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Holiday Challenge: GPS ‘6 Challenges for 6 days’ Commissioned by The PiXL Club Ltd.

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Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling Test One: ANSWERS

Qu.

Answer

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under, on

2

had, forgot

3 4

facial , partial , potential , official (Answers must be spelt correctly.)

The man (a nurse at the local hospital) was late for work. (Option 3) Sentence

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Sentence type

Going abroad on holiday is expensive

S

Go into town and book a holiday

C

Going to visit new places is fun, isn’t it

Q

he, them Sentence

Noun

Adverb

He does not feel very well.

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√

He dropped a penny into the well.

I hurt my foot so I can’t run well.

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√ √

badly, grumpiness , sadder (Answers must be spelt correctly.) the girls put on their coats.

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The ride was closed the house had been completely silent.

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Adjective

Ben shouted, “Stop doing that!”

(Pupils MUST use correct punctuation, including an exclamation mark.)

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Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling Test Two: ANSWERS

Qu. 1

Answer as, and, so

2

Singular

Plural

box

boxes

baby

babies

tooth

teeth

mouse

mice

(Answers must be spelt correctly.)

3

runs, catches

4

, who were both exhausted from walking all day,

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Has he got a new bike?

(Answers must be punctuated correctly.) as a noun phrase (Option 3)

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The, some, a

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did, have

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Prefix

Word

un

marine

sub

important

dis

calculate

mis

approve

remarkable, terrible, visible, portable (Answers must be spelt correctly.)

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Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling Test Three: ANSWERS

Qu.

Answer Expanded form

Contracted form

they will

they'll

I would

I’d

they have

they’ve

will not

won't

1

(Answers must be spelt correctly.)

2

What an amazing idea that was (Option 2) Modal verb shows certainty

3

The shopping must be put away in the cupboard.

We might go for a walk after dinner.

The children may go into the gift shop in pairs.

We shall leave when it stops raining.

4

were, going, packed

5

mine / his / ours etc.

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hear (Option 4)

√ √ √ √

Present tense

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Modal verb shows possibility

Past tense

You sit

You sat

You drop

You dropped

You freeze

You froze

You grow

You grew

(Answers must be spelt correctly.)

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bored, whether

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– even the teacher –

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E.g. He kicked the ball, which was new.

E.g. He kicked the ball which had black spots on. (with or without the comma)

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Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling Test Four: ANSWERS

Qu. 1

Answer Go and buy a few groceries. (Option 3) Sign these letters and then give them back. (Option 5) Commas are used to separate clauses When the boat arrived, Aimee and Lewis stepped on board.

It was a very cold, wet and windy day.

The long, green snake slithered underneath a rock.

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√ √ √

3

which

4

“Stop it!” shouted Bobby. “I need to leave now.” (Option 2)

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sadness, appearance (Answers must be spelt correctly.) did

were (Option 1) Subordinating conjunction

Sentence

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It was fun although it was very expensive.

We were only allowed a sandwich or a salad for lunch.

Despite leaving early, they still got caught in the traffic.

The class met their new teacher earlier.

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Commas are used to separate items in a list

D

A

C

B

irregular, impossible, incorrect, illogical (Answers must be spelt correctly.)

He bought lots of stamps.

5

Co-ordinating conjunction

√ √ √

Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling Test Five: ANSWERS

Qu. 1

Answer washable, washing Sentence

2

Function

What a sunny day it is

command

I’ll carry the books, shall I

question

I have not finished my book

exclamation

Get the sandwiches ready soon.

statement

couldn't

3

she’s children’s

4

that had just had an operation

5

sound, footsteps, hallway

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7

8

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The word ‘kingsbury’ should have a capital ‘k’. (Option 2) There should be a comma after ‘day’. (Option 3) pension, competition, compensation, television, (Answers must be spelt correctly.) belongings / things / possessions etc.

(Answers must be spelt correctly.) loudly / angrily etc.

(Answers must be spelt correctly.)

They might / could / can etc. visit Scotland.

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Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling Test Six: ANSWERS

Qu. 1

2

3

4

5

Answer prepares (Option 3) although and, when As soon as they woke up, Jessica, Amy and Liam made their breakfast. women, puppies (Answers must be spelt correctly.) her, mine

Sentence

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7

8

9

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Main clause

She ran along the road because she was late for school.

Subordinate clause

√

As it was sunny, they went for a picnic.

√

Before they had time to finish, the bell rang.

√

preposition (Option 4) Zara went to collect her gold medal from Mr James as soon as she had finished the race. She wanted to show it to her sister. peaceful, musical, windy (Answers must be spelt correctly.)

E.g. Where are you? Where do you play tennis?

(Pupils MUST use correct punctuation, including a question mark.)

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