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September 1981 5-a-day

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September 1981

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 7-9

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  1. 1st September 1981Rewrite formally: 'The company wants to bring in new rules.'
  2. 2nd September 1981Which is a stronger antonym of 'happy': 'sad' or 'miserable'?
  3. 3rd September 1981Rewrite 'The team failed to qualify' using nominalisation of 'failed'.
  4. 4th September 1981Punctuate: he shouted watch out
  5. 5th September 1981State the term for a pause created by punctuation in the middle of a line of poetry.
  6. 6th September 1981Explain why starting a new paragraph for each new speaker matters in narrative writing.
  7. 7th September 1981Add the apostrophe correctly: 'The childrens coats were on the pegs.'
  8. 8th September 1981Put these in order from calmest to most intense: annoyed, furious, irritated.
  9. 9th September 1981How many independent clauses does a compound-complex sentence need at minimum?
  10. 10th September 1981Name the rhetorical pattern in 'I came, I saw, I conquered.'
  11. 11th September 1981Identify the persuasive technique in: 'Is it fair that some students cannot afford a hot meal at lunchtime?'
  12. 12th September 1981Complete with the past perfect continuous: 'She ___ (work) all morning before lunch arrived.'
  13. 13th September 1981Join these using past continuous plus past simple: 'We were eating dinner.' / 'The lights went out.'
  14. 14th September 1981Change to a reported question: She asked, 'Where do you live?'
  15. 15th September 1981Which type of word usually moves to the front in inversion for emphasis?
  16. 16th September 1981Identify the discourse marker in this paragraph opening: 'Similarly, the poet uses colour imagery to convey loss.'
  17. 17th September 1981Punctuate this line of speech correctly: wait she called we forgot the map
  18. 18th September 1981Is this sentence simple, compound or complex: 'Although it was cold, the children played outside.'?
  19. 19th September 1981Fill the gap with the missing auxiliary verb: 'We ___ not eaten breakfast.'
  20. 20th September 1981Complete: 'If it is sunny tomorrow, we ___ (go) to the beach.'
  21. 21st September 1981Choose the best connective to fill the gap: 'The plan was risky; _____, the team decided to go ahead.'
  22. 22nd September 1981Identify the punctuation for effect in this sentence: 'She opened the door slowly... and screamed.'
  23. 23rd September 1981Name the punctuation mark used to introduce direct speech in: 'the mayor said: it was a difficult decision.'
  24. 24th September 1981Combine into one sentence using a subordinate clause: 'The film started. We arrived late.'
  25. 25th September 1981Turn the adjective 'brave' into an abstract noun.
  26. 26th September 1981Choose the correct verb: 'The children (plays/play) outside every day.'
  27. 27th September 1981Identify the tone of 'I cannot believe you actually thought that would work.'
  28. 28th September 1981Rewrite 'The chef cooked the meal' in the passive voice.
  29. 29th September 1981Name the language technique in 'the wind howled through the trees'.
  30. 30th September 1981State whether this is a simple or compound sentence: 'The rain stopped and the sun came out.'

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