Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
February 1966 5-a-day
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- 1st February 1966Change the pronoun correctly: Direct speech 'I am tired,' said Maria. Reported: Maria said ___ was tired.
- 2nd February 1966Rewrite 'The storm had seldom been so fierce' using inversion.
- 3rd February 1966Rewrite this abrupt paragraph opening to improve cohesion with a previous paragraph about fear: 'The character then goes to the market.'
- 4th February 1966Identify the language technique in 'the moon smiled down on the sleeping town'.
- 5th February 1966Combine into a complex sentence: 'The car broke down. We were driving to the coast.'
- 6th February 1966Make this sentence negative: 'He likes football.'
- 7th February 1966Correct the error: 'If I would have known, I would have told you.'
- 8th February 1966Give one connective that shows addition.
- 9th February 1966Explain in one sentence why a semicolon suits 'The rain stopped; the sun broke through' better than a comma.
- 10th February 1966What effect does using a direct quotation from a named expert usually have on an argument?
- 11th February 1966Identify the subordinate clause in: 'The dog barked when the postman arrived.'
- 12th February 1966Is 'happiness' an abstract noun or a concrete noun?
- 13th February 1966Choose the correct verb: 'Either the manager or the staff (is/are) responsible for the decision.'
- 14th February 1966Explain in a few words how tone differs from register.
- 15th February 1966Rewrite 'The company launched a new product' in the passive voice, omitting the doer.
- 16th February 1966Identify the punctuation mark used to introduce a quotation in: 'she said simply: it was time to leave.'
- 17th February 1966Choose the correct word: 'The dog wagged ___ tail.' (its / it's)
- 18th February 1966Identify both the auxiliary and the main verb in: 'We had been waiting for an hour.'
- 19th February 1966Which pronoun order is correct: 'turn it off' or 'turn off it'?
- 20th February 1966Rewrite 'The room was tidy' using a strong antonym to describe total disorder.
- 21st February 1966Give the noun form of the verb 'arrive'.
- 22nd February 1966Punctuate this line with an interrupting reporting clause: i dont know she said ill try
- 23rd February 1966Identify the rhyme scheme of a stanza rhyming light / night / sight / bite.
- 24th February 1966Should a new paragraph start every time the speaker changes?
- 25th February 1966Add the apostrophe correctly: 'The dogs bones were buried in the garden.' (more than one dog)
- 26th February 1966Which word shows more intensity: 'warm' or 'boiling'?
- 27th February 1966Identify the coordinating conjunction in: 'She studied hard, and she passed the exam, because she wanted to go to university.'
- 28th February 1966Identify the rhetorical pattern: 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.'