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GrammarandPunctuationQuiz11.Whichsentenceusescapitalletterscorrectly?

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ThepupilsatAbbeyschoolwontheaward.

ThepupilsatAbbeyschoolwontheAward.

ThepupilsatAbbeySchoolwontheAward.

ThepupilsatAbbeySchoolwontheaward.

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2.Matcheachsentencetothesentencetype.

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3.CircleonewordineachsetofbracketstocompletethesentencesinStandardEnglish.

I(done/did)myworkwhilstthey(were/was)out.

Shewould(of/have)wantedtogowithyou.

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4.Replacetheunderlinedwordorwordswiththecorrectpronoun.AssoonasBensawthesnow,Benranoutsidetoplay.

Whenthetreewaslargeenough,thetreestartedtoproduceapples.

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5.Insertthemissingapostrophes.Eventhoughyouvedonereallywell,IthinkthatMaryspaintingisprobablygoingtowintheprize.

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6.Circlebothprepositionsinthesentencebelow.ShewaitedforawhileandthengotonabusthatwasgoingaroundLondon.

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7.Writethecorrectlabelineachbox.MrSmith’snewclasswaitedpatientlyinthehall.

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8.Lookatthewordsbelow.Whatdoestherootchronmean?chronologicalsynchronisechronicTickone

time

pain

organise

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Whatagreatdogheis

Thedogwantstogoout

Goandwalkthedog

Statement

Exclamation

Question

Isshewalkingthedog

Command VerbA

AdjectiveB

AdverbD

NounC

GrammarandPunctuationQuiz21.Tickthesentencewhichmustendwithaquestionmark.

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Whopaintedthewallwasunclear

Askheraboutwhereshewenttoday

Answerthequestioninyourbook

Istheparcelreadytobepostedyet

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2.Circleallthenounsinthesentencebelow.Assoonasthemagicianarrivedwithherboxoftricks,theexcitedchildrensatdowntowatch.

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3.Completethesentencebelowbywritingtheconjunctionsfromtheboxinthecorrectplaces.Useeachconjunctiononlyonce.

___________________Igotup,itwasrainingquite

heavily___________________Icouldn’tgotothepark

___________________Ireallywantedto.

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4.Drawalinetomatcheachsentencetothecorrectdeterminers.Useeachdetermineronlyonce.

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5.Circletwoprefixeswhichcouldbeaddedtothewordbelowtocreatetwonewwords.placeunredemissub

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6.Whichsentenceusesthecoloncorrectly?

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Themanbought:twodrinksteaandwater.

Themanboughttwodrinkstea:andwater.

Themanboughttwodrinks:teaandwater.

Themanboughttwo:drinksteaandwater.

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7.Tickoneboxtoshowwhereadashshouldbeinsertedintothesentencebelow.Thecoachwasfullbutnobodywantedtobeleftbehindtodaygoingtothezoowastoomuchfun.

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8.Completethesentencebelow,usingthesimplepasttenseoftheverbsintheboxes.

He________________thesaladI________________.They_____________________abottleofapplejuice.

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eat grow

bring

Wehad_____excitingday.

Hehad_____bestidea.

Thatwas_____goodplan.

a

an

the

soeventhoughwhen

GrammarandPunctuationQuiz31.Matchthesuffixestotherootwordstocreatefournewwords.

RootwordsSuffixes

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2.Insertthemissingfullstopsandcapitallettersintothepassagebelowtomaketwocorrectsentences.themenlookedatpeterandfrownedhewasn’tsupposedtobebackuntilsunday

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3.Ticktoshowwhethertheunderlinedpartofthesentenceisamainclauseorasubordinateclause.

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4.Circlebothadverbsinthesentencebelow.Thefriendlymankindlyhelpedmetounpackandhehelpedmyfriendtoo.

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5.Tickthesentenceswhicharewritteninformallanguage.

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Hermateshadallarrivedmuchearlier.

Thevehiclearrivedpromptlytocollectthem.

She’dforgottenallaboutthemeeting.

Compensationforthedelaywasprovided.

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6.Replacetheunderlinedwordorwordsineachsentencewiththecorrectpossessivepronoun.Thisisownedbymydad.Itis_______________.Thosebelongtoyou.Theyare_______________.Thatbelongstomyparents.Thatis_______________.

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7.Whichsentenceusesadashcorrectly?

