Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
February 1982 5-a-day
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Every sheet in February 1982
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 1982Identify the word class of 'quickly' in: 'She quickly closed the door.'
- 2nd February 1982Explain the difference between an auxiliary verb and a modal verb, giving one example of each.
- 3rd February 1982What does the phrasal verb mean in: 'She gave up chocolate for a month.'
- 4th February 1982Give a simple antonym for 'hot'.
- 5th February 1982Rewrite 'They decided to leave' using nominalisation of 'decided'.
- 6th February 1982True or false: every new speaker in dialogue needs a new paragraph.
- 7th February 1982Identify the technique used in: 'Slowly, silently, snow settled on the silent street.'
- 8th February 1982Punctuate this line of speech, including a reporting clause: Tom: I am hungry.
- 9th February 1982Explain the difference in meaning between 'the cat's toy' and 'the cats' toy'.
- 10th February 1982Choose the stronger word for 'she looked at him': 'glanced' or 'glared', and say why.
- 11th February 1982Identify the subordinate clause in the sentence above.
- 12th February 1982Write a short sentence using anaphora about hard work, repeating 'We must' at the start of each clause.
- 13th February 1982State whether this is Fact or Opinion: 'Skipping breakfast is the worst thing a student can do.'
- 14th February 1982Complete with the present perfect continuous: 'I ___ (wait) here for twenty minutes.'
- 15th February 1982Complete: 'I ___ (watch) TV when you called.'
- 16th February 1982Change to reported speech: He said, 'I am reading a book.'
- 17th February 1982Rewrite 'I have never been so frightened' using inversion.
- 18th February 1982True or false: repeating a key word from the previous paragraph can help cohesion.
- 19th February 1982Give the meaning of 'deserted' as used in 'a deserted playground at midnight'.
- 20th February 1982Identify the subordinate clause in: 'Since the shop had closed, we went home.'
- 21st February 1982Turn this into a question: 'They are watching a film.'
- 22nd February 1982Complete: 'If I ___ (be) taller, I would join the basketball team.'
- 23rd February 1982Identify the discourse markers in this sentence and their function: 'Firstly, check your spelling; secondly, check your punctuation.'
- 24th February 1982Rewrite this flat sentence using two different effect-punctuation marks: 'The room was silent, nobody moved, everyone was afraid.'
- 25th February 1982Give one word from 'the shockingly high cost of repairs' that shows the writer's strong opinion.
- 26th February 1982Is 'Whenever it snows' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
- 27th February 1982Identify the abstract noun in: 'Her courage inspired the whole class.'
- 28th February 1982Correct the error: 'The reasons for his absence is unclear.'