| 1. Make adjectives from these nouns:
beauty, slope, glass, friend, doubt, expense, delight, sleep, danger, sport
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| 2. Write these lines of poetry in the usual way, putting in capital letters and the correct punctuation: the evening is coming the sun sinks to rest the rooks are all flying straight home to the nest caw says the rook, as he flies overhead it's time little people were going to bed. |
| 3. Each of the following sentences contains one error. Re-write the sentences correctly:
a) This is not an Infant's School.
b) I am told that Tom Jones's brother have won a scholarship.
c) The bishop and another fellow then entered the hall.
d) When the dog recognised me it wagged it's tail.
e) The matter does not concern you or I.
f) Talking to my friend, the bus passed me. |
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| 4. Choose the correct word from those in brackets:
a) She gave the (fare, fair) to the conductor.
b) I am (confidant, confident) of success.
c) Why does she (die, dye) her hair?
d) His sister has (wrote, written) him a letter.
e) The screw fell off because it was (lose, loose). |
| 5. Fill in the relative pronoun in these sentences:
a) That is the coat .......... my brother took away.
b) The man to .......... I spoke was very disagreeable.
c) The boy .......... ball I kicked was offended.
d) The man .......... does his duty is always brave.
e) He asked me .......... I intended to do. |
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