Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
July 2003 - Key Stage 3 5-a-day
Every Key Stage 3 sheet published in July 2003, with answers. Years 7-9 - clauses, tone, language analysis and structured writing.
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Every sheet in July 2003
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st July 2003Explain the difference in meaning between 'the cat's toy' and 'the cats' toy'.
- 2nd July 2003Choose the stronger word for 'she looked at him': 'glanced' or 'glared', and say why.
- 3rd July 2003Identify the subordinate clause in the sentence above.
- 4th July 2003Write a short sentence using anaphora about hard work, repeating 'We must' at the start of each clause.
- 5th July 2003State whether this is Fact or Opinion: 'Skipping breakfast is the worst thing a student can do.'
- 6th July 2003Complete with the present perfect continuous: 'I ___ (wait) here for twenty minutes.'
- 7th July 2003Complete: 'I ___ (watch) TV when you called.'
- 8th July 2003Change to reported speech: He said, 'I am reading a book.'
- 9th July 2003Rewrite 'I have never been so frightened' using inversion.
- 10th July 2003True or false: repeating a key word from the previous paragraph can help cohesion.
- 11th July 2003Give the meaning of 'deserted' as used in 'a deserted playground at midnight'.
- 12th July 2003Identify the subordinate clause in: 'Since the shop had closed, we went home.'
- 13th July 2003Turn this into a question: 'They are watching a film.'
- 14th July 2003Complete: 'If I ___ (be) taller, I would join the basketball team.'
- 15th July 2003Identify the discourse markers in this sentence and their function: 'Firstly, check your spelling; secondly, check your punctuation.'
- 16th July 2003Rewrite this flat sentence using two different effect-punctuation marks: 'The room was silent, nobody moved, everyone was afraid.'
- 17th July 2003Give one word from 'the shockingly high cost of repairs' that shows the writer's strong opinion.
- 18th July 2003Is 'Whenever it snows' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
- 19th July 2003Identify the abstract noun in: 'Her courage inspired the whole class.'
- 20th July 2003Correct the error: 'The reasons for his absence is unclear.'
- 21st July 2003Give one word from 'Hiya, fancy grabbing a coffee later?' that signals informal register.
- 22nd July 2003Rewrite 'Someone stole my bike' in the passive voice.
- 23rd July 2003Find one word in 'the ancient, crumbling tower loomed over the village' that suggests the tower is dangerous or threatening.
- 24th July 2003Rewrite this sentence in the passive voice: 'The storm damaged the roof.'
- 25th July 2003Identify the auxiliary verb in: 'He does not like spinach.'
- 26th July 2003Rewrite formally: 'The company wants to bring in new rules.'
- 27th July 2003Which is a stronger antonym of 'happy': 'sad' or 'miserable'?
- 28th July 2003Rewrite 'The team failed to qualify' using nominalisation of 'failed'.
- 29th July 2003Punctuate: he shouted watch out
- 30th July 2003State the term for a pause created by punctuation in the middle of a line of poetry.
- 31st July 2003Explain why starting a new paragraph for each new speaker matters in narrative writing.