Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
May 1965 5-a-day
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- 1st May 1965Give the meaning of 'deserted' as used in 'a deserted playground at midnight'.
- 2nd May 1965Identify the subordinate clause in: 'Since the shop had closed, we went home.'
- 3rd May 1965Turn this into a question: 'They are watching a film.'
- 4th May 1965Complete: 'If I ___ (be) taller, I would join the basketball team.'
- 5th May 1965Identify the discourse markers in this sentence and their function: 'Firstly, check your spelling; secondly, check your punctuation.'
- 6th May 1965Rewrite this flat sentence using two different effect-punctuation marks: 'The room was silent, nobody moved, everyone was afraid.'
- 7th May 1965Give one word from 'the shockingly high cost of repairs' that shows the writer's strong opinion.
- 8th May 1965Is 'Whenever it snows' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
- 9th May 1965Identify the abstract noun in: 'Her courage inspired the whole class.'
- 10th May 1965Correct the error: 'The reasons for his absence is unclear.'
- 11th May 1965Give one word from 'Hiya, fancy grabbing a coffee later?' that signals informal register.
- 12th May 1965Rewrite 'Someone stole my bike' in the passive voice.
- 13th May 1965Find one word in 'the ancient, crumbling tower loomed over the village' that suggests the tower is dangerous or threatening.
- 14th May 1965Rewrite this sentence in the passive voice: 'The storm damaged the roof.'
- 15th May 1965Identify the auxiliary verb in: 'He does not like spinach.'
- 16th May 1965Rewrite formally: 'The company wants to bring in new rules.'
- 17th May 1965Which is a stronger antonym of 'happy': 'sad' or 'miserable'?
- 18th May 1965Rewrite 'The team failed to qualify' using nominalisation of 'failed'.
- 19th May 1965Punctuate: he shouted watch out
- 20th May 1965State the term for a pause created by punctuation in the middle of a line of poetry.
- 21st May 1965Explain why starting a new paragraph for each new speaker matters in narrative writing.
- 22nd May 1965Add the apostrophe correctly: 'The childrens coats were on the pegs.'
- 23rd May 1965Put these in order from calmest to most intense: annoyed, furious, irritated.
- 24th May 1965How many independent clauses does a compound-complex sentence need at minimum?
- 25th May 1965Name the rhetorical pattern in 'I came, I saw, I conquered.'
- 26th May 1965Identify the persuasive technique in: 'Is it fair that some students cannot afford a hot meal at lunchtime?'
- 27th May 1965Complete with the past perfect continuous: 'She ___ (work) all morning before lunch arrived.'
- 28th May 1965Join these using past continuous plus past simple: 'We were eating dinner.' / 'The lights went out.'
- 29th May 1965Change to a reported question: She asked, 'Where do you live?'
- 30th May 1965Which type of word usually moves to the front in inversion for emphasis?
- 31st May 1965Identify the discourse marker in this paragraph opening: 'Similarly, the poet uses colour imagery to convey loss.'