Grammar Quiz 1 If You See a Next to the Question It Means That There Is
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Grammar Quiz 1 If you see a next to the question it means that there is more than one correct answer and you need to be able to justify why your answer is correct! 1. Write down the correct word class (type of word) for each of the following: a) Cat b) Tall c) Under d) Slowly e) Swim f) She g) But 2. Which of these words is the odd one out? Stable Happiness House 3. What type of sentence is this? The cat sat down. Is it a: a) Short sentence b) Compound sentence c) Complex sentence 4. What type of sentence is this? The cat sat down and the dog growled at her. Is it a: a) Short sentence b) Compound sentence c) Complex sentence 5. Underline the main clause in the following sentence: Whenever the bell rang, the dog expected a treat. 6. Which of these facts is correct for a main clause? a) It is the sentence as a whole. b) It makes sense when it is read on its own c) It is in charge of the North Pole. 7. Which of these facts is correct for a subordinate clause? a) It works for Father Christmas b) It always has a subordinating conjunction c) It doesn’t make sense when it is read on its own. 8. Highlight all the subordinate clauses in the following paragraph: The red-room was a square chamber, very seldom slept in, I might say never, indeed, unless when a chance influx of visitors at Gateshead Hall rendered it necessary to turn to account all the accommodation it contained: yet it was one of the largest and stateliest chambers in the mansion. 9. Bonus Round! Create a main clause for the subordinate clause! Subordinate clause Main clause When he ate handfuls of Cheerios with his bare hands… …that beat the world record of eating the most Easter eggs in one hour … until she quickly realised she was at the wrong meeting place. 10. What type of clause is the following? (the one in bold) The tree- that had been battered by the storm- was cut down. a) Embedded clause b) Subordinate clause c) Main clause. 11. Rewrite these pairs of sentences – about the same subject – into one complex sentence, containing an embedded clause. Underline the embedded clause. Remember: you can mark the embedded clause with a pair of commas OR a pair of dashes. Dashes are higher order punctuation than commas. 1: Singer songwriter Lisa Stansfield lives in Rochdale. She has released seven albums and starred in films. 2: Shannon Flynn is an actress who stars in Waterloo Road. She was educated in Rochdale. 3: Gracie Fields was an actress, singer and comedian. She was born in Rochdale and has a theatre named after her. 4: Rochdale Town Hall is considered to be one of the finest town halls in the country. It cost £160,000 to build (£13.5 million in 2017). 5: Rochdale is a town in the North-West of England. It gets its name from the river Roch that flows through its town centre. 6: Strictly Come Dancing is a popular show on BBC TV. It has a larger TV audience than its rival show X Factor on ITV. .