Starter quiz

  • Which passage is punctuated correctly?
    • Pandas are well-known animals they have distinctive colouring.
    • Pandas are well-known animals. They have distinctive colouring.  ✓
    • Pandas are well-known animals, they have distinctive colouring.
  • Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
    • Pandas from the family Ursidae are native to China.
    • Pandas (from the family Ursidae) are native to China.  ✓
    • Pandas (from the family Ursidae are native to China).
  • Which sentence has an appropriate tone for a non-chronological report?
    • Pandas eat a crazy amount of bamboo!
    • You'll never believe how much bamboo pandas eat.
    • Pandas consume bamboo in vast quantities.  ✓
  • Which phrases are appropriate to use in a non-chronological report to describe bamboo?
    • crunchy, delicious stems
    • thick, woody stems  ✓
    • a fast-growing plant  ✓
    • a plant that shoots up like a weed
  • Which passage is correctly punctuated?
    • Pandas have a white fur. As a result, they can camouflage in snow.  ✓
    • Pandas have a white fur. As a result they can camouflage in snow.
    • Pandas have a white fur. As, a result, they can camouflage in snow.
  • Which passages use cohesive devices correctly?
    • Because pandas struggle to digest bamboo, they must eat a huge amount.  ✓
    • Pandas struggle to digest bamboo because they must eat a huge amount.
    • Pandas struggle to digest bamboo. As a result, they must eat a huge amount.  ✓
    • Pandas must eat a huge amount of bamboo. They struggle to digest it.
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