English: Practice Question

What type of word is ‘Walruses’ in the following sentence? Walruses are known for their iconic tusks, which can grow up to one metre in length.

• proper noun

• common noun

• adjective

• determiner

• pronoun

In the sentence below, which of the words is an adjective? At the conference on Tuesday, an agreement was finally reached after some intense negotiations.

• finally

• Tuesday

• intense

• conference

• some

The sentence below contains either one spelling mistake or no spelling mistakes. Choose the group of words which contains the mistake. If there’s no mistake, choose ‘no mistake’. At the restaurant, the diners were enjoying a delitious meal cooked by a celebrity chef.

• At the restaurant,

• the diners were enjoying

• a delitious meal

• cooked by a celebrity chef.

• No mistake

The sentence below contains either one mistake involving punctuation or capital letters or no mistake. Choose the group of words which contains the mistake. If there’s no mistake, choose ‘No mistake’.

• He hadnt brought a map

• with him, so he had no

• idea where he was (or

• where he had to go).

• No mistake

Ben _______ sewing a pair of mittens for his nephew last week.

• start

• started

• starts

• starting

• will start

In the sentence below, which of the words is a co-ordinating conjunction? The strange letter for Leanne did not have an address on the envelope, nor did it have a stamp.

• nor

• for

• on

• not

• The

The sentence below contains either one spelling mistake or no spelling mistakes. Choose the group of words which contains the mistake. If there’s no mistake, choose ‘no mistake’.

• Mum said owning a dog

• is a big committment

• and I’m not ready

• for such a responsibility.

• No mistake

The sentence below contains either one mistake involving punctuation or capital letters or no mistake. Choose the group of words which contains the mistake. If there’s no mistake, choose ‘No mistake’.

• Today, the famous

• Lipizzaner horses perform

• at the Spanish Riding

• School Vienna, Austria).

• No mistake

Which is the onomatopoeic word in this sentence? The bangs of the rockstar’s drum entertained the gleeful crowd.

• crowd

• bangs

• drum

• rockstar’s

• gleeful

The sentence below contains a simile. Work out which group of words contains this technique and choose the correct group.

• My friend Evelyn’s new

• tortoise is a tiny button,

• but its green,

• hexagonal shell is

• as hard as stone.