English Grammar, punctuation and spelling paper 1 (May 2016) – with hints
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English grammar, punctuation and spelling
Paper 1 (May 2016): questions, with hints
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Question 1 of 50
1. Question
1Match each word to the correct suffix to make an adjective.-
- Manage (able)
- Harm (ful)
- Self (ish)
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A suffix comes at the end of a word. You can add a suffix to a verb to make an adjective.
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Question 2 of 50
2. Question
2Complete the sentence below by writing the conjunctions from the box in the correct places.
Use each conjunction only once.- You may bring sandwiches (and) juice (or) water for the trip, (but) glass bottles are not allowed.
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Hint
There’s only one place where it makes sense to place ‘but’. Can you find that first?
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Question 3 of 50
3. Question
3Which word is the object in the sentence below?My friend bought a cake from the bakery.- (cake, a cake)
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The object often comes after the verb.
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Question 4 of 50
4. Question
4Complete each sentence below by writing the determiners from the box in the correct places.
Use each determiner only once.-
- At the zoo we saw (an) owl.
- There was also (a) cute baby penguin.
- I thought it was (the) best day ever.
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Hint
The word that follows ‘an’ must start with a vowel.
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Question 5 of 50
5. Question
5Tick the option that must end with a question mark.Tick one.
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Hint
Can you guess which answer is right?
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Question 6 of 50
6. Question
6Which sentence uses the colon correctly?Tick one.
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Hint
A colon comes before a list of items.
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Question 7 of 50
7. Question
7Complete the sentence with an appropriate adverb.- She completed her homework (yesterday, there, rapidly, here, enthusiastically, neatly, scruffily, badly, poorly, boringly, dully, terribly, beautifully, awfully, mightily, afterwards, always, angrily, anxiously, awkwardly, boldly, bravely, busily, accidentally, purposefully, calmly, carefully, cautiously, carelessly, cheerfully, daily, delightfully, defiantly, deliberately, easily, eventually, excitedly, fairly, fast, faster, foolishly, frightfully, fully, furiously, gladly, gracefully, gratefully, happily, honestly, hopelessly, hungrily, hurriedly, immediately, instantly, joyfully, jubilantly, knowingly, knowledgeably, lazily, last, loudly, loyally, madly, masterfully, mysteriously, naturally, nervously, never, nicely, noisily, obediently, often, only, painfully, perfectly, playfully, politely, poorly, positively, powerfully, promptly, properly, punctually, quicker, quickly, quietly, rarely, readily, regularly, reluctantly, roughly, sadly, seldom, separately, seriously, silently, sleepily, slowly, smoothly, successfully, suddenly, sympathetically, terribly, thankfully, thoroughly, thoughtfully, triumphantly, truthfully, urgently, usefully, uselessly, victoriously, voluntarily, warmly, wearily, well, wildly, wonderfully, worriedly, wrongly) .
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Hint
Just a one-word answer is needed here. There are lots of right answers for this.
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Question 8 of 50
8. Question
8Where should the missing inverted commas should go?Tick two.
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Hint
Inverted commas are sometimes called speech marks, and are placed either side of what someone said. What did the archaeologist say?
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Question 9 of 50
9. Question
9Insert one comma in the correct place in the sentence below.- Limping () slightly (,) the () old () man () walked () to () the () end () of () the () road.
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Hint
A comma suggests a pause. If you were to say this sentence out loud, where do you think you would add a little pause?
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Question 10 of 50
10. Question
10Each sentence is either in the present progressive or in the past progressive. Tick every sentence that is in the present progressive.1 mark(s)Correct
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Hint
In the present progressive tense, the action that is being described is still going on. In the past progressive tense, the action is in the past.
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Question 11 of 50
11. Question
11Replace the underlined word or words in each sentence with the correct pronoun.When Sara came to the end of the road, Sara turned right.
The pavement had a large hole and Sara fell into the hole.
- When Sara came to the end of the road, (she) turned right. The pavement had a large hole and Sara fell into (it) .
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A pronoun can be used in place of a noun. Example: ‘I like David. David is funny.’
Instead of this, you could write, ‘I like David. He is funny’.
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Question 12 of 50
12. Question
12Which sentence uses the hyphen correctly?
Tick one.
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A compound adjective (describing word) can be made from two words joined by a hyphen, such as ‘a well-struck ball’. Look out for compound adjectives that come just before the noun that they describe.
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Question 13 of 50
13. Question
13Which sentence shows that you are most likely to be away next week?Tick one.
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Hint
You may get this wrong. You could get it wrong. You might get it wrong. But I shall be very surprised if you do.
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Question 14 of 50
14. Question
14Match each sentence to its correct function. Use each function only once.-
I expect the weather to be fine at the weekend (statement)Are we likely to have good weather this weekend (question)Check the weather before deciding where to go (command)What fantastic weather we have had this year (exclamation)
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It may help to think about the punctuation marks that should go at the end of the sentences. Which one would have a question mark? Which one would have an exclamation mark? If you can spot that, you’re halfway there.
