Spelling and Grammar

Question 1

"You did what?" Josh asked incredulously. The word closest in meaning to incredulously is

Accepted Answer

disbelievingly

Question 2

I always start my day the same way ___ a surf or a run, coffee and some time reading the Bible.

Accepted Answer

colon :

Question 3

Make sure your laces aren't ______ or you might _____ your shoe.

Accepted Answer

loose, lose

Question 4

When would you use semicolons rather than commas to separate items in a list?

Accepted Answer

When items in the list are complex.

Question 5

"My grandmother was the glue that held our family together." This is an example of

Accepted Answer

a metaphor

Question 6

"The man ______ up the ladder." To finish this sentence, we need

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a verb

Question 7

Which word below should be capitalised?

Accepted Answer

jamie, december, sydney

Question 8

The new rules didn't work so the principal decided to _______ them.

Accepted Answer

abolish

Question 9

"My mum who drives a ute picked me up from football training." Which phrase could be bracketed?

Accepted Answer

who drives a ute

Question 10

Jousting was a common sport in the ________ period of history.

Accepted Answer

mediaeval

Question 11

Adjectives describe

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nouns

Question 12

Which punctuation mark joins two words below? "The cold-blooded psychopath hid in the shadows."

Accepted Answer

Hyphen

Question 13

"____ Sally couldn't ____ the milk as her ___ was sore." Fill the blanks in the right order.

Accepted Answer

Poor, pour, paw

Question 14

Walk across the road, around the corner and down the lane. Then, you'll arrive near a bridge.

Accepted Answer

These are prepositions

Question 15

The best definition for 'belligerence' is

Accepted Answer

Aggressive behaviour

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