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November 1958

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 7-9

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  1. 1st November 1958Identify the auxiliary verb in: 'They are playing football.'
  2. 2nd November 1958Explain why 'look after' cannot be split, using the example 'look after the dog.'
  3. 3rd November 1958Explain in a few words why 'chilly' is a weaker antonym of 'boiling' than 'freezing'.
  4. 4th November 1958Give the noun form of the verb 'discover'.
  5. 5th November 1958Identify the punctuation error: "Come here." he whispered.
  6. 6th November 1958State the term for when a sentence runs on from one line of a poem to the next without a pause.
  7. 7th November 1958Is it correct to write two different speakers' lines on the same line, one after the other?
  8. 8th November 1958Choose the correct option for bags belonging to three girls: 'the girls' bags' or 'the girl's bags'.
  9. 9th November 1958Which carries a more negative connotation: 'slim' or 'skinny'?
  10. 10th November 1958Combine into a compound-complex sentence: 'Tom was tired. He kept walking. He wanted to reach home.'
  11. 11th November 1958Explain in one sentence why writers use rhetorical questions in persuasive writing.
  12. 12th November 1958Give two features of a formal letter's layout that would be missing from an informal text message.
  13. 13th November 1958Choose the correct form: 'By the time we got to the cinema, the film ___ (play) for ten minutes.'
  14. 14th November 1958Explain why 'was swimming' is correct but 'was swiming' is not.
  15. 15th November 1958Change the time word: Direct speech: 'I will call you tomorrow,' he said. Which time word replaces 'tomorrow' in reported speech?
  16. 16th November 1958Rewrite 'He had rarely seen such courage' using inversion.
  17. 17th November 1958Explain in one sentence why an essay with no linking words between paragraphs might lose marks for cohesion.
  18. 18th November 1958Write an expanded noun phrase (at least two describing words) for 'the forest at dawn'.
  19. 19th November 1958Add a subordinate clause to make this a complex sentence: 'The teacher praised the pupil ___.'
  20. 20th November 1958Make this sentence negative: 'I saw the letter.'
  21. 21st November 1958Complete: 'If she had left earlier, she ___ (not miss) the train.'
  22. 22nd November 1958Give one connective that shows cause and effect.
  23. 23rd November 1958Which punctuation mark links two closely related independent clauses without a conjunction: a comma, a semicolon or a full stop?
  24. 24th November 1958True, false or not given: 'All residents supported the new cycle lane', based on the sentence 'Some residents welcomed the cycle lane, while others complained about lost parking.'
  25. 25th November 1958Identify the main clause in: 'Because she was tired, she went to bed early.'
  26. 26th November 1958Rewrite this sentence using a single collective noun instead of 'a group of singers': 'A group of singers performed in the hall.'
  27. 27th November 1958Choose the correct verb: 'Neither of the answers (is/are) correct.'
  28. 28th November 1958A letter to a head teacher should use which register: formal or informal?
  29. 29th November 1958Explain in a few words why a politician might use the passive voice to describe a mistake, such as 'Mistakes were made'.
  30. 30th November 1958True or false: a simile compares two things using 'like' or 'as'.

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