Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Set 2
Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Set 2 is a further set of ISEB Common Entrance style SPaG questions, giving practice at correcting spelling, punctuation and grammar errors and identifying word classes and sentence types.
Before you start
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Method
- Revise the main word classes (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, determiner) so you can identify and describe grammar accurately.
- Revise the two uses of the apostrophe: to show a missing letter in a contraction (cannot becomes can't) and to show possession (the coach's whistle for one coach, the coaches' whistles for more than one).
- Revise when commas are needed: after a fronted adverbial, between items in a list, and around extra, non-essential information, but never on their own to join two complete sentences.
- Revise how to punctuate direct speech: opening inverted commas, a capital letter for the first spoken word, the correct punctuation before the closing inverted commas, and a new line for each new speaker.
- Revise common homophones (their/there/they're, its/it's, whose/who's, effect/affect) and spelling rules for adding suffixes, such as changing y to i before -ed or -es.
- When correcting a passage, read it through once for meaning, then a second time checking spelling and punctuation line by line, marking every error you find.
- Check that subject and verb agree throughout (the team plays, not the team play) and that verb tenses stay consistent within a sentence or passage.
Worked example
Rewrite this sentence correctly, adding the missing capital letters and punctuation: theres no way the teams captain will let us loose the match
- Add a capital letter and an apostrophe to the contraction at the start: theres becomes There's.
- Add an apostrophe to show possession: since the captain belongs to one team, the singular possessive is team's.
- Correct the homophone error: loose should be lose, since "loose" means not tight, while "lose" means to be defeated or misplace something.
- Add a capital letter at the very start of the sentence and a full stop at the end. Final answer: There's no way the team's captain will let us lose the match.
Practice questions
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Q1Which punctuation mark is missing, and where, from this sentence: Bring your boots shin pads and water bottle to training.Show answer
Answer: Commas are missing between the list items: Bring your boots, shin pads and water bottle to training.
Q2Choose the correct homophone to complete the sentence: The team celebrated ___ victory together. (their / there / they're)Show answer
Answer: their (the possessive form, meaning belonging to them).
Q3In the sentence "The exhausted runner collapsed across the finish line," what word class is "exhausted"?Show answer
Answer: An adjective (it describes the noun "runner").
Q4Correct the punctuation in this sentence, which reports direct speech: the coach shouted keep going were nearly thereShow answer
Answer: The coach shouted, "Keep going! We're nearly there!"
Q5Add an apostrophe in the correct place: The two teams kits were both muddy after the match. (There is one kit set per team, and two teams in total.)Show answer
Answer: The two teams' kits were both muddy after the match. (plural possessive, since the kits belong to more than one team)
Q6Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly? A) The whistle blew; and the players stopped. B) The whistle blew; the players stopped at once.Show answer
Answer: B - a semicolon joins two closely related complete sentences without needing a joining word such as "and".
Q7This sentence contains a comma splice: The match ended in a draw, both teams were happy. Correct it in one way.Show answer
Answer: The match ended in a draw, and both teams were happy. (Adding a joining word, or splitting into two separate sentences, both correct the splice.)
Q8Find and correct the tense error in this sentence: Last week, the team trains hard and wins every match.Show answer
Answer: Last week, the team trained hard and won every match. (The verbs must be in the past tense throughout, to match "last week".)
Exam-style questions
Written in the style of a 13+ Common Entrance exam paper, with a full mark scheme.
Rewrite this sentence, correcting all four errors: last saturday mr osei said the match was postponed but jamie thought he should of checked the fixtures list
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Punctuate this direct speech correctly, adding inverted commas, capital letters and any other punctuation needed: pass the ball shouted the captain as the striker ran forward
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Correct the FIVE spelling, punctuation and grammar errors in this passage, rewriting it correctly: the match kick off at three oclock and tickets cost 8 pounds each dont forget to bring you're scarf on the day
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