 'The teacher (Mr Patel marked our books.'
- 19th October 1980Give the comparative form of 'big' (apply the spelling rule).
- 20th October 1980Replace the object with the correct object pronoun: 'Sam invited Jamal and Priya.'
- 21st October 1980Give a more formal synonym for 'show' in 'The graph shows a rise in prices.'
- 22nd October 1980What is the purpose of a subheading in a non-fiction text?
- 23rd October 1980Fill the gap with a time preposition: 'School starts ___ September.'
- 24th October 1980Punctuate: The dog is friendly said Ben
- 25th October 1980Replace the noun with a pronoun: 'Mia laughed because Mia was happy.'
- 26th October 1980Identify the modal verb in: 'You must wear a seatbelt in the car.'
- 27th October 1980Identify the adjectives in the phrase 'the icy, silent lake'.
- 28th October 1980Is 'Can't wait to see ya!' formal or informal?
- 29th October 1980Punctuate this list correctly: 'Bring the following items a book a pen and a snack.'
- 30th October 1980Sort this conjunction as coordinating or subordinating: 'although'.
- 31st October 1980Choose 'was' or 'were': 'He ___ waiting outside.'