Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
February 2012 - Key Stage 3 5-a-day
Every Key Stage 3 sheet published in February 2012, with answers. Years 7-9 - clauses, tone, language analysis and structured writing.
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Every sheet in February 2012
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 2012Correct the error: 'He were running to catch the bus.'
- 2nd February 2012Change to reported speech: She said, 'I like chocolate.'
- 3rd February 2012Explain in a few words the effect inversion creates.
- 4th February 2012Give one word or phrase that could link a paragraph about causes to a paragraph about effects.
- 5th February 2012Rewrite this sentence to show fear through action rather than naming the feeling: 'Tom was very frightened.'
- 6th February 2012Rewrite as a complex sentence, placing a subordinate clause in the middle: 'The house was sold quickly.'
- 7th February 2012Turn this into a question: 'You can swim.'
- 8th February 2012Which conditional type is used in: 'If you mix red and blue, you get purple.'?
- 9th February 2012Rewrite using a connective of contrast: 'He trained every day. He did not make the team.'
- 10th February 2012Add a colon in the correct place: 'He had only one goal win the race.'
- 11th February 2012Is a feature article in a newspaper fiction or non-fiction?
- 12th February 2012Explain why 'Since the exam is tomorrow' cannot stand alone as a sentence.
- 13th February 2012Which word is the collective noun: swarm, bee, sting?
- 14th February 2012Choose the correct verb: 'The group of students (is/are) revising for the test.'
- 15th February 2012Is 'Hiya, fancy grabbing a coffee later?' formal or informal register?
- 16th February 2012Explain in a few words one reason a scientific report often uses the passive voice.
- 17th February 2012What effect does a very short sentence, such as 'He ran.', usually have on pacing?
- 18th February 2012Identify the word class of 'quickly' in: 'She quickly closed the door.'
- 19th February 2012Explain the difference between an auxiliary verb and a modal verb, giving one example of each.
- 20th February 2012What does the phrasal verb mean in: 'She gave up chocolate for a month.'
- 21st February 2012Give a simple antonym for 'hot'.
- 22nd February 2012Rewrite 'They decided to leave' using nominalisation of 'decided'.
- 23rd February 2012True or false: every new speaker in dialogue needs a new paragraph.
- 24th February 2012Identify the technique used in: 'Slowly, silently, snow settled on the silent street.'
- 25th February 2012Punctuate this line of speech, including a reporting clause: Tom: I am hungry.
- 26th February 2012Explain the difference in meaning between 'the cat's toy' and 'the cats' toy'.
- 27th February 2012Choose the stronger word for 'she looked at him': 'glanced' or 'glared', and say why.
- 28th February 2012Identify the subordinate clause in the sentence above.
- 29th February 2012Write a short sentence using anaphora about hard work, repeating 'We must' at the start of each clause.