Prepositional phrase, the use of dictionary, rules of concord, comprehension - SS2 English Past Questions and Answers - page 1
a) Why do children sometimes dislike reading?
b) What type of books do children love to read?
c) State two things which parents can do to encourage their children to read.
d) What two effects do rhymes have on children?
e) What two other skills, apart from reading, can be acquired by playing word games?
f) ‘… an opportunity for children to read …’
i. What is the grammatical name for this expression as used in the passage?
ii. What is its function?
g) ‘…Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper …’
What literary device is used in this expression?
h) For each of the following words find another word or phrase which means the same as the word and can replace it in the passage:
i. chore, ii. appealing iii. passionate,
iv. creative v. excite vi. rewarding
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Which of the following sentences has a subject-verb agreement error?
The boys are playing football
The woman is driving the car.
The children are eating their lunch.
The dog and cat are running in the park
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Which of the following sentences has a pronoun-antecedent agreement error?
The boys and girls are playing in the park.
They are going to the cinema
The dog chased the cat.
He is a good boy.
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Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?
The sheep are grazing in the field.
The sheeps are grazing in the field.
The sheep is grazing in the field.
The sheeps is grazing in the field.
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Which of the following sentences contains a prepositional phrase?
The cat is on the mat.
The dog chased the cat.
The boy ate the apple.
The man is tall.
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Which of the following sentences contains a prepositional phrase that functions as an adjective?
The cat is on the mat.
The dog chased the cat
The boy ate the apple in the kitchen.
The man is tall.
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