Conventions of Language Paper 4

Question 1 spelling

Choose the correctly spelt word.

excercise exersise exercize exercise

Question 2 homophones

Choose the correct word: I would like to come ___.

too tow to two

Question 3 homophones

Choose the correct word: We need ___ pencils.

tow to too two

Question 4 tense

Change to future tense: Leo walks to the beach.

Leo walked to the beach. Leo walking to the beach. Leo will walk to the beach. Leo walks to the beach yesterday.

Question 5 tense

Which verb is in past tense?

collecting collects collected will collect

Question 6 adverbs

In the sentence 'Leo read quickly', what is 'quickly'?

a preposition a noun a quotation mark an adverb

Question 7 prepositional phrases

In the sentence 'The bag was across the sand', what does the phrase tell?

when whose where why

Question 8 complex sentences

Which is a complex sentence?

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

Question 9 subordinating conjunctions

Which word is a subordinating conjunction?

because but desk and

Question 10 dialogue punctuation

Which sentence punctuates direct speech correctly?

"I found it," said Leo. I found it," said Leo. "I found it", said Leo. "I found it." said Leo.

Question 11 reported speech

Which sentence uses reported speech?

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

Question 12 synonyms

Choose a synonym for 'small'.

loud rough tiny ancient

Question 13 antonyms

Choose an antonym for 'brave'.

fearless bold courageous cowardly

Question 14 prefixes

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

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

Question 15 suffixes

What is the suffix in 'wonderful'?

wonder ing un ful

Question 16 plurals

Choose the correct plural.

families familyes familys familie's

Question 17 double letters

Choose the correct word.

runing runnning running runinng

Question 18 editing

Which edit removes repetition while preserving the idea of running fast with a precise verb? 'The dog ran fast fast fast.'

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

Question 19 connectives

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

Unless When Because However

Question 20 conditional words

Choose the connective that shows a condition.

if also nearby finally

Question 21 formal language

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

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

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 has two doors. The library opens at 9 am.

Question 23 fact

Which sentence is a fact?

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

Question 24 quotation marks

Which punctuation mark shows the exact words spoken?

apostrophe quotation marks colon hyphen

Question 25 tense consistency

Choose the sentence with consistent past tense.

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

Question 26 word families

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

silent cereal recycle circle

Question 27 dependent clauses

Which part is dependent and cannot stand alone?

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

Question 28 sentence structure

Which sentence has the clearest word order?

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

Question 29 precise vocabulary

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

usual scalding round silent

Question 30 suffix spelling

Choose the word with the correct suffix spelling.

carefuly carefuliy carefulley carefully