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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 in this sentence is a noun: 'The dog ran quickly.'?

DogRanTheQuickly

2. Which word is an antonym for 'hot'?

WarmColdBoilingMild

3. Which sentence uses 'it's' or 'its' correctly?

The dog wagged it's tail.The dog wagged its' tail.The dog wagged it,s tail.The dog wagged its tail.

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 suffix '-ful' to the word 'help' create?

'Helpful', an adjective meaning full of help'Helping', a verb form'Helpless', meaning without help'Helper', a person who helps

6. In the sentence 'The cat hid under the table because it was scared', which word is a preposition?

ScaredUnderBecauseWas

7. Which sentence uses 'practice' correctly, in NZ English?

Football practise starts at 5 pm.She practices practise daily.Football practice starts at 5 pm.I need to practice more often.

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

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

9. What is wrong with this sentence: 'I was tired, I went to bed early.'?

It joins two complete sentences with only a comma, called a comma spliceIt has too few commasIt uses the wrong homophoneIt is missing an apostrophe

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

It was rainingThe match went aheadAheadAlthough it was raining

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