English Exam 1

Question 1

is helen alright she seems to have forgotten her lines

Punctuate the sentence

Answer 1

Is Helen alright? She seems to have forgotten her lines.

Question 2

Punctuate these sentences:
i like ice cream so much it is so nice
uptown funk is a cool song but i cant get it out of my head now
i was tired i went to bed

Answer 2

I like ice-cream so much, it is so nice!
Uptown funk is a cool song, but I can’t get it out of my head now!
I was tired. I went to bed.

Question 3

Is pinelands a proper noun or a common noun?

Answer 3

A proper noun. Correction: Pinelands

Question 4

Is desk a proper noun or a common noun?

Answer 4

A common noun

Question 5

What is a compound word? Give some examples

Answer 5

A word that is made up of two words

Examples: backpack, bathtub, saucepan

Question 6

What is a conjunction?

Answer 6

A word that joins two sentences

Question 7

Join these two sentences with a conjunction:

Vegetarians eat vegetables.They do not eat meat.

Answer 7

Vegetarians eat vegetables but they do not eat meat.

Question 8

Join the sentences with a conjunction:
Pinehurst played a match.They won.
The team practised a lot. Unfortunately they lost.
The toddler picked up the berry. Then he ate it.

Answer 8

Pinehurst played a match and they won.
The team practised a lot but unfortunately they lost.
The toddler picked up the berry and then he ate it.

Question 9

Add punctuation:
on saturday we went to watch the stormers play the cheetahs at newlands stadium it was a great match but i wish we had won

Answer 9

On Saturday we went to watch the Stormers play the Cheetahs at Newlands stadium. It was a great match, but I wish we had won.

Question 10

List the concrete nouns and the abstract nouns from the following sentence.
Staring out of the window of the car, I watched the countryside go past and felt emotions of happiness and peacefulness.

Answer 10

Concrete: window, car, countryside
Abstract: emotions, happiness, peacefulness

Question 11

List concrete and abstract nouns from the sentence.

I love to climb the big tree in my garden. It is my favorite hideaway.

Answer 11

Concrete: tree. Garden
Abstract: hideaway.

Question 12

Punctuate the sentence: (apologies to non How to train your dragon readers - this could be tricky)
stoick the vast sat up to his full proud height he put a hand on hiccups shoulder my son will collect this honey from the bees of berserk or die in the attempt isnt that right hiccup

Answer 12

Stoick the Vast sat up to his full, proud height. He put a hand on Hiccup’s shoulder. “My son will collect this honey from the bees of Berserk or die in the attempt! Isn’t that right, Hiccup?”

Question 13

Identify the subject in the following sentences:
Hiccup rode the dragon between the trees.
Fishlegs fell over a tree trunk and bumped his head.
The viking lifted up his massive arm, and there was silence.
The dragon flew high up into the sky

Answer 13

Hiccup
Fishlegs
viking
dragon

Question 14

Identify the verb(s) in the following sentences:
He waved to the passing ship.
Hiccup was climbing to the top of the cliff, when suddenly a brood of dragons flew past
She turned her back and walked away.
Fishlegs, stumbling in the dark, tripped over a log.

Answer 14

waved
climbing, flew
turned, walked
stumbling, tripped

Question 15

Identify the object of the sentence:
The sword hit the ground with a thud.
The ball went into the goal.
The waitress brought the coffee to the table.
We had chocolate milk and chips for our picnic.

Answer 15

the ground
the goal
the coffee
chocolate milk, chips

Question 16

Convert this sentence into past and future tense.

It is raining hard tonight.

Answer 16

It rained hard last night

It will be raining hard tomorrow night.

Question 17

Convert these sentences into present and future tense:
Hiccup rode the Windwalker
The weather was cold.
The man ran away.

Answer 17

Hiccup is riding/will ride the WIndwalker.
The weather is/will be cold.
The man is running/will run away

Question 18

Identify the adjectives in the following sentences:
The terrifying dragon had enormous teeth, sharp claws, and gigantic wings.
The little girl had skinny legs, brown hair and a brilliant smile.
The two excited boys ran towards each other with loud shouting.

Answer 18

terrifying, enormous, sharp, gigantic
little, skinny, brown, brilliant
excited, loud

Question 19

Choose the correct verb in each sentence:
The boys walk/walks to the shops.
The baker bake/bakes a cake.
I listen/listens to music.
The mummies organise/organises the lift club.
Nick sleep/sleeps at lunch time.

Answer 19

walk
bakes
listen
organise
sleeps

Question 20

Punctuate the sentence, and identify the proper nouns.
i cant seem to fall asleep admitted piglet
thats easy to fix tigger cried just do some good old fashioned bouncing
will it help me fall asleep asked piglet
no but it sure is fun tigger shouted

Answer 20

“I can’t seem to fall asleep,” admitted Piglet. “That’s easy to fix!” Tigger cried. “Just do some good old-fashioned bouncing! “
“Will it help me fall asleep?” asked Piglet.
“No, but it sure is fun!” Tigger shouted.

