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Grammar, Punctuation and Vocabulary worksheets
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L Lower-level worksheets
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Spelling tests
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G Grammar
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V Vocabulary
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Tick two
1 Tick two sentences that are punctuated correctly.
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a ‘I’m so sorry’, she said. ‘I was only trying to help’.
b ‘I’m so sorry,’ she said. ‘I was only trying to help.’
c I’m so sorry,’ she said! ‘I was only trying to help!’
d ‘I’m so sorry,’ she said. ‘I was only trying to help!’
2 marks
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ES
2 Put ticks in two of the boxes to show where commas could go in the sentence below.
The fanatical ■ storm chasers ■ who love filming ■ wild weather ■ are carefully ■
monitoring the radar.
3 Write a different connective to complete each sentence.
the rain didn’t start until later.
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a A lightning storm hit the city
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three days later.
b When the rain did start it didn’t stop
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it means that winter is over and summer
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c Spring is my favourite season
is coming!
4 Underline the subordinate clause in this sentence.
1 mark
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Although it started hailing, footy still wasn’t cancelled.
5 a Write a verb phrase in the gap to complete the sentence below. Choose from:
will be
had been
is going to be
1 mark
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shining all day before the rain started.
The sun
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has being
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b In the sentence above, circle all of the words in the verb phrase.
Tick one
6 Tick the sentence below that has the correct grammar.
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a Myself and my sister sprinted home in the rain.
b Me and my sister sprinted home in the rain.
c My sister and I sprinted home in the rain.
d My sister and me sprinted home in the rain.
1 mark
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7 Choose the best words to complete each of the sentences below.
enthused
engendered
enabled
a ‘I love thunderstorms,’
estimated
Danushka.
her to buy a good camera.
b The money Sara earned from scooping ice-cream
c ‘It should only cost around $10,’ Pip
d Cam
engaged
.
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Miles in a lengthy discussion about his favourite TV show.
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1 Rewrite what Eva said as direct speech.
Eva warned Xavier that someone might get hurt. She said that she thought the dare was
dangerous, but Xavier wouldn’t listen.
2 marks
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2 Write the number of the location to which each punctuation mark should correspond.
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semicolon ellipsis ES
The abandoned house was dark1 decrepit and dank, with broken windows and peeling paint.
The For Sale sign had been there for years but nobody ever went inside2 the rumours
about the fate of the past owners had put off any prospective buyers until now3
comma
3 Insert an adverb into the sentence below to add suspense.
PA
4 Add prepositions to this sentence.
the house, I saw old furniture draped
ceilings and a dark-coloured stain
sheets, spiderwebs covering the
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the carpet …
5 Tick the sentence which shows a possibility and explains
the conditions.
Tick one
c If I do my violin practice every day, Dad says he might take me to the concert.
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I practised on my violin every day and eventually I was allowed to go to
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the concert.
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a I practise on my violin every night so I’m allowed to go to the concert.
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The door opened and I peered into the dark hallway.
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b Dad says he might take me to the concert, but I’m not sure that he will.
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6 Write the word class of each of the underlined words on the lines beside them.
The others dared me
7 Look at these words:
to go inside the house. They thought
chronological
chronic
I was too chicken!
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chronicle
What does chrono– mean? Circle the best option.
measurement
belief
time
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recording
8 Write the correct homophone in the gaps in the sentence below. Choose from:
their
there
they’re
are many people who don’t realise that
homophones incorrectly!
spelling
3 marks
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1 Add punctuation in four of the boxes.
Although Mount Everest ■ is the tallest mountain on land ■ it isn’t the highest mountain ■
on Earth ■
Mount Kea ■ a Hawaiian volcano ■ is 2,000m taller ■ than Everest ■ but 75 per cent of it
is under water.
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be back can to traced
1900 BC.
The history of chocolate
3 Fill in the box below, using words or phrases from the sentence.
ES
2 Reorder the words and write them in the gap to make a grammatical sentence.
1 mark
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Chocolate was originally served as a bitter, frothy liquid, mixed with spices, wine or corn puree.
noun
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verb
preposition
adjective
adverb
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4 Give one reason why this text would be considered formal.
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According to legend, Quetzalcoatl, the mighty god of wind and the moon, gave his people
seeds from a cocoa tree. The Aztecs used the beans as currency and they were offered up
as precious gifts.
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5 Circle the word to fill the gap.
