Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
February 1957 5-a-day
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- 1st February 1957Correct the error: 'He were running to catch the bus.'
- 2nd February 1957Change to reported speech: She said, 'I like chocolate.'
- 3rd February 1957Explain in a few words the effect inversion creates.
- 4th February 1957Give one word or phrase that could link a paragraph about causes to a paragraph about effects.
- 5th February 1957Rewrite this sentence to show fear through action rather than naming the feeling: 'Tom was very frightened.'
- 6th February 1957Rewrite as a complex sentence, placing a subordinate clause in the middle: 'The house was sold quickly.'
- 7th February 1957Turn this into a question: 'You can swim.'
- 8th February 1957Which conditional type is used in: 'If you mix red and blue, you get purple.'?
- 9th February 1957Rewrite using a connective of contrast: 'He trained every day. He did not make the team.'
- 10th February 1957Add a colon in the correct place: 'He had only one goal win the race.'
- 11th February 1957Is a feature article in a newspaper fiction or non-fiction?
- 12th February 1957Explain why 'Since the exam is tomorrow' cannot stand alone as a sentence.
- 13th February 1957Which word is the collective noun: swarm, bee, sting?
- 14th February 1957Choose the correct verb: 'The group of students (is/are) revising for the test.'
- 15th February 1957Is 'Hiya, fancy grabbing a coffee later?' formal or informal register?
- 16th February 1957Explain in a few words one reason a scientific report often uses the passive voice.
- 17th February 1957What effect does a very short sentence, such as 'He ran.', usually have on pacing?
- 18th February 1957Identify the word class of 'quickly' in: 'She quickly closed the door.'
- 19th February 1957Explain the difference between an auxiliary verb and a modal verb, giving one example of each.
- 20th February 1957What does the phrasal verb mean in: 'She gave up chocolate for a month.'
- 21st February 1957Give a simple antonym for 'hot'.
- 22nd February 1957Rewrite 'They decided to leave' using nominalisation of 'decided'.
- 23rd February 1957True or false: every new speaker in dialogue needs a new paragraph.
- 24th February 1957Identify the technique used in: 'Slowly, silently, snow settled on the silent street.'
- 25th February 1957Punctuate this line of speech, including a reporting clause: Tom: I am hungry.
- 26th February 1957Explain the difference in meaning between 'the cat's toy' and 'the cats' toy'.
- 27th February 1957Choose the stronger word for 'she looked at him': 'glanced' or 'glared', and say why.
- 28th February 1957Identify the subordinate clause in the sentence above.