Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
September 2008 - Key Stage 3 5-a-day
Every Key Stage 3 sheet published in September 2008, with answers. Years 7-9 - clauses, tone, language analysis and structured writing.
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Every sheet in September 2008
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 2008State the term for a pause created by punctuation in the middle of a line of poetry.
- 2nd September 2008Explain why starting a new paragraph for each new speaker matters in narrative writing.
- 3rd September 2008Add the apostrophe correctly: 'The childrens coats were on the pegs.'
- 4th September 2008Put these in order from calmest to most intense: annoyed, furious, irritated.
- 5th September 2008How many independent clauses does a compound-complex sentence need at minimum?
- 6th September 2008Name the rhetorical pattern in 'I came, I saw, I conquered.'
- 7th September 2008Identify the persuasive technique in: 'Is it fair that some students cannot afford a hot meal at lunchtime?'
- 8th September 2008Complete with the past perfect continuous: 'She ___ (work) all morning before lunch arrived.'
- 9th September 2008Join these using past continuous plus past simple: 'We were eating dinner.' / 'The lights went out.'
- 10th September 2008Change to a reported question: She asked, 'Where do you live?'
- 11th September 2008Which type of word usually moves to the front in inversion for emphasis?
- 12th September 2008Identify the discourse marker in this paragraph opening: 'Similarly, the poet uses colour imagery to convey loss.'
- 13th September 2008Punctuate this line of speech correctly: wait she called we forgot the map
- 14th September 2008Is this sentence simple, compound or complex: 'Although it was cold, the children played outside.'?
- 15th September 2008Fill the gap with the missing auxiliary verb: 'We ___ not eaten breakfast.'
- 16th September 2008Complete: 'If it is sunny tomorrow, we ___ (go) to the beach.'
- 17th September 2008Choose the best connective to fill the gap: 'The plan was risky; _____, the team decided to go ahead.'
- 18th September 2008Identify the punctuation for effect in this sentence: 'She opened the door slowly... and screamed.'
- 19th September 2008Name the punctuation mark used to introduce direct speech in: 'the mayor said: it was a difficult decision.'
- 20th September 2008Combine into one sentence using a subordinate clause: 'The film started. We arrived late.'
- 21st September 2008Turn the adjective 'brave' into an abstract noun.
- 22nd September 2008Choose the correct verb: 'The children (plays/play) outside every day.'
- 23rd September 2008Identify the tone of 'I cannot believe you actually thought that would work.'
- 24th September 2008Rewrite 'The chef cooked the meal' in the passive voice.
- 25th September 2008Name the language technique in 'the wind howled through the trees'.
- 26th September 2008State whether this is a simple or compound sentence: 'The rain stopped and the sun came out.'
- 27th September 2008Identify the auxiliary verb in: 'They are playing football.'
- 28th September 2008Explain why 'look after' cannot be split, using the example 'look after the dog.'
- 29th September 2008Explain in a few words why 'chilly' is a weaker antonym of 'boiling' than 'freezing'.
- 30th September 2008Give the noun form of the verb 'discover'.