YEAR 8 ENRICHMENT GRAMMAR TEST

A.

Find the nouns in the following extract. Enter each noun in the relevant column below.

AT first, David was tempted to think that perhaps there was no goodness in the world, but then he reminded himself of the sailor and Angelo, who might have been ignorant but were certainly not bad. Obviously, they did not think violence was good. He believed, too, that there was freedom in some countries. He was determined to find a place where happiness prevailed.

 

COMMON NOUNS PROPER NOUNS ABSTRACT NOUNS
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

( 10 MARKS)

 

B

Complete the following table of comparison of adjectives

 

POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
  better  
bad    
    most
ugly    
beautiful    
popular    
  wittier  
    greatest
  worse  
lucky    

` (15 marks)

 

 

 

C

Complete the following tense table. The first line has been done for you.

PRESENT TENSE PAST TENSE FUTURE TENSE
Today I am singing

TO SING (I)

 Yesterday I sang Tomorrow I will sing
Today

TO FORGET(they)

Yesterday Tomorrow
Today they are playing

TO PLAY(he)

 Yesterday they Tomorrow
Today

TO BE (we)

 Yesterday Tomorrow
Today

TO ARISE ( they)

 Yesterday Tomorrow
Today

TO BEGIN ( she)

 Yesterday Tomorrow
Today

TO GO ( we )

Yesterday Tomorrow
Today

TO SEE ( he)

 Yesterday Tomorrow
Today

TO PASS(I)

 Yesterday Tomorrow
Today

TO DRINK(she)

Yesterday Tomorrow

( 15 MARKS)

E

Place the apostrophe in the correct place in the following phrases

  1. Sams shirt
  2. the dogs legs ( s)
  3. the dogs leg ( s)
  4. the childrens shirt
  5. the mens suit
  6. the mans suit
  7. the three judges pencils
  1. the teeths whiteness
  2. the lobbys main entrance
  3. the lobbies main entrance
  4. the girls team (p)
  5. the mountains height
  6. the stickpins needlepoint
  7. the ladies dresses

( 15 MARKS)

F

Form the plural of the following words in the spaces provided

  1. hero
  2. house
  3. mouse
  4. domino
  5. shelf
  6. wife
  7. piano
  8. party
  9. goose
  10. loaf
  11. solo
  12. spy
  13. pony
  14. driver
  15. box
  16. bus
  17. wish
  18. knife
  19. elephant
  20. tomato

(10 MARKS)

E

Punctuate the following dialogue. Make sure that you use the correct format for the speech marks.

  1. what time is it he asked
  2. I dont know I havent got a watch she said
  3. I bet its gone eleven o’clock! He exclaimed
  4. he gasped I can hear then coming
  5. is there something better on the other channel

( 10 MARKS )

TOTAL : 75