Practice Set 1: Literacy Essentials CAA book

Which words finish the sentence accurately?

At my house _ _ not allowed to have a phone in the bedroom.

• i am

• I am

• I'm not

• I cannot

Answer explanation

Whenever you write the word I it must be a capital letter.

Which full stop and capital letter creates two accurate sentences?

I'm having dinner at Gran's tonight she's cooking spaghetti.

• tonight. She's

• dinner. At

• cooking. Spaghetti

Answer explanation

Putting the full stop here accurately creates two sentences. Two separate ideas. Where the speaker is having dinner (1) and what they will be eating (2).

Select the best comma placement.

• Mikaere packed, a sleeping bag two pairs of socks and a torch.

• Mikaere packed a sleeping bag, two pairs of socks and a torch.

• Mikaere packed a sleeping bag two pairs of socks and, a torch.

• Mikaere packed a sleeping bag two pairs of socks, and a torch.

Answer explanation

The comma should be placed after 'socks' to separate the items in the list correctly. Whenever you write a list, use commas to break it up until you use the word AND.

What punctuation is needed to finish the sentence accurately?

'Are you going to work now_

• .

• ,

• ?

• ?'

Answer explanation

This is a question so you must use a question mark (?) but it also has a quotation mark (') so you need to include that also.

Select the correct punctuation for DIRECT SPEECH.

• 'We're heading out now, called Mum.

• 'We're heading out now' called Mum.

• We're heading out now,' called Mum.

• 'We're heading out now,' called Mum.

Answer explanation

The 'mum' in this sentence is speaking. She says 'We're heading out now' so this portion of the sentence must be in quotation marks. The remainder of the sentence is describing how she says it and who says it.

Examples:

'I want to go to the beach!' sighed Mike.

Tui shouted 'Let's play Minecraft!'

Indirect speech = Martin asked to go home early.

Possession: select the correct word to complete the sentence accurately.

Six _ coats were left at school yesterday.

• childrens

• children's

• childrens'

• child'rens

Answer explanation

Adding an apostrophe and the letter S always shows possession. You DO NOT use it to show plural / many.

Possession Example:

This is Jessica's school bag.

Plural Example:

There are four different school BAGS on the ground outside.

(a)   going to be sunny today.

• It's
• Its
• Its'
• it's

(a)   a long walk home if you miss the bus.

• Its
• Its'
• it's
• It's

Answer explanation

An apostrophe is also used when there is a CONTRACTION. This is when we push two words together.

Examples:

Can't = cannot

Don't = do not

I'm = I am

Put the sentences in the best order.

• Everyone is responsible for looking after the environment.

• At our school the students are asked to keep everywhere clean.

• They are usually good at putting their own litter in the bin.

• They also enjoy playing in a clean playground.

Answer explanation

The topic sentence refers to everyone, and the following three sentences provide specific details about the writer's school.

The word 'also' is a clue that it comes after some other information.