Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
April 1972 5-a-day
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Every sheet in April 1972
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- 1st April 1972Rewrite 'The room was tidy' using a strong antonym to describe total disorder.
- 2nd April 1972Give the noun form of the verb 'arrive'.
- 3rd April 1972Punctuate this line with an interrupting reporting clause: i dont know she said ill try
- 4th April 1972Identify the rhyme scheme of a stanza rhyming light / night / sight / bite.
- 5th April 1972Should a new paragraph start every time the speaker changes?
- 6th April 1972Add the apostrophe correctly: 'The dogs bones were buried in the garden.' (more than one dog)
- 7th April 1972Which word shows more intensity: 'warm' or 'boiling'?
- 8th April 1972Identify the coordinating conjunction in: 'She studied hard, and she passed the exam, because she wanted to go to university.'
- 9th April 1972Identify the rhetorical pattern: 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.'
- 10th April 1972State whether this is Fact or Opinion: 'Over 30 percent of students skip breakfast before school.'
- 11th April 1972Correct the error: 'He has been study since 9am.'
- 12th April 1972Complete: 'They ___ (walk) to school when it started to rain.'
- 13th April 1972Correct the tense error: 'He said he is happy.'
- 14th April 1972Identify the inverted phrase in 'Not only did she win the race, but she also broke the record.'
- 15th April 1972Name one grammatical device, other than a discourse marker, that creates cohesion across paragraphs.
- 16th April 1972Is this sentence simple, compound or complex? 'The rain fell.'
- 17th April 1972Explain the difference between a compound sentence and a complex sentence, using one example of each.
- 18th April 1972Rewrite as both a negative and a question: 'The train arrives at six.'
- 19th April 1972Complete: 'If you heat water to 100 degrees C, it ___ (boil).'
- 20th April 1972Explain in a few words why overusing 'and' as a connective can weaken writing.
- 21st April 1972Rewrite using a dash to add a sharp aside: 'The exam was hard, much harder than I expected.'
- 22nd April 1972What word class is 'quiet' in 'a quiet street on the edge of town'?
- 23rd April 1972Identify both clauses in: 'The team celebrated wildly after they had won the championship.'
- 24th April 1972Identify the collective noun in: 'A herd of elephants crossed the river.'
- 25th April 1972Choose the correct verb: 'My friend and my cousin (is/are) visiting today.'
- 26th April 1972Rewrite 'Can you get back to me ASAP?' in a formal register.
- 27th April 1972Identify whether this sentence is active or passive: 'The cake was eaten by the children.'
- 28th April 1972What word class is 'quietly' in 'she closed the door quietly'?
- 29th April 1972Punctuate this sentence correctly using a colon: 'He packed three things a map a torch and some water.'
- 30th April 1972Which auxiliary verb is used to form the question in: 'Did you see the film?'