Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
February 1991 - Key Stage 3 5-a-day
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Every sheet in February 1991
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- 1st February 1991Identify both the auxiliary and the main verb in: 'We had been waiting for an hour.'
- 2nd February 1991Which pronoun order is correct: 'turn it off' or 'turn off it'?
- 3rd February 1991Rewrite 'The room was tidy' using a strong antonym to describe total disorder.
- 4th February 1991Give the noun form of the verb 'arrive'.
- 5th February 1991Punctuate this line with an interrupting reporting clause: i dont know she said ill try
- 6th February 1991Identify the rhyme scheme of a stanza rhyming light / night / sight / bite.
- 7th February 1991Should a new paragraph start every time the speaker changes?
- 8th February 1991Add the apostrophe correctly: 'The dogs bones were buried in the garden.' (more than one dog)
- 9th February 1991Which word shows more intensity: 'warm' or 'boiling'?
- 10th February 1991Identify the coordinating conjunction in: 'She studied hard, and she passed the exam, because she wanted to go to university.'
- 11th February 1991Identify the rhetorical pattern: 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.'
- 12th February 1991State whether this is Fact or Opinion: 'Over 30 percent of students skip breakfast before school.'
- 13th February 1991Correct the error: 'He has been study since 9am.'
- 14th February 1991Complete: 'They ___ (walk) to school when it started to rain.'
- 15th February 1991Correct the tense error: 'He said he is happy.'
- 16th February 1991Identify the inverted phrase in 'Not only did she win the race, but she also broke the record.'
- 17th February 1991Name one grammatical device, other than a discourse marker, that creates cohesion across paragraphs.
- 18th February 1991Is this sentence simple, compound or complex? 'The rain fell.'
- 19th February 1991Explain the difference between a compound sentence and a complex sentence, using one example of each.
- 20th February 1991Rewrite as both a negative and a question: 'The train arrives at six.'
- 21st February 1991Complete: 'If you heat water to 100 degrees C, it ___ (boil).'
- 22nd February 1991Explain in a few words why overusing 'and' as a connective can weaken writing.
- 23rd February 1991Rewrite using a dash to add a sharp aside: 'The exam was hard, much harder than I expected.'
- 24th February 1991What word class is 'quiet' in 'a quiet street on the edge of town'?
- 25th February 1991Identify both clauses in: 'The team celebrated wildly after they had won the championship.'
- 26th February 1991Identify the collective noun in: 'A herd of elephants crossed the river.'
- 27th February 1991Choose the correct verb: 'My friend and my cousin (is/are) visiting today.'
- 28th February 1991Rewrite 'Can you get back to me ASAP?' in a formal register.