Success With Sentences Assessment

SECTION 1 These passages are missing their capital letters and full stops. Can you put them in? Top tip: Each passage has more than one sentence in it. a) i have had enough i could not eat another thing b) the train stopped at the station quite a few people climbed out of the carriages she was the last one c) put the eggs and milk in the bowl stir everything together d) polar bears have two kinds of fur to help them to keep warm their top layer of fur is oily and long they also have soft and woolly fur next to their skin

SECTION 2 Choose the correct word to make these sentences make sense. a) He got into the van and ______away. (drive drove) b) The doughnuts ______really nice. (was were) c) I ______my homework. (did done) d) Yesterday, I ______shopping. (gone went) e) I am always ______. (laughing laugh) Success With Sentences Assessment

SECTION 3 Choose the best connecting word to make each sentence make the most sense. a) You can annoy me ____ I will cry. (but when after) b) Will you get angry with me ____ I am cheeky? (so if before) c) The girl was scared ______the lion roared. (until because if) d) I feel much happier ______I made lots of friends. (before after since) e) I went into the house ______it was snowing. (and or because)

SECTION 4 Each of these sentences would be easier to understand with some commas. Can you put the commas in the right places? a) The old man with the twinkly eyes held the door open. b) The dog with the furiously wagging tail was waiting just inside the gate. c) She looked up and saw the cloud which was still shaped like a dragon racing across the sky. d) The tiger with the huge gleaming claws prowled around the cage. e) The car with the bumped and dented paint work would not start at all.