Starter quiz

  • Which sentence needs a question mark at the end?
    • Anglerfish have a unique bioluminescent illicium that dangles from their heads
    • How do anglerfish use their bioluminescent illicium to attract prey  ✓
    • What a fascinating ability it is to use bioluminescence for hunting
    • Female anglerfish are significantly larger than males
  • Which sentence would best suit ending with an exclamation mark?
    • Anglerfish have a unique bioluminescent illicium that dangles from their heads
    • How do anglerfish use their bioluminescent illicium to attract prey
    • What a fascinating ability it is to use bioluminescence for hunting  ✓
    • Female anglerfish are significantly larger than males
  • Match the tense to its corresponding sentence.
    • present tense
      ⇔
      Anglerfish use their bioluminescent illicium ✓
    • past tense
      ⇔
      Anglerfish used their bioluminescent illicium ✓
    • future tense
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      Anglerfish will use their bioluminescent illicium ✓
  • Which co-ordinating conjunction completes this sentence? 'The anglerfish lives in the deep part of the ocean __________ it has adapted over millions of years to survive.'
    • , but
    • , or
    • and  ✓
  • Look at this clause: 'because they wanted to lure their prey closer'. What type of clause is this?
    • 'subordinate' ✓
  • Tick the sentences that are main clauses.
    • Anglerfish possess a bioluminescent illicium that hangs from their heads.  ✓
    • although they primarily live in solitude
    • They inhabit the deep, dark depths of the ocean.  ✓
    • when hunting in the dark
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