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Proper nouns must start with:
Possessive pronouns are
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Possessive pronouns are
it, that, us, only
mine, theirs, his, whose
already, although, albeit
into, out of, on to
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Proper nouns must start with:
dash
capital letter
A comma
lower case
3
Abstract noun
team
story
nightmare
jealousy
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Is not a conjunction
so
yet
but
if
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What is the name of the punctuation mark that is on the image?
Period
Question mark
Semicolon
Comma
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Onomatopoeia is when the word sounds like what it means
True
False
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Why do we need punctuation?
To stop global warming.
All of the above.
To learn how to swim.
To make your text logical, readable, & to understand the idea of an author.
8
Which punctuation marks are used in the next sentence?
For your English class
,
you will need
:
a pen and a notebook
.
There is no punctuation marks.
Only capital letters.
Only a colon.
A comma, a colon, and a full stop
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Time to Improve My Grammar
Edit
Publish
Revise
Draft
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Pronouns replace nouns e.g
them
he
she
has
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Articles
so, may, only
a, an, the
but, when, and, perhaps
come before, under
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Which is not a co-ordinating conjunction
yet, or
and, nor
for, so
if, why
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not a conjunction of time
above
after
when
until
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Which sentence is a command?
Pick up that piece of paper!
Yorkshire is in the north of England.
Will you be coming around later?
I just love donuts.
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A metaphor describes something as if it was something else. Tick
As fast as a train
Quiet as a mouse
As tall as a tree.
The school canteen was a zoo.
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Fix the Grammar!
We saw the man at the store.
We sawed the man at the store.
We seed the man at the store.
We planted the man at the store.
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Not a personal pronounus
that
me
them
us
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A determiner is a word that introduces a noun. Excluding..
the
a
if
an
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Which are the correct spellings in BRITISH English?
labour, tyre, through.
labor, tire, thru.
labor, tyre, through.
labour, tire, through.
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Which of these spellings is not correct?
pharoh
Intelligence
Handkerchief
Pronunciation
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A preposition shows
What's happening
a colour
an action
the position of things
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In English, where do we use question marks?
At the end and at the beginning.
All of the above.
Only at the end.
Only at the beginning.
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collective noun
swarm
fight
hunt
circle
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What is an adjective
gives and action
describes a noun
gives information about verbs
shows position of things
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A fact can be proven. An opinion is a viewpoint. Tick the opinion
The moon is a sphere.
52 weeks in a year
Everyone loves Christmas
The sun is hot
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Adverbials are phrases that act like an adverb which isn't
like a flash of light
early on morning
in the garden
how are you
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BONUS: The English alphabet has how many letters?
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26
25
27
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Grammar: We were at the theatre _______ he called.
although
as long
since
when
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Verbs do what?
connects words
give an action or happening
are names
delivers phrases
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The superlative is used to show the
least
all these and best
most
worst
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Which is correct grammar ?
Can I getting the bill, please ?
Can I get bill, please ?
Can I having the bill, please ?
Can I have the bill, please ?
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Which of the following is
not
one of the 14 punctuation marks commonly used in English grammar.
margin
colon
dash
parentheses
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Words pronounced the same but have different meanings and spellings.
homophones
homographs
limericks
hyperboles
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Alliteration is the repeating of sounds in neighbouring or nearby words in a text
Some days
dim shadow
tough day
Dark days
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A suffix adds letter or group of letters to a word
anywhere
at the end
In the middle
at the start
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A prefix changes the mening of the root word
Rewrite
Miswrite
Writing
Written
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Is this an example of standard English Grammar?
True
False
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Which are NOT subordinating conjunctions
when, although, until
Since, as, if
subsequently, and, how
while, after, before
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What Is grammar?
How to detect errors and correctness.
The sysyem of a language governing rules, sounds, words, sentences, etc.
The formal study of rules.
The rules in a language.
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Which is the correct grammar?
Theirs your dog
There's your dog.
Theres' your dog.
There's you're dog.
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Adverbs are used to modify (give more information) verbs
carefully
calm
suddenly
slowly
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Modal verbs show degrees of possibility. What's certain?
may
would
will
could
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A proper noun is
shop
ruler
cat
london bridge
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Which sentence has the correct punctuation?
Go buy, milk, bread eggs and dog food.
Go buy milk, bread eggs, and dog food.
Go buy milk bread eggs and dog food.
Go buy milk, bread, eggs and dog food.
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An adjective describes a noun.
sat
fun
finish
sparkly
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Identify what is NOT the abstract noun
friendship
fear
shout
politeness
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Prepositions tell you where something is
happens
along
beside
adjacent
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Is this an example of standard English grammar?
False
True
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What is this in English?
Exaust
Exoust
Exhoust
Exhaust
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Which punctuation symbol is a semi-colon?
@
()
:
;
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Which use of punctuation fits best?
Would you: like to come over?
Would you like to come over.
Would you like to come over!
Would you like to come over?
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In an active sentence, the subject is the noun (person, animal or thing)
spell
The wizard
cast a
powerful
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Stop punctuation can only exist between...
One complete idea and an incomplete idea
A rock and a hard place
Two incomplete ideas
Two complete ideas
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A relative clause begins with a relative pronoun. Odd one out?
whose, when
who, where
which, that
why, what
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Tick the antonym for 'depressing'
Lowering
decreasing
disheartening
uplifting
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You have to concentrate__improving your grammar.
over
to
from
on
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Which sentence uses a dash correctly?
The clumsey waiter - dropped soup in Dave's lap he didn't get a tip
The clumsy waiter dropped soup - in Dave's llap he didn't get a tip.
The clumsey waiter dropped soup in - Dave's lap he didn't get a tip
The clumsey waiter dropped soup in Dave's lap - he didn't get a tip.
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Fill in the missing word. It's ......pen
their
they are
there
they're
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Which sentence uses the correct punctuation?
I went down, to the river, to fish.
Alex was sick of being rude; she decided to be kind.
Check out my mixtape:: it's fire!
Amy washed; and dried her car
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Relative pronouns are
which
whose
that
who
