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Which of these options describes a grammatically complete sentence?
A sentence expresses a complete thought and includes a comma and a full stop.
A sentence expresses an incomplete thought and includes a verb and a subject.
A sentence expresses a complete thought and includes a verb and a subject.
A sentence expresses an incomplete thought and includes a verb and a noun.
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What is a clause?
A clause is part of a sentence.
A clause is an idea that is added to a sentence.
A clause is a full sentence.
A clause appears only in complex and compound sentences.
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What are the two different types of clauses?
ordinate clauses and subordinate clauses
subordinate clauses and main clauses
main clauses and grammatically correct clauses
compound clauses and complex clauses
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Which of these options is a subordinate clause?
Sumayah played football.
She met up with her friends.
The sun was finally shining.
Although she was tired.
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What type of sentence consists of two or more clauses joined together by a connective such as “and” or “because”?
a simple sentence
a complex sentence
a compound sentence
a declarative sentence
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Which of these options is a complex sentence?
“Freya, who hated lateness more than anything, walked to school quickly.”
“Freya was worried she would be late again.”
“Freya walked to school extremely quickly.”
“Freya walked to school quickly and worried that she would be late again.”
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Why might a writer wish to use a complex sentence in a piece of descriptive writing?
Complex sentences can add extra detail about people or places.
Complex sentences can replace all short sentences in writing.
Complex sentences can be short, powerful and emphatic.
Complex sentences can make writing more simplistic.
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What is the purpose of an imperative sentence?
It is a statement that tells the reader something.
It asks somebody a question about something.
It expresses surprise, excitement or emphasis.
It tells someone to do something.
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What type of sentence is most common in descriptive writing?
imperative
interrogative
declarative
exclamatory
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What are discourse markers?
They are words and phrases that highlight your main point.
They are words which replace verbs in sentences to simplify writing.
They are punctuation marks that break sentences into smaller parts.
They are used to connect ideas and create a logical order.
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Which of the sentences below is an interrogative sentence?
It is the biggest problem that we face today.
Would you like to make a stand for the planet?
Future generations deserve better!
Global warming will not fix itself.
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Look at the following sentence:
“Sumayah played football.”
In the above sentence, which word is the verb, and which word is the subject?
In the sentence, “played” is the verb, and “football is the subject”.
In the sentence, “football” is the verb, and “Sumayah” is the subject.
In the sentence, “Sumayah” is the verb, and “football” is the subject.
In the sentence, “played” is the verb, and “Sumayah” is the subject.
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A persuasive news article includes the line:
“Time is up for pretending that global warming will somehow fix itself!”
Why might the writer have made this sentence exclamatory?
The writer wants to create a feeling of excitement.
The writer is emphasising the severity of the situation.
The writer is expressing their surprise at the situation.
The writer is trying to make the sentence clearer.
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Under what circumstances might a writer use the connective “on the other hand”?
They want to suggest a similarity between two ideas about a topic.
They are signposting that they know the subject extremely well.
They wish to transition between two different perspectives on a subject.
They are drawing attention to their central point at the beginning an argument.
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Why might a single-sentence paragraph be especially useful in a piece of creative writing?
It can create suspense or leave the reader on a cliffhanger.
It allows the writer to include additional details that create atmosphere.
It provides a summary of the main ideas in the text.
It shows a transition between the perspectives of different characters.
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Which of the options below would function as a subordinate clause in this sentence?
“Freya, ________________________ ,walked to school quickly.”
she hated lateness more than anything else
who was in a rush as usual
was terrified of being late
always liked to be prompt
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“___________________________, Sumayah played football.”
Which of the below options could be placed as a subordinate clause at the front of the sentence?
Who was the team’s top scorer
Although she was tired from a long day at school
It was a cold winter’s morning
She met up with her friends and
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“The climate crisis is the biggest problem the world faces today. _____________, we must make a stand to protect our planet.”
Which of the following options would be an appropriate discourse marker to show that the ideas in the sentence above are connected?
on the other hand
conversely
consequently
alternatively
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Choose an appropriate connective to replace the first full stop and link these two simple sentences:
“She walked to school quickly.”
“She was worried that she would be late again.”
therefore
resultantly
consequently
because
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Read the following sentence:
“Sumayah played football”
Which of these types of punctuation would not be a grammatically correct way end this sentence?
full stop
a question mark
a semicolon
an exclamation mark
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