KS2 English
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QUESTION 1

Name the punctuation marks on either side of the underlined words.

The Roman general — whose name was Marcus Agrippa — was famous for his cunning.

	hyphens	dashes

	brackets	commas


QUESTION 2

Show which sentence below is written in Standard English.

				Jim weren't here when I arrived.

				Oliver has done very bad in his exam.

				Both knights was exhausted after the battle.

				I'm afraid that I might have made a mistake.


QUESTION 3

Select the correct suffix to make an adverb from the word below.

deceit

	ful	fully

	ness	ous


QUESTION 4

Identify the type of word underlined in the following sentence.

Kelly is extremely successful, yet she still feels the need to work hard.

	a preposition	an adverb

	a determiner	a conjunction


QUESTION 5

Show which one sentence must end with an exclamation mark.

				The magician conjured three rabbits out of his hat

				Did you see the programme about magicians yesterday

				That magic show was unbelievable

				For centuries, people have believed in magic


QUESTION 6

Which sentence below uses the colon correctly?

				Rufus forgot to pack: several things, his toothbrush, clean socks, his phone charger and a comb.

				Rufus forgot to pack several things: his toothbrush, clean socks, his phone charger, and a comb.

				Rufus forgot to pack several things his: toothbrush, clean socks, his phone charger and a comb.

				Rufus forgot to pack several things his toothbrush: clean socks his phone charger and a comb.


QUESTION 7

Identify the word that contains an apostrophe of possession.

I'm not sure that it's the right thing to do, but we've no choice if we are to save the prince's life!

	I'm	it's

	we've	prince's


QUESTION 8

Show whether the sentence below is written in the present perfect or in the past perfect.

I've asked Julia to drive me to the station.

	present perfect	past perfect


QUESTION 9

Which part of the sentence below is the subordinate clause?

If what you are saying is true, we must call the police straight away.

	what you are saying is true	If what you are saying is true

	we must call the police	the police straight away


QUESTION 10

Select the correct antonym for the following word.

impoverished

	poor	underfed

	inaccurate	wealthy

	complicated	obscure

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