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Jocouldsmell–smokethetoastwasburning.

Jocouldsmellsmoke–thetoastwasburning.

Jocouldsmellsmokethetoastwas–burning.

Jocould–smellsmokethetoastwasburning.

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8.Tickoneboxineachrowtoshowthewordclassoftheunderlinedword.

Sentence

Adverb

Verb

Adjective

MrBrownhasalreadyleft.

Hepackedhisreadingbook.

Shewantedtoreadthemenu.

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Sentence

Mainclau

se

Subo

rdinate

clau

se

Asitwasgettingdark,Joranhome.

Amy,whowasnine,wontherace.

Thethiefranwhenthealarmrang.

depart

aware

speech

ness

ful

ment

dread less

GrammarandPunctuationQuiz41.Matcheachsentencetothemostlikelyendpunctuation.

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2.Circlealltheverbsinthesentencebelow.Theexhaustedwomangrabbedherbagandtriedtocatchthetrain.

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3.Matcheachwordtoitssynonym.

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4.Tickoneboxineachrowtoshowhowthecommasareusedinthesentencesbelow.

Sentence

tosep

arate

clau

ses

tosep

arate

itemsinalist

OnTuesdays,ifitisn’training,wegoforawalkinthelocalwoods.

Shespottedalong,greensnakeslitheringintoabush.

Thesnowmanwaswearingahat,scarf,glovesandcoat.

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5.Whichsentencecontainstwoadjectives?

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Thedogjumpedandrantowardstheball.

Everyonefelthotandsweatyafterrunning.

Themanboughtasandwichandadrink.

Theyranhappilyandexcitedlytotheshop.

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6.Tickoneboxineachrowtoshowhowthemodalverbaffectsthemeaningofthesentence.

Sentence

Mod

alverb

indicates

certainty

Mod

alverb

indicates

possibility

Thedogmightbeoutside.

Theywillwatchthematch.

Wemustpaythemsoon.

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7.Completethesentencebelowwithanappropriatesubordinatingconjunction.

Everyonehadtoworktogethertocarrythebookcase

________________itwasverylargeandheavy.

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8.Whichsentenceuseshyphenscorrectly?

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Thewellknownactormadeasugar-free-cake.

Thewellknown-actormadeasugar-freecake.

Thewell-knownactormadeasugar-freecake.

Thewell-known-actormadeasugar-free-cake.

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curved

livid

tragic

disastrous

corrupt

arched

dishonest

furious

Whathetrieddidnotwork

Whatamessthatis

Whatareyoudoingthatfor

?

!

.

GrammarandPunctuationQuiz51.Circletheconjunctionineachsentencebelow.Whenthebellrang,theyallwalkedoutside.Themanhadanapashewastiredafterdinner.Everyonewalkedhomebeforeitgotdark.

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2.Underlinethesubordinateclauseineachsentencebelow.Althoughitwassunny,itwasquitecooloutside.Theman,whohadcurlyhair,wavedoutthewindow.Theyracedroundthefieldbeforelyingintheshade.

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3.Tickoneboxineachrowtoshowwhethertheunderlinedwordisanadjectiveoranadverb.

Sentence

Adjective

Adverb

Thegirlswereallveryfriendly.

Hestoodupandscowledangrily.

Sheleftearlierbutwillbeback.

ItwasquiteaneasyraceforJoe.

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4.Circlethemostsuitablerelativepronountocompletethesentence.Heshowedmethemedal______________wasgoing

tobeawardedtothewinner.whowhatthatwhose

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5.Whatdoestherootnovmeaninthewordsbelow?noveltynoviceinnovate

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toy

new

never

think

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6.Whichsentenceusesbracketscorrectly?

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Thecameras(alltenofthem)hadbeenbroken.

Thecamerasalltenofthem(hadbeenbroken).

Thecameras(allten)ofthemhadbeenbroken.

The(camerasallten)ofthemhadbeenbroken.

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7.Tickoneboxtoshowwhereacolonshouldbeinsertedintothesentencebelow.Itwasnearlytimetogohewasgettinghungry.

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8.Tickoneboxineachrowtoshowwhetherthesentenceiswritteninthepastprogressiveorpresentprogressivetense.

Sentence Past

prog

ressive

Presen

tprog

ressive

Weareallhopingtogettickets.

Thedogswerechasingaball.

