SPaG

Which sentence uses an expanded noun phrase?

• I like the teacher because she is funny.

• I like the funny swimming teacher with the blue shorts.

What does the word 'it' refer to in the passage?

• me

• town

• hat

Rewrite the reported speech as Direct Speech:

Mum said we have got to wash our hands before dinner.

(a)  

Identify the possessive pronoun in the sentence below:

This isn't my litter, it's hers.

(a)  

Do the words indicate possession or plural in the words below?

Grandma's/Girls'

• Possession

• Plural

Do the words indicate possession or plural in the words below?

Houses/Cakes

• Possession

• Plural

Which punctuation mark is missing from the sentence?

• !

• ,

• .

• ?

Choose the sentence or sentences which do not use standard English correctly

• Why were you late?

• Why was they late?

• Why was you late?

Tick the sentence which opens with a fronted adverbial.

• If it keeps snowing, we are going to be stuck here for hours.

• You can read a magazine while you wait.

• We went to the cinema before we went bowling.

Add an apostrophe to the sentence to show Chloe owns the teddy:

"This shouldn't be on the toy stall! It's Chloes teddy!" exclaimed Mum.

(a)