Conventions of Language Paper 8

Question 1 spelling

Choose the correctly spelt word.

probabley proberly probably probly

Question 2 homophones

Choose the correct word: Turn ___ at the office.

wright right rite write

Question 3 homophones

Choose the correct word: Please ___ your name.

rite wright right write

Question 4 tense

Change to future tense: Jade walks to the art room.

Jade walked to the art room. Jade walks to the art room yesterday. Jade will walk to the art room. Jade walking to the art room.

Question 5 tense

Which verb is in past tense?

collecting collected will collect collects

Question 6 adverbs

In the sentence 'Jade read brightly', what is 'brightly'?

an adverb a noun a quotation mark a preposition

Question 7 prepositional phrases

In the sentence 'The bag was above the table', what does the phrase tell?

why whose when where

Question 8 complex sentences

Which is a complex sentence?

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

Question 9 subordinating conjunctions

Which word is a subordinating conjunction?

and desk but because

Question 10 dialogue punctuation

Which sentence punctuates direct speech correctly?

"I found it," said Jade. "I found it", said Jade. "I found it." said Jade. I found it," said Jade.

Question 11 reported speech

Which sentence uses reported speech?

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

Question 12 synonyms

Choose a synonym for 'small'.

ancient rough tiny loud

Question 13 antonyms

Choose an antonym for 'brave'.

bold fearless cowardly courageous

Question 14 prefixes

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

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

Question 15 suffixes

What is the suffix in 'useful'?

ing un use ful

Question 16 plurals

Choose the correct plural.

familys families familie's familyes

Question 17 double letters

Choose the correct word.

runnning running runing runinng

Question 18 editing

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

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

Question 19 connectives

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

Unless However Because When

Question 20 conditional words

Choose the connective that shows a condition.

also finally if nearby

Question 21 formal language

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

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

Question 22 opinion

Which sentence is an opinion?

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

Question 23 fact

Which sentence is a fact?

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

Question 24 quotation marks

Which punctuation mark shows the exact words spoken?

colon apostrophe hyphen quotation marks

Question 25 tense consistency

Choose the sentence with consistent past tense.

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

Question 26 word families

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

circle cereal silent recycle

Question 27 dependent clauses

Which part is dependent and cannot stand alone?

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

Question 28 sentence structure

Which sentence has the clearest word order?

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

Question 29 precise vocabulary

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

usual round scalding silent

Question 30 suffix spelling

Choose the word with the correct suffix spelling.

carefully carefuly carefulley carefuliy