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SATS.KS2-GPS KS2 English Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling (SATs Practice)

STA NATIONAL CURRICULUM TESTS KS2 English GPS (Paper 1: grammar, punctuation and vocabulary; Paper 2: spelling) · Calculators not allowed · about 60 minutes

Total Marks

Name: _______________________________ Date: ____ / ____ / ______

Answer ALL questions. Show all your working.

1

Paper 1: Grammar, Punctuation and Vocabulary. Look at the sentence: 'The clever fox jumped quickly over the fence.' Which word is a noun?

A) clever
B) fox
C) jumped
D) quickly

2

Look at the sentence: 'Freya carefully wrapped the present for her brother.' Which word is the verb?

A) carefully
B) wrapped
C) present
D) brother

3

Look at the sentence: 'The old, rusty gate creaked in the wind.' Which word is an adjective?

A) rusty
B) gate
C) creaked
D) wind

4

Tick the sentence that uses capital letters correctly.

A) we are going to Bristol on saturday.
B) We are going to bristol on Saturday.
C) We are going to Bristol on Saturday.
D) we are going to bristol on saturday.

5

Tick the sentence that is punctuated correctly.

A) The bell rang loudly.
B) The bell rang loudly
C) the bell rang loudly.
D) The Bell rang loudly.

6

Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence: 'The geese ___ south every autumn.'

A) fly
B) flying
C) flew
D) flown

7

Write the correct past-tense form of the verb in brackets: 'Yesterday, Kwame ___ (walk) to school.'

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8

Tick the group of words that is a complete sentence.

A) Running down the hill.
B) The rain fell heavily.
C) Because it was raining.
D) Over the tall fence.

9

Tick the correct plural of 'box'.

A) boxs
B) boxes
C) boxies
D) box's

10

Tick the sentence written in Standard English.

A) We was at the park yesterday.
B) We were at the park yesterday.
C) We is at the park yesterday.
D) We be at the park yesterday.

11

Look at the sentence: 'The kitten hid underneath the old wooden shed.' Which word is a preposition?

A) kitten
B) hid
C) underneath
D) wooden

12

Look at the sentence: 'Ravi quietly closed the door.' Which word is an adverb?

A) quietly
B) closed
C) door
D) the

13

Choose the correct relative pronoun to complete the sentence: 'The teacher ___ taught us maths has retired.'

A) who
B) which
C) whose

14

Choose the subordinating conjunction that best completes the sentence: '___ it started raining, the match continued.'

A) Although
B) And
C) So

15

Look at the sentence: 'Because the tide was rising, the children ran back up the beach.' Tick the subordinate clause.

A) Because the tide was rising
B) the children ran back up the beach
C) the tide was rising, the children
D) ran back up the beach

16

Tick one box to show whether the sentence below is simple, compound or complex: 'The sun set and the sky turned orange.'

A) Simple
B) Compound
C) Complex

17

Rewrite the sentence, adding a relative clause starting with 'who' to give more information about the boy: 'The boy scored the winning goal.'

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18

Insert the missing comma in the sentence: 'After the final whistle the players shook hands.'

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19

Rewrite 'do not' as a contraction.

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20

Add an apostrophe to show that the bag belongs to Priya: 'Priya bag'

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21

Add an apostrophe to show that the bags belong to the girls: 'the girls bags'

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22

Punctuate the direct speech correctly: Aisha said, I have finished my homework

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23

Insert the missing commas in the list: 'For lunch we had sandwiches apples grapes and biscuits.'

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24

Insert the missing pair of commas: 'My teacher Mr Adeyemi is off sick today.'

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25

Tick the punctuation mark that correctly completes the sentence: 'Look out for that branch___'

A) .
B) ?
C) !

26

Insert brackets to mark the extra information in the sentence: 'My cousin Tomasz who is eleven plays the violin.'

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27

Choose the correct verb form: 'The children ___ (play) in the park right now.'

A) play
B) played
C) are playing
D) plays

28

Choose the correct verb form: 'Chidi ___ (finish) his homework already.'

A) finish
B) finished
C) has finished
D) is finishing

29

Tick the sentence that correctly uses a modal verb to show something is possible, not certain.

A) It will rain later.
B) It might rain later.
C) It rains later.
D) It rained later.

30

Rewrite the sentence in the passive voice: 'The gardener planted the roses.'

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31

Choose the verb that correctly completes the sentence: 'The team ___ extremely well this season.'

A) play
B) plays
C) playing

32

Choose the best adverbial to link the two sentences: 'It began to rain heavily. ___, the sports day continued as planned.'

