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October 1960 5-a-day

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October 1960

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-9

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  1. 1st October 1960Identify the subordinate clause in: 'Since the shop had closed, we went home.'
  2. 2nd October 1960Turn this into a question: 'They are watching a film.'
  3. 3rd October 1960Complete: 'If I ___ (be) taller, I would join the basketball team.'
  4. 4th October 1960Identify the discourse markers in this sentence and their function: 'Firstly, check your spelling; secondly, check your punctuation.'
  5. 5th October 1960Rewrite this flat sentence using two different effect-punctuation marks: 'The room was silent, nobody moved, everyone was afraid.'
  6. 6th October 1960Give one word from 'the shockingly high cost of repairs' that shows the writer's strong opinion.
  7. 7th October 1960Is 'Whenever it snows' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
  8. 8th October 1960Identify the abstract noun in: 'Her courage inspired the whole class.'
  9. 9th October 1960Correct the error: 'The reasons for his absence is unclear.'
  10. 10th October 1960Give one word from 'Hiya, fancy grabbing a coffee later?' that signals informal register.
  11. 11th October 1960Rewrite 'Someone stole my bike' in the passive voice.
  12. 12th October 1960Find one word in 'the ancient, crumbling tower loomed over the village' that suggests the tower is dangerous or threatening.
  13. 13th October 1960Rewrite this sentence in the passive voice: 'The storm damaged the roof.'
  14. 14th October 1960Identify the auxiliary verb in: 'He does not like spinach.'
  15. 15th October 1960Rewrite formally: 'The company wants to bring in new rules.'
  16. 16th October 1960Which is a stronger antonym of 'happy': 'sad' or 'miserable'?
  17. 17th October 1960Rewrite 'The team failed to qualify' using nominalisation of 'failed'.
  18. 18th October 1960Punctuate: he shouted watch out
  19. 19th October 1960State the term for a pause created by punctuation in the middle of a line of poetry.
  20. 20th October 1960Explain why starting a new paragraph for each new speaker matters in narrative writing.
  21. 21st October 1960Add the apostrophe correctly: 'The childrens coats were on the pegs.'
  22. 22nd October 1960Put these in order from calmest to most intense: annoyed, furious, irritated.
  23. 23rd October 1960How many independent clauses does a compound-complex sentence need at minimum?
  24. 24th October 1960Name the rhetorical pattern in 'I came, I saw, I conquered.'
  25. 25th October 1960Identify the persuasive technique in: 'Is it fair that some students cannot afford a hot meal at lunchtime?'
  26. 26th October 1960Complete with the past perfect continuous: 'She ___ (work) all morning before lunch arrived.'
  27. 27th October 1960Join these using past continuous plus past simple: 'We were eating dinner.' / 'The lights went out.'
  28. 28th October 1960Change to a reported question: She asked, 'Where do you live?'
  29. 29th October 1960Which type of word usually moves to the front in inversion for emphasis?
  30. 30th October 1960Identify the discourse marker in this paragraph opening: 'Similarly, the poet uses colour imagery to convey loss.'
  31. 31st October 1960Punctuate this line of speech correctly: wait she called we forgot the map

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