SPaG quiz 1

Which of these uses dance as a verb?

• Are you going to the dance show tomorrow?

• How well you can dance!

• You can do all the popular dances.

• The only dance he knows how to do is the twist.

What do we call the part of the sentence that is in capital letter?

SAM RAN FAST, but he still missed the bus.

• Subordinate clause

• Relative clause

• Main clause

• Expanded noun phrase

Which sentence must NOT end with an exclamation mark?

• I almost jumped out of my skin

• What a scary film that was

• Was the start scary

• How brilliant

Which of these are relative pronouns? Select all that apply

• Which

• That

• However

• Whom

Until, since, if, whereas, although, because and after are all types of what?

• Subordinate clauses

• Pronouns

• Coordinating conjunctions

• Subordinating conjunctions

What is the conjunction in this sentence?

Unless you work hard, you will not see the rewards.

• You

• Unless

• See

Jack and his friends , ............................................................. , were walking to the park.

Which relative clause would fit in here (and is punctuated correctly)?

• Sarah, Liam and Tom

• who are 8 years old

• Who are late for dinner

• were excited

Add a modal verb into this sentence to make it correct:

Sam saw it was raining, so he knew that he ................... need an umbrella.

Which of these is a statement?

• How do you ride a horse

• Watch the horse carefully

• Horses are measured in hands

• What do horses eat

After washing his hair Dave got in his car turned on the engine and drove off to his night out.

Which of these shows the correct use of commas that should be in this sentence?

• After washing his hair, Dave got out of his car, turned on the engine and drove off to his night out.

• After, washing his hair, Dave got out of his car, turned on the engine and drove off to his night out.

• After washing his hair, Dave, got in his car, turned on the engine, and drove off to his night out