Self-editing the build-up of 'A Kind of Spark' | Starter Quiz | Oak National Academy

What language feature is shown in the following sentence? 'When Miss Murphy slammed the door, Addie shuddered.'

• relative complex sentence

• fronted adverbial of place

• fronted adverbial of time

• adverbial complex sentence

Answer explanation

We use a wide range of language features to keep our reader engaged and to allow us to express any idea we have clearly.

What punctuation is missing from the following sentence? 'With a smirk Emily watched Addie from across the room.'

• a full stop

• a colon

• a comma

• a hyphen

Answer explanation

Fronted adverbials are always followed by a comma.

What punctuation is missing from the following sentence? 'Addie wiped her tear stained face with her hands.'

• comma

• hyphen

• full stop

• semi-colon

Answer explanation

A hyphen is used to join two words to create a compound adjective. 'Tear' and 'stained' can be joined with a hyphen like this: 'tear-stained'.

Why has a colon been used in the following sentence? 'There was a pile of crumpled tissues next to her: she had been sobbing for what felt like hours.'

• to introduce a list

• to introduce a question

• to introduce an explanation

• to follow an explanation

Answer explanation

When we're using a colon to introduce an explanation, the words on either side of the colon must be capable of being a complete sentence.

Which of these sentences is correctly punctuated?

• The room is too small; Addie feels overwhelmed.

• The room is too small, Addie feels overwhelmed.

• The room is too small: Addie feels overwhelmed.

• The room is too small Addie feels overwhelmed.

Answer explanation

A semi-colon can be used to connect two complete sentences.

Which of these sentences is correctly punctuated?

• "You have a disease" Sneered Emily.

• "You have a disease" sneered Emily.

• "You have a disease," sneered Emily.

• "You have a disease", sneered Emily.

Answer explanation

There is always some punctuation before the closing inverted commas. The direct speech starts with a capital letter.