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Past SATs Questions – Punctuation Q1. Which sentence is punctuated correctly? Tick one. Our parents always say “work hard and do your best.” Our parents always say, “work hard and do your best.” Our parents always say, “Work hard and do your best.” Our parents always say “Work hard and do your best.” 1 mark Q2. Tick the sentence that must end with a question mark. Tick one. The teacher asked them what they were doing I wonder what time the next train arrives Did she play tennis on your team last year He asked if he could use my pen 1 mark Q3. Insert one comma in the correct place in the sentence below. Every night Dad and my brother take the dog for a walk. 1 mark
Which sentence must not end with an exclamation mark? Tick one. You really must wear a coat What a dreadful day I had What is the temperature now The wind is very strong today 1 mark Q5. Explain how the comma changes the meaning of the second sentence.
- I asked if Jake Thomas and Lily were coming to the barbecue.
- I asked if Jake, Thomas and Lily were coming to the barbecue.
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Q6.** Insert a colon in the correct place in the sentence below. Joshua had mastered two new skateboarding skills he could do a perfect aerial jump and execute a complete 180 degree turn. 1 mark
Which sentence is punctuated correctly? Tick one. I will be running – a half marathon 13 miles next week! I will be – running a half marathon – 13 miles next week! I will be running a half marathon 13 – miles
- next week! I will be running a half marathon – 13 miles
- next week! 1 mark Q12. Insert a dash in the correct place in the sentence below. It was a very exciting lesson we learnt how parachutes work and designed one of our own. 1 mark Q13. Write the contracted form of the underlined words in the box below. We shall not do that again! 1 mark Q14. Insert an apostrophe in the correct place in the sentence below. P u p i l s c o a t s s h o u l d b e h u n g o n t h e p e g s. 1 mark
Circle each word that should begin with a capital letter in the sentence below. when we visited the museum in birmingham, gareth arranged to travel by train with aunt laura. 1 mark Q16. Tick one box to show where a hyphen is needed in the sentence below. The class teacher praised the well behaved and helpful group of year six children.
