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10 questions. Get 8 right to earn 10 minutes. All 10 right = +5 bonus. They start easy and get harder as you go, so treat the first few as a warm-up. Every one you miss comes back with the answer and why.

1. Which word is a synonym for 'happy'?

JoyfulAngryConfusedTired

2. What kind of sentence is this: 'Please close the door.'?

A commandA statementA questionAn exclamation

3. Which word correctly completes this sentence: '___ going to love this book.'?

YoursYou'reYourYore

4. Which sentence uses commas correctly in a list?

I, packed a jacket a hat, and some gloves.I packed a jacket, a hat, and some gloves.I packed, a jacket a hat and some gloves.I packed a jacket a hat and some gloves.

5. What does adding the prefix 'un' to the word 'happy' do to its meaning?

It makes the word past tenseIt makes the word pluralIt reverses the meaning, to 'not happy'It makes the word a noun

6. What does the prefix 're-' usually mean, as in 'rewrite' or 'replay'?

AgainNotBeforeUnder

7. Which sentence uses a colon correctly?

She packed three things: a towel, sunscreen and a book.She packed: three things a towel, sunscreen and a book.She packed three things, a towel: sunscreen and a book.She packed three: things a towel, sunscreen and a book.

8. Which sentence uses 'practise' correctly, in NZ English?

My practise starts at four.I went to piano practise.I need to practice my spelling every night.I need to practise my spelling every night.

9. Which sentence uses 'there', 'their' and 'they're' all correctly?

They're taking their bags over there.There taking they're bags over their.Their taking there bags over they're.They're taking there bags over their.

10. In the sentence 'Although it was raining, the match went ahead', which part is the subordinate clause?

AheadIt was rainingThe match went aheadAlthough it was raining

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