Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
April 1960 5-a-day
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- 1st April 1960Identify the discourse markers in this sentence and their function: 'Firstly, check your spelling; secondly, check your punctuation.'
- 2nd April 1960Rewrite this flat sentence using two different effect-punctuation marks: 'The room was silent, nobody moved, everyone was afraid.'
- 3rd April 1960Give one word from 'the shockingly high cost of repairs' that shows the writer's strong opinion.
- 4th April 1960Is 'Whenever it snows' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
- 5th April 1960Identify the abstract noun in: 'Her courage inspired the whole class.'
- 6th April 1960Correct the error: 'The reasons for his absence is unclear.'
- 7th April 1960Give one word from 'Hiya, fancy grabbing a coffee later?' that signals informal register.
- 8th April 1960Rewrite 'Someone stole my bike' in the passive voice.
- 9th April 1960Find one word in 'the ancient, crumbling tower loomed over the village' that suggests the tower is dangerous or threatening.
- 10th April 1960Rewrite this sentence in the passive voice: 'The storm damaged the roof.'
- 11th April 1960Identify the auxiliary verb in: 'He does not like spinach.'
- 12th April 1960Rewrite formally: 'The company wants to bring in new rules.'
- 13th April 1960Which is a stronger antonym of 'happy': 'sad' or 'miserable'?
- 14th April 1960Rewrite 'The team failed to qualify' using nominalisation of 'failed'.
- 15th April 1960Punctuate: he shouted watch out
- 16th April 1960State the term for a pause created by punctuation in the middle of a line of poetry.
- 17th April 1960Explain why starting a new paragraph for each new speaker matters in narrative writing.
- 18th April 1960Add the apostrophe correctly: 'The childrens coats were on the pegs.'
- 19th April 1960Put these in order from calmest to most intense: annoyed, furious, irritated.
- 20th April 1960How many independent clauses does a compound-complex sentence need at minimum?
- 21st April 1960Name the rhetorical pattern in 'I came, I saw, I conquered.'
- 22nd April 1960Identify the persuasive technique in: 'Is it fair that some students cannot afford a hot meal at lunchtime?'
- 23rd April 1960Complete with the past perfect continuous: 'She ___ (work) all morning before lunch arrived.'
- 24th April 1960Join these using past continuous plus past simple: 'We were eating dinner.' / 'The lights went out.'
- 25th April 1960Change to a reported question: She asked, 'Where do you live?'
- 26th April 1960Which type of word usually moves to the front in inversion for emphasis?
- 27th April 1960Identify the discourse marker in this paragraph opening: 'Similarly, the poet uses colour imagery to convey loss.'
- 28th April 1960Punctuate this line of speech correctly: wait she called we forgot the map
- 29th April 1960Is this sentence simple, compound or complex: 'Although it was cold, the children played outside.'?
- 30th April 1960Fill the gap with the missing auxiliary verb: 'We ___ not eaten breakfast.'