2020 national curriculum tests Key stage 2

English grammar, punctuation and spellingPaper 1: questions

2016 national curriculum tests

Key stage 2

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Questions and answers

There are different types of question for you to answer in different ways. The space for your answer shows you what type of answer is needed. Write your answer in the space provided. Do not write over any barcodes.

Multiple-choice answers For some questions, you do not need to do any writing. Read the instructions carefully so that you know how to answer each question.

Short answers Some questions are followed by a line or a box. This shows that you need to write a word, a few words or a sentence.

Marks

The number under each line at the side of the page tells you the maximum number of marks for each question.

You should work through the booklet until you are asked to stop.

Work as quickly and as carefully as you can. If you finish before the end, go back and check your work.

You have 45 minutes to answer the questions in this booklet.

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1 Draw a line to match each word to the correct suffix to make an adjective.

Word Suffix

manage ish

harm able

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2 Complete the sentence below by writing the conjunctions from the box in the correct places. Use each conjunction only once.

or but and

You may bring sandwiches juice water

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Some months have 31 days, how many months have 30?

The answer is A, obviously !

All 12 months have 31 days, obviously!All the ones with 31 and all the ones with 30, so 11, obviously!

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Circle the object in the sentence below.

My friend bought a cake from the bakery.

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Draw a line to match each sentence to the correct determiner. Use each determiner only once.

Sentence Determiner

At the zoo we saw _______ owl. a

There was also _______ cute baby penguin.

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I thought it was _______ best day ever. an

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Divide 20 by half and add 10.

Their mouths are upsidedown!

There are obviously 40 halves in 20 , plus 10 equals 50.

Their mouths and eys are upsidedown.

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5 Tick the option that must end with a question mark.

Tick one.

What we ate for dinner was very unusual

Can you guess what we ate for dinner

Ask me what we ate for dinner

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6 Which sentence uses the colon correctly?

Tick one.

I bought several beach toys a bucket: a spade a ball and a kite.

I bought several beach toys a: bucket, a spade, a ball and a kite.

I bought several beach toys: a bucket, a spade, a ball and a kite.

I bought several: beach toys, a bucket, a spade, a ball and a kite.


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If there are 25 apples in a basket and you take away 6, how many apples have you got?

If YOU take away 6, then YOU have got 6 apples, obviously!

There are 8 holes - 2 in the sleeves, 1 in the neck, 2 in the front and.... 2 in the back, obviously!

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7 Complete the sentence with an appropriate adverb.

She completed her homework _____________________. 1 markG002969



Tick two boxes to show where the missing inverted commas should go.

Roman life was unlike modern life, the archaeologist said.

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A farmer has a field containing 17 sheep, then all but 7 drop down and die.

How many sheep are left standing in the field?

All have died except the 7, so 7 are still standing, obviously!

The mistake is in the question - SPOT is TYPED twice (the numbers are fine).

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9 Insert one comma in the correct place in the sentence below.

Limping slightly the old man walked to the end of the road. 1 markG003790



10 Tick one box in each row to show if the sentence is in the present progressive or the past progressive.

Sentence Present progressive

Past progressive

Joey was playing football in the park after school.

Joey’s football skills are improving all the time.

Joey is hoping to be a professional footballer.

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Two coins add up to 55p, but one of the coins is not a fifty pence piece.

What are the two coins?

Can you shade in the hidden baby?

If only ONE of the coins is not a fifty pence piece, then the other one must be a fifty pence piece - so a 5pence piece and a fifty pence piece.

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11 Replace the underlined word or words in each sentence with the correct pronoun.

When Sara came to the end of the road, Sara turned right.

The pavement had a large hole and Sara fell into the hole.

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12 Which sentence uses the hyphen correctly?

Tick one.

The sugar-free lollies are available in three flavours.

The sugar-free-lollies are available in three flavours.

The sugar-free lollies are available in three-flavours.

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Why are 2020 10p coins worth more than 2018 10p coins?

It takes exactly 3 minutes (120 seconds), to boil an egg in a pan of boiling water.

How long does it take to boil 3 eggs?

Because there are two thousand and twenty lots of ten, which is more than two thousand and eighteen lots of ten - obviously!

It still takes three minutes - it doesn't matter how many eggs you put into the boiling water - they each take 3 minutes to boil, obviously!

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13 Which sentence shows that you are most likely to be away next week?

Tick one.

I could be away next week.

I might be away next week.

I shall be away next week.

I may be away next week.


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Draw a line to match each sentence to its correct function. Use each function box only once.

Sentence Function

I expect the weather to be fine at the weekend question

Are we likely to have good weather this weekend

command

Check the weather before deciding where to go

statement

What fantastic weather we have had this year exclamation

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Using your best estimating skills, how many animals did Moses take onto the ark before the Great Flood.

(You do not have to be exact and can be within 1000 either way.)

How many 30p stamps are there in a dozen?

The answer is ...ZERO... it wa Noah who built the Ark, not Moses, obviously!

There are 12 - a dozen is always 12 , obviously.

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Which sentence is written in Standard English?

Tick one.

I went to the library and done my homework.

They seen their friends at the cinema.

I been to the circus with my aunt and uncle.

I sang with the school choir in the concert.

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16 a) What is the name of the punctuation marks on either side of the words which was a spaniel in the sentence below?

Jay’s dog (which was a spaniel) loved to play with its squeaky bone.

b) What is the name of a different punctuation mark that could be used correctly in the same places?

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If the day before the day after tomorrow will be Saturday, and the day after the day before yesterday was Thursday, what is today?

How much dirt is there in a square hole which is 1 metre across each side and 2 metres deep?

(Tip: to calculate volume, you must multiply length by width by depth.)

How much dirt is there in a hole which is twice as big?

The answer is Friday.

None - it's a hole - that means the dirt has been removed, obviously!

It's still none, obviously!

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17 Replace the underlined words in the sentences below with their expanded forms.

We’re going into town later, so I’ll buy some bread then.

We won’t be back late.


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18 You are helping a friend to correct the punctuation in the box below. Which two pieces of advice should you give to correct the punctuation?

“Surprise” shouted the children!

Tick two.

There should be an exclamation mark after the word ‘surprise’.

There should be an exclamation mark after the inverted commas.

The sentence should end with a full stop instead of an exclamation mark.

There should be an exclamation mark after the word ‘shouted’.

More exclamation marks after the word ‘children’ would help to show they shouted loudly.

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A cowboy rode into town on Monday. He stayed two days then rode out of town on Sunday.

How is this possible?

How many legs does this elephant have?

The horse he rode into town on was called 'Monday'.He chose a different horse to ride out of town on, called 'Sunday' - Monday was too tired.

There are 4 - your eyes are playing tricks.

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Which sentence uses capital letters correctly?

Tick one.

The athlete won four gold medals at the olympic games in London.

The athlete won four Gold Medals at the Olympic Games in London.

The athlete won four Gold medals at the Olympic games in London.

The athlete won four gold medals at the Olympic Games in London.

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Insert a semi-colon in the correct place in the sentence below.

There are Roman ruins near our village they are being excavated next week.

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2016 key stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling Paper 1: questions Print version product code: STA/16/7372/p ISBN: 978-1-78315-925-3 Electronic PDF version product code: STA/16/7372/e ISBN: 978-1-78315-926-0

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