Daily Practice · Key Stage 2
April 1986 5-a-day
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- 1st April 1986Identify the words marked by dashes: 'The exam - which lasted two hours - was very difficult.'
- 2nd April 1986Explain why 'were' is used instead of 'was' in 'If I were a bird, I would fly south.'
- 3rd April 1986Is a hyphen needed in 'state of the art technology' when it comes before the noun?
- 4th April 1986Replace 'brave' with its antonym in: 'The knight was brave in battle.'
- 5th April 1986Circle the correctly spelled word: definitely / definately / defiantly.
- 6th April 1986Add an adverb of manner formed from 'loud' to: 'He shut the door.'
- 7th April 1986Add the correct form: 'the (girls) ___ coats' (several girls)
- 8th April 1986Is 'its' a possessive pronoun or a possessive adjective in 'The cat licked its paw'?
- 9th April 1986Rewrite to add an adverb showing low certainty: 'It will snow this weekend.'
- 10th April 1986Identify the present perfect verb in: 'She has finished her homework.'
- 11th April 1986Rewrite in the active voice: 'The trophy was lifted by the captain.'
- 12th April 1986Punctuate this bullet as a full sentence: 'the dog barked loudly' (as a standalone bulleted sentence)
- 13th April 1986Give 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'.
- 14th April 1986Combine using 'when': 'The bell rang. The children lined up.'
- 15th April 1986Give a synonym for 'scared'.
- 16th April 1986Add a comma: 'Without any hesitation she jumped in.'
- 17th April 1986Choose the correct relative pronoun: 'The dog ___ barked all night belongs to my neighbour.'
- 18th April 1986Rewrite this sentence adding the parenthesis 'a keen gardener' using commas: 'My grandad grows his own vegetables.'
- 19th April 1986Choose a cohesive device to link these sentences showing time order: 'We ate dinner. ___ we watched a film.'
- 20th April 1986Correct the punctuation: 'She was tired, she went to bed early.'
- 21st April 1986Underline the verb in this sentence: 'The dog barked loudly at the postman.'
- 22nd April 1986Explain the tense error in: 'Every day she cooked dinner for her family, then yesterday she cooks again.'
- 23rd April 1986Correct this sentence if it only has one girl: 'The girls' bag was red.'
- 24th April 1986Which is Standard English: 'They was late' or 'They were late'?
- 25th April 1986Add 'often' in the correct place: 'He is ___ late for class.' (using the verb 'to be')
- 26th April 1986Explain the error in this sentence and correct it: 'The teacher (Mr Patel marked our books.'
- 27th April 1986Give the comparative form of 'big' (apply the spelling rule).
- 28th April 1986Replace the object with the correct object pronoun: 'Sam invited Jamal and Priya.'
- 29th April 1986Give a more formal synonym for 'show' in 'The graph shows a rise in prices.'
- 30th April 1986What is the purpose of a subheading in a non-fiction text?