Which one is a complex sentence?

Because I like sport, I play football.

A word that means the same as another word.

Which one is correctly punctuated?

‘What time is the party?’ she asked.

The time, location and atmosphere of a story.

Which one of these is a simile?

His anger was like an erupting volcano

If I don’t win the lottery I’ll explode.

Building in clues about what is going to hap-pen in a story.

'We had all seen the ghost’ is...

An example of first person narrative

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1
Which one is a complex sentence?
I play football but I don’t like watching it.
Football is one of the sports I play.
I like sport and I play football.
Because I like sport, I play football.
2
A synonym is...
A word that means the same as another word.
A descriptive word.
A word that means the opposite of another word.
Two or more words in a row starting with the letter ‘s’.
3
Which one is correctly punctuated?
‘What time is the party,’ she asked?
‘What time?’ she asked ‘is the party.’
‘What time is the party?’ she asked.
She asked ‘What time is the party?’
4
Setting means...
An agent such as gelatine used to firm up a jelly.
Telling the reader the key details of a story.
Planning and drafting for creative writing.
The time, location and atmosphere of a story.
5
‘grotesquely’ is ...
A synonym
An adverb
An adjective
A noun
6
Which one of these is a simile?
His anger was like an erupting volcano
The fern lightly stroked the water with its delicate fronds
The snow fell swirling softly all through the starlit night.
Mia’s happiness lit up the room
7
Spot the hyperbole
Her anger was a forest fire.
If I don’t win the lottery I’ll explode.
The storm vented its anger on the darkened city.
The waves wistfully washed the willing shore.
8
‘Bleep’ is an example of...
Blanking out swear words in dialogue
Assonance
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
9
Foreshadowing is...
A neighbour’s tree that overhangs your gar-den.
Building in clues about what is going to hap-pen in a story.
A way of organising paragraphs
Negative adjectives used to create atmosphere
10
'We had all seen the ghost’ is...
An example of second person narrative
A Sun newspaper headline
Use of a pronoun for dramatic effect
An example of first person narrative

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