Year 5 SPAG Test 1 September 2020

Choose the sentence that uses an apostrophe to show possession.

• Don't go out there!

• Sunil’s going swimming today.

• The cat’s stuck in the tree.

• Harry hid Asha’s pencil case.

Choose the correct verb form to complete this sentence:

She …..…….. always the first to offer help.

• were

• was

• being

• be

Choose the correct verb form to complete this sentence:

I ………. my homework before I played outside.

• done

• write

• did

• didn't

Choose the sentence that has an expanded noun phrase in it.

• I love playing outside.

• After a few hours, Ahmed woke up.

• "Stop doing that!" shouted Giles.

• The large, tabby cat with sharp claws hissed viciously.

Choose a pronoun to replace the underlined words in this sentence: Yesterday, Annie visited her friends and her friends were happy.

• you

• they

• us

• I

Choose the sentence that has a fronted adverbial.

• I'd never seen a flying rabbit before.

• What an awful day it had been!

• As the sun came up, the birds began to sing.

• It was a cold, windy and spooky day in Tinsel Town.

Choose the question that is punctuated correctly.

• Elle whispered “he’s coming this way.”

• Elle whispered, “He’s coming this way.”

• “Elle whispered, he’s coming this way.”

• Elle whispered, “He’s coming this way”.

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

Watch out for that car!

• noun

• determiner

• adverb

• adjective

Choose the word below that is a possessive pronoun.

• Sarah's

• They

• Mine

• You

What type of word is 'James'?

My pet hamster is called James.

• adjective

• noun

• adverb

• verb