Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
October 1957 5-a-day
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Every sheet in October 1957
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1957Add the apostrophe correctly: 'The childrens coats were on the pegs.'
- 2nd October 1957Put these in order from calmest to most intense: annoyed, furious, irritated.
- 3rd October 1957How many independent clauses does a compound-complex sentence need at minimum?
- 4th October 1957Name the rhetorical pattern in 'I came, I saw, I conquered.'
- 5th October 1957Identify the persuasive technique in: 'Is it fair that some students cannot afford a hot meal at lunchtime?'
- 6th October 1957Complete with the past perfect continuous: 'She ___ (work) all morning before lunch arrived.'
- 7th October 1957Join these using past continuous plus past simple: 'We were eating dinner.' / 'The lights went out.'
- 8th October 1957Change to a reported question: She asked, 'Where do you live?'
- 9th October 1957Which type of word usually moves to the front in inversion for emphasis?
- 10th October 1957Identify the discourse marker in this paragraph opening: 'Similarly, the poet uses colour imagery to convey loss.'
- 11th October 1957Punctuate this line of speech correctly: wait she called we forgot the map
- 12th October 1957Is this sentence simple, compound or complex: 'Although it was cold, the children played outside.'?
- 13th October 1957Fill the gap with the missing auxiliary verb: 'We ___ not eaten breakfast.'
- 14th October 1957Complete: 'If it is sunny tomorrow, we ___ (go) to the beach.'
- 15th October 1957Choose the best connective to fill the gap: 'The plan was risky; _____, the team decided to go ahead.'
- 16th October 1957Identify the punctuation for effect in this sentence: 'She opened the door slowly... and screamed.'
- 17th October 1957Name the punctuation mark used to introduce direct speech in: 'the mayor said: it was a difficult decision.'
- 18th October 1957Combine into one sentence using a subordinate clause: 'The film started. We arrived late.'
- 19th October 1957Turn the adjective 'brave' into an abstract noun.
- 20th October 1957Choose the correct verb: 'The children (plays/play) outside every day.'
- 21st October 1957Identify the tone of 'I cannot believe you actually thought that would work.'
- 22nd October 1957Rewrite 'The chef cooked the meal' in the passive voice.
- 23rd October 1957Name the language technique in 'the wind howled through the trees'.
- 24th October 1957State whether this is a simple or compound sentence: 'The rain stopped and the sun came out.'
- 25th October 1957Identify the auxiliary verb in: 'They are playing football.'
- 26th October 1957Explain why 'look after' cannot be split, using the example 'look after the dog.'
- 27th October 1957Explain in a few words why 'chilly' is a weaker antonym of 'boiling' than 'freezing'.
- 28th October 1957Give the noun form of the verb 'discover'.
- 29th October 1957Identify the punctuation error: "Come here." he whispered.
- 30th October 1957State the term for when a sentence runs on from one line of a poem to the next without a pause.
- 31st October 1957Is it correct to write two different speakers' lines on the same line, one after the other?