Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
May 1979 5-a-day
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- 1st May 1979Rewrite 'The storm had seldom been so fierce' using inversion.
- 2nd May 1979Rewrite this abrupt paragraph opening to improve cohesion with a previous paragraph about fear: 'The character then goes to the market.'
- 3rd May 1979Identify the language technique in 'the moon smiled down on the sleeping town'.
- 4th May 1979Combine into a complex sentence: 'The car broke down. We were driving to the coast.'
- 5th May 1979Make this sentence negative: 'He likes football.'
- 6th May 1979Correct the error: 'If I would have known, I would have told you.'
- 7th May 1979Give one connective that shows addition.
- 8th May 1979Explain in one sentence why a semicolon suits 'The rain stopped; the sun broke through' better than a comma.
- 9th May 1979What effect does using a direct quotation from a named expert usually have on an argument?
- 10th May 1979Identify the subordinate clause in: 'The dog barked when the postman arrived.'
- 11th May 1979Is 'happiness' an abstract noun or a concrete noun?
- 12th May 1979Choose the correct verb: 'Either the manager or the staff (is/are) responsible for the decision.'
- 13th May 1979Explain in a few words how tone differs from register.
- 14th May 1979Rewrite 'The company launched a new product' in the passive voice, omitting the doer.
- 15th May 1979Identify the punctuation mark used to introduce a quotation in: 'she said simply: it was time to leave.'
- 16th May 1979Choose the correct word: 'The dog wagged ___ tail.' (its / it's)
- 17th May 1979Identify both the auxiliary and the main verb in: 'We had been waiting for an hour.'
- 18th May 1979Which pronoun order is correct: 'turn it off' or 'turn off it'?
- 19th May 1979Rewrite 'The room was tidy' using a strong antonym to describe total disorder.
- 20th May 1979Give the noun form of the verb 'arrive'.
- 21st May 1979Punctuate this line with an interrupting reporting clause: i dont know she said ill try
- 22nd May 1979Identify the rhyme scheme of a stanza rhyming light / night / sight / bite.
- 23rd May 1979Should a new paragraph start every time the speaker changes?
- 24th May 1979Add the apostrophe correctly: 'The dogs bones were buried in the garden.' (more than one dog)
- 25th May 1979Which word shows more intensity: 'warm' or 'boiling'?
- 26th May 1979Identify the coordinating conjunction in: 'She studied hard, and she passed the exam, because she wanted to go to university.'
- 27th May 1979Identify the rhetorical pattern: 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.'
- 28th May 1979State whether this is Fact or Opinion: 'Over 30 percent of students skip breakfast before school.'
- 29th May 1979Correct the error: 'He has been study since 9am.'
- 30th May 1979Complete: 'They ___ (walk) to school when it started to rain.'
- 31st May 1979Correct the tense error: 'He said he is happy.'