Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
October 1996 - Key Stage 3 5-a-day
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Every sheet in October 1996
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1996What word class is 'quiet' in 'a quiet street on the edge of town'?
- 2nd October 1996Identify both clauses in: 'The team celebrated wildly after they had won the championship.'
- 3rd October 1996Identify the collective noun in: 'A herd of elephants crossed the river.'
- 4th October 1996Choose the correct verb: 'My friend and my cousin (is/are) visiting today.'
- 5th October 1996Rewrite 'Can you get back to me ASAP?' in a formal register.
- 6th October 1996Identify whether this sentence is active or passive: 'The cake was eaten by the children.'
- 7th October 1996What word class is 'quietly' in 'she closed the door quietly'?
- 8th October 1996Punctuate this sentence correctly using a colon: 'He packed three things a map a torch and some water.'
- 9th October 1996Which auxiliary verb is used to form the question in: 'Did you see the film?'
- 10th October 1996Identify the phrasal verb and its meaning: 'He ran into an old friend at the station.'
- 11th October 1996Choose the more precise antonym of 'brave' for a character who is extremely scared: 'nervous' or 'terrified'.
- 12th October 1996Give the noun form of the adjective 'sad'.
- 13th October 1996Where do you place the comma when speech comes before the reporting clause: inside or outside the speech marks?
- 14th October 1996Identify the poetic device used in: 'The wind whispered through the trees.'
- 15th October 1996Punctuate this exchange with correct paragraphing for two speakers: Mum: Dinner is ready. Jack: I will be down in a minute.
- 16th October 1996Correct this error: 'The two sisters's bikes were red.'
- 17th October 1996Rewrite 'The weather was bad' using a word that shows extreme, violent weather.
- 18th October 1996Explain in a few words why writers use compound-complex sentences.
- 19th October 1996What is anaphora?
- 20th October 1996Rewrite this weak statement using emotive language: 'The playground needs new equipment.'
- 21st October 1996Which tense is used in 'They have been training for the marathon since March'?
- 22nd October 1996Correct the error: 'He were running to catch the bus.'
- 23rd October 1996Change to reported speech: She said, 'I like chocolate.'
- 24th October 1996Explain in a few words the effect inversion creates.
- 25th October 1996Give one word or phrase that could link a paragraph about causes to a paragraph about effects.
- 26th October 1996Rewrite this sentence to show fear through action rather than naming the feeling: 'Tom was very frightened.'
- 27th October 1996Rewrite as a complex sentence, placing a subordinate clause in the middle: 'The house was sold quickly.'
- 28th October 1996Turn this into a question: 'You can swim.'
- 29th October 1996Which conditional type is used in: 'If you mix red and blue, you get purple.'?
- 30th October 1996Rewrite using a connective of contrast: 'He trained every day. He did not make the team.'
- 31st October 1996Add a colon in the correct place: 'He had only one goal win the race.'