Starter quiz

  • Tick 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 and keeps the reader engaged  ✓
    • the text's purpose
  • Order the stages of the writing process.
    • 1
      plan
    • 2
      draft
    • 3
      write
    • 4
      edit
  • Tick 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.  ✓
  • Tick the relative pronouns:
    • so
    • because
    • who  ✓
    • next
    • which  ✓
  • Tick the sentence that uses commas correctly:
    • Fascinatingly, aye-ayes which are omnivores eat grubs, nuts and fruit.
    • Fascinatingly, aye-ayes, which are omnivores, eat grubs, nuts and fruit.  ✓
    • Fascinatingly, aye-ayes, which are omnivores, eat grubs nuts and fruit.
    • Fascinatingly aye-ayes, which are omnivores, eat grubs, nuts and fruit.
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