Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
September 1983 5-a-day
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Every sheet in September 1983
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- 1st September 1983Identify the subordinate clause in: 'Since the shop had closed, we went home.'
- 2nd September 1983Turn this into a question: 'They are watching a film.'
- 3rd September 1983Complete: 'If I ___ (be) taller, I would join the basketball team.'
- 4th September 1983Identify the discourse markers in this sentence and their function: 'Firstly, check your spelling; secondly, check your punctuation.'
- 5th September 1983Rewrite this flat sentence using two different effect-punctuation marks: 'The room was silent, nobody moved, everyone was afraid.'
- 6th September 1983Give one word from 'the shockingly high cost of repairs' that shows the writer's strong opinion.
- 7th September 1983Is 'Whenever it snows' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
- 8th September 1983Identify the abstract noun in: 'Her courage inspired the whole class.'
- 9th September 1983Correct the error: 'The reasons for his absence is unclear.'
- 10th September 1983Give one word from 'Hiya, fancy grabbing a coffee later?' that signals informal register.
- 11th September 1983Rewrite 'Someone stole my bike' in the passive voice.
- 12th September 1983Find one word in 'the ancient, crumbling tower loomed over the village' that suggests the tower is dangerous or threatening.
- 13th September 1983Rewrite this sentence in the passive voice: 'The storm damaged the roof.'
- 14th September 1983Identify the auxiliary verb in: 'He does not like spinach.'
- 15th September 1983Rewrite formally: 'The company wants to bring in new rules.'
- 16th September 1983Which is a stronger antonym of 'happy': 'sad' or 'miserable'?
- 17th September 1983Rewrite 'The team failed to qualify' using nominalisation of 'failed'.
- 18th September 1983Punctuate: he shouted watch out
- 19th September 1983State the term for a pause created by punctuation in the middle of a line of poetry.
- 20th September 1983Explain why starting a new paragraph for each new speaker matters in narrative writing.
- 21st September 1983Add the apostrophe correctly: 'The childrens coats were on the pegs.'
- 22nd September 1983Put these in order from calmest to most intense: annoyed, furious, irritated.
- 23rd September 1983How many independent clauses does a compound-complex sentence need at minimum?
- 24th September 1983Name the rhetorical pattern in 'I came, I saw, I conquered.'
- 25th September 1983Identify the persuasive technique in: 'Is it fair that some students cannot afford a hot meal at lunchtime?'
- 26th September 1983Complete with the past perfect continuous: 'She ___ (work) all morning before lunch arrived.'
- 27th September 1983Join these using past continuous plus past simple: 'We were eating dinner.' / 'The lights went out.'
- 28th September 1983Change to a reported question: She asked, 'Where do you live?'
- 29th September 1983Which type of word usually moves to the front in inversion for emphasis?
- 30th September 1983Identify the discourse marker in this paragraph opening: 'Similarly, the poet uses colour imagery to convey loss.'