Thenewteacherisarrivinglater.

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GrammarandPunctuationQuiz61.Circlealltheprepositionsinthesentencebelow.Inourschool,allthechildrensitonthefloorduringassembly.

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2.Completethesentencebelow,usingthesimplepresenttenseoftheverbsintheboxes.Ialways_______________thatI________________

ontimewhenI________________myalarm.

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3.Ticktoshowwhethertheunderlinedwordisacoordinatingorasubordinatingconjunction.

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4.Whichsentenceispunctuatedcorrectly?

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“Whatisthat?”whisperedMatthew.

“Whatisthat”?whisperedMatthew.

“Whatisthat?whispered”Matthew.

“Whatisthat,”whisperedMatthew.

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5.Writethecorrectlabelineachbox.

Earlier,theyfedtheexcitedanimals.

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6.Whichsentenceusesthesemi-coloncorrectly?

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Everyone;wastireditwasnearlyteno’clock.

Everyonewastireditwas;nearlyteno’clock.

Everyonewastireditwasnearly;teno’clock.

Everyonewastired;itwasnearlyteno’clock.

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7.Matcheachwordtoitsantonym.

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8.Ticktheoptionwhichshowshowtheunderlinedwordsinthesentencebelowareused.Alloftheexcitedchildrenclamberedontothecoach.

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asafrontedadverbial

asasubordinateclause

asanounphrase

asamainclause

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Sentence

Coordina

ting

conjun

ction

Subo

rdinating

conjun

ction

Heshoutedbutnooneheardhim.

Shehidwhilsttheyarguedoutside.

Iateapplesandgrapesforlunch.

VerbA

AdjectiveB

AdverbD

NounC

gentle

appealing

colossal

repulsive

tiny

disturbed

tranquil

harsh

found left

set

GrammarandPunctuationQuiz71.Whichsentencecontainstwonouns?

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Thebravegirlscrepttowardsthelion.

Allofthechildrenarguedandcomplained.

Theelephant’slong,greytrunksprayedwater.

Suddenly,thedoorslammedshutloudly.

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2.Circlethewordsthatshowthetenseinthesentencesbelow.

Theyalltriedreallyhardtohaveagoodday.

Wearealltiredofwaitingaroundforourturn.

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3.Insertthemissinginvertedcommas.

She’snearlyhere,heannounced.Let’sgo!

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4.Tickoneboxineachrowtoshowwhetherthecommasareusedcorrectlyinthesentencesbelow.

Sentence

Commasused

correctly

Commasused

incorrectly

Themen,whoallhadcurlyhair,weredressedupasclowns.

Hecollectedhispencil,rubber,penandrulerandlefttheroom.

Meenalikedreading,dancing,playingtennis,androckclimbing.

Later,shewalked,totheparknearherhouse.

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5.WhichsentenceiswritteninStandardEnglish?

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Everyonewerefedupwiththerainyweather.

Hewasontimebutwewasabitlate.

Theyshouldhavewaitedformetoarrive.

Iwalkedintotownanddonetheshopping.

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6.Circlebothadjectivesinthesentencebelow.Beforetheyhadlunch,thechildrengatheredatthelocalparktoplayaquickgameoffootball.

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7.Matchtheprefixestotherootwordstocreatefournewwords.

PrefixesRootwords

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8.Replacetheunderlinedwordorwordswiththecorrectpronouns.

MissHailes’parentslivedinIrelandsointhesummerholidaysMissHailesusuallywenttoseeherparents.

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pre

anti

under

social

heat

standard

sub

cut

GrammarandPunctuationQuiz81.Tickbothsentenceswhichmustendwithaquestionmark.

Ticktwo

Whathedidwasreallyincredible

Whoeverfinishesfirstwillgetaprize

Iwon’tarriveintime,willI

Whentheyleft,theylockedthedoor

Whodecidedthatwasagoodidea

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2.Circlebothconjunctionsinthesentencebelow.

Despitetheweatherforecastpredictingastorm,themantookhisboatoutforafewhoursashewasonholiday.

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3.Completethesentencewithanappropriateadverb.

Hesatdownatthedesk____________________.

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4.Completethepassagewithadjectivesderivedfromthenounsinbrackets.Onehasbeendoneforyou.

