Advanced Vocabulary
26 - 28
26 - 28
A group of ______________ was discovered on the island; they eat their own kind to sustain themselves.
A. Addicts
B. Omnivores
C. Cannibals
D. Glutton
C. Cannibals
"Eliza slammed the door heavily."
The sentence above utilises which literary device?
Onomatopoeia
Which punctuation is used to connect two independent clauses?
semicolon (;)
Kim, together with her family, _ arrived 2 hours ago.
Fill in the blanks with the correct word.
has
It is not surprising that the smartest student in our year has the biggest _____________ of the English language.
A. Diary
B. Biography
C. Lexicon
D. Ballad
C. Lexicon
The homework was a breeze.
Which literary device is used in the sentence above?
Metaphor
"Hey are you going to the movies tonight?"
Which punctuation is missing? And where should it be placed? (100 mark each)
comma
After the word "Hey"
A complete sentence must contain 3 elements.
State all 3.
- A subject
- A verb
- A complete thought
The student was caught _______________ outside the school during school hours.
A. fastening
B. loitering
C. hastening
D. dawdling
B. loitering
What do you say to your sister when she’s crying?
"Are you having a crisis?"
Which literary device was utilised?
pun
After eighty years of dreaming, the elderly man realized it was time to finally revisit the land of his youth Ireland.
State the missing punctuation.
Where should it be placed? (150 mark each)
dash (-)
After the word "youth"
"I am still perplexed about your behaviour_" he said _ "It is one of the worst that I have seen."
What punctuation should be used?
comma, full stop
Which word below has the meaning of "a place that both parties agreed to meet"
A. Dating
B. Encounter
C. Rendezvous
D. Showdown
C. Rendezvous
"No pain, no gain" utilises which literary device?
Assonance
State all the coordinating conjunctions.
F: for
A: and
N: nor
B: but
O: or
Y: yet
S: so
What is comma splice?
The use of comma between two independent clauses.
"I am lazy, my sister is the hardworking one."
Which word refers to a person who likes to donate money for charitable causes?
A. Sagacious
B. Avid
C. Philanthropic
D. Choleric
C. Philanthropic
"I did OK on that test."
In reality, I almost failed.
The scene above utilises which literary device?
Understatement
I like cows: they give us milk which tastes good they give us beef which also tastes good and they give us leather which is used for shoes and coats.
Complete the sentence above with the correct punctuation.
I like cows: they give us milk, which tastes good; they give us beef, which also tastes good; and they give us leather, which is used for shoes and coats.
What is a run-on sentence?
Run-on sentence occurs when two independent sentences are connected improperly.
The sentences go on and on, without proper pauses.
"I am a mechanic I fix cars for a living."