Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
November 2020 - Key Stage 3 5-a-day
Every Key Stage 3 sheet published in November 2020, with answers. Years 7-9 - clauses, tone, language analysis and structured writing.
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Every sheet in November 2020
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- 1st November 2020True or false: repeating a key word from the previous paragraph can help cohesion.
- 2nd November 2020Give the meaning of 'deserted' as used in 'a deserted playground at midnight'.
- 3rd November 2020Identify the subordinate clause in: 'Since the shop had closed, we went home.'
- 4th November 2020Turn this into a question: 'They are watching a film.'
- 5th November 2020Complete: 'If I ___ (be) taller, I would join the basketball team.'
- 6th November 2020Identify the discourse markers in this sentence and their function: 'Firstly, check your spelling; secondly, check your punctuation.'
- 7th November 2020Rewrite this flat sentence using two different effect-punctuation marks: 'The room was silent, nobody moved, everyone was afraid.'
- 8th November 2020Give one word from 'the shockingly high cost of repairs' that shows the writer's strong opinion.
- 9th November 2020Is 'Whenever it snows' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
- 10th November 2020Identify the abstract noun in: 'Her courage inspired the whole class.'
- 11th November 2020Correct the error: 'The reasons for his absence is unclear.'
- 12th November 2020Give one word from 'Hiya, fancy grabbing a coffee later?' that signals informal register.
- 13th November 2020Rewrite 'Someone stole my bike' in the passive voice.
- 14th November 2020Find one word in 'the ancient, crumbling tower loomed over the village' that suggests the tower is dangerous or threatening.
- 15th November 2020Rewrite this sentence in the passive voice: 'The storm damaged the roof.'
- 16th November 2020Identify the auxiliary verb in: 'He does not like spinach.'
- 17th November 2020Rewrite formally: 'The company wants to bring in new rules.'
- 18th November 2020Which is a stronger antonym of 'happy': 'sad' or 'miserable'?
- 19th November 2020Rewrite 'The team failed to qualify' using nominalisation of 'failed'.
- 20th November 2020Punctuate: he shouted watch out
- 21st November 2020State the term for a pause created by punctuation in the middle of a line of poetry.
- 22nd November 2020Explain why starting a new paragraph for each new speaker matters in narrative writing.
- 23rd November 2020Add the apostrophe correctly: 'The childrens coats were on the pegs.'
- 24th November 2020Put these in order from calmest to most intense: annoyed, furious, irritated.
- 25th November 2020How many independent clauses does a compound-complex sentence need at minimum?
- 26th November 2020Name the rhetorical pattern in 'I came, I saw, I conquered.'
- 27th November 2020Identify the persuasive technique in: 'Is it fair that some students cannot afford a hot meal at lunchtime?'
- 28th November 2020Complete with the past perfect continuous: 'She ___ (work) all morning before lunch arrived.'
- 29th November 2020Join these using past continuous plus past simple: 'We were eating dinner.' / 'The lights went out.'
- 30th November 2020Change to a reported question: She asked, 'Where do you live?'