The Ministry of Education is strengthening the SAT exams: could you answer all those new grammar test questions?
SAT tests taken up to age 11 (6th grade) in English schools will be strengthened, says the Department for Education, to ensure that each and every child acquires a “solid foundation” in the basics of English, maths and grammar. before starting high school.
The new taste tests will be rolled out in 2016, however, we got our hands on some of the new Department of Education pattern questions for grammar checking, and we thought it would be fun (or not!) to see how we’ve done it. grown. The ups would work.
The new grammar and punctuation tests “will require young people to identify a subordinate clause, recognize adverbs, and compare the use of verbs to mark strained relationships. “Wait until you see the questions. . .
1. Circle all the determiners in the next sentence.
There wasn’t much juice left in the refrigerator, so I bought a new bottle.
2. Circle the relative clause in the following sentence.
The blue car parked in front of the store for sale.
3. What option does the subordinate clause introduce in the following sentence?Jay tried to pass the group ______ wasn’t feeling very well.
Odds:
Also
Besides
Otherwise
Even if
4. Rewrite the sentence below so that it begins with the adverbial. Use only the same words and punctuate your answer correctly.
We turn off the lights before we leave.
5. In the next sentence, Dad booked the movie tickets before picking them up.
Complete the sentence with the correct polite verb form.
Even though Dad had booked ______ tickets, he still had to stand in line to pick them up.
6. Which option completes the sentence to use the subjunctive mood?
I would like to ______ free myself to go to your party, I’m afraid I’ll be busy.
Odds:
Were
Maybe
Was
Maybe
7. Insert a comma in the position of the following sentence.
Filled with enthusiasm, the young people entered the room at the beginning of their class.
8. Which of the following sentences is correctly scripted?
The cake was delicious – delicious, in fact, so – they gave me another piece.
The cake, in fact, was delicious, so they gave me another piece.
Of the cake – beautiful, delicious, by the way – they gave me another piece.
The cake was delicious (delicious, in fact), so they gave me another piece.
9. Which of the occasions discussed in the following sentences is most likely to occur?
Maybe today we will move on to the pool.
He can come to me today.
She will buy new shoes today.
Today they have fish hands for tea.
10. Circle the words in the sentence that make it a question.
“You’ll be in bed until now, right?”
1. ‘many’, ‘the’, ‘a’2. “which was parked in front of the store”3. even if4. Before leaving we turned off the lights. We also settle for turning off the lights before leaving. Also settle for answers that make you forget the comma after the left. 5. Although dad had reserved the tickets, he still had to wait in line to pick them up. 6. They were7. Full of enthusiasm, the young people entered the room as their lesson began. 8. The cake was delicious (delicious, really), so I ate another piece. 9. She will buy new shoes today. 10. Shouldn’t you
So how did you do it? How much did you get out of 10?
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