Conventions of Language Paper 2

Question 1 spelling

Choose the correctly spelt word.

becos becuase becase because

Question 2 homophones

Choose the correct word: ___ waiting near the library.

Their There They're Theirs

Question 3 homophones

Choose the correct word: The oval is over ___.

there they're their there's

Question 4 tense

Change to future tense: Noah walks to the library.

Noah will walk to the library. Noah walks to the library yesterday. Noah walked to the library. Noah walking to the library.

Question 5 tense

Which verb is in past tense?

will collect collecting collects collected

Question 6 adverbs

In the sentence 'Noah read quietly', what is 'quietly'?

a quotation mark an adverb a noun a preposition

Question 7 prepositional phrases

In the sentence 'The bag was under the desk', what does the phrase tell?

why whose when where

Question 8 complex sentences

Which is a complex sentence?

Read the note. Although it rained, we kept reading. The rain stopped and the sun came out. The rain stopped.

Question 9 subordinating conjunctions

Which word is a subordinating conjunction?

because desk but and

Question 10 dialogue punctuation

Which sentence punctuates direct speech correctly?

I found it," said Noah. "I found it", said Noah. "I found it," said Noah. "I found it." said Noah.

Question 11 reported speech

Which sentence uses reported speech?

Noah shouted, "Stop!" Noah said that the gate was open. "I can see it." "The gate is open," said Noah.

Question 12 synonyms

Choose a synonym for 'small'.

loud tiny ancient rough

Question 13 antonyms

Choose an antonym for 'brave'.

fearless courageous bold cowardly

Question 14 prefixes

What does the prefix un- do in 'unkind'?

shows more than one shows not or opposite shows a place shows past tense

Question 15 suffixes

What is the suffix in 'careful'?

un care ing ful

Question 16 plurals

Choose the correct plural.

familys familyes families familie's

Question 17 double letters

Choose the correct word.

runing runinng running runnning

Question 18 editing

Which edit makes the sentence clearer? 'The dog ran fast fast fast.'

The dog sprinted. The dog ran fast fast fast quickly. The dog ran. Fast the dog fast ran.

Question 19 connectives

Choose the connective that shows when this happened: ___ the bell rang, the class lined up.

When Unless Because However

Question 20 conditional words

Choose the connective that shows a condition.

nearby also finally if

Question 21 formal language

Which sentence is most suitable for a formal email to a teacher?

Worksheet. Now. Send it now. Hey, give me that sheet. Could you please send the worksheet?

Question 22 opinion

Which sentence is an opinion?

The library is the best room in the school. The library is beside the office. The library opens at 9 am. The library has two doors.

Question 23 fact

Which sentence is a fact?

The meeting feels endless. The meeting should be shorter. The meeting is boring. The meeting starts at 2 pm.

Question 24 quotation marks

Which punctuation mark shows the exact words spoken?

hyphen colon apostrophe quotation marks

Question 25 tense consistency

Choose the sentence with consistent past tense.

Noah opened the door and walked inside. Noah will open the door and walked inside. Noah opening the door and walked inside. Noah opens the door and walked inside.

Question 26 word families

Which word belongs to the same word family as 'cycle'?

cereal circle silent recycle

Question 27 dependent clauses

Which part is dependent and cannot stand alone?

because the lights went out the room was dark we waited quietly the lights went out

Question 28 sentence structure

Which sentence has the clearest word order?

Returned after Noah lunch the book library. Lunch book after returned Noah library. The library after book returned lunch Noah. After lunch, Noah returned the library book.

Question 29 precise vocabulary

Which word is the most precise choice? 'The soup was very, very hot.'

scalding silent usual round

Question 30 suffix spelling

Choose the word with the correct suffix spelling.

carefuly carefuliy carefulley carefully