Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
December 1961 5-a-day
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- 1st December 1961Explain in one sentence why writers use rhetorical questions in persuasive writing.
- 2nd December 1961Give two features of a formal letter's layout that would be missing from an informal text message.
- 3rd December 1961Choose the correct form: 'By the time we got to the cinema, the film ___ (play) for ten minutes.'
- 4th December 1961Explain why 'was swimming' is correct but 'was swiming' is not.
- 5th December 1961Change the time word: Direct speech: 'I will call you tomorrow,' he said. Which time word replaces 'tomorrow' in reported speech?
- 6th December 1961Rewrite 'He had rarely seen such courage' using inversion.
- 7th December 1961Explain in one sentence why an essay with no linking words between paragraphs might lose marks for cohesion.
- 8th December 1961Write an expanded noun phrase (at least two describing words) for 'the forest at dawn'.
- 9th December 1961Add a subordinate clause to make this a complex sentence: 'The teacher praised the pupil ___.'
- 10th December 1961Make this sentence negative: 'I saw the letter.'
- 11th December 1961Complete: 'If she had left earlier, she ___ (not miss) the train.'
- 12th December 1961Give one connective that shows cause and effect.
- 13th December 1961Which punctuation mark links two closely related independent clauses without a conjunction: a comma, a semicolon or a full stop?
- 14th December 1961True, 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.'
- 15th December 1961Identify the main clause in: 'Because she was tired, she went to bed early.'
- 16th December 1961Rewrite this sentence using a single collective noun instead of 'a group of singers': 'A group of singers performed in the hall.'
- 17th December 1961Choose the correct verb: 'Neither of the answers (is/are) correct.'
- 18th December 1961A letter to a head teacher should use which register: formal or informal?
- 19th December 1961Explain in a few words why a politician might use the passive voice to describe a mistake, such as 'Mistakes were made'.
- 20th December 1961True or false: a simile compares two things using 'like' or 'as'.
- 21st December 1961Add the missing apostrophe: 'The childrens coats were hung on the pegs.'
- 22nd December 1961Complete with the correct auxiliary verb: 'She ___ finished her project.' (present perfect)
- 23rd December 1961Is 'turn off' separable or inseparable? Test it with the object 'the television'.
- 24th December 1961Give an antonym for 'generous' that carries a strongly negative connotation.
- 25th December 1961Explain in a few words why nominalisation is common in academic writing.
- 26th December 1961Rewrite with correct speech punctuation and paragraphing for two speakers: mum asked are you ready dan said not yet
- 27th December 1961A poem has four stanzas, each with four lines. State the correct term for a four-line stanza.
- 28th December 1961Where does the comma go in: 'That's brilliant' she said?
- 29th December 1961Is 'the mens changing room' correctly punctuated? If not, correct it.
- 30th December 1961Replace 'big' with a word showing extreme size in: 'The dog was big.'
- 31st December 1961How many dependent (subordinate) clauses does a compound-complex sentence need at minimum?