Which of the sentences below contains an appositive?

Henry, a happy and gleeful child, is always on time to class.

Which sentence correctly nominalises this sentence: He decided to close the blinds.

He made the decision to close the blinds.

Which option correctly combines these sentences to form a complex sentence? The waves were dangerous. We got out.

Because the waves were dangerous, we got out.

Which sentence is punctuated incorrectly?

Even though she had done all the training nothing could really prepare her.

Which of these sentences is grammatically correct?

I'm a huge fan of Macca's chips, but GYG fries are the best.

Which sentence contains an appositive?

John, a nefarious young man, liked to disobey his mother.

Which of the following is a compound sentence?

She really enjoyes bastketball, but her favourite sport is football.

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Year 9 Language Skills Quiz

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Conjunctions, parts of speech, appositives, embedding quotes, clauses and nominalisation.

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1
Which of the sentences below contains an appositive?
Timothy, who's not only a great worker, but a trued gentlemen.
Matilda, who is a huge Cats' fan, is a great writer.
Articulate and purposeful, Sarah, has a certain musicality to her writing.
Henry, a happy and gleeful child, is always on time to class.
2
Although, while, even though, however are all what type of conjunction?
Conjunctional
Coordinating
Surreptitious
Subordinating
3
Which sentence correctly nominalises this sentence: He decided to close the blinds.
He decided that the best thing to do was to close the blinds.
Closing the blinds was a decided as the best course of action.
He made the decision to close the blinds.
The blindes were closed.
4
Which word would fit in the following sentence 'Several small parties formed a to gain more political influence.
Augment
Coalition
Precipice
Spontaneous
5
Which option correctly combines these sentences to form a complex sentence? The waves were dangerous. We got out.
Because the waves were dangerous, we got out.
The waves were dangerous and we got out.
The waves were dangerous, so we got out.
We got out, but the waves were dangerous.
6
Which word in the following sentence is adverb? 'She yelled loudly at her sister'.
Sister
Loudly
Yelled
She
7
Which of these is not a coordinating conjunction?
And
For
Although
So
8
Which sentence is punctuated incorrectly?
While I was painting, I turned the radio on.
Although he tried hard, he did not fit the requirements.
Even though she had done all the training nothing could really prepare her.
"Hi Jessica," said Kristy.
9
What part of speech are the following words: Under, before, in, afterwards.
Prepositions
Adjectives
Artciles
Nouns
10
Which of these sentences is grammatically correct?
While my favourite sport is netball I also love touch footy.
I love ice-cream but my favourite thing is cholcolate
I'm a huge fan of Macca's chips, but GYG fries are the best.
I've trained for hours for this test so I'm hoping to do really well.
11
Which of these words is a synonym for evil and wicked?
Incongruous
Fortuitous
Nefarious
Monotonous
12
Which sentence contains an appositive?
Ben, who was a very snappy dresser, liked to wear funky colours to work.
John, a nefarious young man, liked to disobey his mother.
Jennifer, who was a happy woman, always smiled as she walked by.
Chris, who was a two year old boy, loved his pet poodle.
13
Which of the following words is synonym for Demeanour?
Appearance
Illicit
Heinous
Archaic
14
What is the adjective in the following sentence? He sat quietly on the beautiful couch.
Couch
On
Quietly
Beautiful
15
Which of the following is a compound sentence?
He thanked his teacher for a great year.
He loved eating ice-cream at the mall.
She really enjoyes bastketball, but her favourite sport is football.
Although they enjoy watching sport, they prefer to play it themselves.

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