Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
January 1994 - Key Stage 3 5-a-day
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- 1st January 1994Give two features of a formal letter's layout that would be missing from an informal text message.
- 2nd January 1994Choose the correct form: 'By the time we got to the cinema, the film ___ (play) for ten minutes.'
- 3rd January 1994Explain why 'was swimming' is correct but 'was swiming' is not.
- 4th January 1994Change the time word: Direct speech: 'I will call you tomorrow,' he said. Which time word replaces 'tomorrow' in reported speech?
- 5th January 1994Rewrite 'He had rarely seen such courage' using inversion.
- 6th January 1994Explain in one sentence why an essay with no linking words between paragraphs might lose marks for cohesion.
- 7th January 1994Write an expanded noun phrase (at least two describing words) for 'the forest at dawn'.
- 8th January 1994Add a subordinate clause to make this a complex sentence: 'The teacher praised the pupil ___.'
- 9th January 1994Make this sentence negative: 'I saw the letter.'
- 10th January 1994Complete: 'If she had left earlier, she ___ (not miss) the train.'
- 11th January 1994Give one connective that shows cause and effect.
- 12th January 1994Which punctuation mark links two closely related independent clauses without a conjunction: a comma, a semicolon or a full stop?
- 13th January 1994True, false or not given: 'All residents supported the new cycle lane', based on the sentence 'Some residents welcomed the cycle lane, while others complained about lost parking.'
- 14th January 1994Identify the main clause in: 'Because she was tired, she went to bed early.'
- 15th January 1994Rewrite this sentence using a single collective noun instead of 'a group of singers': 'A group of singers performed in the hall.'
- 16th January 1994Choose the correct verb: 'Neither of the answers (is/are) correct.'
- 17th January 1994A letter to a head teacher should use which register: formal or informal?
- 18th January 1994Explain in a few words why a politician might use the passive voice to describe a mistake, such as 'Mistakes were made'.
- 19th January 1994True or false: a simile compares two things using 'like' or 'as'.
- 20th January 1994Add the missing apostrophe: 'The childrens coats were hung on the pegs.'
- 21st January 1994Complete with the correct auxiliary verb: 'She ___ finished her project.' (present perfect)
- 22nd January 1994Is 'turn off' separable or inseparable? Test it with the object 'the television'.
- 23rd January 1994Give an antonym for 'generous' that carries a strongly negative connotation.
- 24th January 1994Explain in a few words why nominalisation is common in academic writing.
- 25th January 1994Rewrite with correct speech punctuation and paragraphing for two speakers: mum asked are you ready dan said not yet
- 26th January 1994A poem has four stanzas, each with four lines. State the correct term for a four-line stanza.
- 27th January 1994Where does the comma go in: 'That's brilliant' she said?
- 28th January 1994Is 'the mens changing room' correctly punctuated? If not, correct it.
- 29th January 1994Replace 'big' with a word showing extreme size in: 'The dog was big.'
- 30th January 1994How many dependent (subordinate) clauses does a compound-complex sentence need at minimum?
- 31st January 1994Identify the parenthesis in this sentence and state its function: 'The plan, though risky, could save the school.'