KS 2 SPAG 2019

Tick the sentence that must end with a question mark.

Match each word to the correct suffix.

Decide whether the sentence is a question or a command.

(Type “q” for question or “c” for command in the answer space.)

Which one of the sentence below has the comma in the correct place?

Match each prefix to the correct word to make a different word.

Which sentence must not end with an exclamation mark?

In each sentence, choose the correct word from the words in brackets to complete the sentences in Standard English.

Insert a relative pronoun to complete the sentence below.

In which sentence is lock a verb?

In which one of the following sentences is the semi-colon in the correct place?

In which one of the following sentences is the brackets in the correct place?

What does the prefix multi- mean in the words multicultural, multipurpose and multicoloured?

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

Which word is an antonym of difficult?

Which sentence is the most formal?

Tick one box to show where a hyphen is needed in the sentence below.

The class teacher praised the well behaved and helpful group of year six children.

What word class is him in the sentence below?

Josef’s friends rushed to meet him, desperate to see if he had won.

Give two words in the passage below that are synonyms of each other.

(Type the two words and separate them with a space.)

Having queued for over an hour, Sanjit found that his tolerance was being severely tested. Most of the other children had lost patience and gone elsewhere.

What kind of clause is in bold in the sentence below?

If they could afford to, the ancient Romans ate well.

In which one of the following sentences is the dash in the correct place?

What is the word class of the word in bold?

Our school is bigger than theirs.

In which one of the following sentences is the colon in the correct place?

In which one of the following sentences is the commas in the correct places?

Which sentence uses tense correctly?

Which sentence in the passage below is the most formal?

Hope you can make it to my birthday party next week! It’s going to be great! The venue is yet to be confirmed. I’m still checking out a couple of places.

Give the word that shows that the sentence below is a command.

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Look at the sentence below: 

Sam baked cakes for charity and he sold them at breaktime.

Label each of the following words with subject (S) or object (O).

Give the simple past tense of the to verbs in the sentence below.

              The sky begins to look darker as the storm approaches.

Which sentence is closest in meaning to the one below?

                My dad has had this bike for two years.

Give the three adjectives in the sentence below.

(Type them in the same order as in the question.)

He made his way up the cobbled street, striding like the bold and determined man he was.

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

Which underlined word is an adverb?

What word class do the underlined words belong to?

You can have an apple or an orange for your snack.
Since it is sunny, you can eat your snack outside.
Although I prefer oranges, apples are easier to eat.

How does the comma change the meaning of the second sentence.

Sentence 1:   I asked if Jake Thomas and Lily were coming to the barbecue.

Sentence 2:   I asked if Jake, Thomas and Lily were coming to the barbecue.

Identify the adverbial in the sentence below.

              Last week, Ruby went swimming and played football.

Which sentence below uses a relative clause correctly?

How does the conjunction change the meaning of the second sentence?

1. We listened to the music after we ate our lunch.
2. We listened to the music while we ate our lunch.

Give the modal verb in the sentence below.

Kate hoped that she would see goats and sheep at the farm.

Rewrite the sentence below in the passive.

                        The wind damaged the fence.

Insert two commas and a semi-colon in the correct places in the passage below.

Last Wednesday we performed a play at school I invited my parents to come and watch. When I first went on stage I was so nervous that I nearly forgot my lines.

Give the three nouns in the sentence below.

Give the nouns in the same order as in the sentence.

The fire gave the room a cosy feeling.

Which sentence uses the passive?

Write the contracted form of the underlined words in the box below.

                     We shall not do that again!

Complete the sentence by writing a word formed from the root word music on each line.

What is the grammatical term for the underlined words in the sentence below?

                 The new paintbrushes are in the box.

List all the words that should begin with a capital letter in the sentence below. Give the words in the same order as in the sentence.

when we visited the museum in birmingham, gareth arranged to travel by train with aunt laura.

List the three determiners in the sentence below. Give them in the same order as in the sentence.

William didn’t have any cereal in the house, so he went out to buy some cornfakes.

An apostrophe is missing in the sentence below. Identify the mistake and type the correct word with the apostrophe.

              Pupils coats should be hung on the pegs.

List the three prepositions in the sentence below. Give them in the same order as in the sentence.

After the game, Omar and Alisha walked home with their grandparents, who lived across the road.

Give the co-ordinating conjunction in the sentence below.

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