Proper nouns: Piglet, Tigger

Question 21

Identify some common nouns in the sentences below:
“Sleep!” Rabbit exclaimed. “I haven’t slept in weeks. I have to sit up night after night protecting my garden. If I didn’t, Tigger would bounce my prize tomatoes until they turned into tomato soup!”

Answer 21

Sleep. Weeks. night. garden. tomatoes. tomato soup.

Question 22

Punctuate the sentences below:
matthew michael adam and christopher went to the tuckshop and bought chips chocolates sweets doughnuts lollipops and popcorn after they had eaten it all they felt sick

Answer 22

Matthew, Michael, Adam and Christopher went to the tuckshop and bought chips, chocolates, sweets, doughnuts, lollipops and popcorn. After they had eaten it all, they felt sick.

Question 23

Add a prefix to make the opposite.
possible
kind
patient
legible
healthy
interested
luckily
perfect
logical

Answer 23

impossible
unkind
impatient
unhealthy
illegible
disinterested
unluckily
imperfect
illogical

Question 24

Identify the pronouns in the sentences below:
He closed his eyes and pictured a meadow full of sheep.
Snug inside his house, Eeyore was fast asleep.
She was not afraid of walking home in the dark.
He thought about how much fun he and Roo always had together.
They always shared their lunches.
Pizza is my favourite food.

Answer 24

He, his
his
She
He, he
They, their
My

Question 25

Choose the right pronoun to replace the noun
Piglet went to the tree.
The water was boiling.
The stove was hot.
Kanga read a book.
The boys ran ahead.

Answer 25

He
It
It
She
They

Question 26

Decide if the sentence is a statement, a question or an exclamation, and punctuate accordingly:
Pooh looked up. “Honey” he exclaimed
Now it was PIglet’s turn to have an idea
“But what do we do about the bees” Pooh asked

Answer 26

“Honey!” he exclaimed.
Now it was Piglet’s turn to have an idea.
“But what do we do about the bees?” Pooh asked.

Question 27

Do the degrees of comparison eg tall, taller, tallest
Good
Tired
Bad
Beautiful
Little
Cute
Pretty
Naughty
Full
Marvellous

Answer 27

Good better best
Tired, more tired, most tired
Bad, worse, worst
beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful
Little, littler, littlest
Cute, cuter, cutest
Pretty, prettier, prettiest
naughty, naughtier, naughtiest
full, fuller, fullest
marvellous, more marvellous, most marvellous

Question 28

Put the comma in the right place in the sentence:
While they discussed this a butterfly fluttered about near Pooh as if listening to their conversation.
Even at the end of his training Bree still said he sat like a bag of flour in the saddle.
Shasta learned to trot to canter to jump and to keep his seat even when Bree pulled up suddenly or swung unexpectedly to the left or the right.

Answer 28

While they discussed this, a butterfly fluttered about near Pooh, as if listening to their conversation.
Even at the end of his training, Bree still said he sat like a bag of flour in the saddle.
Shasta learned to trot, to canter, to jump, and to keep his seat even when Bree pulled up suddenly or swung unexpectedly to the left or the right.

Question 29

Identify the main verb and the helping verb in each sentence:
When he had eaten the last block of chocolate
He was riding the horse
Just as Shasta was saying to himself
I am warning you!
Matthew is studying hard.

Answer 29

Main: eaten Helping: had
Main: riding Helping: was
Main: saying. Helping: was
Main: warning Helping: am
Main: studying Helping: is

Question 30

Use an apostrophe to make contractions:
He is joyful.
They are happy.
She is tired.
Do not litter.
I will not do it.
I would not do that if I were you.
He could not lift up the heavy rock.
They were not sleeping.

Answer 30

He's joyful.
They're happy.
She's tired.
Don't litter.
I won't do it.
I wouldn't do that if I were you.
He couldn't lift up the heavy rock.
They weren't sleeping.

Question 31

Use an apostrophe to indicate ownership:
The boys changing room stinks.
The girls changing room smells lovely.
Adams sister is Lydia.
Jos sister is Adams sisters best friend.
Matthews brothers are called Zach, Sam and Nick.
The boys bikes were muddy after their ride.

Answer 31

The boys’ changing room stinks.
The girls’ changing room smells lovely.
Adam’s sister is Lydia.
Jo’s sister is Adam’s sister’s best friend.
Matthew’s brothers are called Zach, Sam and Nick.
The boys’ bikes were muddy after their ride.