Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
March 1987 5-a-day
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- 1st March 1987Explain why 'Since the exam is tomorrow' cannot stand alone as a sentence.
- 2nd March 1987Which word is the collective noun: swarm, bee, sting?
- 3rd March 1987Choose the correct verb: 'The group of students (is/are) revising for the test.'
- 4th March 1987Is 'Hiya, fancy grabbing a coffee later?' formal or informal register?
- 5th March 1987Explain in a few words one reason a scientific report often uses the passive voice.
- 6th March 1987What effect does a very short sentence, such as 'He ran.', usually have on pacing?
- 7th March 1987Identify the word class of 'quickly' in: 'She quickly closed the door.'
- 8th March 1987Explain the difference between an auxiliary verb and a modal verb, giving one example of each.
- 9th March 1987What does the phrasal verb mean in: 'She gave up chocolate for a month.'
- 10th March 1987Give a simple antonym for 'hot'.
- 11th March 1987Rewrite 'They decided to leave' using nominalisation of 'decided'.
- 12th March 1987True or false: every new speaker in dialogue needs a new paragraph.
- 13th March 1987Identify the technique used in: 'Slowly, silently, snow settled on the silent street.'
- 14th March 1987Punctuate this line of speech, including a reporting clause: Tom: I am hungry.
- 15th March 1987Explain the difference in meaning between 'the cat's toy' and 'the cats' toy'.
- 16th March 1987Choose the stronger word for 'she looked at him': 'glanced' or 'glared', and say why.
- 17th March 1987Identify the subordinate clause in the sentence above.
- 18th March 1987Write a short sentence using anaphora about hard work, repeating 'We must' at the start of each clause.
- 19th March 1987State whether this is Fact or Opinion: 'Skipping breakfast is the worst thing a student can do.'
- 20th March 1987Complete with the present perfect continuous: 'I ___ (wait) here for twenty minutes.'
- 21st March 1987Complete: 'I ___ (watch) TV when you called.'
- 22nd March 1987Change to reported speech: He said, 'I am reading a book.'
- 23rd March 1987Rewrite 'I have never been so frightened' using inversion.
- 24th March 1987True or false: repeating a key word from the previous paragraph can help cohesion.
- 25th March 1987Give the meaning of 'deserted' as used in 'a deserted playground at midnight'.
- 26th March 1987Identify the subordinate clause in: 'Since the shop had closed, we went home.'
- 27th March 1987Turn this into a question: 'They are watching a film.'
- 28th March 1987Complete: 'If I ___ (be) taller, I would join the basketball team.'
- 29th March 1987Identify the discourse markers in this sentence and their function: 'Firstly, check your spelling; secondly, check your punctuation.'
- 30th March 1987Rewrite this flat sentence using two different effect-punctuation marks: 'The room was silent, nobody moved, everyone was afraid.'
- 31st March 1987Give one word from 'the shockingly high cost of repairs' that shows the writer's strong opinion.