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11+ English Practice Paper: total marks

Grammar and Punctuation: Test 4

1. What type of sentence is the following? Tick one
Early one morning, Natasha went for a jog by the beach. 1 mark

Simple
Compound
Complex

2. What is the relative clause in the sentence below? Tick one.

The fastest man alive, Usain Bolt, who is a professional runner, has won eight 1 mark

gold medals at the Olympics.

The fastest man alive

who is a professional runner
has won eight gold medals
at the Olympics

3. Tick the sentences that contain a modal verb.

1 mark
I like cake because it tastes nice.
We might go on holiday to Spain during half term.
You must finish your work before you go out to play.
The plane to Alicante will take off at 8.30 pm.

4. Which of the following phrases is written in the present progressive? Tick one.
1 mark
was eating
is eating
has eaten
will eat

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5. Write the contracted form of the words in brackets in the paragraph below. The
first has been done for you. 1 mark

Jamie (was not) feeling very well. He (could not) go

to school so (he would) have to say at home. His mum said,
“(I will) ring school to let them know.”

6. Tick the exclamation sentences below.

1 mark

How did it get so cold

How cold it is
What a lovely idea
What was the idea

7. Place a semi-colon in the correct place in the sentence below.

1 mark

The tiger was feeling hungry it was time to go hunting

8. Tick the boxes that show where the inverted commas should be placed. 1 mark

The witch looked at her sisters , when shall we three meet again?

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11+ English Practice Paper: Grammar and Punctuation: Test 4 Answers

Question Answer Answer

couldn’t
1 Simple 5 he’d
I’ll

who is a professional How cold it is

2 6
runner What a lovely idea

We might go on holiday to
Spain during half term.

You must finish your work

3 7 The tiger was feeling hungry; it was time to go hunting
before you go out to play.

The plane to Alicante will

take off at 8.30 pm.

4 is eating 8 The witch looked at her sisters , when shall we three meet again?