Standard English One
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Past Paper 2016 sample
Level 3-5
Question 6
1
Circle one verb in each underlined pair to complete the sentences using Standard English.
We was / were planning to hold a cake sale at school.
I was / were chosen to design the posters.
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2 You are looking over your work and decide to replace the word 'said' in the sentence below.
"It's over here!" said the boy excitedly, hoping the others could hear him above the
noise of the crashing waves.
Choose a suitable word and write it in the box.
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3 Tick the two sentences that have double negatives.
Tick two
I can't find my keys nowhere.
You can't walk on the grass.
The children won't do that no more.
My shoes aren't comfortable.
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4 Which sentences are grammatically correct?
Tick two
I'm not going to no concert.
I'm not going to the concert.
I don't never go to football club.
I don't ever go to football club.
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5 Tick the correct sentence in each pair of sentences below.
The boy never saw nothing.
The boy didn't see anything.
They could not find nowhere to buy food.
They could not find anywhere to buy food.
I am not doing no homework tonight.
I am not doing any homework tonight.
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6 The sentence below includes a double negative.
There isn't no new books in the library.
Put a tick in the box next to the sentence that has been re-written correctly.
Tick one
There are no new books in the library.
There isn't none new books in the library.
There isn't nothing new books in the library.
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7 Tick the two sentences that have double negatives.
Tick two
There isn't no point in driving because it's snowing.
There isn't any water left in the bucket.
The burglar said that he didn't want no trouble.
I am not going to school today.
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8 Which sentences are grammatically correct?
Tick two
We haven't got any food in the fridge.
We haven't got no food in the fridge.
The man in the shop said he never saw nobody.
The man in the shop said he never say anybody.
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9 The sentence below includes a double negative.
The cat hasn't got no whiskers.
Put a tick in the box next to the sentence that has been re-written correctly.
Tick one
The cat has got none whiskers.
The cat hasn't got any whiskers.
The cat hasn't got nothing whiskers.
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10 The sentence below contains a double negative. Underline the negative words.
Jennifer could not walk no more.
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