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Question 15 of 50
15. Question
15Which sentence is written in Standard English?Tick one.
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Three of these sentences have a mistake in the tense of the verb. If it helps, imagine the Queen speaking each sentence. She doesn’t make many mistakes in her verb tenses.
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Question 16 of 50
16. Question
16a) What is the name of the punctuation marks on either side of the
words which was a spaniel in the sentence below?Jay’s dog (which was a spaniel) loved to play with its squeaky bone.- (brackets, a pair of brackets, pair of brackets, two brackets, bracket, a bracket, they are brackets, they are called brackets)
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They are parentheses. But parentheses is not the right answer.
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Question 17 of 50
17. Question
Jay’s dog (which was a spaniel) loved to play with its squeaky bone.
b) What is the name of a different punctuation mark that could be used correctly in the same places?- (comma, commas, a pair of commas, two commas, 2 commas, dash, dashes, a pair of dashes, two dashes, 2 dashes)
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They are also parentheses, but parentheses is not the correct answer.
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Question 18 of 50
18. Question
17Replace the underlined words in the sentences below with their
expanded forms.We’re going into town later, so I’ll buy some bread then. We won’t be back late.
- (We are) going into town later, so (I will, I shall) buy some bread then. We (will not) be back late.
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Some pairs of words can be joined and shortened using an apostrophe, for example have not can be shortened to haven’t.
Converting to the expanded form means doing the opposite, putting them back as two words.
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Question 19 of 50
19. Question
18You are helping a friend to correct the punctuation in the box below.
Which two pieces of advice should you give to correct the punctuation?“Surprise” shouted the children!Tick two.
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Exclamation marks should really only be used when people exclaim. Got it? Fantastic!
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Question 20 of 50
20. Question
19Which sentence uses capital letters correctly?Tick one.
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The names of people and places deserve capital letters; but that’s not all. If something is so special that it’s the only one, chances are it gets a capital letter too.
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Question 21 of 50
21. Question
20Insert a semi-colon in the correct place in the sentence below.- There () are () Roman () ruins () near () our () village (;) they () are () being () excavated () next () week.
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A semi-colon can be replaced with a full-stop (but you may not want to). For example: Sammy was tired; she’d been awake all night.
It would still make sense to write ‘Sammy was tired. She’d been awake all night.’ But you may prefer it with the semi-colon.
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Question 22 of 50
22. Question
21What does the root graph mean in the word family below?graphics autograph photography paragraphTick one.
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Think of what all of the words have in common.
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Question 23 of 50
23. Question
22Tick the word in the passage that contains an apostrophe for possession.It’s five o’clock. Let’s leave early and we’ll be able to go to Emma’s house first.
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Hint
Which word that has an apostrophe cannot be expanded back into two words?
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Question 24 of 50
24. Question
23Tick each sentence which use commas incorrectly.1 mark(s)Correct
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Hint
You’re looking for mistakes. A comma creates a pause in a sentence; so look for places where you find a comma but there is no need for a pause.
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Question 25 of 50
25. Question
24Tick all the prepositions in the sentence below.He walked through the doorway and sat behind the desk.
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A preposition deals with position; the clue is in the name.
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Question 26 of 50
26. Question
25Rearrange the words in the statement below to make it a question.
Use only the given words. Remember to punctuate your sentence correctly.Statement: They are listening to music.
- Question: (Are they listening to music?)
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You can sometimes turn a simple statement into a question simply by swapping over the subject and the verb, if you remember to correct the punctuation also.
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Question 27 of 50
27. Question
26Tick the two words that show the tense in the sentence below.They went to the theme park – the car journey home was difficult.
Tick two.
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‘Tense’ is all about when something happened – which words in the sentence tell you whether it was in the past, the present or the future?
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Question 28 of 50
28. Question
27Tick every sentence in which the underlined part is a subordinate clause1 mark(s)Correct
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Remember, a subordinate clause cannot stand on its own as a complete sentence.
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Question 29 of 50
29. Question
28Find the conjunction in each sentence below.-
The children had not read the book, yet they knew the story off by heart. (yet)Keep your hat on until the rain has stopped. (until)
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Conjunctions are where things join. In each sentence, find the word that joins two separate parts.
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Question 30 of 50
30. Question
29Tick every sentence where the underlined clause is a main clause.1 mark(s)Correct
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A main clause of a sentence could be a sentence all by itself.
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Question 31 of 50
31. Question
30a) Insert a comma in the sentence below to make it clear that only Sally and Bob went to the cinema.- After () they () left () Jon (,) Sally () and () Bob () went () to () the () cinema.
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Only one comma is required here. (Poor Jon!)
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Question 32 of 50
32. Question
b) Insert commas in the sentence below to make it clear that all three children went to the cinema.- After () they () left (,) Jon (,) Sally () and () Bob () went () to () the () cinema.