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The film received
rapacious
applause and a standing ovation at the film festival.
rapid
rapport
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rapturous
6 Draw lines to match the prefixes to the words:
Words
Prefixes
legal
ir-
relevant
in-
consistent
il-
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SPELLING TEST 3
For questions 1–5
the spelling mistake
has been underlined.
Write the correct
spelling for the
underlined words.
For questions 6–10,
circle the correct
option in each
instance.
1Jia Ying will have indapendance
when she moves out of home.
6The doctor’s handwriting was
eligible/illegible.
7Those changes don’t
affect/effect me.
2Will you take my hand in marrige?
3On Christmas Day both armies
agreed to a cese fire.
9 and 10
The police had to device/devise
a plan to remove the device/devise.
4My phone line has static
intaferance so I can’t hear you
properly.
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5Suddenly a roge wave came out
of the blue and swept our things
away.
SPELLING TEST 4
1Gen writes a colem in the school
newspaper each week.
6A sense of f
hit him as he went back to visit his
childhood house.
2The kids are much more manageble
if you don’t give them red cordial.
7Do you speak a different
l
at home?
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Revise the words
in spelling lists
10–12 L and then
attempt the questions
opposite.
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8Kelly wanted another serving
of desert/dessert.
ES
Revise the words in
spelling lists 7–9 L
and then attempt the
questions opposite.
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For questions 1–5
the spelling mistake
has been underlined.
Write the correct
spelling for the
underlined words.
For questions 6–10 the
first letter is given as
a hint.
3It was only a slight exagaration
when I said it cost a million dollars.
4The solar eclipse was a fascinating
phenominon to experience.
my
8If you c
cooking again, you’ll have to cook
your own dinner.
9I thought I could trust you, but
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not.
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0 Jada failed to pick up on the
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hints about
what Axel wanted for his birthday.
5When it started raining we
all left the picnic imediatly.
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1 Circle the correct punctuation.
a My PIN has three
5’s / 5s
b We’ve had many happy
c The
so it’s easy to remember.
at the beach house.
Christmases / Christmas’s
are coming for dinner.
Wilson’s / Wilsons
d We’re looking after the Wilson
family’s / families
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dog when they go on holiday.
ES
2 Write an adverb at the start of the sentence that means at the moment.
moment.
, the world’s tallest skyscraper is the Burj Khalifa (829 metres) in Dubai,
United Arab Emirates.
1 mark
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3 Circle the most appropriate verb phrase to fill the gap in this sentence.
had also designed
designing
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some of the world’s biggest shopping centres.
have also designed
has been designed
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Architects in Dubai
1 mark
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4 Add an article and a preposition to fill the gaps.
One shopping centre even includes
indoor ski centre, complete with
a chairlift, jumps and a black run. Can you imagine stepping inside from the hot desert
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the snow?
2 marks
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5 Match each sentence below with the correct description and text type.
conditional
passive
text type
A tunnel was blasted through the rock.
report
He realised that, if he could blast through the
rock, he would be able to make a tunnel.
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command
Blast a tunnel through the rock.
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description
biography
instructions
3 marks
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6 In the above sentences, the word tunnel is used as a noun. Write a sentence using it as
a verb.
1 mark
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7 Circle the best word to fill the gap in this sentence.
Gold, silver, copper ore and other
miners
minions
are taken from deep under the earth.
minerals
minimums
1 mark
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8 Circle the correct form of the verb in the sentences below.
a Please
lie / lay
my pencil on the desk. b Please
lie / lay
down on the couch.
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Worksheet 7 L
1 a Saturday, hockey b it’s
2 (a dash)
3 (Answers may vary.) Until you have
grown out of your old ones / hockey
boots, you’re not getting new hockey
boots / ones. (1 mark for a complete
sentence with information in this order
and comma correctly placed)
4noun: wasp, insect; verb: be;
crossover: colour, swim
5 your
6 disbelieve; untrue; deflate; invisible
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Worksheet 3 L
1 Don’t forget to pack the following:
jacket, pants and thermals.
2 (2,228 metres above sea level)
3 had been snowboarding
4 (Answers may vary.) really / very /
reasonably
5 She was taken to hospital by the
teacher. (1 mark for identifying subject as
Audrey, not the teacher, and 1 mark for
the pronoun)
6 a contractions; non-standard English; direct speech
b Any of: like, gross, going really fast, literally, totally, should’ve
7 unhelpful
Worksheet 6 L
1 ‘I don’t have any left,’ she told Mark. or
She told Mark, ‘I don't have any left.’
