YEAR 5 LANGUAGE CONVENTIONS
The spelling mistakes in these sentences have been circled.
Write the correct spelling in the box for each circled word.
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The three bears live in the forist.
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My school uniform has a white coller.
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That joke was hallarious.
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A huge grey nerse shark was circling our boat.
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We all jumpt into the car.
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My silly friend torked through the entire movie.
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I was fortunet enough to get a seat on the bus.
Each sentence has one word that is incorrect.
Write the correct spelling of that word in the box.
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The batting order was worked out by cumparing player
averages.
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Drink driving is both reckless and ilegal.
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Strawberry and chocolate are delicious topings.
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The art teacher shared her knowlege of painting with her
students.
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Our team played quite well against the oposition.
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A fly carrys many potentially deadly diseases.
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Each sentence has one word that is incorrect.
Write the correct spelling of that word in the box.
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Captian Tom was an extremely tricky pirate.
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He fought many battels against other ships and their
crews.
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He was always confident of finding tresure.
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He wood often camouflage his ship to confuse his
enemies.
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This had the desired effect on many unsupecting sailors.
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Tom ended up loosing his freedom in strange
circumstances.
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Navy solders boarded Tom’s boat and caught him as he
tried to escape.
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Read the text Baked Apple.
Answer the questions below the recipe.
Shade one
bubble.
Baked Apple
Ingredients
1 apple
2 tbs sultanas
2 tsp honey
Method
Step 1. Peel and core apple.
2. Place apple on baking tray.
3. Stuff apple with sultanas.
4. Drizzle honey over apple.
5. Bake until apple is soft.
Recipes often leave some words out. Which word has been left out of this line?
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Peel and core
a
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apple.
my
the
some
In this recipe, where else would full stops be acceptable?
after the title
after tsp and tbs
after each ingredient name
after ingredients and method
Which holds more, tbs or tsp?
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tbs
tsp
they are the same
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In which step in the method is there a sentence that has more than one verb?
step 2.
step 3.
step 4.
step 5.
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Why are most of the verbs in this recipe at the beginning of the sentence?
They tell you
what to do.
about the recipe.
the ingredients.
how much you need.
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Which of the following correctly completes the sentence?
“My father uses a
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Michael.
Shade one
bubble.
“hammer.” said
hammer.” said
hammer,” said
hammer, said
Which phrase is the correct order for the group of words?
the six old grey elephants
the old six grey elephants
the grey old six elephants
the old grey six elephants
An apostrophe has been left out of this sentence.
Where should the missing apostrophe go?
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All the animals cages had to be cleaned after the storms.
Inverted commas have been left out of this sentence.
Where should the missing inverted commas go?
Shade two
bubbles.
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Samantha asked the customer Would you like anything else?
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Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
The builder used long, silver, screws to attach the mirror to the wall.
The builder used long, silver screws to attach the mirror to the wall.
The builder, used long, silver screws to attach the mirror, to the wall.
The builder used long, silver, screws to attach the mirror, to the wall.
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Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
When you go to town, do you catch the train or the bus.
When you go to town, do you catch the train, or the bus.
When you go to town do you catch the train or the bus?
When you go to town do you catch the train, or the bus?
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bubble.
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Which answer correctly completes this sentence?
The mayor
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realised the people in his town were unhappy
with the decision.
have
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should
should have
should of
Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
Mammals, animals who feed their babies milk, are all warm blooded.
Mammals, animals who feed their babies milk are all warm blooded.
Mammals animals who feed their babies milk, are all warm blooded.
Mammals animals who feed their babies milk are all warm blooded.
Which answer correctly completes the sentence?
Late last night a driver
driving too fast.
Which word correctly completes the sentence?
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he was often mean to her, the boy did love his little
sister
Which group of words correctly completes the sentence?
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When the baby elephant was small
make him stay
close to the herd.
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bubble.
is
were
had been
has been
So
Then
Although
Whenever
his mother would
his mother should
her mother would
her mother should
Which sentence is correct?
The horse with black patches were sold next week.
The horse with black patches is being sold next week.
The horse with black patches has been sold next week.
The horse with black patches are being sold next week.
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Read the text below.
Choose the correct word to fill in the gap in each sentence.
Butterflies
Butterflies
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part of the insect family.
all insects, butterflies have six legs.
They often lay
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eggs on leaves.
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is
has
are
can
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And
Like
But
If
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their
they
its
those
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Which word correctly completes the sentence?
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Fish
live in the water, but some can survive for a
short time on the land.
Which word correctly completes the sentence?
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Tourists enjoy taking a camel ride
the beach at
sunset.
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Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
“What a silly thing,” to say to me giggled Tara.
“What a silly thing to say.” to me giggled Tara.
“What a silly thing to say to me.” giggled Tara.
“What a silly thing to say to me,” giggled Tara.
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A shark won’t attack its own young.
What does “won’t” mean?
want
wont
will not
was not
who
that
rarely
mostly
Shade one
bubble.
in
along
above
through
Which word correctly completes the sentence?
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Sam needed
shoes than his little sister.
big
bigger
biggest
Which words correctly complete this sentence?
The boy called for
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when he fell into the water.
help from his friends
Help! from his friends
Help!” from his friends
“help,” from his friends
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