Parent Challenge - Answers
Q1.
Circle the two nouns in the sentence below.
You have left your pencil on the bench over there.
1 mark
Q2.
Circle all the prepositions in the sentence below.
He walked through the doorway and sat behind the desk.
1 mark
Q3.
Look at where the arrow is pointing.
The children went home Josh had enjoyed his party.
Which punctuation mark is missing?
Tick one.
comma
question mark
apostrophe
full stop
1 mark
Q4.
Why do the underlined words start with a capital letter?
On Saturday morning, Sarah and her family went on holiday to
Scotland.
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1 mark
they are names
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a place/day/name needs a capital letter
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because every name starts with a capital letter
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because Sarah/Saturday is a name
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Scotland is a place.
Q5.
What does the word Others refer to in the passage below?
Some plants, such as sunflowers, die in winter. Others, such as
daffodils, survive as bulbs underground.
Tick one.
plants
sunflowers
daffodils
bulbs
1 mark
Q6.
Write a sentence using the word point as a verb.
Do not change the word.
Remember to punctuate your sentence correctly.
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1 mark
Write a sentence using the word point as a noun.
Do not change the word.
Remember to punctuate your sentence correctly.
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1 mark
Award 1 mark for a grammatically correct sentence that uses point as a verb and that is
correctly punctuated, e.g.
I saw the teacher point at the board.
Do not accept responses that use an inflected ending of point, e.g.
Ushma pointed at the book she wanted.
Award 1 mark for a grammatically correct sentence that uses point as a noun and that is
correctly punctuated, e.g.
I sharpened my pencil to a fine point.
Do not accept responses that use an inflected ending of point, e.g.
The red team scored more points than the blue team.
Q7.
Underline the relative clause in the sentence below.
The old house that is next to our school is for sale.
1 mark
The old house that is next to our school is for sale.
Q8.
Which punctuation mark completes the sentence below?
What a wonderful present you gave me
Tick one.
full stop
exclamation mark
question mark
comma
1 mark
Q9.
Tick the correct word to complete the sentence below.
I hope
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we will play musical chairs at the party.
Tick one.
when
if
that
because
1 mark
Q10.
What is the function of the sentence below?
How well you’ve done
Tick one.
a question
a command
a statement
an exclamation
1 mark