Which sentence uses the hyphen correctly?

There are thirty seven-year-olds in Class 2.

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

The wind was blowing – howling, actually – sowe headed home.

Which sentence uses the past progressive.

Gemma was doing her science homework.

Which sentence is written in the active voice?

The bad weather led to the cancellation

Rewrite the sentence below as direct speech. She asked if she could have a banana.

"Can I have a banana ?" she asked.

Which are the correctly identified conjunctions in the sentences below?

Whilst climbing up the hill, he was unaware of the dangers.

Which of the sentences is a command?

Before you go out, ask your mother for the shopping list

Identify the relative clause.

The table which is made of oak is now black with age.

Which sentence has been punctuated correctly?

Immediately after dinner, we did the washing up.

Pickthe sentence that does not contain a preposition.

Ali locked the door then he left.

Which sentence uses an apostrophe correctly?

The childrens’ clothes were hanging up.

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1
Which sentence uses the hyphen correctly?
There are thirty seven-year-olds in Class 2.
.There are thirty seven year-olds in Class 2.
There are thirty-seven year olds in Class 2.
There are thirty-seven-year-olds in Class 2.
2
Pluto ______now called a dwarf planet, but once it _____ classified as a planet. Complete this.
was is
is was
was was
is is
3
My baby brother was born in the hospital where my father works. What is in bold?
A preposition phrase
A relative clause
A noun phrase
A main clause
4
Label the sentence with V (verb), S (subject) and O (object) to showthe parts of the sentence.
Nadia ate strawberries S V O
Nadia ate strawberries. V O S
Nadia ate strawberries O V S.
Nadia ate strawberries. V S O
5
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
The wind was blowing howling actually – sowe headed home.
The wind was blowing howling, actually, sowe headed – home.
The wind was blowing – howling, actually – sowe headed home.
The wind was blowing, howling – actually –sowe headed home.
6
Which sentence uses the past progressive.
Jamie learnt his spellings every night.
After Ali finished his homework, he went out to play.
Anna found her history homework difficult.
Gemma was doing her science homework.
7
Which sentence is written in the active voice?
The book was returned to the library yesterday.
The floods were caused by the heavy rain.
The assembly was held in the hall.
The bad weather led to the cancellation
8
Rewrite the sentence below as direct speech. She asked if she could have a banana.
"Can I have a banana" she asked?
"Can I have a banana" she asked.
Can I have a banana? she asked.
"Can I have a banana ?" she asked.
9
Pick the sentence that must end with a question mark.
What I wanted had already sold out
What time will the film start
Ask Ryan what he thinks about it
I didn’t know what to say
10
Identify the pronouns. They bought new jumpers for themselves and a warm scarf for Dad.
they, themselves
jumpers, scarf
They, dad
bought, warm
11
Which are the correctly identified conjunctions in the sentences below?
Whilst climbing up the hill, he was unaware of the dangers.
He needed to turn back immediately, a storm was coming.
Whilst climbing up the hill, he was unaware of thedangers.
He needed to turn back immediately since a storm was coming.
12
Which of the sentences is a command?
I want you to clean out the playhouse this afternoon.
After you wash the dog, you will need to dry it with a towel
Before you go out, ask your mother for the shopping list
Here is a list of jobs you must finish before lunchtime.
13
Identify the relative clause.
The table which is made of oak is now black with age.
The table which is made of oak is now black with age.
The table which is made of oak is now black with age.
The table which is made of oak is now black with age.
14
Identify the adverb in the sentence- “Soon,” he thought, “I’ll be able to see my family.”
soon
family
able
thought
15
Which is the contracted form of the bold words. That decision does not seem fair.
does n't
doesnt'
doesnt
doesn't
16
Which sentence has been punctuated correctly?
Immediately after, dinner we did the washing up.
Immediately after dinner we did the washing up.
Immediately after dinner we did, the washing up.
Immediately after dinner, we did the washing up.
17
Pickthe sentence that does not contain a preposition.
My brother is behind me in the race.
Ali locked the door then he left.
Barry is below Andrew in the register.
The shops are beyond the main road.
18
Which sentence uses an apostrophe correctly?
The childrens’ clothes were hanging up.
The children’s clothes were hanging up.
The childrens clothes’ were hanging up
The childrens clothe’s were hanging up.
19
Which sentence below is written in the past tense?
The original part of the house dates from 1760.
The roof was replaced in 1970.
That is the oldest house in our village.
The owners plan to open the house to the public.
20
What does the root struct mean in the words destruction, structure and reconstruct.
break
build
carry
touch

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