GCSE English and Maths Resits (Grade 4) ยท English Language

Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar

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  1. Which sentence is in the passive voice?
  2. Which word correctly completes the sentence? I ___ my keys on the bus yesterday.
  3. Which sentence uses a colon correctly?
  4. Which is the correct spelling of the word meaning 'the start of something'?
  5. Which sentence uses loose or lose correctly?
  6. Which phrase correctly shows that the changing room belongs to several girls?
  7. What type of word is 'quickly' in the sentence 'She quickly left the room'?
  8. Which sentence uses an apostrophe correctly to show a missing letter?
  9. Which punctuation mark best joins 'The shop was closed' and 'we went home' without a conjunction?
  10. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
  11. Which verb form completes the sentence correctly? The team ___ celebrating its victory.
  12. Which sentence uses 'to', 'too' and 'two' correctly?
  13. Which phrase uses a hyphen correctly?
  14. Which sentence uses a dash or brackets correctly to add extra information?
  15. Which sentence uses commas in a list correctly?
  16. Choose the correct word: ___ coat is this?
  17. Which sentence uses the correct pronoun?
  18. Which sentence uses practise and practice correctly?
  19. Which option correctly fixes this comma splice: 'It was raining, we stayed indoors.'?
  20. Which sentence uses there, their and they're correctly?
  21. Which version of the sentence is punctuated correctly? 'My sister who is a doctor works nights' (the speaker has only one sister).
  22. Which of these is a sentence fragment?
  23. Which sentence fixes the misplaced modifier in 'Walking to school, the rain started.'?
  24. Which sentence is correct?
  25. Which sentence uses the correct adverb?
  26. Which sentence correctly describes a smaller number of cars?
  27. Which sentence is correctly punctuated as reported speech?
  28. Which phrase correctly refers to the garden belonging to the Jones family?
  29. Which sentence contains a relative clause?
  30. Which is the correct plural of 'knife'?
  31. Which sentence avoids a double negative?
  32. Which sentence has correct subject-verb agreement?
  33. Which sentence has a misplaced apostrophe?
  34. Which sentence is a run-on sentence?
  35. Which sentence uses the apostrophe correctly?
  36. Which sentence is a complex sentence?
  37. Which word in the sentence is a subordinating conjunction? 'We left early because it was getting dark.'
  38. Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly?
  39. Which sentence is most suitable for a formal letter to an employer?
  40. Which is the correct spelling of the word meaning 'to get something sent to you'?
  41. Which sentence is correct in standard British English?
  42. Which sentence has all words spelt correctly?
  43. Which is the correct plural of 'potato'?
  44. Which sentence uses the past perfect tense correctly?
  45. Which is the correct spelling of the word meaning 'without any doubt'?
  46. Which sentence keeps the same tense throughout?
  47. Which sentence uses affect or effect correctly?
  48. Which is correct?
  49. Which sentence uses speech punctuation correctly?
  50. Which sentence uses commas correctly to mark extra information?
  51. Which sentence uses 'a' or 'an' correctly?
  52. Which sentence uses Standard English?
  53. Which is the correct spelling of the word meaning 'what a person knows'?
  54. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: The dog wagged ___ tail.

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