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SPaG Assessment 1

1 Write the contracted form of the words below:

They are

2 What is the word class of the underlined word in the sentence below?

I walked into a lamppost.

noun verb
adverb adjective
preposition conjunction

3 Match the sentence with the correct sentence type.

What time is it? command

How late it has got! statement

Answer my question. question

It is very late. exclamation

4 Write out the conjunction in the sentence below.

We tried to score but the ball went wide.

5 Which two words show the tense in the sentence below?

He ate an ice cream but a seagull stole it from him.

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 6 Why do each of these words in this sentence need a capital letter?

In September, Lei and I are travelling to Dubai.

In People’s names need to start with a capital letter.

September Names of places need to start with a capital letter.
Lei Months need to start with a capital letter.

I You always start a sentence with a capital letter.

‘i’ on its own needs to be written with a capital
Dubai
letter.

7 What is the word class of the underlined word in the sentence below?

We often visit my grandma and quietly talk about the weather.

noun verb
adverb adjective
preposition conjunction

8 Which answer shows the whole subordinate clause from this sentence?

I wanted to go home because I was very tired.

I wanted to go home because I was very tired.

because
I was very tired
because I was very tired
I wanted to go home

9 Match the prefixes with the words to make four new words.

sub- behave
inter- glue
super- city

mis- way

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10 Replace the underlined word with the correct pronoun.

Sara enjoyed chatting too much so Sara got told off by her teacher.

11 Which sentence is a command?

The grass on the field is wet

Don’t go on the field today
I enjoy playing on the field
Can I go on the field today

12 Which of these answers contains the longest possible noun phrase from this
sentence?

The big brown bear was running very quickly towards me.

The big brown bear was running

The big brown bear
very quickly towards me.
brown
very quickly
The big brown bear was running very quickly towards me.

13 The underlined word is not correct in this sentence. Write out that word
correctly in Standard English.

They was singing in the choir after school yesterday.

14 Where does the apostrophe go in this sentence?

George had a car. It was Georges car.

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15 Which sentence uses tenses consistently?

We walked to school and arrived on time.

We walk to school and arrived on time.
We walked to school and arrives on time.
We walks to school and arrive on time.

16 Where should two commas be placed in the sentence below?

She has an old blue jumper a silk scarf thin cotton leggings and sparkly high heels.

17 Match each word from the sentence below with the correct word class.

We have a pretty picture.

We adjective
pretty verb

picture pronoun
have noun

18 What is the word class of the underlined word in the sentence below?

I went on the beach and I sat down in the sun.

noun verb
adverb adjective
preposition conjunction

19 Match each suffix with a root word to make four new words.

hope -ly
small -ment

equip -est
bold -ful

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20 Which two arrows show where the missing inverted commas should go?

What a beautiful day! exclaimed Monika.

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 Answers
1 Write the contracted form of the words below:

They are
They’re

2 What is the word class of the

underlined word in the sentence
below?
✓ preposition

I walked into a lamppost.

3 Match the sentence with the correct sentence type.

What time is it? command

How late it has got! statement

Answer my question. question

It is very late. exclamation

4 Write out the conjunction in the sentence below.

We tried to score but the ball went wide.

but

5 Which two words show the tense in the sentence below?

He ate an ice cream but a seagull stole it from him.

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 6 Why do each of these words in this sentence need a capital letter?

In September, Lei and I are travelling to Dubai.

In People’s names need to start with a capital letter.

September Names of places need to start with a capital letter.
Lei Months need to start with a capital letter.

I You always start a sentence with a capital letter.

‘i’ on its own needs to be written with a capital
Dubai
letter.

7 What is the word class of the

underlined word in the sentence
below? ✓ adverb

We often visit my grandma

and quietly talk about the
weather.

8 Which answer shows the whole

subordinate clause from this
sentence? ✓ because I was very tired
I wanted to go home because
I was very tired.

9 Match the prefixes with the words to make four new words.

sub- behave
inter- glue
super- city

mis- way

10 Replace the underlined word with the correct pronoun.

Sara enjoyed chatting too much so Sara got told off by her teacher.
she

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11 Which sentence is a command? ✓ Don’t go on the field today

12 Which of these answers contains

the longest possible noun phrase
from this sentence? ✓ The big brown bear

The big brown bear was

running very quickly towards
me.

13 The underlined word is not correct in this sentence. Write out that word
correctly in standard English.

They was singing in the choir after school yesterday.

were

14 Where does the apostrophe go in this sentence?

George had a car. It was Georges car.

15 Which sentence uses tenses ✓ We walked to school and arrived on

consistently?
time.

16 Where should two commas be placed in the sentence below?

She has an old blue jumper a silk scarf thin cotton leggings and sparkly high heels.

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17 Match each word from the sentence below with the correct word class.

We have a pretty picture.

We adjective
pretty verb

picture pronoun
have noun

18 What is the word class of the

underlined word in the sentence
below?
✓ conjunction

I went on the beach and I sat

down in the sun.

19 Match each suffix with a root word to make four new words.

hope -ly
small -ment

equip -est
bold -ful

20 Which two arrows show where the missing inverted commas should go?

What a beautiful day! exclaimed Monika.

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