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Year 6 GPS

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many of the following statements are formal?


Hospitals are generally regarded as excellent places in which to gain medical support.


Jimmy goes to see his granny every weekend as he thinks she’s amazing at baking yummy cakes!


Football club will commence again in the next few weeks.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

0

2.

What does the root dict mean in these words?

dictate

predict

edict

dictator

a)

Moving pictures

b)

In a group

c)

Say or speak

d)

Leader

3.

What is the subject in this sentence?

My mother baked a loaf of bread for lunch.

a)

lunch

b)

bread

c)

mother

d)

baked

4.

Which of these is not a determiner?

a)

an

b)

the

c)

that

d)

then

5.

Name the adverb in this sentence:

The well-stocked library was a place that my family and I regularly visited as we liked reading.

a)

reading

b)

well-stocked

c)

regularly

d)

place

6.

What is the work class of the underlined words:

The shoes are mine.

The home is ours.

The balloon was his.

a)

determiners

b)

relative pronouns

c)

possessive pronouns

d)

prepositions

7.

Place the semi-colon in the correct place within this sentence.

It was raining we didn’t end up completing our outdoor PE session

a)

After raining

b)

After up

c)

After completing

d)

After outdoor

8.

How many of the underlined words are prepositions?

During the show, the acrobats completed death-defying stunts.

The cottage was located beyond the stream.

Swimming gracefully underneath the sea, the mermaid chased the fish.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

0

9.

What is the name of the punctuation used either side of the words lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers in the sentence below?

My pet snail needs to eat a range of foods daily – lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers – to stay healthy.

a)

hyphen

b)

dash

c)

colon

d)

semi-colon

10.

My pet snail needs to eat a range of foods daily – lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers – to stay healthy.

What is the name of a different punctuation mark that could be used around 'lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers'?

a)

brackets

b)

inverted commas

c)

colons

d)

exclamation marks

11.
What is the action verb in the sentence?
My mother carried the platter.
a)
My
b)
mother
c)
carried
d)
platter
12.
The committee members met weekly to discuss the play.
a)
Adjective
b)
Adverb
13.
Which words need to be capitalised?
our holidays begin on the third friday in june.
a)
Our, Third, June
b)
Begin, Friday, June
c)
Our, Friday, June
d)
Holidays, Third, June
14.
Spell this word correctly.
Meaning: to do something sometimes
a)
ocassionally
b)
occassionnally
c)
ocasionally
d)
occasionally
15.
_________ Syamimie was grateful to Alisah for her help, she bought her a beautiful pen at Mr DIY.
a)
since
b)
although
c)
but
d)
why
16.
My mother will bring along ___________________ me _____________ my brother to the market.
a)
either, nor
b)
neither, or
c)
either, or
d)
although, nor
17.
Everyone _______ feeling sad when Cikgu Nadzrin gave his speech.
a)
were
b)
is
c)
are
d)
was
18.

Annisa _______her breakfast just now.

a)

has

b)

have

c)

having

d)

had

19.

Choose the correct sentences:

a)

He ordered a glasses of pineapple juice for his brother.

b)

The waiter brought a two glasses of milk.

c)

Amran made a few glass of watermelon juice

d)

James drank a glass of apple juice.

20.

Choose the incorrect sentence:

a)

The girl goes shopping and buys presents for himself.

b)

The girl went shopping and brought presents for herself.

c)

The girls go shopping and buy presents for themselves.

d)

The girls went shopping and bought presents for themselves.

21.

Choose the correct Future Continuous Tense:

Teachers ____ the exam papers over the weekend.

a)

will marking

b)

will marking

c)

will be marking

d)

will marks

22.

What is the synonym for "wonderful"?

a)

bad

b)

awful

c)

malicious

d)

magnificent

23.

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

a)

Jake, my black and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me.

b)

Jake my black, and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me.

c)

Jake, my black and white cat loves to sleep on the couch next to me.

d)

Jake my black and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me.

24.

The novel in front of me belongs to my sister. It is ________.

a)

theirs

b)

ours

c)

his

d)

hers

25.

Choose the sentence with the correct punctuation.

a)

This laptop isn’t Peters. It’s Sharons’.

b)

This laptop isn’t peter’s. It’s Sharon’s.

c)

This laptop isn’t Peter’s. It’s Sharon’s.

d)

This laptop isn’t Peter. It’s Sharons.

26.

1. Tick the sentences that are written in Standard English.

a)

I played in the school orchestra in the concert.

b)

I been to the shops with my mother and father.

c)

I went to the park and goes on the swings.

27.

What is the object of this sentence?

My father collected his tools from the back of the car.

a)

tools

b)

father

c)

car

d)

back

28.

What is the modal verb in this sentence?


Every morning, a family of robins can be seen from our kitchen window

a)

be

b)

seen

c)

can

d)

every

29.

Tick the two words that show the tense in the sentence below.


They are happy with their presents – they thank their parents profusely.

a)

happy

b)

are

c)

thank

d)

their

30.

What is the conjunction in this sentence?


Although it was early, the children still wanted to wake up to see the sunrise.

a)

the

b)

still

c)

although

d)

wake

31.

Whats does the prefix bi mean in these words?


bicycle bilingual biannual biplane

a)

move

b)

say

c)

two

d)

year

32.

What is a synonym?

a)

A word with a similar meaning to another

b)

A word with the opposite meaning to another

c)

A type of pronoun

d)

A type of determiner

33.

What is a synonym for loyal?

a)

unfaithful

b)

happy

c)

trustworthy

d)

friendly