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Year 2 Grammar Quiz — Answers

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Year 2 Grammar Quiz — Answers

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Circle the best answer

There are ten questions. Circle one answer for each.

1.Which word is a noun?
  1. Arun
  2. Bhat
  3. Cbig
  4. Dand

Answer: hat

A hat is a thing, so it is a noun.

2.Which word is a verb?
  1. Atable
  2. Bgreen
  3. Cjump
  4. Dthe

Answer: jump

Jump is a doing word.

3.Which word is an adjective?
  1. Aslowly
  2. Bfluffy
  3. Ccat
  4. Dsing

Answer: fluffy

'Fluffy' describes a noun.

4.What is the past tense of jump?
  1. Ajumping
  2. Bjumps
  3. Cjumped
  4. Djump

Answer: jumped

Add -ed to show it already happened.

5.Which sentence is written correctly?
  1. Athe dog is big.
  2. BThe dog is big.
  3. CThe dog is big
  4. Dthe Dog is big.

Answer: The dog is big.

Capital letter at the start and a full stop at the end.

6.Which sentence needs a question mark?
  1. AI like pizza
  2. BWhere do you live
  3. CMy name is Ava
  4. DIt is sunny

Answer: Where do you live

'Where do you live' is asking a question.

7.Which list is punctuated correctly?
  1. AI have a cat, a dog and a bird.
  2. BI have a cat a dog and a bird.
  3. CI have, a cat, a dog and a bird.
  4. DI have a cat, a dog, and, a bird.

Answer: I have a cat, a dog and a bird.

Commas separate the items, and 'and' comes before the last one.

8.What is the plural of box?
  1. Aboxs
  2. Bboxes
  3. Cboxies
  4. Dbox's

Answer: boxes

Box ends in x, so we add -es.

9.Which one is a complete sentence?
  1. AThe red ball
  2. BUnder the table
  3. CWe ate lunch.
  4. DRunning fast

Answer: We ate lunch.

It has a who (we) and a what happened (ate lunch).

10.What is the past tense of go?
  1. Agoed
  2. Bwent
  3. Cgone
  4. Dgoing

Answer: went

'Go' is irregular: the past tense is 'went'.

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