(1 mark for the correct direct speech
sentence; 1 mark for punctuation)
2 Samantha, who loves reading crime
novels, spends every afternoon in
the library. (1 mark for a correctly
formed sentence; 1 mark for appropriate
punctuation)
3 ? …
4 I, F, F, I
5 I’ll
6 between
7 children; knives; oxen
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Worksheet 4 L
1 ‘Oh no! Did you forget your wallet?’
Kelly asked.
2 a or the; some or the
3 c
4 You heard what I said: statement
Listen to me: command
Did you hear what I said: question
5 (hot jam) doughnuts
6 better, best
7 unhygienic, polluted
Worksheet 5 L
1 Trampolining classes are the newest
fitness craze; trampoline / craze.
Trampoline / craze: trampoline
dodgeball, aerial aerobics or even just
free-jumping are so much fun that
people don’t realise they’re exercising.
(1 mark for correcting the comma splice,
1 mark for putting a comma after
dodgeball, and 1 mark for the
apostrophe in they’re.)
2 boys’
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1 b, d, e and f
2 always; before; soon
3 (Answers may vary.) playful behaviour /
soft fur (1 mark for suitable adjective and
1 for noun)
4 theirs; their
5 typical
6 (Answers may vary.) difficult / tricky /
complex / hard
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Worksheet 2 L
1 a, c and d
2 (Answers may vary.) Although Bella felt
tired, she tried to help Blake.
3 their
4 I was extremely surprised and really
shocked (or vice versa)
5 b and d
6 don’t you?
7 dis8 mumble; speak; announce
Worksheet 9 L
1 1: full stop; 2: apostrophe;
3: semicolon; 4: exclamation mark
2 was extremely grateful
3 (Answers may vary.) hotter; hottest;
oldest; hotter
4 ashould b could
5 (Answers may vary.) pleased / delighted
/ impressed
6 (Answers may vary.) e.g. I can't bear the
suspense any longer.
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a; an; the
for
had
a Despite the fact that it was her birthday
b (Answers may vary.) Even though it was her birthday, Zara was unhappy.
7 a expectation; hope
b (Answers may vary.) brilliant, wonderful
8 Any correctly punctuated sentence that
uses ‘exercise’ with a different meaning,
e.g. We did a grammar exercise at
school. An umpire has to exercise good
judgement.
3
4
5
6
Worksheet 1 L
1 b and d
2 [,] who love filming wild weather [,]
3 a but, however or yet b until
cbecause or as
4 Although it started hailing
5 a had been b had been shining
6 c
7 aenthused b enabled
c estimated d engaged
Worksheet 11 L
1 a ‘Hey Mum,’ said Kym, ‘do you like
my hair?’
(1 mark for each pair of quotation
marks (2), 1 mark for the comma and
1 mark for the question mark)
b (Answers may vary.) Mum said she loved it, but she wasn’t sure if Kym’s school would like it.
cimpulse
2 quick; muddy; rainy
3 a ‘I don’t know anything about that!’ he protested. or ‘I know nothing about that!’ he protested.
b (Answers may vary.) he protested indignantly / angrily
4 a When I go for a run or which is two or three times a week or I listen to energising music (through my headphones).
5 acomfortable or comforting
bcomfortably or comfortingly
cuncomfortably or discomfortingly
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Worksheet 8 L
1 blood; foetuses; spells
2 dash
3 Last year I was on exchange in Peru
and I learned about the Incas.
4 The llamas in Peru are so cute.
informal; Peru is a country in South
America… formal; The Inca Empire
was defeated… passive; When Casey
saw… active
5 (Answers may vary.) the fierce jaguar or
the terrified deer
6was or were
7 (Answers may vary.) Peru is amazing
/ incredible / beautiful; enthused /
gushed / raved the student. (1 mark for
replacing ‘nice’ with a suitable adjective
and 1 mark for replacing ‘said’ with a
different verb)
8 doubtful, doubtless
Worksheet 12 L
1 I admire my grandma; I want to be as
active as her when I get older.
2 a I bought: the dog, a bowl, a collar and a blanket.
b Let’s eat, Grandpa!
c Danger! Man-eating crocodiles ahead.
3 Any two of: contraction, idiom, active
voice, speech-like construction (Also
award marks for giving examples without
the grammatical names, e.g. ‘a tick’ or
‘OK’ for idiom)
4 (Answers may vary.) Can you swim? or
You can swim, can’t you?
5nouns: watch, pool; pronouns: I, my
6 noun: comfort; adjective: acceptable;
verb: comfort; adverb: acceptably
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