Grammar

For items 23 and 24, in which sentences are capital letters correctly used?

• We read an extract from 'Sixty-Five' by v.s Reid.

• We read an extract from 'sixty-five' by V.S. Reid.

• We read an extract from 'Sixty-Five' by V.S. Reid.

• We read an extract from 'Sixty-Five' by V.S. reid.

For items 23 and 24, in which sentences are capital letters correctly used?

• My sister tara is studying English and Spanish at university.

• My sister Tara is studying English and Spanish at university.

• My sister Tara is studying english and spanish at university.

• My sister Tara is Studying English and Spanish at university.

In items 25 and 26, in which sentence is the apostrophe correctly used?

• They werent' listening to me.

• They wer'ent listening to me.

• They weren't listening to me.

• They were'nt listening to me.

In items 25 and 26, in which sentence is the apostrophe correctly used?

• The childrens' mother was vexed with them.

• The childre'ns mother was vexed with them.

• The child'rens mother was vexed with them.

• The children's mother was vexed with them.

What part of speech is the underlined word in items 27 and 28?

It was too wet to play outside.

• preposition

• adverb

• conjunction

• adjective

What part of speech is the underlined word in items 27 and 28?

The dog chased the cat across the road.

• verb

• pronoun

• adjective

• preposition

Which word is a pronoun in item 29?

The teacher asked if the bag was mine.

• asked

• if

• mine

• teacher

Which word is a conjunction in item 30?

The plane will not arrive until after midnight.

• until

• after

• plane

• midnight

In which sentence in item 31 is the word 'fine' used as a noun?

• It was a fine day yesterday.

• My car is working fine now.

• Paul had a speeding fine last week.

• There was a fine layer of dust on the table.

In items 32 and 33 which sentence means the same as the one which is underlined?

The match was postponed because of the bad weather.

• The weather was bad so the match was cancelled.

• The match continued even though the weather was bad.

• Because the weather was bad the match was played later.

• The players refused to play because the weather was bad.