Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
December 2014 - Key Stage 3 5-a-day
Every Key Stage 3 sheet published in December 2014, with answers. Years 7-9 - clauses, tone, language analysis and structured writing.
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Every sheet in December 2014
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 2014Identify the main clause in: 'Because she was tired, she went to bed early.'
- 2nd December 2014Rewrite this sentence using a single collective noun instead of 'a group of singers': 'A group of singers performed in the hall.'
- 3rd December 2014Choose the correct verb: 'Neither of the answers (is/are) correct.'
- 4th December 2014A letter to a head teacher should use which register: formal or informal?
- 5th December 2014Explain in a few words why a politician might use the passive voice to describe a mistake, such as 'Mistakes were made'.
- 6th December 2014True or false: a simile compares two things using 'like' or 'as'.
- 7th December 2014Add the missing apostrophe: 'The childrens coats were hung on the pegs.'
- 8th December 2014Complete with the correct auxiliary verb: 'She ___ finished her project.' (present perfect)
- 9th December 2014Is 'turn off' separable or inseparable? Test it with the object 'the television'.
- 10th December 2014Give an antonym for 'generous' that carries a strongly negative connotation.
- 11th December 2014Explain in a few words why nominalisation is common in academic writing.
- 12th December 2014Rewrite with correct speech punctuation and paragraphing for two speakers: mum asked are you ready dan said not yet
- 13th December 2014A poem has four stanzas, each with four lines. State the correct term for a four-line stanza.
- 14th December 2014Where does the comma go in: 'That's brilliant' she said?
- 15th December 2014Is 'the mens changing room' correctly punctuated? If not, correct it.
- 16th December 2014Replace 'big' with a word showing extreme size in: 'The dog was big.'
- 17th December 2014How many dependent (subordinate) clauses does a compound-complex sentence need at minimum?
- 18th December 2014Identify the parenthesis in this sentence and state its function: 'The plan, though risky, could save the school.'
- 19th December 2014Identify the technique in: 'Every day. Every meal. Every child deserves better.'
- 20th December 2014Explain the difference in meaning between 'I have been reading that book' and 'I had been reading that book.'
- 21st December 2014Identify the past continuous verb in: 'She was singing loudly in the shower.'
- 22nd December 2014Change the pronoun correctly: Direct speech 'I am tired,' said Maria. Reported: Maria said ___ was tired.
- 23rd December 2014Rewrite 'The storm had seldom been so fierce' using inversion.
- 24th December 2014Rewrite this abrupt paragraph opening to improve cohesion with a previous paragraph about fear: 'The character then goes to the market.'
- 25th December 2014Identify the language technique in 'the moon smiled down on the sleeping town'.
- 26th December 2014Combine into a complex sentence: 'The car broke down. We were driving to the coast.'
- 27th December 2014Make this sentence negative: 'He likes football.'
- 28th December 2014Correct the error: 'If I would have known, I would have told you.'
- 29th December 2014Give one connective that shows addition.
- 30th December 2014Explain in one sentence why a semicolon suits 'The rain stopped; the sun broke through' better than a comma.
- 31st December 2014What effect does using a direct quotation from a named expert usually have on an argument?