Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
January 1997 - Key Stage 3 5-a-day
Every Key Stage 3 sheet published in January 1997, with answers. Years 7-9 - clauses, tone, language analysis and structured writing.
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Every sheet in January 1997
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- 1st January 1997Identify the punctuation for effect in this sentence: 'She opened the door slowly... and screamed.'
- 2nd January 1997Name the punctuation mark used to introduce direct speech in: 'the mayor said: it was a difficult decision.'
- 3rd January 1997Combine into one sentence using a subordinate clause: 'The film started. We arrived late.'
- 4th January 1997Turn the adjective 'brave' into an abstract noun.
- 5th January 1997Choose the correct verb: 'The children (plays/play) outside every day.'
- 6th January 1997Identify the tone of 'I cannot believe you actually thought that would work.'
- 7th January 1997Rewrite 'The chef cooked the meal' in the passive voice.
- 8th January 1997Name the language technique in 'the wind howled through the trees'.
- 9th January 1997State whether this is a simple or compound sentence: 'The rain stopped and the sun came out.'
- 10th January 1997Identify the auxiliary verb in: 'They are playing football.'
- 11th January 1997Explain why 'look after' cannot be split, using the example 'look after the dog.'
- 12th January 1997Explain in a few words why 'chilly' is a weaker antonym of 'boiling' than 'freezing'.
- 13th January 1997Give the noun form of the verb 'discover'.
- 14th January 1997Identify the punctuation error: "Come here." he whispered.
- 15th January 1997State the term for when a sentence runs on from one line of a poem to the next without a pause.
- 16th January 1997Is it correct to write two different speakers' lines on the same line, one after the other?
- 17th January 1997Choose the correct option for bags belonging to three girls: 'the girls' bags' or 'the girl's bags'.
- 18th January 1997Which carries a more negative connotation: 'slim' or 'skinny'?
- 19th January 1997Combine into a compound-complex sentence: 'Tom was tired. He kept walking. He wanted to reach home.'
- 20th January 1997Explain in one sentence why writers use rhetorical questions in persuasive writing.
- 21st January 1997Give two features of a formal letter's layout that would be missing from an informal text message.
- 22nd January 1997Choose the correct form: 'By the time we got to the cinema, the film ___ (play) for ten minutes.'
- 23rd January 1997Explain why 'was swimming' is correct but 'was swiming' is not.
- 24th January 1997Change the time word: Direct speech: 'I will call you tomorrow,' he said. Which time word replaces 'tomorrow' in reported speech?
- 25th January 1997Rewrite 'He had rarely seen such courage' using inversion.
- 26th January 1997Explain in one sentence why an essay with no linking words between paragraphs might lose marks for cohesion.
- 27th January 1997Write an expanded noun phrase (at least two describing words) for 'the forest at dawn'.
- 28th January 1997Add a subordinate clause to make this a complex sentence: 'The teacher praised the pupil ___.'
- 29th January 1997Make this sentence negative: 'I saw the letter.'
- 30th January 1997Complete: 'If she had left earlier, she ___ (not miss) the train.'
- 31st January 1997Give one connective that shows cause and effect.