Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
March 1961 5-a-day
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- 1st March 1961Change to reported speech: She said, 'I like chocolate.'
- 2nd March 1961Explain in a few words the effect inversion creates.
- 3rd March 1961Give one word or phrase that could link a paragraph about causes to a paragraph about effects.
- 4th March 1961Rewrite this sentence to show fear through action rather than naming the feeling: 'Tom was very frightened.'
- 5th March 1961Rewrite as a complex sentence, placing a subordinate clause in the middle: 'The house was sold quickly.'
- 6th March 1961Turn this into a question: 'You can swim.'
- 7th March 1961Which conditional type is used in: 'If you mix red and blue, you get purple.'?
- 8th March 1961Rewrite using a connective of contrast: 'He trained every day. He did not make the team.'
- 9th March 1961Add a colon in the correct place: 'He had only one goal win the race.'
- 10th March 1961Is a feature article in a newspaper fiction or non-fiction?
- 11th March 1961Explain why 'Since the exam is tomorrow' cannot stand alone as a sentence.
- 12th March 1961Which word is the collective noun: swarm, bee, sting?
- 13th March 1961Choose the correct verb: 'The group of students (is/are) revising for the test.'
- 14th March 1961Is 'Hiya, fancy grabbing a coffee later?' formal or informal register?
- 15th March 1961Explain in a few words one reason a scientific report often uses the passive voice.
- 16th March 1961What effect does a very short sentence, such as 'He ran.', usually have on pacing?
- 17th March 1961Identify the word class of 'quickly' in: 'She quickly closed the door.'
- 18th March 1961Explain the difference between an auxiliary verb and a modal verb, giving one example of each.
- 19th March 1961What does the phrasal verb mean in: 'She gave up chocolate for a month.'
- 20th March 1961Give a simple antonym for 'hot'.
- 21st March 1961Rewrite 'They decided to leave' using nominalisation of 'decided'.
- 22nd March 1961True or false: every new speaker in dialogue needs a new paragraph.
- 23rd March 1961Identify the technique used in: 'Slowly, silently, snow settled on the silent street.'
- 24th March 1961Punctuate this line of speech, including a reporting clause: Tom: I am hungry.
- 25th March 1961Explain the difference in meaning between 'the cat's toy' and 'the cats' toy'.
- 26th March 1961Choose the stronger word for 'she looked at him': 'glanced' or 'glared', and say why.
- 27th March 1961Identify the subordinate clause in the sentence above.
- 28th March 1961Write a short sentence using anaphora about hard work, repeating 'We must' at the start of each clause.
- 29th March 1961State whether this is Fact or Opinion: 'Skipping breakfast is the worst thing a student can do.'
- 30th March 1961Complete with the present perfect continuous: 'I ___ (wait) here for twenty minutes.'
- 31st March 1961Complete: 'I ___ (watch) TV when you called.'