Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
October 1977 5-a-day
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- 1st October 1977A letter to a head teacher should use which register: formal or informal?
- 2nd October 1977Explain in a few words why a politician might use the passive voice to describe a mistake, such as 'Mistakes were made'.
- 3rd October 1977True or false: a simile compares two things using 'like' or 'as'.
- 4th October 1977Add the missing apostrophe: 'The childrens coats were hung on the pegs.'
- 5th October 1977Complete with the correct auxiliary verb: 'She ___ finished her project.' (present perfect)
- 6th October 1977Is 'turn off' separable or inseparable? Test it with the object 'the television'.
- 7th October 1977Give an antonym for 'generous' that carries a strongly negative connotation.
- 8th October 1977Explain in a few words why nominalisation is common in academic writing.
- 9th October 1977Rewrite with correct speech punctuation and paragraphing for two speakers: mum asked are you ready dan said not yet
- 10th October 1977A poem has four stanzas, each with four lines. State the correct term for a four-line stanza.
- 11th October 1977Where does the comma go in: 'That's brilliant' she said?
- 12th October 1977Is 'the mens changing room' correctly punctuated? If not, correct it.
- 13th October 1977Replace 'big' with a word showing extreme size in: 'The dog was big.'
- 14th October 1977How many dependent (subordinate) clauses does a compound-complex sentence need at minimum?
- 15th October 1977Identify the parenthesis in this sentence and state its function: 'The plan, though risky, could save the school.'
- 16th October 1977Identify the technique in: 'Every day. Every meal. Every child deserves better.'
- 17th October 1977Explain the difference in meaning between 'I have been reading that book' and 'I had been reading that book.'
- 18th October 1977Identify the past continuous verb in: 'She was singing loudly in the shower.'
- 19th October 1977Change the pronoun correctly: Direct speech 'I am tired,' said Maria. Reported: Maria said ___ was tired.
- 20th October 1977Rewrite 'The storm had seldom been so fierce' using inversion.
- 21st October 1977Rewrite this abrupt paragraph opening to improve cohesion with a previous paragraph about fear: 'The character then goes to the market.'
- 22nd October 1977Identify the language technique in 'the moon smiled down on the sleeping town'.
- 23rd October 1977Combine into a complex sentence: 'The car broke down. We were driving to the coast.'
- 24th October 1977Make this sentence negative: 'He likes football.'
- 25th October 1977Correct the error: 'If I would have known, I would have told you.'
- 26th October 1977Give one connective that shows addition.
- 27th October 1977Explain in one sentence why a semicolon suits 'The rain stopped; the sun broke through' better than a comma.
- 28th October 1977What effect does using a direct quotation from a named expert usually have on an argument?
- 29th October 1977Identify the subordinate clause in: 'The dog barked when the postman arrived.'
- 30th October 1977Is 'happiness' an abstract noun or a concrete noun?
- 31st October 1977Choose the correct verb: 'Either the manager or the staff (is/are) responsible for the decision.'