ENGLISH - TERM 1 - PRE-TEST
Name:__________________________
GRAMMAR FOCUS – Relative Clauses
Exercise 1: Circle the correct option for relative pronoun in the following sentences:
1. The Taj Mahal is the only wonder what / which / who is in India.
2. Egyptian officials what / which / who condemned the global poll think there is no doubt that the Pyramids
are a Wonder of the World.
3. The largest proportion of votes was those what / which / who were cast online.
4. Lisbon, that / which / where the awards were presented, is in Portugal.
5. Ben Kingsley, who / that / whose portrayal of Gandhi was praised, was one of the presenters.
/4 marks
Exercise 2: Fill in the gaps with the most appropriate relative pronoun. You may not need a pronoun if you
think this would be more natural.
1. That is the woman ______________________ I married in 1956.
2. This is the book ______________________ I have been looking for.
3. Isn't that the bus ______________________ passes the university.
4. She's the author ______________________ books are quoted by all the politicians.
5. The city ___________________ the Olympics were held in 1994, is still recovering from the financial loss.
/5 marks
Exercise 3: Complete the following sentences using a relative clause.
1. Macchu Pichu is the place ___________________________________________
2. She is the woman___________________________________________________
3. Hilary Swank is the actress___________________________________________
4. The student _______________________________________________________
/4 marks
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ENGLISH - TERM 1 - PRE-TEST
PUNCTUATION FOCUS – Capital Letters, Question Marks and Apostrophe’s.
Exercise 4: Circle the words that should begin with a capital letter in the following sentences.
last night, mark went to the shops to buy an egg for his dinner.
garry married surya and moved to lombok.
everyday is a new day, monday is the worst day of them all.
school can be fun, but i don’t know if all of my friends agree with me.
the summer sun in Australia is very hot and it burns your skin.
/4 marks
Exercise 5: Place the correct punctuation (full stops, commas, capital letters and question marks) in the
following paragraph.
The sun appeared over the mountains like it did every morning and the jungle air quickly became warm do
the trees look forward to the warmth of the day I sometimes hide from the heat in their shade and feel sorry
for them as they stand guard protecting me from the suns harsh reach are they aware that the sunrise is just
an illusion caused by the world spinning round I needed to stop thinking about the trees and focus on the
task at hand what am I going to eat for breakfast
/9 marks
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ENGLISH - TERM 1 - PRE-TEST
Exercise 6: Underline the word that needs an apostrophe and add the missing apostrophes.
1. The bird ruffled its feathers while perched on the tree.
2. I have 6 months work to do before my holidays.
3. The three princesses crowns are shiny.
4. Janes and Joes yo-yos are fun to play with.
5. The kangaroo carried its baby in its pouch.
6. Somebodys child will be upset that swimming is cancelled.
7. The childrens toys need to be put away.
8. The monkey licked its lips after eating the banana.
/8 marks
WRITING FOCUS
List four features that define ‘Article writing’.
1. _____________________________________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________________________________________
4. _____________________________________________________________________________________
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ENGLISH - TERM 1 - PRE-TEST
List four features of a ‘Formal Letter’.
1. _____________________________________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________________________________________
4. _____________________________________________________________________________________
/8marks
VOCABULARY FOCUS
Use the words in the box to FILL IN THE GAPS.
Population
Audience
Culture
Tradition
Coherent
Comprehension
Clarity
Article
Editor
Suggestion
I recently read a great __________________ about the development of ____________________ in
Australia. It was written by the ________________ of the newspaper. He highlighted that the
_____________________ of Australia is approximately 20 million people. He developed a
____________________ argument that this means there is a limited ____________________ for
entertainers to appeal to, making it harder for them to achieve success. He pointed out that, despite this,
Australia has a proud ________________ of producing world class rock’n’roll bands. Little was left to
___________________, rather the writer provided _______________ regarding his idea, which helped with
my _______________ of his point of view.
/10 Marks
TOTAL
/60 Marks
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