1. Tick the sentence that must end with a question mark.

Tick one.

The teacher asked them what they were

I wonder what time the next train arrives

Did she play tennis on your team last year

He asked if he could use my pen

2. Tick one box in each row to show whether the sentence is a question or a command.

Sentence Question Command

Do your stretches before you exercise

Do you prefer tennis or cricket

Do the boys always go running in the

Do take some water with you to football

3. What type of verbs have subject complements?

a) Linking

b) Action

c) Modal

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4. Insert a pair of commas in the correct place in the sentence below.

I enjoy sitting in my bedroom even though it is quite small and listening to music

5. What word class is him in the sentence below?

Joey’s friends rushed to meet him, desperate to see if he had won.

Tick one.

a preposition

an adjective

a pronoun

a noun

6. Circle two words in the passage below that are synonyms of each other.

Having queued for over an hour, Sanjit found that his tolerance was
being severely tested. Most of the other children had lost
patience and gone elsewhere.

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7. Which sentence uses tense correctly?

Tick one.

We sat and ate our lunch once we had

Once we find a sunny picnic spot, we sat and

Once we had found a sunny picnic spot,

We sat and eat our lunch once we had

8. Rewrite the underlined verbs in the simple past.

The sky begins to look darker as the storm approaches.

9. Circle the two words that are antonyms in the sentence below.

What looked like a worthless collection of rusty metal turned out to include ancient coins
and valuable jewellery.

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10. Identify the entire verb:

Tom was swimming in a sea of bliss.

b) Swimming

c) Bliss

d) Was swimming

11. Circle the three adjectives in the sentence below.

He made his way up the cobbled street, striding like the bold and
determined man he was.

12. Identify the subject complement and its label:

Europe was the home of some early automobiles.

a) Europe, predicate noun

b) home, predicate noun

c) early, predicate adjective

d) automobiles, predicate nominative

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13. Jane: "What __________________?"
Mary: "I'm trying to fix my calculator."

a) you doing

b) you do

c) do you do

d) are you doing

14. Are you attending ________ reception today?

b) An

c) The

15. What type of subject complement is showroom?

The museum became a showroom for classic cars.

a) Predicate Pronoun

b) Predicate Adjective

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 c) Predicate Nominative

d) Predicate Object

16. I _______ tennis every Sunday morning.

a) play

b) played

c) am playing

d) am play

17. Weather report: "It's seven o'clock in Frankfurt and __________."

a) there is snow

b) it`s snowing

c) it snows

d) it snowed

18. "David writes the best songs." The direct object is

a) the best songs

b) David

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19. I left my shoes under the kitchen table.

a) Adjective

b) Preposition

c) Pronoun

20. In which sentence is "fast" an adverb?

a) He’s got a fast car.

b) He drives fast.

c) She is in the fast lane.

21. What is the direct object in this sentence?

Kenneth the clown crushed his soda can with his red nose.

a) Kenneth

b) crushed

c) can

d) nose

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22. Choose the sentence that must end with a question mark.

a) Why he went there was a mystery

b) When are your cousins expected to arrive

c) How they would get to the match was unclear

d) When she says hi, you need to say it back to her.

23. On Saturdays I work from nine to five.

a) Verb

b) Preposition

c) Adverb

24. Insert full stops and capital letters in the passage below so it is punctuated correctly.

Declan has always been fascinated by animals he has read many books about exotic
creatures jellyfish interest him the most and he would like to study them when he is older

25. The order of a basic positive sentence is

a) Subject-Verb-Object

b) Verb-Object-Subject

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 c) Object-Verb-Subject

26. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

a) Joe went upstairs, turned on his computer took out his homework and started.

b) Joe went upstairs turned on his computer, took out his homework, and started.

c) Joe went, upstairs turned on his computer, took out his homework, and started.

d) Joe went upstairs, turned on his computer, took out his homework and started.

27. What is the word class of the underlined word in the sentence below?
The alarm rang and Jamal immediately jumped out of bed.

a) Conjunction

b) Verb

c) Adverb

d) Determiner

28. What is the word class of the underlined words in the sentence below?
The girl brought a sandwich and an apple to eat for lunch.

a) Adverb

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 b) Article

c) Verb

29. Which sentence uses the word round as an adjective?

a) The dog ran round in circles.

b) The castle had a round tower.

c) The team has already made the final round.

30. Which sentence uses the formal language?

a) Hey, how are you?

b) Hello sister, top of the morning to you!

c) What’s up?

d) Would you like a glass of water?

31. What is the type of sentence below?

a) Complex sentence

b) Compound sentence

c) Simple sentence

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32. What is the type of sentence below?
The boy is happy because he had free time.

a) Simple sentence

b) Complex sentence

c) Compound sentence

33. What is the type of sentence below?

Kerry travelled to the woods and she went hunting.

a) Simple sentence

b) Complex sentence

c) Compound sentence

34. Which sentence uses capital letters correctly?

a) We are going to see a Play by Shakespeare.

b) There is a new Doctor at the local Hospital.

c) There is a Class Visit to the museum next week.

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 d) He is trying to swim the English Channel.

35. Complete the sentence with an appropriate subordinating conjunction.

Alyssa decided to walk ______________ it was a lovely day.

36. Which sentence is the most formal?

a) Your presence is requested at the wedding of our daughter.

b) You would like to come to our daughter’s wedding, wouldn’t you?

c) We’d love you to join us for our daughter’s wedding.

d) Our daughter’s getting married – please come!

37. Which sentence is a statement?

a) You can copy the pattern from a book

b) Be careful when you use the glue

c) Do you use glitter to decorate the edges

d) Do not touch the paint until it is dry

38. Circle the two words that are synonyms in the passage below.

The café serves delicious snacks and cakes until noon. After midday, you can also order
hot lunches, sandwiches or soup.

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39. Choose the best word to fill in the blank.

________________ going to give his speech next?

a) Whose

b) Who's

c) House

40. Choose the best word to fill in the blank.

I do not know __________ Chase will play in today's game.

a) Whether

b) weather

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