Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
October 1987 5-a-day
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- 1st October 1987Identify the discourse markers in this sentence and their function: 'Firstly, check your spelling; secondly, check your punctuation.'
- 2nd October 1987Rewrite this flat sentence using two different effect-punctuation marks: 'The room was silent, nobody moved, everyone was afraid.'
- 3rd October 1987Give one word from 'the shockingly high cost of repairs' that shows the writer's strong opinion.
- 4th October 1987Is 'Whenever it snows' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
- 5th October 1987Identify the abstract noun in: 'Her courage inspired the whole class.'
- 6th October 1987Correct the error: 'The reasons for his absence is unclear.'
- 7th October 1987Give one word from 'Hiya, fancy grabbing a coffee later?' that signals informal register.
- 8th October 1987Rewrite 'Someone stole my bike' in the passive voice.
- 9th October 1987Find one word in 'the ancient, crumbling tower loomed over the village' that suggests the tower is dangerous or threatening.
- 10th October 1987Rewrite this sentence in the passive voice: 'The storm damaged the roof.'
- 11th October 1987Identify the auxiliary verb in: 'He does not like spinach.'
- 12th October 1987Rewrite formally: 'The company wants to bring in new rules.'
- 13th October 1987Which is a stronger antonym of 'happy': 'sad' or 'miserable'?
- 14th October 1987Rewrite 'The team failed to qualify' using nominalisation of 'failed'.
- 15th October 1987Punctuate: he shouted watch out
- 16th October 1987State the term for a pause created by punctuation in the middle of a line of poetry.
- 17th October 1987Explain why starting a new paragraph for each new speaker matters in narrative writing.
- 18th October 1987Add the apostrophe correctly: 'The childrens coats were on the pegs.'
- 19th October 1987Put these in order from calmest to most intense: annoyed, furious, irritated.
- 20th October 1987How many independent clauses does a compound-complex sentence need at minimum?
- 21st October 1987Name the rhetorical pattern in 'I came, I saw, I conquered.'
- 22nd October 1987Identify the persuasive technique in: 'Is it fair that some students cannot afford a hot meal at lunchtime?'
- 23rd October 1987Complete with the past perfect continuous: 'She ___ (work) all morning before lunch arrived.'
- 24th October 1987Join these using past continuous plus past simple: 'We were eating dinner.' / 'The lights went out.'
- 25th October 1987Change to a reported question: She asked, 'Where do you live?'
- 26th October 1987Which type of word usually moves to the front in inversion for emphasis?
- 27th October 1987Identify the discourse marker in this paragraph opening: 'Similarly, the poet uses colour imagery to convey loss.'
- 28th October 1987Punctuate this line of speech correctly: wait she called we forgot the map
- 29th October 1987Is this sentence simple, compound or complex: 'Although it was cold, the children played outside.'?
- 30th October 1987Fill the gap with the missing auxiliary verb: 'We ___ not eaten breakfast.'
- 31st October 1987Complete: 'If it is sunny tomorrow, we ___ (go) to the beach.'