Daily Practice · Key Stage 3
February 2024 - Key Stage 3 5-a-day
Every Key Stage 3 sheet published in February 2024, with answers. Years 7-9 - clauses, tone, language analysis and structured writing.
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Every sheet in February 2024
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 2024Rewrite this sentence using a single collective noun instead of 'a group of singers': 'A group of singers performed in the hall.'
- 2nd February 2024Choose the correct verb: 'Neither of the answers (is/are) correct.'
- 3rd February 2024A letter to a head teacher should use which register: formal or informal?
- 4th February 2024Explain in a few words why a politician might use the passive voice to describe a mistake, such as 'Mistakes were made'.
- 5th February 2024True or false: a simile compares two things using 'like' or 'as'.
- 6th February 2024Add the missing apostrophe: 'The childrens coats were hung on the pegs.'
- 7th February 2024Complete with the correct auxiliary verb: 'She ___ finished her project.' (present perfect)
- 8th February 2024Is 'turn off' separable or inseparable? Test it with the object 'the television'.
- 9th February 2024Give an antonym for 'generous' that carries a strongly negative connotation.
- 10th February 2024Explain in a few words why nominalisation is common in academic writing.
- 11th February 2024Rewrite with correct speech punctuation and paragraphing for two speakers: mum asked are you ready dan said not yet
- 12th February 2024A poem has four stanzas, each with four lines. State the correct term for a four-line stanza.
- 13th February 2024Where does the comma go in: 'That's brilliant' she said?
- 14th February 2024Is 'the mens changing room' correctly punctuated? If not, correct it.
- 15th February 2024Replace 'big' with a word showing extreme size in: 'The dog was big.'
- 16th February 2024How many dependent (subordinate) clauses does a compound-complex sentence need at minimum?
- 17th February 2024Identify the parenthesis in this sentence and state its function: 'The plan, though risky, could save the school.'
- 18th February 2024Identify the technique in: 'Every day. Every meal. Every child deserves better.'
- 19th February 2024Explain the difference in meaning between 'I have been reading that book' and 'I had been reading that book.'
- 20th February 2024Identify the past continuous verb in: 'She was singing loudly in the shower.'
- 21st February 2024Change the pronoun correctly: Direct speech 'I am tired,' said Maria. Reported: Maria said ___ was tired.
- 22nd February 2024Rewrite 'The storm had seldom been so fierce' using inversion.
- 23rd February 2024Rewrite this abrupt paragraph opening to improve cohesion with a previous paragraph about fear: 'The character then goes to the market.'
- 24th February 2024Identify the language technique in 'the moon smiled down on the sleeping town'.
- 25th February 2024Combine into a complex sentence: 'The car broke down. We were driving to the coast.'
- 26th February 2024Make this sentence negative: 'He likes football.'
- 27th February 2024Correct the error: 'If I would have known, I would have told you.'
- 28th February 2024Give one connective that shows addition.
- 29th February 2024Explain in one sentence why a semicolon suits 'The rain stopped; the sun broke through' better than a comma.