A) Nevertheless
B) Firstly
C) Meanwhile

33

Rewrite the second sentence to avoid repeating the noun: 'Elsie loves reading. Elsie reads every night before bed.'

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34

Choose the conjunction that best completes the sentence: 'Yusuf finished his lunch quickly ___ he wanted to play football.'

A) because
B) although
C) but

35

Tick the sentence written in Standard English.

A) I should of gone to the party.
B) I should have gone to the party.

36

Tick the more formal word for 'get'.

A) obtain
B) grab
C) nab

37

Add the prefix 'dis-' to the word 'agree' to make a word meaning the opposite.

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38

Add a suffix to the adjective 'kind' to make an adverb.

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39

Circle the word that is closest in meaning to 'enormous'.

A) tiny
B) huge
C) quiet
D) slow

40

Circle the word that means the opposite of 'ancient'.

A) old
B) modern
C) ruined
D) historic

41

Tick the word that belongs to the same word family as 'sign'.

A) signal
B) single
C) silent
D) simple

42

Insert a hyphen to correctly punctuate the compound adjective in the sentence: 'She is a well known author.'

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43

Insert a semicolon to join the two independent clauses correctly: 'The library was quiet everyone was reading.'

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44

Insert a colon in the correct place: 'Deepak packed everything he needed for the trip his passport, tickets and phone charger.'

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45

Tick the sentence in which the relative pronoun has been correctly omitted.

A) The book I borrowed was brilliant.
B) The book was brilliant I borrowed.
C) I borrowed the book was brilliant.

46

Tick the sentence that uses the subjunctive form correctly.

A) If I was you, I would apologise.
B) If I were you, I would apologise.

47

Rewrite the sentence in the passive voice, keeping the modal verb 'must': 'You must complete the form by Friday.'

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48

Rewrite the direct speech as reported speech: Grace said, 'I am tired.'

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49

Choose the adverbial that best shows contrast between two ideas: 'Many pupils enjoy maths lessons. ___, some pupils find the subject difficult.'

A) However
B) Similarly
C) Consequently

50

The prefix 'auto-' means 'self'. Use it to complete the word meaning 'a person's own life story written by themselves': auto___graphy

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51

Paper 2: Spelling. Write the missing word: 'There are five _______ colours in the rainbow.'

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52

Write the missing word: 'The garden looked _______ in the summer sunshine.'

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53

Write the missing word: 'I did not _______ finish my dinner.'

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54

Write the missing word: 'It is _______ to bring your PE kit on Tuesdays.'

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55

Write the missing word: 'The twins were asked to _______ for the exam.'

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56

Write the missing word: 'Amirah will _______ be at the party on Saturday.'

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57

Write the missing word: 'Loud singing in assembly can _______ some pupils.'

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58

Write the missing word: 'The _______ announced new plans for schools.'

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59

Write the missing word: 'Please tidy your desk _______ after the bell rings.'

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60

Write the missing word: 'The drummer kept a steady _______ throughout the song.'

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61

Write the missing word: 'Kwame ended his letter with Yours _______.'

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62

Write the missing word: 'Broccoli is Priya's favourite _______.'

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63

Write the missing word: 'The family sailed their _______ across the harbour.'

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64

Write the missing word: 'Recycling helps to protect the _______.'

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65

Write the missing word: 'The shop gave a _______ that the toy would last a year.'

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66

Write the missing word: 'The new tenants will _______ the flat from Monday.'

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67

Write the missing word: 'Our teacher would _______ this book to any Year 6 pupil.'

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68

Write the missing word: 'Some pupils find the _______ of tricky words difficult.'

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69

Write the missing word: 'The new road caused a great deal of _______ in the village.'

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70

Write the missing word: 'Ffion bought her lunch from the _______ shop near school.'

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Mark scheme · SATS.KS2-GPS KS2 English Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling (SATs Practice)

