Name________________________________
EGPS Homework
Due in Wednesday 3rd May 2017
1) Match the sentence to its name.
Hint: the verb ‘to have’ is perfect!
2)
He was singing
Past perfect
at the top of his
voice.
It was noticeable
Present perfect
that she had
been running.
Amanda has
Past progressive
started her
tidying her
bedroom.
They are moving
Present
quickly.
progressive
In a few
Past perfect
minutes, they
progressive
will have cleared
passport control.
3) Underline the longest possible noun phrase in the sentence
below.
The ancient castle on the hill was difficult to reach.
4) Look at the sentences below. Tick whether they are the main
clause or the subordinate clause.
Sentence
Main clause
Subordinate
clause
Whilst it was too early to go to bed, Jenny was sat
downstairs in her pyjamas.
The kettle had boiled although no one had heard its
distinctive whistle.
The policewoman stayed in the shadows until the
suspect arrived at the property.
Brian, who was still suffering from a swollen ankle,
struggled to climb the stairs.
5) Add two different sets of parenthesis to the following sentence:
John 34 was walking home alongside the canal behind Bridge Street
when he stumbled across the missing jewellery.
6) Tick the correctly punctuated sentence.
Tick
The journey to Newcastle under lyme was very slow.
The journey to Newcastle under lyme was very slow.
The journey to Newcastle-Under-Lyme was very slow.
The journey to Newcastle under lyme was very slow.
7) Tick the sentences that require an exclamation mark to make
them exclamation sentences:
Tick
What are you doing here
What a lovely place you have
How wonderful it is to see you
Stop the thief
How old is this furniture
8) Complete these sentences with an appropriate homograph.
“Give me a ______________ and I’ll be with you!” Brian stated.
She came _______________ in the race.
Finish each statutory spelling (spellings are on our website)
9)
13)
17)
21)
25)
29)
Enviro____t
C___ous
C_____ence
Y___ht
Misch______s
Dis_____us
10)
14)
18)
22)
26)
30)
A______odate
A______pany
A____eve
Acc____ing
Dict_______y
Marv_______s
11)
15)
19)
23)
27)
31)
Li_____ing
Veg______le
Tw_____h
Parl______nt
O______nity
O___r
12)
16)
20)
24)
28)
32)
In______e
Gov_______t
Nec______y
Emb______s
Det_______d
Rh___m