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KEY STAGE

2

LEVELS

3–5

English tests

Test 7

Grammar, punctuation

and spelling

Paper 1: short answer questions

First name

Middle name

Last name

Date of birth

School name

DfE number

Day

Month

Year

Date

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Please do not write on this page.

Instructions

Questions and answers

In this booklet your grammar, vocabulary and punctuation are tested.

There are different types of question for you to answer in different ways.

The space for your answer shows you what type of answer is needed,

including:

• Multiple-choice answers: for some questions you do not need to do any

writing. Tick, draw lines to, or put a circle around your answers. Read the

instructions carefully so that you know how to answer the question.

• Short answers: some questions have a line or box for your answer. This

shows that you need to write a word, phrase or sentence.

Marks

The number under each line at the side of the page tells you the maximum

number of marks for each question.

Please wait until you are told to start work on page 4. Work through the

booklet until you are asked to stop.

You will have 45 minutes to answer the questions in this booklet.

1. Circle the most suitable connective to complete the sentence below.

_______DESPITE___________ the snow outside, she insists on wearing shorts. however because despite yet 1 mark 2. Tick one word to complete the sentence below so that it is grammatically correct. The little girl _______ATE__________ her cake hungrily.

1 mark

3. Complete the sentences below using either I or me.

___I__ am going to the shops with John. My mother offered to drive John and ___ME_____ to

Egham. Later, John and _______I_______ caught the bus home.

1 mark

4. On Monday, Linda had to drive all the way to Liverpool by 7am. a) Circle the three words in the sentence above that should start with a capital letter. b) For one of the words you identified above, explain why it needs a capital letter. Word chosen ____________________ NAME OF A PERSON/DAY/CITY PROPER NOUN

2 marks

Tick one.

eat

eated

ate

ated

5. Each of the sentences below is missing a verb.

Draw a line to match each sentence with the correct verb. One has been done for you.

SENTENCE VERB

Jennifer and Sally ________ best

friends.

is

The dog __________ barking very

loudly.

are

She _______ lived in this area for

a long time.

has

I __________ cut my finger and it

is bleeding.

have

1 mark

6. Tick one box to show where the missing question mark should go.

''How long does it takes to get to London '' ,asked the tourist. 1 mark

1 mark

7. Change the question in the table below into a command. Write the command in the box.

QUESTION COMMAND

Can you tell me where the

bus stop is? WHERE IS THE BUS STOP?

1 mark

8. Draw lines to match the sentences/words with their most likely final punctuation.

Use each punctuation mark once.

Sentence punctuation

Stop doing that !

How much is that dress .

Last week, we went shopping in Woking

? 1 mark

9. Write a connective from the boxes in each space to complete the sentences.

Use each word once.

however but although

She said the book was blue, _____BUT_____ I think that it's green._______HOWEVER_____ in

the daylight I could see that she was correct ____ALTHOUGH___ I was not going to admit it!

1 mark

10. When Lucy looked out of the dirty window, she could see the blustering wind whipping through

the trees.

Put a tick in each row to show whether each underlined word is a noun

or an adjective.

Word from the sentence Noun Adjective

trees

blustering

window

1 mark

11. Which pair of pronouns is best to complete the sentence below?

The teacher looked at Lucy and said to ________ “Where is your diary?” Lucy replied that

_________ had left it at home.

1 mark

12. Find one word that can complete both sentences below.

Write the word in the box.

On Monday, all the children were

Last Christmas, my favourite was my Kindle.

1 mark

13. Which sentence uses the correct plural.

Tick one

Snow White lived with seven dwarfs.

She laid the table with knifes, forks and spoons.

The leaves covered the ground like a blanket.

A cat is meant to have 9 lifes.

1 mark

they them

us we

her she

them I

PRESENT

PRESENT

14. Which sentence contains two verbs?

Tick one

The rabbit hopped across the field quickly.

The dog barked all night long.

The cat clawed its owner then ran away.

1 mark

15. Which of the sentences below uses commas correctly?

Tick one

Last night I had a bad dream, but then my mum, gave me a

cuddle tucked me in and kissed me good night, and made

everything feel much better.

Last night, I had a bad dream but then, my mum gave me a

cuddle tucked me in and kissed me good night and made

everything, feel much better.

Last night, I had a bad dream but then my mum gave me a

cuddle, tucked me in and kissed me good night and made

everything feel much better.

Last night I had a bad dream, but then my mum, gave me a

cuddle, tucked me in and kissed me good night and made

everything feel much better.

1 mark

16. Circle all the adverbs in the sentences below.

Beth was always well behaved in class, she moved slowly and spoke

quietly.

1 mark

17. You are looking over your work and decide to replace the word ‘old’ in

the sentence below.

The castle was old.

Choose another word with a similar meaning and write it in the box.

1 mark

18. Which of these sentences is punctuated correctly?

Tick one

I cleaned the dog oh boy (he stunk) and then dried him and put

him to bed.

