NAPLAN Year 9 Practice · Language Conventions
Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation
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- Which spelling of the word meaning to provide room for is correct?
- Which spelling of the word meaning without doubt is correct?
- Which spelling of the word meaning something that happens is correct?
- Which sentence uses its or it's correctly?
- Which sentence uses they're, their and there correctly?
- Which sentence uses the semicolon correctly?
- Which option corrects the comma splice: 'The bus was late, we missed the start of the film'?
- Which sentence has correct subject-verb agreement?
- Which sentence uses the correct pronoun?
- Which sentence has a dangling modifier?
- Which sentence uses parallel structure?
- Which sentence uses a colon correctly?
- Which sentence uses the apostrophe correctly?
- Which sentence uses affect or effect correctly?
- Which sentence keeps the same tense throughout?
- Which sentence is a complex sentence?
- Which sentence uses the adverb correctly?
- Which sentence punctuates direct speech correctly?
- Which sentence uses who or whom correctly?
- Which sentence is the passive voice version of 'The council approved the plan'?
- Which word best completes the sentence: 'The road was icy; ______ , we drove slowly.'
- Which sentence is a run-on sentence?
- Which sentence uses hyphens correctly?
- Which sentence says that apples were the only food Mia ate?
- Which of these is a sentence fragment?
- Which sentence punctuates the relative clause correctly?
- Which sentence uses fewer or less correctly?
- Which sentence uses lay or lie correctly?
- Which word means 'cannot be avoided'?
- Which phrase is a metaphor?
- Which sentence uses the subjunctive mood correctly?
- Which sentence has the correct capital letters?
- Which linking word best joins the ideas: 'The plan was cheap. ______ , it did not work.'?
- Which is the correct contraction of 'could have'?
- Which is the correct spelling of the word meaning 'needed'?
- Which is the correct spelling of the word meaning 'to divide into parts'?
- Which is the correct spelling of the word meaning 'to make someone feel awkward'?
- Which is the correct spelling of the word meaning 'an event that happens'?
- Which is the correct spelling of the word meaning 'a sense of right and wrong'?
- Which is the correct spelling of the word meaning 'the surroundings in which we live'?
- Which is the correct spelling of the word meaning 'the body that rules a country'?
- Which is the correct spelling of the word meaning 'a special right or advantage'?
- Which is the correct spelling of the word meaning 'without any doubt'?
- Which is the correct spelling of the word meaning 'a place where meals are served'?
- Which is the correct spelling of the word meaning 'a period of one thousand years'?
- Which is the correct spelling of the word meaning 'a regular repeated beat'?
- Which is the correct spelling of the word meaning 'a person you know slightly'?
- Which is the correct spelling of the word meaning 'a place to stay'?
- Which sentence uses 'their', 'there' or 'they're' correctly?
- Which sentence uses 'its' or 'it's' correctly?
- Which sentence uses 'your' or 'you're' correctly?
- Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
- Which sentence uses an apostrophe correctly?
- Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly?
- Which sentence uses a colon correctly to introduce the things needed?
- Which sentence is a complete sentence?
- Which sentence contains a dangling modifier?
- Which sentence has correct subject-verb agreement with the word 'group'?
- Which sentence has correct subject-verb agreement with 'neither ... nor'?
- Which of the following is a correct use of 'fewer' or 'less'?
- Which sentence uses 'who' or 'whom' correctly?
- Which word best completes the sentence? "The athlete was awarded a medal ---- her outstanding performance."
- Which word best completes the sentence? "He is allergic ---- peanuts."
- Which word best completes the sentence? "She was ---- tired that she fell asleep at her desk."
- Which word best completes the sentence? "The weather has ---- an effect on the crops this year."
- Which sentence uses the correct verb tense?
- Which sentence is written in the passive voice?
- Which of the following is a compound sentence?
- Which sentence uses a comma correctly after an introductory phrase?
- Which of the following is the correct plural of 'criterion'?
- Which of the following words is an adverb?
- Which sentence uses parallel structure to list three hobbies?
- Which of the following sentences contains a run-on?
- Which of the following words is a conjunction?
- Which of the following words is a preposition?
- What is the correct form of the verb? "Each of the players ---- a medal."
- Which of the following is a correct contraction of 'would have'?
- Which of the following sentences contains a misplaced modifier?
- Which sentence is correct?
- Which of the following is the correct spelling of the past tense of 'occur'?
- Which of the following words is a synonym for 'ephemeral'?
- Which is the correct spelling of the word meaning 'free from outside control'?
- Which is the correct spelling of the word meaning 'the place where someone lives'?
- Which is the correct spelling of the word meaning 'a set of questions for a survey'?
- Which sentence is punctuated correctly around the clause about Perth?
- Which sentence uses a hyphen correctly?
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