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January 1962

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-9

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  1. 1st January 1962Identify the parenthesis in this sentence and state its function: 'The plan, though risky, could save the school.'
  2. 2nd January 1962Identify the technique in: 'Every day. Every meal. Every child deserves better.'
  3. 3rd January 1962Explain the difference in meaning between 'I have been reading that book' and 'I had been reading that book.'
  4. 4th January 1962Identify the past continuous verb in: 'She was singing loudly in the shower.'
  5. 5th January 1962Change the pronoun correctly: Direct speech 'I am tired,' said Maria. Reported: Maria said ___ was tired.
  6. 6th January 1962Rewrite 'The storm had seldom been so fierce' using inversion.
  7. 7th January 1962Rewrite this abrupt paragraph opening to improve cohesion with a previous paragraph about fear: 'The character then goes to the market.'
  8. 8th January 1962Identify the language technique in 'the moon smiled down on the sleeping town'.
  9. 9th January 1962Combine into a complex sentence: 'The car broke down. We were driving to the coast.'
  10. 10th January 1962Make this sentence negative: 'He likes football.'
  11. 11th January 1962Correct the error: 'If I would have known, I would have told you.'
  12. 12th January 1962Give one connective that shows addition.
  13. 13th January 1962Explain in one sentence why a semicolon suits 'The rain stopped; the sun broke through' better than a comma.
  14. 14th January 1962What effect does using a direct quotation from a named expert usually have on an argument?
  15. 15th January 1962Identify the subordinate clause in: 'The dog barked when the postman arrived.'
  16. 16th January 1962Is 'happiness' an abstract noun or a concrete noun?
  17. 17th January 1962Choose the correct verb: 'Either the manager or the staff (is/are) responsible for the decision.'
  18. 18th January 1962Explain in a few words how tone differs from register.
  19. 19th January 1962Rewrite 'The company launched a new product' in the passive voice, omitting the doer.
  20. 20th January 1962Identify the punctuation mark used to introduce a quotation in: 'she said simply: it was time to leave.'
  21. 21st January 1962Choose the correct word: 'The dog wagged ___ tail.' (its / it's)
  22. 22nd January 1962Identify both the auxiliary and the main verb in: 'We had been waiting for an hour.'
  23. 23rd January 1962Which pronoun order is correct: 'turn it off' or 'turn off it'?
  24. 24th January 1962Rewrite 'The room was tidy' using a strong antonym to describe total disorder.
  25. 25th January 1962Give the noun form of the verb 'arrive'.
  26. 26th January 1962Punctuate this line with an interrupting reporting clause: i dont know she said ill try
  27. 27th January 1962Identify the rhyme scheme of a stanza rhyming light / night / sight / bite.
  28. 28th January 1962Should a new paragraph start every time the speaker changes?
  29. 29th January 1962Add the apostrophe correctly: 'The dogs bones were buried in the garden.' (more than one dog)
  30. 30th January 1962Which word shows more intensity: 'warm' or 'boiling'?
  31. 31st January 1962Identify the coordinating conjunction in: 'She studied hard, and she passed the exam, because she wanted to go to university.'

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