Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
May 1990 5-a-day
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Every sheet in May 1990
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- 1st May 1990Rewrite 'The team failed to qualify' using nominalisation of 'failed'.
- 2nd May 1990Punctuate: he shouted watch out
- 3rd May 1990State the term for a pause created by punctuation in the middle of a line of poetry.
- 4th May 1990Explain why starting a new paragraph for each new speaker matters in narrative writing.
- 5th May 1990Add the apostrophe correctly: 'The childrens coats were on the pegs.'
- 6th May 1990Put these in order from calmest to most intense: annoyed, furious, irritated.
- 7th May 1990How many independent clauses does a compound-complex sentence need at minimum?
- 8th May 1990Name the rhetorical pattern in 'I came, I saw, I conquered.'
- 9th May 1990Identify the persuasive technique in: 'Is it fair that some students cannot afford a hot meal at lunchtime?'
- 10th May 1990Complete with the past perfect continuous: 'She ___ (work) all morning before lunch arrived.'
- 11th May 1990Join these using past continuous plus past simple: 'We were eating dinner.' / 'The lights went out.'
- 12th May 1990Change to a reported question: She asked, 'Where do you live?'
- 13th May 1990Which type of word usually moves to the front in inversion for emphasis?
- 14th May 1990Identify the discourse marker in this paragraph opening: 'Similarly, the poet uses colour imagery to convey loss.'
- 15th May 1990Punctuate this line of speech correctly: wait she called we forgot the map
- 16th May 1990Is this sentence simple, compound or complex: 'Although it was cold, the children played outside.'?
- 17th May 1990Fill the gap with the missing auxiliary verb: 'We ___ not eaten breakfast.'
- 18th May 1990Complete: 'If it is sunny tomorrow, we ___ (go) to the beach.'
- 19th May 1990Choose the best connective to fill the gap: 'The plan was risky; _____, the team decided to go ahead.'
- 20th May 1990Identify the punctuation for effect in this sentence: 'She opened the door slowly... and screamed.'
- 21st May 1990Name the punctuation mark used to introduce direct speech in: 'the mayor said: it was a difficult decision.'
- 22nd May 1990Combine into one sentence using a subordinate clause: 'The film started. We arrived late.'
- 23rd May 1990Turn the adjective 'brave' into an abstract noun.
- 24th May 1990Choose the correct verb: 'The children (plays/play) outside every day.'
- 25th May 1990Identify the tone of 'I cannot believe you actually thought that would work.'
- 26th May 1990Rewrite 'The chef cooked the meal' in the passive voice.
- 27th May 1990Name the language technique in 'the wind howled through the trees'.
- 28th May 1990State whether this is a simple or compound sentence: 'The rain stopped and the sun came out.'
- 29th May 1990Identify the auxiliary verb in: 'They are playing football.'
- 30th May 1990Explain why 'look after' cannot be split, using the example 'look after the dog.'
- 31st May 1990Explain in a few words why 'chilly' is a weaker antonym of 'boiling' than 'freezing'.