Vocabulary 🌟🌟
What is a synonym for happy?
Answer: Joyful, delighted or cheerful.
Find the adjective in this sentence:
The enormous elephant walked slowly.
Enormous.
Add the missing punctuation:
where are you going
Answer: Where are you going?
Which sentence is in the past tense?
A. I walk to school.
B. I walked to school.
C. I will walk to school.
Answer: B. I walked to school.
What type of word is quickly?
A. Noun
B. Adverb
C. Adjective
Answer: B. Adverb.
What is the antonym of ancient?
Answer: Modern or new.
Identify the adverb in this sentence:
The children laughed loudly at the joke.
Answer: Loudly.
Add the missing apostrophe:
The girls bag was left in the classroom.
The girl's bag was left in the classroom.
Change this sentence into the present perfect tense:
She finished her homework.
Answer: She has finished her homework.
Which sentence uses a modal verb?
A. She enjoys swimming.
B. She might go swimming.
C. She went swimming.
Answer: B. She might go swimming.
Which word is the odd one out?
Rapid – Swift – Sluggish – Speedy
Sluggish, because it means slow. The others mean fast.
Identify the relative clause:
The boy, who was wearing a red coat, ran home
Answer: Who was wearing a red coat.
Add the missing commas:
After finishing her homework Sarah went outside to play.
Answer: After finishing her homework, Sarah went outside to play.
Which sentence uses the subjunctive form correctly?
A. If I was the headteacher, I would ban homework.
B. If I were the headteacher, I would ban homework.
Answer: B. If I were the headteacher, I would ban homework.
Identify the determiners:
Those three children ate some biscuits.
Answer: Those, three and some.
What does the prefix mis- mean in the word misunderstand?
Wrongly or incorrectly.
Is this sentence written in the active or passive voice?
The window was broken by the football.
Answer: Passive voice.
Add the missing punctuation:
The teacher shouted Stop running
Answer: The teacher shouted, "Stop running!"
Rewrite this sentence in the passive voice:
The chef cooked the delicious meal.
Answer: The delicious meal was cooked by the chef.
Which sentence contains a preposition?
A. The cat slept peacefully.
B. The cat slept underneath the table.
C. The cat was sleeping.
Answer: B. Underneath is the preposition.
What is the difference between affect and effect? Use each word in a sentence.
Answer: Affect is usually a verb meaning to influence something. Effect is usually a noun meaning a result.
Example: The rain will affect our plans.
Example: The medicine had a positive effect.
Identify the subordinate clause and explain why it is subordinate.
Although it was raining, we decided to play outside.
"Although it was raining" is the subordinate clause because it does not make complete sense on its own.
Add the missing punctuation to show parenthesis:
My brother who is twelve years old loves playing football.
Answer: My brother, who is twelve years old, loves playing football.
Also accept brackets or dashes used correctly.
Identify the main clause and the subordinate clause:
Even though he was exhausted, James continued running because he wanted to win.
Answer:
Main clause: James continued running.
Subordinate clauses: Even though he was exhausted; because he wanted to win.
Identify the grammatical error and correct it:
Neither of the boys were ready for the examination.
Answer: Neither of the boys was ready for the examination.
"Neither" is treated as singular in formal standard English.