Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
August 2021 - Key Stage 3 5-a-day
Every Key Stage 3 sheet published in August 2021, with answers. Years 7-9 - clauses, tone, language analysis and structured writing.
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Every sheet in August 2021
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- 1st August 2021Identify the parenthesis in this sentence and state its function: 'The plan, though risky, could save the school.'
- 2nd August 2021Identify the technique in: 'Every day. Every meal. Every child deserves better.'
- 3rd August 2021Explain the difference in meaning between 'I have been reading that book' and 'I had been reading that book.'
- 4th August 2021Identify the past continuous verb in: 'She was singing loudly in the shower.'
- 5th August 2021Change the pronoun correctly: Direct speech 'I am tired,' said Maria. Reported: Maria said ___ was tired.
- 6th August 2021Rewrite 'The storm had seldom been so fierce' using inversion.
- 7th August 2021Rewrite this abrupt paragraph opening to improve cohesion with a previous paragraph about fear: 'The character then goes to the market.'
- 8th August 2021Identify the language technique in 'the moon smiled down on the sleeping town'.
- 9th August 2021Combine into a complex sentence: 'The car broke down. We were driving to the coast.'
- 10th August 2021Make this sentence negative: 'He likes football.'
- 11th August 2021Correct the error: 'If I would have known, I would have told you.'
- 12th August 2021Give one connective that shows addition.
- 13th August 2021Explain in one sentence why a semicolon suits 'The rain stopped; the sun broke through' better than a comma.
- 14th August 2021What effect does using a direct quotation from a named expert usually have on an argument?
- 15th August 2021Identify the subordinate clause in: 'The dog barked when the postman arrived.'
- 16th August 2021Is 'happiness' an abstract noun or a concrete noun?
- 17th August 2021Choose the correct verb: 'Either the manager or the staff (is/are) responsible for the decision.'
- 18th August 2021Explain in a few words how tone differs from register.
- 19th August 2021Rewrite 'The company launched a new product' in the passive voice, omitting the doer.
- 20th August 2021Identify the punctuation mark used to introduce a quotation in: 'she said simply: it was time to leave.'
- 21st August 2021Choose the correct word: 'The dog wagged ___ tail.' (its / it's)
- 22nd August 2021Identify both the auxiliary and the main verb in: 'We had been waiting for an hour.'
- 23rd August 2021Which pronoun order is correct: 'turn it off' or 'turn off it'?
- 24th August 2021Rewrite 'The room was tidy' using a strong antonym to describe total disorder.
- 25th August 2021Give the noun form of the verb 'arrive'.
- 26th August 2021Punctuate this line with an interrupting reporting clause: i dont know she said ill try
- 27th August 2021Identify the rhyme scheme of a stanza rhyming light / night / sight / bite.
- 28th August 2021Should a new paragraph start every time the speaker changes?
- 29th August 2021Add the apostrophe correctly: 'The dogs bones were buried in the garden.' (more than one dog)
- 30th August 2021Which word shows more intensity: 'warm' or 'boiling'?
- 31st August 2021Identify the coordinating conjunction in: 'She studied hard, and she passed the exam, because she wanted to go to university.'