Theschooltriptothe___historic___[history]town

wasquite_____________[expense]butitreallywasa

_____________[magic]experience.

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5.Ticktwoboxestoshowwheredashesshouldbeinsertedintothesentencebelow.Shewentintothecaféandorderedahot

drinkcoffeewithfrothymilkandasandwich.

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6.Tickoneboxineachrowtoshowwhetherthesentenceiswritteninthepastperfectorpresentperfecttense.

Sentence Past

perfect

Presen

tpe

rfect

Theyhaddoneallthecleaning.

KimandIhavefinishedthework.

Everyonehaseatentheirlunch.

Someonehadbrokenthedoor.

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7.Correctlycompletethesentencebelowbyinsertingarelativepronoun.

ItwasverywetsoBen,____________hadlefthiscoatathome,decidedtostandunderthetrees.

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8.Changethefollowingquestiontoastatement.Donotuseanyadditionalwords.Punctuateyoursentencecorrectly.Canyouhelpme?____________________________________________

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GrammarandPunctuationQuiz91.Matcheachsentencetothesentencetype.

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2.Circleboththedeterminersinthesentencebelow.

Unfortunately,somepupilswon’tbeabletoattendtheconcertlatertoday.

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3.Whichsentenceuseshyphenscorrectly?

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Theten-year-oldgirlwonfirstprize.

Theten-year-old-girlwonfirstprize.

Thetenyear-old-girlwonfirstprize.

Theten-yearoldgirlwonfirst-prize.

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4.Underlinethesubjectineachsentencebelow.

Meganspentoveranhourhooveringthecarpet.

Usually,Liambuysanewspaperfromhislocalshop.

Lastweek,theteamwonalloftheirmatches.

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5.Completeeachsentencebelowwithadifferentpossessivepronoun.

Thatcaris________________________.

Thosebagsare________________________.

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6.Tickoneboxineachrowtoshowhowthemodalverbaffectsthemeaningofthesentence.

Sentence

Mod

alverb

indicates

certainty

Mod

alverb

indicates

possibility

MrGrayshouldbeontime.

Youmustwashthecups.

Theycanwalkintotown.

Ishallfinishbeforedinner.

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7.Tickoneboxtoshowwhereasemi-colonshouldbeinsertedintothesentencebelow.Everyoneintheraceranasfastastheypossiblycouldnobodywantedtomissoutontheprize!

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8.Addaprefixtoeachoftheserootwordstoformitsantonym.

_________correct __________logical

__________aware __________mortal

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Helphimtotidyup

Ineedhelptotidyup

Ican’thelptidyup,canyou

Command

Exclamation

Statement

Whatatidyroomitis

Question

GrammarandPunctuationQuiz101.Tickbothsentencesthatmustendwithaquestionmark.

Ticktwo

Leavenoworyouwillbelate

Iamnearlyfinished,areyou

Whatagoodideathatwas

Whatshouldwedotomorrow

Iwonderwhatwewilldolater

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2.Underlinetherelativeclauseineachsentence.

Thebirds,whichwereallsinging,flewupintotheair.

Iwasinalongqueuebehindamanwholookedfedup.

Thelorryspedoverapotholethatwasfullofwater.

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3.Circlethewordsthatshowthetenseinthesentencesbelow.

Theboysarehappybecauseitistimefordinner.

Itreallywasaverydarknightsohewatchedthestarsinthesky.

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4.Circlethewordinthepassagethatcontainsanapostropheforpossession.Theclocksaysthreeo’clocksoit’stimetopackup.I’llcollectupeveryone’sworkandthen,whenyou’reallreadytogo,wecanleave.

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5.Tickoneboxineachrowtoshowthewordclassoftheunderlinedword.

Sentence

Nou

n

Adverb

Adjective

Sarahhadthebestidea.

Iboughtthefriendlydogabone.

Ididn’tunderstandhispoint.

WewerelatesoIdrovefast.

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6.Addasuffixtoeachnountochangeittoanadjective.Onehasbeendoneforyou.

cost____ly_____ danger__________

mess__________ accident__________

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7.Tickthesentencethatiswritteninthepassivevoice.

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Everyonesangthenationalanthem.

Someonenearlyscoredagoal.

Theballwascaughtbythegoalie.

Therefereeblewhiswhistleloudly.

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8.LabeltheboxeswithV(verb),S(subject)andO(object)toshowthepartsofthesentence.

Yesterday,hecollectedoverthirtystickers.

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