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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 correctly completes this sentence: 'I saw ___ new house yesterday.'?

TheirThierThereThey're

2. Which word is the verb in this sentence: 'She sings beautifully.'?

LoudBeautifullySheSings

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

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

4. Which word is the adverb in this sentence: 'The cat moved silently across the room.'?

RoomMovedCatSilently

5. What does adding the suffix '-ful' to the word 'help' create?

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

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

AgainNotBeforeUnder

7. Which sentence uses personification?

The wind blew the leaves away.The wind was very strong.The wind whispered through the trees.The wind came from the north.

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

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

9. What usually happens to a word ending in a silent 'e' when you add a suffix that starts with a vowel, such as '-ing'?

The whole word changes completelyThe silent e is usually dropped, for example make becomes makingThe final consonant is always doubledThe silent e is always kept, for example makeing

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

AheadAlthough it was rainingThe match went aheadIt was raining

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