Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
February 1978 5-a-day
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Every sheet in February 1978
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- 1st February 1978Correct the error: 'The reasons for his absence is unclear.'
- 2nd February 1978Give one word from 'Hiya, fancy grabbing a coffee later?' that signals informal register.
- 3rd February 1978Rewrite 'Someone stole my bike' in the passive voice.
- 4th February 1978Find one word in 'the ancient, crumbling tower loomed over the village' that suggests the tower is dangerous or threatening.
- 5th February 1978Rewrite this sentence in the passive voice: 'The storm damaged the roof.'
- 6th February 1978Identify the auxiliary verb in: 'He does not like spinach.'
- 7th February 1978Rewrite formally: 'The company wants to bring in new rules.'
- 8th February 1978Which is a stronger antonym of 'happy': 'sad' or 'miserable'?
- 9th February 1978Rewrite 'The team failed to qualify' using nominalisation of 'failed'.
- 10th February 1978Punctuate: he shouted watch out
- 11th February 1978State the term for a pause created by punctuation in the middle of a line of poetry.
- 12th February 1978Explain why starting a new paragraph for each new speaker matters in narrative writing.
- 13th February 1978Add the apostrophe correctly: 'The childrens coats were on the pegs.'
- 14th February 1978Put these in order from calmest to most intense: annoyed, furious, irritated.
- 15th February 1978How many independent clauses does a compound-complex sentence need at minimum?
- 16th February 1978Name the rhetorical pattern in 'I came, I saw, I conquered.'
- 17th February 1978Identify the persuasive technique in: 'Is it fair that some students cannot afford a hot meal at lunchtime?'
- 18th February 1978Complete with the past perfect continuous: 'She ___ (work) all morning before lunch arrived.'
- 19th February 1978Join these using past continuous plus past simple: 'We were eating dinner.' / 'The lights went out.'
- 20th February 1978Change to a reported question: She asked, 'Where do you live?'
- 21st February 1978Which type of word usually moves to the front in inversion for emphasis?
- 22nd February 1978Identify the discourse marker in this paragraph opening: 'Similarly, the poet uses colour imagery to convey loss.'
- 23rd February 1978Punctuate this line of speech correctly: wait she called we forgot the map
- 24th February 1978Is this sentence simple, compound or complex: 'Although it was cold, the children played outside.'?
- 25th February 1978Fill the gap with the missing auxiliary verb: 'We ___ not eaten breakfast.'
- 26th February 1978Complete: 'If it is sunny tomorrow, we ___ (go) to the beach.'
- 27th February 1978Choose the best connective to fill the gap: 'The plan was risky; _____, the team decided to go ahead.'
- 28th February 1978Identify the punctuation for effect in this sentence: 'She opened the door slowly... and screamed.'