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September 1998 - Key Stage 3 5-a-day

Every Key Stage 3 sheet published in September 1998, with answers. Years 7-9 - clauses, tone, language analysis and structured writing.

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September 1998

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 7-9

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Every sheet in September 1998

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  1. 1st September 1998Identify the parenthesis in this sentence and state its function: 'The plan, though risky, could save the school.'
  2. 2nd September 1998Identify the technique in: 'Every day. Every meal. Every child deserves better.'
  3. 3rd September 1998Explain the difference in meaning between 'I have been reading that book' and 'I had been reading that book.'
  4. 4th September 1998Identify the past continuous verb in: 'She was singing loudly in the shower.'
  5. 5th September 1998Change the pronoun correctly: Direct speech 'I am tired,' said Maria. Reported: Maria said ___ was tired.
  6. 6th September 1998Rewrite 'The storm had seldom been so fierce' using inversion.
  7. 7th September 1998Rewrite this abrupt paragraph opening to improve cohesion with a previous paragraph about fear: 'The character then goes to the market.'
  8. 8th September 1998Identify the language technique in 'the moon smiled down on the sleeping town'.
  9. 9th September 1998Combine into a complex sentence: 'The car broke down. We were driving to the coast.'
  10. 10th September 1998Make this sentence negative: 'He likes football.'
  11. 11th September 1998Correct the error: 'If I would have known, I would have told you.'
  12. 12th September 1998Give one connective that shows addition.
  13. 13th September 1998Explain in one sentence why a semicolon suits 'The rain stopped; the sun broke through' better than a comma.
  14. 14th September 1998What effect does using a direct quotation from a named expert usually have on an argument?
  15. 15th September 1998Identify the subordinate clause in: 'The dog barked when the postman arrived.'
  16. 16th September 1998Is 'happiness' an abstract noun or a concrete noun?
  17. 17th September 1998Choose the correct verb: 'Either the manager or the staff (is/are) responsible for the decision.'
  18. 18th September 1998Explain in a few words how tone differs from register.
  19. 19th September 1998Rewrite 'The company launched a new product' in the passive voice, omitting the doer.
  20. 20th September 1998Identify the punctuation mark used to introduce a quotation in: 'she said simply: it was time to leave.'
  21. 21st September 1998Choose the correct word: 'The dog wagged ___ tail.' (its / it's)
  22. 22nd September 1998Identify both the auxiliary and the main verb in: 'We had been waiting for an hour.'
  23. 23rd September 1998Which pronoun order is correct: 'turn it off' or 'turn off it'?
  24. 24th September 1998Rewrite 'The room was tidy' using a strong antonym to describe total disorder.
  25. 25th September 1998Give the noun form of the verb 'arrive'.
  26. 26th September 1998Punctuate this line with an interrupting reporting clause: i dont know she said ill try
  27. 27th September 1998Identify the rhyme scheme of a stanza rhyming light / night / sight / bite.
  28. 28th September 1998Should a new paragraph start every time the speaker changes?
  29. 29th September 1998Add the apostrophe correctly: 'The dogs bones were buried in the garden.' (more than one dog)
  30. 30th September 1998Which word shows more intensity: 'warm' or 'boiling'?

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