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You’ll need two commas. (I’m glad Jon gets to go this time!)
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Question 33 of 50
33. Question
31Choose the best prefix from the box to complete each sentence.-
The chef said the pasta had not been cooked at all; it was (un)cooked.The chef said the pasta had not been cooked enough; it was (under)cooked.
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You can add a prefix to the start of some words to make a new word, for instance you could add the prefix sub to way and come up with subway.
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Question 34 of 50
34. Question
32Find the two conjunctions in the sentence below.The passengers moved to get out, but the pilot held up his hand and they stood still.
- The first conjunction is (but, and). The second conjunction is (and, but).
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Remember, conjunctions are at the join of two sentence parts.
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Question 35 of 50
35. Question
33Replace the underlined word or words in each sentence with the correct possessive pronoun.-
- That bike belongs to me. That bike is (mine).
- This house is owned by us. This house is (ours).
- These video games belong to my brother. These games are (his).
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The mark for this question belongs to you. It’s yours!
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Question 36 of 50
36. Question
34a) Which word is closest in meaning to the word antonym?Tick one.
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‘Antonym’ is the antonym of ‘synonym’.
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Question 37 of 50
37. Question
b) Write one word that is an antonym of fierce.- (gentle, calm, peaceful, nonviolent, meek, mild, tame, weak, tender, unthreatening)
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There are several perfectly good answers to this question; you just need one word that does the job.
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Question 38 of 50
38. Question
35Complete the sentences below, using the simple past tense of the verbs in the boxes.-
It was a cold day when we
(played)handball. My friend(threw)the ball to me and I(caught)it.
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Use of the simple past tense shows that the event has already taken place. Example: Compare ‘I eat my breakfast’ with ‘I ate my breakfast’.
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It was a cold day when we
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Question 39 of 50
39. Question
36Complete the passage with adjectives derived from the nouns in brackets. One has been done for you.Tia hopes to become a famous [fame] sportswoman.
- Her (athletic) [athlete] achievements already include winning races in her home town. She hopes to win (national) [nation] competitions one day.
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Adjectives describe things. So, in the example given, the sportswoman is described as famous, and famous is the adjective.
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Question 40 of 50
40. Question
37Which option correctly completes the sentence below?The child ____________ story won the competition had worked very hard.
Tick one.
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If you can put ‘who is’ or ‘who has’ in the gap, you need ‘who’s’. If you can’t, then you need ‘whose’.
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Question 41 of 50
41. Question
38a) Tick every sentence which uses the word point as a verb.1 mark(s)Correct
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A verb is an ‘action’ word. Is ‘point’ the name of something or is it an action being described?
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Question 42 of 50
42. Question
b) Tick every sentence which uses the word point as a noun.1 mark(s)Correct
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A noun is the name of something, not an ‘action’ word (verb). Is ‘point’ the name of something or is it an action being described?
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Question 43 of 50
43. Question
39Find the relative clause in the sentence below, and copy it into the answer box.The old house that is next to our school is for sale.
- (that is next to our school)
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Relative clauses start with one of these words: who, that, which, whose, where, or when.
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Question 44 of 50
44. Question
40Tick every sentence that is written in the passive voice.1 mark(s)Correct
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Usually, the object of a sentence is being acted upon by the verb, but in the passive voice, the subject of the sentence is acted upon by the verb. Example: ‘Donald loves Hillary‘ becomes ‘Hillary is loved by Donald‘.
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Question 45 of 50
45. Question
41Rewrite the sentence below so that it is in the active voice.
Remember to punctuate your sentence correctly.The results were announced by the judges.
- (The judges announced the results.)
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In the passive voice, the subject of the sentence is acted upon by the verb. To turn the sentence into the active voice, the object of a sentence must be acted upon by the verb. Example: ‘Hillary is loved by Donald‘ becomes ‘Hillary loves Donald‘.
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Question 46 of 50
46. Question
42Find the two adverbs in the sentence below.All of the passengers cheered loudly, and we cheered too.
Tick two.
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Adverbs add something to the verb, to tell us more about how the verb did whatever it did. Example: ‘He ran well’.
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Question 47 of 50
47. Question
43Tick the option which shows how the underlined words in the sentence below are used.The insect-eating Venus flytrap is a carnivorous plant.
Tick one.
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A clause always has a subject and a verb. That should narrow down your choices.
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Question 48 of 50
48. Question
44Which verb completes the sentence so that it uses the subjunctive form?I wish I _______ able to join you, but it will not be possible.
Tick one.
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Sorry! No hints for this – if I were you I’d just have a guess.
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Question 49 of 50
49. Question
45What is the function of the sentence below?How well you’ve done
Tick one.
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Think what punctuation mark would be best to place at the end of the sentence – this may help you decide.
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Question 50 of 50
50. Question
46Which sentence uses the present perfect form?Tick one.
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We use the present perfect tense when we want to talk about unfinished actions that started in the past and are still going on.