Daily Practice · Key Stage 2
May 1987 5-a-day
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Every sheet in May 1987
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- 1st May 1987Explain the error in this sentence and correct it: 'The film, which won an award was very long.'
- 2nd May 1987Fill the gap with a cohesive device showing cause and effect: 'It rained heavily. ___, the match was cancelled.'
- 3rd May 1987Join with a semicolon: 'The match was cancelled. The pitch was flooded.'
- 4th May 1987Insert a colon in the correct place: 'She needed one thing for the exam a pen.'
- 5th May 1987Choose present or past simple: 'The sun ___ (rise) in the east.'
- 6th May 1987Add the possessive apostrophe: 'the boys football' (two boys)
- 7th May 1987Change to Standard English: 'She don't like carrots.'
- 8th May 1987Correct the word order: 'I go sometimes swimming on Saturdays.'
- 9th May 1987Add brackets around the extra information: 'The recipe which serves four people takes an hour to cook.'
- 10th May 1987Give the superlative form of 'good' (an irregular adjective).
- 11th May 1987Identify the subject: 'The postman delivered a parcel.'
- 12th May 1987Rewrite using a more formal synonym for 'a lot of': 'There was a lot of evidence.'
- 13th May 1987Find and copy one word meaning 'extremely large' from this sentence: 'The enormous turbine spun slowly in the wind.'
- 14th May 1987Choose the place preposition: 'The keys are ___ the table.'
- 15th May 1987Punctuate: Watch out shouted Leo
- 16th May 1987Choose the correct pronoun: '___ (Him/He) and I went to the park.'
- 17th May 1987Rewrite this sentence using a modal verb to show something is possible but not certain: 'The bus arrives at four o'clock.'
- 18th May 1987Expand the noun phrase 'the river' by adding a phrase after it.
- 19th May 1987Rewrite this sentence in a formal register: 'That film was well good, not gonna lie.'
- 20th May 1987Is this sentence correctly punctuated? 'My favourite subjects are: maths and art.'
- 21st May 1987Is this sentence a statement, question, command or exclamation? 'Please shut the gate.'
- 22nd May 1987Choose 'was' or 'were': 'We ___ watching a film.'
- 23rd May 1987Choose a or an: '___ umbrella'
- 24th May 1987Write a fronted adverbial of time to start this sentence: '___, the shop opens.'
- 25th May 1987Give one synonym and one antonym for 'bright' (as in light).
- 26th May 1987State whether this sentence uses a single dash or a pair: 'He forgot his lunch - again.'
- 27th May 1987Identify the subjunctive verb in this sentence: 'It is essential that everyone arrive on time.'
- 28th May 1987Explain the difference in meaning between 're-sign' and 'resign'.
- 29th May 1987Give an antonym for 'hot' in the sentence: 'The soup was too hot to eat.'
- 30th May 1987Complete with the correct word: 'Our football team has ___ on Tuesdays after school.' (practice/practise)
- 31st May 1987Identify the adverb of manner: 'She answered the question correctly.'