Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
July 1952 5-a-day
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- 1st July 1952Rewrite this weak statement using emotive language: 'The playground needs new equipment.'
- 2nd July 1952Which tense is used in 'They have been training for the marathon since March'?
- 3rd July 1952Correct the error: 'He were running to catch the bus.'
- 4th July 1952Change to reported speech: She said, 'I like chocolate.'
- 5th July 1952Explain in a few words the effect inversion creates.
- 6th July 1952Give one word or phrase that could link a paragraph about causes to a paragraph about effects.
- 7th July 1952Rewrite this sentence to show fear through action rather than naming the feeling: 'Tom was very frightened.'
- 8th July 1952Rewrite as a complex sentence, placing a subordinate clause in the middle: 'The house was sold quickly.'
- 9th July 1952Turn this into a question: 'You can swim.'
- 10th July 1952Which conditional type is used in: 'If you mix red and blue, you get purple.'?
- 11th July 1952Rewrite using a connective of contrast: 'He trained every day. He did not make the team.'
- 12th July 1952Add a colon in the correct place: 'He had only one goal win the race.'
- 13th July 1952Is a feature article in a newspaper fiction or non-fiction?
- 14th July 1952Explain why 'Since the exam is tomorrow' cannot stand alone as a sentence.
- 15th July 1952Which word is the collective noun: swarm, bee, sting?
- 16th July 1952Choose the correct verb: 'The group of students (is/are) revising for the test.'
- 17th July 1952Is 'Hiya, fancy grabbing a coffee later?' formal or informal register?
- 18th July 1952Explain in a few words one reason a scientific report often uses the passive voice.
- 19th July 1952What effect does a very short sentence, such as 'He ran.', usually have on pacing?
- 20th July 1952Identify the word class of 'quickly' in: 'She quickly closed the door.'
- 21st July 1952Explain the difference between an auxiliary verb and a modal verb, giving one example of each.
- 22nd July 1952What does the phrasal verb mean in: 'She gave up chocolate for a month.'
- 23rd July 1952Give a simple antonym for 'hot'.
- 24th July 1952Rewrite 'They decided to leave' using nominalisation of 'decided'.
- 25th July 1952True or false: every new speaker in dialogue needs a new paragraph.
- 26th July 1952Identify the technique used in: 'Slowly, silently, snow settled on the silent street.'
- 27th July 1952Punctuate this line of speech, including a reporting clause: Tom: I am hungry.
- 28th July 1952Explain the difference in meaning between 'the cat's toy' and 'the cats' toy'.
- 29th July 1952Choose the stronger word for 'she looked at him': 'glanced' or 'glared', and say why.
- 30th July 1952Identify the subordinate clause in the sentence above.
- 31st July 1952Write a short sentence using anaphora about hard work, repeating 'We must' at the start of each clause.