Starter quiz

  • Select the correct definition of 'diet'.
    • where an animal lives
    • special features an animal has to help it survive
    • what an animal eats  ✓
  • 'Text cohesion' refers to which one of these?
    • the language choices made by the writer
    • how the writing flows, meets its purpose and keeps the reader engaged  ✓
    • the text's purpose
  • Order the stages of the writing process.
    • 1
      ⇔
      plan
    • 2
      ⇔
      draft
    • 3
      ⇔
      write
    • 4
      ⇔
      edit
  • Select three functions of commas.
    • They tell a reader when to pause.
    • They separate items in a list.  ✓
    • They can separate a main clause from a subordinate clause.  ✓
    • They mark the end of a question.
    • They follow a fronted adverbial.  ✓
  • Select the relative pronouns.
    • so
    • because
    • who  ✓
    • next
    • which  ✓
  • Select the sentence that uses commas correctly.
    • Fascinatingly, tigers which are carnivores eat deer, birds, fish and boar.
    • Fascinatingly, tigers, which are carnivores, eat deer, birds, fish and boar.  ✓
    • Fascinatingly, tigers which are carnivores, eat deer birds fish and boar.
    • Fascinatingly tigers, which are carnivores, eat deer birds fish and boar.
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