Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
April 1975 5-a-day
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- 1st April 1975Explain the difference in meaning between 'I have been reading that book' and 'I had been reading that book.'
- 2nd April 1975Identify the past continuous verb in: 'She was singing loudly in the shower.'
- 3rd April 1975Change the pronoun correctly: Direct speech 'I am tired,' said Maria. Reported: Maria said ___ was tired.
- 4th April 1975Rewrite 'The storm had seldom been so fierce' using inversion.
- 5th April 1975Rewrite this abrupt paragraph opening to improve cohesion with a previous paragraph about fear: 'The character then goes to the market.'
- 6th April 1975Identify the language technique in 'the moon smiled down on the sleeping town'.
- 7th April 1975Combine into a complex sentence: 'The car broke down. We were driving to the coast.'
- 8th April 1975Make this sentence negative: 'He likes football.'
- 9th April 1975Correct the error: 'If I would have known, I would have told you.'
- 10th April 1975Give one connective that shows addition.
- 11th April 1975Explain in one sentence why a semicolon suits 'The rain stopped; the sun broke through' better than a comma.
- 12th April 1975What effect does using a direct quotation from a named expert usually have on an argument?
- 13th April 1975Identify the subordinate clause in: 'The dog barked when the postman arrived.'
- 14th April 1975Is 'happiness' an abstract noun or a concrete noun?
- 15th April 1975Choose the correct verb: 'Either the manager or the staff (is/are) responsible for the decision.'
- 16th April 1975Explain in a few words how tone differs from register.
- 17th April 1975Rewrite 'The company launched a new product' in the passive voice, omitting the doer.
- 18th April 1975Identify the punctuation mark used to introduce a quotation in: 'she said simply: it was time to leave.'
- 19th April 1975Choose the correct word: 'The dog wagged ___ tail.' (its / it's)
- 20th April 1975Identify both the auxiliary and the main verb in: 'We had been waiting for an hour.'
- 21st April 1975Which pronoun order is correct: 'turn it off' or 'turn off it'?
- 22nd April 1975Rewrite 'The room was tidy' using a strong antonym to describe total disorder.
- 23rd April 1975Give the noun form of the verb 'arrive'.
- 24th April 1975Punctuate this line with an interrupting reporting clause: i dont know she said ill try
- 25th April 1975Identify the rhyme scheme of a stanza rhyming light / night / sight / bite.
- 26th April 1975Should a new paragraph start every time the speaker changes?
- 27th April 1975Add the apostrophe correctly: 'The dogs bones were buried in the garden.' (more than one dog)
- 28th April 1975Which word shows more intensity: 'warm' or 'boiling'?
- 29th April 1975Identify the coordinating conjunction in: 'She studied hard, and she passed the exam, because she wanted to go to university.'
- 30th April 1975Identify the rhetorical pattern: 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.'