Question 1

B1 fox ticked - cao
Answer: B) fox

Question 2

B1 wrapped ticked - cao
Answer: B) wrapped

Question 3

B1 rusty ticked - cao
Answer: A) rusty

Question 4

B1 option C ticked - cao
Answer: C

Question 5

B1 option A ticked - cao
Answer: A

Question 6

B1 fly ticked - cao
Answer: A) fly

Question 7

B1 walked - cao
Answer: walked

Question 8

B1 option B ticked - cao
Answer: B

Question 9

B1 boxes ticked - cao
Answer: B) boxes

Question 10

B1 option B ticked - cao
Answer: B

Question 11

B1 underneath ticked - cao
Answer: C) underneath

Question 12

B1 quietly ticked - cao
Answer: A) quietly

Question 13

B1 who ticked - cao
Answer: A) who

Question 14

B1 Although ticked - cao
Answer: A) Although

Question 15

B1 option A ticked - cao
Answer: A

Question 16

B1 Compound ticked - cao
Answer: B) Compound

Question 17

B1 relative clause correctly inserted using who, oe
Answer: The boy who plays for the school team scored the winning goal. (accept any grammatically correct relative clause starting with who)

Question 18

B1 comma correctly inserted after whistle - cao
Answer: After the final whistle, the players shook hands.

Question 19

B1 don't - cao
Answer: don't

Question 20

B1 Priya's bag - cao
Answer: Priya's bag

Question 21

B1 the girls' bags - cao
Answer: the girls' bags

Question 22

B1 inverted commas around the spoken words, comma before speech and full stop inside closing inverted comma - cao
Answer: Aisha said, 'I have finished my homework.'

Question 23

B1 commas correctly placed after sandwiches, apples and grapes - cao
Answer: For lunch we had sandwiches, apples, grapes and biscuits.

Question 24

B1 commas correctly placed around Mr Adeyemi - cao
Answer: My teacher, Mr Adeyemi, is off sick today.

Question 25

B1 ! ticked - cao
Answer: C) !

Question 26

B1 brackets correctly placed around who is eleven - cao
Answer: My cousin Tomasz (who is eleven) plays the violin.

Question 27

B1 are playing ticked - cao
Answer: C) are playing

Question 28

B1 has finished ticked - cao
Answer: C) has finished

Question 29

B1 option B ticked - cao
Answer: B

Question 30

B1 The roses were planted by the gardener - cao
Answer: The roses were planted by the gardener.

Question 31

B1 plays ticked - cao
Answer: B) plays

Question 32

B1 Nevertheless ticked - cao
Answer: A) Nevertheless

Question 33

B1 She reads every night before bed - cao
Answer: She reads every night before bed.

Question 34

B1 because ticked - cao
Answer: A) because

Question 35

B1 option B ticked - cao
Answer: B

Question 36

B1 obtain ticked - cao
Answer: A) obtain

Question 37

B1 disagree - cao
Answer: disagree

Question 38

B1 kindly - cao
Answer: kindly

Question 39

B1 huge circled - cao
Answer: B) huge

Question 40

B1 modern circled - cao
Answer: B) modern

Question 41

B1 signal ticked - cao
Answer: A) signal

Question 42

B1 well-known - cao
Answer: She is a well-known author.

Question 43

B1 semicolon correctly placed between quiet and everyone - cao
Answer: The library was quiet; everyone was reading.

Question 44

B1 colon correctly placed before his passport - cao
Answer: Deepak packed everything he needed for the trip: his passport, tickets and phone charger.

Question 45

B1 option A ticked - cao
Answer: A

Question 46

B1 option B ticked - cao
Answer: B

Question 47

B1 The form must be completed by Friday - cao
Answer: The form must be completed by Friday.

Question 48

B1 Grace said that she was tired, oe
Answer: Grace said that she was tired.

Question 49

B1 However ticked - cao
Answer: A) However

Question 50

B1 autobiography - cao
Answer: autobiography

Question 51

B1 different - cao
Answer: different

Question 52

B1 beautiful - cao
Answer: beautiful

Question 53

B1 actually - cao
Answer: actually

Question 54

B1 necessary - cao
Answer: necessary

Question 55

B1 separate - cao
Answer: separate

Question 56

B1 definitely - cao
Answer: definitely

Question 57

B1 embarrass - cao
Answer: embarrass

Question 58

B1 government - cao
Answer: government

Question 59

B1 immediately - cao
Answer: immediately

Question 60

B1 rhythm - cao
Answer: rhythm

Question 61

B1 sincerely - cao
Answer: sincerely

Question 62

B1 vegetable - cao
Answer: vegetable

Question 63

B1 yacht - cao
Answer: yacht

Question 64

B1 environment - cao
Answer: environment

Question 65

B1 guarantee - cao
Answer: guarantee

Question 66

B1 occupy - cao
Answer: occupy

Question 67

B1 recommend - cao
Answer: recommend

Question 68

B1 pronunciation - cao
Answer: pronunciation

Question 69

B1 controversy - cao
Answer: controversy

Question 70

B1 convenience - cao
Answer: convenience

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