Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
January 1955 5-a-day
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Every sheet in January 1955
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 1955Choose the correct verb: 'My friend and my cousin (is/are) visiting today.'
- 2nd January 1955Rewrite 'Can you get back to me ASAP?' in a formal register.
- 3rd January 1955Identify whether this sentence is active or passive: 'The cake was eaten by the children.'
- 4th January 1955What word class is 'quietly' in 'she closed the door quietly'?
- 5th January 1955Punctuate this sentence correctly using a colon: 'He packed three things a map a torch and some water.'
- 6th January 1955Which auxiliary verb is used to form the question in: 'Did you see the film?'
- 7th January 1955Identify the phrasal verb and its meaning: 'He ran into an old friend at the station.'
- 8th January 1955Choose the more precise antonym of 'brave' for a character who is extremely scared: 'nervous' or 'terrified'.
- 9th January 1955Give the noun form of the adjective 'sad'.
- 10th January 1955Where do you place the comma when speech comes before the reporting clause: inside or outside the speech marks?
- 11th January 1955Identify the poetic device used in: 'The wind whispered through the trees.'
- 12th January 1955Punctuate this exchange with correct paragraphing for two speakers: Mum: Dinner is ready. Jack: I will be down in a minute.
- 13th January 1955Correct this error: 'The two sisters's bikes were red.'
- 14th January 1955Rewrite 'The weather was bad' using a word that shows extreme, violent weather.
- 15th January 1955Explain in a few words why writers use compound-complex sentences.
- 16th January 1955What is anaphora?
- 17th January 1955Rewrite this weak statement using emotive language: 'The playground needs new equipment.'
- 18th January 1955Which tense is used in 'They have been training for the marathon since March'?
- 19th January 1955Correct the error: 'He were running to catch the bus.'
- 20th January 1955Change to reported speech: She said, 'I like chocolate.'
- 21st January 1955Explain in a few words the effect inversion creates.
- 22nd January 1955Give one word or phrase that could link a paragraph about causes to a paragraph about effects.
- 23rd January 1955Rewrite this sentence to show fear through action rather than naming the feeling: 'Tom was very frightened.'
- 24th January 1955Rewrite as a complex sentence, placing a subordinate clause in the middle: 'The house was sold quickly.'
- 25th January 1955Turn this into a question: 'You can swim.'
- 26th January 1955Which conditional type is used in: 'If you mix red and blue, you get purple.'?
- 27th January 1955Rewrite using a connective of contrast: 'He trained every day. He did not make the team.'
- 28th January 1955Add a colon in the correct place: 'He had only one goal win the race.'
- 29th January 1955Is a feature article in a newspaper fiction or non-fiction?
- 30th January 1955Explain why 'Since the exam is tomorrow' cannot stand alone as a sentence.
- 31st January 1955Which word is the collective noun: swarm, bee, sting?