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1. What is a phrase?

a group of words that could be replaced by a single part of speech

a group of words that start with a capital letter and end with a full stop

a group of words containing a verb, a noun or a pronoun

2. Which of the following is always true of a sentence?

it contains three or more phrases

it contains more than one paragraph

it ends with a full stop, a question mark or an exclamation mark

3. Which of these is a requirement of a sentence?

it must have at least two verbs in it

it must have a verb in it and it must make complete sense all on its own

it must not have a verb in it

4. What is a clause?

a simple sentence

a sentence without a verb

a sentence with no adverbs or adjectives

5. What can you use to join clauses together?

consonants

conjunctions

junctions

6. What can conjunctions be used for?

to make sentences shorter and snappier

to replace the verbs in a sentence

to make your writing easier to read

7. What is a statement?

a sentence that simply tells the reader something

something said with force

something surprising or funny

8. Where should you put a question mark?

at the beginning of a question

at the end of a question

at the end of a question or a funny statement

9. What is a command?

always ends with an exlamation mark

shows you are angry about something

tells someone to do something

10. What is a paragraph?

a diagram drawn using coloured bars

four sentences collected together

a collection of sentences about the same thing

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