SPaG Midterm Test

Which uses the possessive apostrophe?

• Taylors dog´s are very noisy.

• Taylor´s dogs are very noisy.

• Taylors´s dogs are very noisy.

Choose the sentence that uses an apostrophe to show possession.

• Don't go out there!

• Sunil’s going swimming today.

• The cat’s stuck in the tree.

• Harry hid Asha’s pencil case.

Choose the correct verb form to complete this sentence:

She …..…….. always the first to offer help.

• were

• was

• being

• be

Choose a pronoun to replace the underlined words in this sentence: Yesterday, Annie visited her friends and her friends were happy.

• you

• they

• us

• I

Choose the sentence that has a fronted adverbial.

• I'd never seen a flying rabbit before.

• What an awful day it had been!

• As the sun came up, the birds began to sing.

• It was a cold, windy and spooky day in Tinsel Town.

Choose the question that is punctuated correctly.

• Elle whispered “he’s coming this way.”

• Elle whispered, “He’s coming this way.”

• “Elle whispered, he’s coming this way.”

• Elle whispered, “He’s coming this way”.

What is the word class of the underlined word in the sentence below?

Watch out for that car!

• noun

• determiner

• adverb

• adjective

Choose the word below that is a possessive pronoun.

• Sarah's

• They

• Mine

• You

Choose the correct prefix to add to the word 'behaved' in this sentence.

Her sister always ……..behaved and got into trouble.

• dis

• in

• un

• mis

Choose the correct suffix to add to 'play' in this sentence: She had been play..... all day so she was really exhausted.

• -ed

• -ing

• -er

• -ly