Question 1

Identify the correctly punctuated sentence.

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It's time to eat, Grandma!

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Its time to eat, Grandma!

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It's time to eat Grandma!

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Its time to eat Grandma!

Question 2

Which sentence uses the past tense correctly?

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She walked to the park yesterday.

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She walking to the park yesterday.

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She walk to the park yesterday.

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She walks to the park yesterday.

Question 3

Which of the following sentences is written in passive voice?

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The cake was eaten by the children.

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The children are eating the cake.

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The children ate the cake.

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The children will eat the cake.

Question 4

Which sentence correctly uses a conjunction?

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I wanted to go for a walk, but it started to rain.

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I wanted to go for a walk, or it started to rain.

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I wanted to go for a walk, so it started to rain.

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I wanted to go for a walk, and it started to rain.

Question 5

Which of the following sentences is correctly formatted with speech marks?

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"I can't believe it's already Friday!" she exclaimed.

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I can't believe it's already Friday!" she exclaimed.

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"I can't believe it's already Friday! she exclaimed.

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I can't believe it's already Friday! she exclaimed.

Question 6

Which sentence is an example of a compound sentence?

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I wanted to go swimming, and my friend wanted to go hiking.

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My friend wanted to go hiking.

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I swim and hike.

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I wanted to go swimming.

Question 7

Which sentence correctly uses an apostrophe for possession?

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That is Sarah's backpack.

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That is Sarahs' backpack.

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That's Sarahs backpack.

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That's the backpack of Sarah.

Question 8

Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

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She runs faster than he does.

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She run faster than he does.

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He run faster than she does.

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He runs faster than she.

Question 9

Choose the sentence with the correct subject-verb agreement.

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The dogs bark loudly at night.

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The dog bark loudly at night.

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The dog barks loudly at nights.

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The dogs barks loudly at night.

Question 10

Which of the following sentences uses an apostrophe correctly?

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The boys' jumpers have been found behind the bins.

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The boys' jumpers' have been found behind the bins.

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The boy's jumper's have been found behind the bins.

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The boys jumper's have been found behind the bins.

Question 11

Which of the following sentences correctly uses a subordinating conjunction?

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Although it was raining, we decided to go for a hike.

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We decided although to go for a hike it was raining.

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It was raining although we decided to go for a hike.

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We decided to go for a hike although it was raining.

Question 12

Which of the following is a determiner?

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some

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<P>through</P>

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in

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under

Question 13

Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?

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The world is a stage

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She sings like a bird

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He is as strong as an ox

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The sun smiled down on us

Question 14

What effect do metaphors have in writing?

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They create vivid imagery and enhance understanding

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They make the text longer

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They simplify complex ideas to one meaning

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They use only factual language

Question 15

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

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Time is a thief

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She swims like a fish

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He is as brave as a lion

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The wind whispered through the trees

Question 16

Which of the following sentences contains a fronted adverbial?

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After the movie, we went out for ice cream.

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The ice cream was delicious in the cinema.

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I love to watch movies&#44; particularly at night.

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We went out for ice cream after the movie.

Question 17

Which of the following words is the correct spelling?

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committee

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<P>commitee</P>

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comittee

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comitee

Question 18

Which sentence contains personification?

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The angry storm rattled the windows.

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The clock struck midnight.

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The child laughed happily.

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The bird flew over the trees.

Question 19

Which of the following is a relative pronoun in the sentence: 'The book that I borrowed is interesting.'?

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that

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which

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and

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who

Question 20

Which of the following sentences contains a relative clause?

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The movie that we watched last night was exciting.

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I like to watch movies.

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The movie was very long.

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We watched a movie last night.

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