SPAG 1

Which sentence uses a possessive apostrophe accurately?

• Taylors dog's are very noisy.

• Taylor's dogs are very noisy.

• Taylor's dog's are very noisy.

Select the fronted adverbial:

Cautiously, she slowly pushed open the door.

• Cautiously

• slowly

• pushed

• door

Which sentence has the correct punctuation for direct speech?

• "Shh" whispered Dad "We are trying to listen"

• "Shh, whispered Dad, we are trying to listen"

• "Shh whispered Dad We are trying to listen"

• "Shh," whispered Dad. "We are trying to listen."

Read this sentence. Which pair of possessive pronouns would fill the spaces?

Roger took the map from _____ pocket. _____ was crumpled and wet.

• her / It

• their / They

• his / It

Which word fills the gap correctly?

There are no seats anywhere. We should ____ come earlier.

• of

• have

Which sentence uses punctuation correctly? Tick one.

• After a long chilly spring we are finally experiencing some warmer weather.

• After, a long chilly spring, we are finally experiencing some warmer weather.

• After a long chilly spring, we are finally experiencing some warmer weather.

• after a long chilly spring, we are finally experiencing some warmer weather

Select the determiners in the sentence below. Choose two.

The Christmas tree in the marketplace gets bigger every year.

• The

• in

• every

• year

Which sentence uses Standard English?

• We was all really excited about our holiday.

• We is all really excited about our holiday.

• We are all really excited about our holiday.

Tick all of the adverbs.

• cheerfully

• red

• wickedly

• rarely

Choose the correct spelling of the word that fits into this sentence.

Quiet/Quite/Quit Year 4, this spelling test is very important.

• Quiet

• Quite

• Quit