Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
September 1995 - Key Stage 3 5-a-day
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Every sheet in September 1995
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 1995Choose the correct word: 'The dog wagged ___ tail.' (its / it's)
- 2nd September 1995Identify both the auxiliary and the main verb in: 'We had been waiting for an hour.'
- 3rd September 1995Which pronoun order is correct: 'turn it off' or 'turn off it'?
- 4th September 1995Rewrite 'The room was tidy' using a strong antonym to describe total disorder.
- 5th September 1995Give the noun form of the verb 'arrive'.
- 6th September 1995Punctuate this line with an interrupting reporting clause: i dont know she said ill try
- 7th September 1995Identify the rhyme scheme of a stanza rhyming light / night / sight / bite.
- 8th September 1995Should a new paragraph start every time the speaker changes?
- 9th September 1995Add the apostrophe correctly: 'The dogs bones were buried in the garden.' (more than one dog)
- 10th September 1995Which word shows more intensity: 'warm' or 'boiling'?
- 11th September 1995Identify the coordinating conjunction in: 'She studied hard, and she passed the exam, because she wanted to go to university.'
- 12th September 1995Identify the rhetorical pattern: 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.'
- 13th September 1995State whether this is Fact or Opinion: 'Over 30 percent of students skip breakfast before school.'
- 14th September 1995Correct the error: 'He has been study since 9am.'
- 15th September 1995Complete: 'They ___ (walk) to school when it started to rain.'
- 16th September 1995Correct the tense error: 'He said he is happy.'
- 17th September 1995Identify the inverted phrase in 'Not only did she win the race, but she also broke the record.'
- 18th September 1995Name one grammatical device, other than a discourse marker, that creates cohesion across paragraphs.
- 19th September 1995Is this sentence simple, compound or complex? 'The rain fell.'
- 20th September 1995Explain the difference between a compound sentence and a complex sentence, using one example of each.
- 21st September 1995Rewrite as both a negative and a question: 'The train arrives at six.'
- 22nd September 1995Complete: 'If you heat water to 100 degrees C, it ___ (boil).'
- 23rd September 1995Explain in a few words why overusing 'and' as a connective can weaken writing.
- 24th September 1995Rewrite using a dash to add a sharp aside: 'The exam was hard, much harder than I expected.'
- 25th September 1995What word class is 'quiet' in 'a quiet street on the edge of town'?
- 26th September 1995Identify both clauses in: 'The team celebrated wildly after they had won the championship.'
- 27th September 1995Identify the collective noun in: 'A herd of elephants crossed the river.'
- 28th September 1995Choose the correct verb: 'My friend and my cousin (is/are) visiting today.'
- 29th September 1995Rewrite 'Can you get back to me ASAP?' in a formal register.
- 30th September 1995Identify whether this sentence is active or passive: 'The cake was eaten by the children.'