Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
September 1986 5-a-day
Printing for a group?
The batch download puts all 5 tiers' September 1986 sheets in a single PDF, each tier behind its own divider page - 150 sheets in one file.
Every sheet in September 1986
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 1986What effect does a very short sentence, such as 'He ran.', usually have on pacing?
- 2nd September 1986Identify the word class of 'quickly' in: 'She quickly closed the door.'
- 3rd September 1986Explain the difference between an auxiliary verb and a modal verb, giving one example of each.
- 4th September 1986What does the phrasal verb mean in: 'She gave up chocolate for a month.'
- 5th September 1986Give a simple antonym for 'hot'.
- 6th September 1986Rewrite 'They decided to leave' using nominalisation of 'decided'.
- 7th September 1986True or false: every new speaker in dialogue needs a new paragraph.
- 8th September 1986Identify the technique used in: 'Slowly, silently, snow settled on the silent street.'
- 9th September 1986Punctuate this line of speech, including a reporting clause: Tom: I am hungry.
- 10th September 1986Explain the difference in meaning between 'the cat's toy' and 'the cats' toy'.
- 11th September 1986Choose the stronger word for 'she looked at him': 'glanced' or 'glared', and say why.
- 12th September 1986Identify the subordinate clause in the sentence above.
- 13th September 1986Write a short sentence using anaphora about hard work, repeating 'We must' at the start of each clause.
- 14th September 1986State whether this is Fact or Opinion: 'Skipping breakfast is the worst thing a student can do.'
- 15th September 1986Complete with the present perfect continuous: 'I ___ (wait) here for twenty minutes.'
- 16th September 1986Complete: 'I ___ (watch) TV when you called.'
- 17th September 1986Change to reported speech: He said, 'I am reading a book.'
- 18th September 1986Rewrite 'I have never been so frightened' using inversion.
- 19th September 1986True or false: repeating a key word from the previous paragraph can help cohesion.
- 20th September 1986Give the meaning of 'deserted' as used in 'a deserted playground at midnight'.
- 21st September 1986Identify the subordinate clause in: 'Since the shop had closed, we went home.'
- 22nd September 1986Turn this into a question: 'They are watching a film.'
- 23rd September 1986Complete: 'If I ___ (be) taller, I would join the basketball team.'
- 24th September 1986Identify the discourse markers in this sentence and their function: 'Firstly, check your spelling; secondly, check your punctuation.'
- 25th September 1986Rewrite this flat sentence using two different effect-punctuation marks: 'The room was silent, nobody moved, everyone was afraid.'
- 26th September 1986Give one word from 'the shockingly high cost of repairs' that shows the writer's strong opinion.
- 27th September 1986Is 'Whenever it snows' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
- 28th September 1986Identify the abstract noun in: 'Her courage inspired the whole class.'
- 29th September 1986Correct the error: 'The reasons for his absence is unclear.'
- 30th September 1986Give one word from 'Hiya, fancy grabbing a coffee later?' that signals informal register.