Daily Practice · Key Stage 2
October 1986 5-a-day
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Every sheet in October 1986
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- 1st October 1986Find and fix the punctuation error: 'Once upon a time, there was, a king.'
- 2nd October 1986Choose the correct relative pronoun: 'The man ___ car was stolen called the police.'
- 3rd October 1986State how many commas are needed to mark parenthesis in the middle of a sentence.
- 4th October 1986Which of these cohesive devices shows addition: 'also', 'however', 'because'?
- 5th October 1986Can these two sentences be joined with a semicolon? 'I like tea. I like coffee too.'
- 6th October 1986Circle the common noun in this sentence: 'The brave firefighter climbed the tall ladder.'
- 7th October 1986Put 'walk' into the present simple for 'she'.
- 8th October 1986Add the possessive apostrophe: 'the children toys' (several children)
- 9th October 1986Correct the verb form: 'He run to the shop yesterday.'
- 10th October 1986Add 'always' in the correct place: 'She ___ brushes her teeth at night.'
- 11th October 1986Explain why the sentence still makes sense without the brackets: 'The dog (a small terrier) barked all night.'
- 12th October 1986Give the comparative form of 'beautiful', a longer adjective.
- 13th October 1986Identify the object: 'The postman delivered a parcel.'
- 14th October 1986Give a more formal synonym for 'said' in 'She said the plan would work.'
- 15th October 1986Summarise this sentence in your own words: 'Solar panels convert sunlight directly into electricity, without producing any smoke or fumes.'
- 16th October 1986Identify the preposition: 'The dog ran between the trees.'
- 17th October 1986Punctuate: what time is it asked Priya
- 18th October 1986Which pronoun replaces 'Tom and Ben' in 'Tom and Ben went home'?
- 19th October 1986Underline the modal verb and explain what it shows: 'We should tidy our books away.'
- 20th October 1986Identify the noun in the phrase 'the tall, wooden fence'.
- 21st October 1986Explain why 'kids' would usually be replaced by 'children' in a formal letter to a headteacher.
- 22nd October 1986Add a colon to introduce the explanation: 'There was only one explanation the door had been left open.'
- 23rd October 1986Rewrite this statement as a question: 'The bus arrives at nine o'clock.'
- 24th October 1986Explain why 'was' is wrong in: 'They was running in the park.'
- 25th October 1986Choose a or an: '___ apple'
- 26th October 1986Explain what is wrong with this sentence: 'Later that day the party started.'
- 27th October 1986Give one antonym for 'fast'.
- 28th October 1986Rewrite using a single dash to add extra information at the end: 'She finally passed her test.' (extra information: 'after five attempts')
- 29th October 1986Which word completes the sentence correctly: 'If I ___ taller, I could reach the shelf.' (was / were)
- 30th October 1986Should this word be hyphenated? 'twenty five' (a number written in words)
- 31st October 1986Which word is an antonym of 'arrive' in: 'The train will arrive at noon.'?