I cleaned the dog oh boy he stunk (and then dried) him and put

him to bed.

I cleaned the dog (oh boy he stunk) and then dried him and put

him to bed.

I cleaned the dog oh boy he stunk and then dried him (and put

him to bed).

1 mark

19. Put a tick in each row to show whether the word is a noun or a verb.

One has been done for you.

Noun Verb

listen

wall

grow

paper

1 mark

20. Look at the passage below. Change all the verbs from the past tense to the present tense.

One has been done for you.

My mum’s alarm clock woke me at 6am.

I rolled over in my bed and went back to sleep.

Ten minutes later, my mum came in and shook me awake.

Opening one eye slowly I said, “Surely it’s not time to get up yet?”

2 marks

21. Circle all the adjectives in the sentence below.

The rowdy children were seated at the back of the vast hall.

1 mark

wakes

22. Insert three commas in the correct places in the sentence below.

I will need to buy a pair of swim shorts some goggles a towel arm bands and a

waterproof wallet.

1 mark

23. Circle all the nouns in the sentence below.

The ice covered the lake as day became night.

1 mark

24. Which of these two sentences are statements?

Tick

two.

Where is the aquarium?

Fish live underwater.

Stop touching the glass.

How do fish breathe?

Lunch is served in the café.

1 mark

25. Put one letter in each box to show the word class.

Hurriedly, the grey rabbit left the cage.

1 mark

26. Tick the words that mean the opposite of:

minimal

Tick

one.

difficult, tough

small, minor

maximum, full

change, alter

1 mark

adverb

D

adjective

C

verb

B

noun

A

27. Circle the correct form of the verb in brackets to complete each sentence.

(was / were)

The children _____________ tired.

(go / goes)

Harvey _____________ to football on Monday nights.

(walk / walks)

My Mum and Dad _____________ the dog during the day.

1 mark

28. Write a different adverb in each space below to help describe what Anthony did.

Anthony ran through the field __________________ and tiptoed through the garden

__________________.

1 mark

29. Put a tick in each row to show whether the main clause or the subordinate clause

is in bold.

One has been done for you.

Main

clause

Subordinate

clause

My dad, who is thirty-eight, likes to

read the paper.

The sandwich was delicious because

it had extra onions on it.

Although it was Tuesday, the bins

weren’t collected.

The dog, which was black and white,

chased after the ginger cat.

1 mark

30. Insert the capital letters and full stops in the passage below.

One has been done for you.

T

the mouse scuttled quietly through the overgrown field when the sun

finally rose, he knew it was monday morning

1 mark

31. A prefix is a letter or a group of letters added to the beginning of a word to make a

new word.

For example unhappy

Put a prefix at the beginning of each word to make it mean the opposite.

________available

________appeared

________polite 1 mark

32. Insert the missing inverted commas in the sentence below.

If you head west from Ireland, said the tour guide, You’ll eventually get

to America.

1 mark

33. Which ending would make this word an adverb?

poor

Tick

one.

poorer

poorly

poorness

poorest

1 mark

34. Put a tick to show whether the apostrophe in each sentence is used from omission

or possession.

Apostrophe

for omission

Apostrophe

for

possession

Don’t stare at the sun.

Anwar’s sandwich looks tasty.

Carl’s the quietest boy in class.

1 mark

35. Write a contraction to replace the underlined words in each sentence below.

a) How are the children getting to the theme park?

______________ the children getting to the theme park?

b) Oliver could not eat another bite of his dinner.

Oliver ______________ eat another bite of his dinner. 2 marks

36. Circle the preposition in the sentence below.

It was after noon that the TV was fixed.

1 mark

37. Put a tick in each row to show whether the underlined part of the sentence is a

phrase or a clause.

Phrase Clause

We have light because of the sun.

The light travels for miles through the

deep dark space.

The big moon reflects the sun’s light at

night-time.

We’ve learnt lots about space this

year.

2 marks

38. Circle the article in each sentence below.

When the dog ran, it was tired.

They saw an enormous elephant.

Eating a banana can keep you healthy. 1 mark

39. Which word is closest in meaning to ‘launched’ in the sentence below?

Claudia launched the ball.

Tick

one.

caught

threw

held

rolled

1 mark

40. Correct the homophones in this sentence.

Won fine day when the son was shining weigh up in the sky, a pear of

hairs came hopping buy.

2 marks

41. Write an antonym for each of these words.

Word Antonym

strong

first

day

out

2 marks

42. Make complex sentences from two simple sentences.

One has been done for you:

My brother is not popular with the neighbours. My brother scares the postman away.

My brother, who scares the postman away, is not popular with the neighbours.

The weather in Brussels has been terrible lately. The weather is starting to get worse.

___________________________________________________________________________________

The table is only small. The table cannot support the weight of 25 children.

2 marks

43. Circle the prepositions in the following sentences.

I fell asleep during the film!

I found the book behind the sofa.

Jon put his books in his tray.

1 mark