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Grade 6 Grammar Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is an example of personification:

The wind blew softly.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Does the following sentence contain a modal verb?

If he continues this tempo, he will win the race.

a)

Yes

b)

No

3.

Which of these is a modal verb?

a)

can

b)

race

c)

flew

d)

car

4.

"Today you will clean your room!" said mum.

Select the modal verb.

a)

will

b)

you

c)

clean

d)

today

5.

I am going shopping.

Is it a perfect tense sentence?

a)

Yes

b)

No

6.

"I am going home!" shouted Mr Alexander.

Select the inverted commas.

a)

" "

b)

.

c)

!

7.

I must go home because my mum is angry.

Which word is a modal verb?

a)

must

b)

my

c)

is

d)

go

8.

Which piece of punctuation has been used to start a list?

I'm right about: modal verbs, synonyms and pronouns.

a)

semi-colon

b)

colon

c)

inverted comma

d)

parenthesis

9.

What is the name of the punctuation used for speech?

a)

brackets

b)

quotation marks

c)

dashes

d)

inverted commas

10.

Which is not an example of a modal verb?

a)

can

b)

might

c)

will

d)

after

11.

How many tenses are there in the English language?

a)

10

b)

11

c)

12

d)

13

12.

Which of these is not an example of a tense?

a)

past perfect

b)

future perfect progressive

c)

future past

d)

present simple

13.

Where can you see synonyms?

Select 2 answers.

a)

bright, radiant

b)

black, dark

c)

happy, sad

d)

tall, short

14.

Which one is a semi-colon?

a)

;

b)

:

c)

.

d)

,

15.

Which one is a colon?

a)

;

b)

:

c)

.

d)

,

16.

True or false:

Semi-colons connect two sentences that are discussing the same theme.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Find the subject of this sentence:

Our dog is playing fetch.

a)

Our dog

b)

is playing

c)

fetch

18.

Find the subject of this sentence:

The Playstation was played by Karim.

a)

The Playstation

b)

was played

c)

by

d)

Karim

19.

What is this sentence written in?

I am reading a book.

a)

An expanded noun phrase

b)

Active voice

c)

Past progressive tense

d)

SVO

20.

Identify the two grammatical features this sentence has:

Suddenly, a gigantic tree branch fell to the ground.

a)

Fronted adverbial

b)

Personification

c)

An expanded noun phrase

d)

A personal pronoun