Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
April 1958 5-a-day
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Every sheet in April 1958
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- 1st April 1958Rewrite 'The team failed to qualify' using nominalisation of 'failed'.
- 2nd April 1958Punctuate: he shouted watch out
- 3rd April 1958State the term for a pause created by punctuation in the middle of a line of poetry.
- 4th April 1958Explain why starting a new paragraph for each new speaker matters in narrative writing.
- 5th April 1958Add the apostrophe correctly: 'The childrens coats were on the pegs.'
- 6th April 1958Put these in order from calmest to most intense: annoyed, furious, irritated.
- 7th April 1958How many independent clauses does a compound-complex sentence need at minimum?
- 8th April 1958Name the rhetorical pattern in 'I came, I saw, I conquered.'
- 9th April 1958Identify the persuasive technique in: 'Is it fair that some students cannot afford a hot meal at lunchtime?'
- 10th April 1958Complete with the past perfect continuous: 'She ___ (work) all morning before lunch arrived.'
- 11th April 1958Join these using past continuous plus past simple: 'We were eating dinner.' / 'The lights went out.'
- 12th April 1958Change to a reported question: She asked, 'Where do you live?'
- 13th April 1958Which type of word usually moves to the front in inversion for emphasis?
- 14th April 1958Identify the discourse marker in this paragraph opening: 'Similarly, the poet uses colour imagery to convey loss.'
- 15th April 1958Punctuate this line of speech correctly: wait she called we forgot the map
- 16th April 1958Is this sentence simple, compound or complex: 'Although it was cold, the children played outside.'?
- 17th April 1958Fill the gap with the missing auxiliary verb: 'We ___ not eaten breakfast.'
- 18th April 1958Complete: 'If it is sunny tomorrow, we ___ (go) to the beach.'
- 19th April 1958Choose the best connective to fill the gap: 'The plan was risky; _____, the team decided to go ahead.'
- 20th April 1958Identify the punctuation for effect in this sentence: 'She opened the door slowly... and screamed.'
- 21st April 1958Name the punctuation mark used to introduce direct speech in: 'the mayor said: it was a difficult decision.'
- 22nd April 1958Combine into one sentence using a subordinate clause: 'The film started. We arrived late.'
- 23rd April 1958Turn the adjective 'brave' into an abstract noun.
- 24th April 1958Choose the correct verb: 'The children (plays/play) outside every day.'
- 25th April 1958Identify the tone of 'I cannot believe you actually thought that would work.'
- 26th April 1958Rewrite 'The chef cooked the meal' in the passive voice.
- 27th April 1958Name the language technique in 'the wind howled through the trees'.
- 28th April 1958State whether this is a simple or compound sentence: 'The rain stopped and the sun came out.'
- 29th April 1958Identify the auxiliary verb in: 'They are playing football.'
- 30th April 1958Explain why 'look after' cannot be split, using the example 'look after the dog.'