Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
July 1975 5-a-day
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- 1st July 1975Write a short sentence using anaphora about hard work, repeating 'We must' at the start of each clause.
- 2nd July 1975State whether this is Fact or Opinion: 'Skipping breakfast is the worst thing a student can do.'
- 3rd July 1975Complete with the present perfect continuous: 'I ___ (wait) here for twenty minutes.'
- 4th July 1975Complete: 'I ___ (watch) TV when you called.'
- 5th July 1975Change to reported speech: He said, 'I am reading a book.'
- 6th July 1975Rewrite 'I have never been so frightened' using inversion.
- 7th July 1975True or false: repeating a key word from the previous paragraph can help cohesion.
- 8th July 1975Give the meaning of 'deserted' as used in 'a deserted playground at midnight'.
- 9th July 1975Identify the subordinate clause in: 'Since the shop had closed, we went home.'
- 10th July 1975Turn this into a question: 'They are watching a film.'
- 11th July 1975Complete: 'If I ___ (be) taller, I would join the basketball team.'
- 12th July 1975Identify the discourse markers in this sentence and their function: 'Firstly, check your spelling; secondly, check your punctuation.'
- 13th July 1975Rewrite this flat sentence using two different effect-punctuation marks: 'The room was silent, nobody moved, everyone was afraid.'
- 14th July 1975Give one word from 'the shockingly high cost of repairs' that shows the writer's strong opinion.
- 15th July 1975Is 'Whenever it snows' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
- 16th July 1975Identify the abstract noun in: 'Her courage inspired the whole class.'
- 17th July 1975Correct the error: 'The reasons for his absence is unclear.'
- 18th July 1975Give one word from 'Hiya, fancy grabbing a coffee later?' that signals informal register.
- 19th July 1975Rewrite 'Someone stole my bike' in the passive voice.
- 20th July 1975Find one word in 'the ancient, crumbling tower loomed over the village' that suggests the tower is dangerous or threatening.
- 21st July 1975Rewrite this sentence in the passive voice: 'The storm damaged the roof.'
- 22nd July 1975Identify the auxiliary verb in: 'He does not like spinach.'
- 23rd July 1975Rewrite formally: 'The company wants to bring in new rules.'
- 24th July 1975Which is a stronger antonym of 'happy': 'sad' or 'miserable'?
- 25th July 1975Rewrite 'The team failed to qualify' using nominalisation of 'failed'.
- 26th July 1975Punctuate: he shouted watch out
- 27th July 1975State the term for a pause created by punctuation in the middle of a line of poetry.
- 28th July 1975Explain why starting a new paragraph for each new speaker matters in narrative writing.
- 29th July 1975Add the apostrophe correctly: 'The childrens coats were on the pegs.'
- 30th July 1975Put these in order from calmest to most intense: annoyed, furious, irritated.
- 31st July 1975How many independent clauses does a compound-complex sentence need at minimum?