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August 1973

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  1. 1st August 1973Combine into one sentence using a subordinate clause: 'The film started. We arrived late.'
  2. 2nd August 1973Turn the adjective 'brave' into an abstract noun.
  3. 3rd August 1973Choose the correct verb: 'The children (plays/play) outside every day.'
  4. 4th August 1973Identify the tone of 'I cannot believe you actually thought that would work.'
  5. 5th August 1973Rewrite 'The chef cooked the meal' in the passive voice.
  6. 6th August 1973Name the language technique in 'the wind howled through the trees'.
  7. 7th August 1973State whether this is a simple or compound sentence: 'The rain stopped and the sun came out.'
  8. 8th August 1973Identify the auxiliary verb in: 'They are playing football.'
  9. 9th August 1973Explain why 'look after' cannot be split, using the example 'look after the dog.'
  10. 10th August 1973Explain in a few words why 'chilly' is a weaker antonym of 'boiling' than 'freezing'.
  11. 11th August 1973Give the noun form of the verb 'discover'.
  12. 12th August 1973Identify the punctuation error: "Come here." he whispered.
  13. 13th August 1973State the term for when a sentence runs on from one line of a poem to the next without a pause.
  14. 14th August 1973Is it correct to write two different speakers' lines on the same line, one after the other?
  15. 15th August 1973Choose the correct option for bags belonging to three girls: 'the girls' bags' or 'the girl's bags'.
  16. 16th August 1973Which carries a more negative connotation: 'slim' or 'skinny'?
  17. 17th August 1973Combine into a compound-complex sentence: 'Tom was tired. He kept walking. He wanted to reach home.'
  18. 18th August 1973Explain in one sentence why writers use rhetorical questions in persuasive writing.
  19. 19th August 1973Give two features of a formal letter's layout that would be missing from an informal text message.
  20. 20th August 1973Choose the correct form: 'By the time we got to the cinema, the film ___ (play) for ten minutes.'
  21. 21st August 1973Explain why 'was swimming' is correct but 'was swiming' is not.
  22. 22nd August 1973Change the time word: Direct speech: 'I will call you tomorrow,' he said. Which time word replaces 'tomorrow' in reported speech?
  23. 23rd August 1973Rewrite 'He had rarely seen such courage' using inversion.
  24. 24th August 1973Explain in one sentence why an essay with no linking words between paragraphs might lose marks for cohesion.
  25. 25th August 1973Write an expanded noun phrase (at least two describing words) for 'the forest at dawn'.
  26. 26th August 1973Add a subordinate clause to make this a complex sentence: 'The teacher praised the pupil ___.'
  27. 27th August 1973Make this sentence negative: 'I saw the letter.'
  28. 28th August 1973Complete: 'If she had left earlier, she ___ (not miss) the train.'
  29. 29th August 1973Give one connective that shows cause and effect.
  30. 30th August 1973Which punctuation mark links two closely related independent clauses without a conjunction: a comma, a semicolon or a full stop?
  31. 31st August 1973True, 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.'

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