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Grammar and vocabulary, Year 8: more practice

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English Language · Grammar and vocabulary, Year 8: more practiceProfessor Quill
Answer in your head…Which version means that ALL the students were late? A: The students who were late missed the bus. B: The students, who were late, missed the bus.
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B

HintAsk whether some students were on time in each version.

The whyIn B the commas make 'who were late' extra information about all of them. In A it picks out only the late ones.

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Answer in your head…Where does the comma go in 'Thank you Mr Khan'?
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After 'you'

HintYou are speaking directly to someone.

The whyA comma separates the name of the person addressed from the rest of the sentence.

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Answer in your head…What does the prefix 'mis-' mean in 'misread' and 'mislead'?
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Wrongly

HintThink of 'mistake'.

The why'Mis-' means wrongly or badly. 'Misread' is to read wrongly.

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Answer in your head…Is 'We were hungry, so we ate' a comma splice?
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No — 'so' joins the clauses

HintLook for a joining word.

The whyThe conjunction 'so' links the two clauses, so the comma is correct. A splice has only a comma.

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Answer in your head…Rewrite 'It was late, I went to bed.' using a semicolon.
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It was late; I went to bed.

HintSwap one mark.

The whyA semicolon can join two closely linked complete sentences.

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Answer in your head…In 'There was one thing she feared: spiders', what does the part after the colon do?
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It reveals what the thing is

HintThe first part promises something.

The whyThe colon introduces an explanation or an example.

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Answer in your head…Choose the correct verb: 'Neither of the boys (was/were) ready.'
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was

HintWhich word is the true subject, 'boys' or 'neither'?

The why'Neither' is singular, so the verb is singular. 'Of the boys' is only extra detail.

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Answer in your head…Which verb breaks the tense? 'We walked to the park and then we play on the swings.'
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play

HintEverything else is already over.

The whyThe story is told in the past, so 'play' should be 'played'.

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Answer in your head…In which situation is Standard English expected: a job application letter, or chatting to friends?
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A job application letter

HintOne is formal; the other is relaxed.

The whyStandard English is the variety expected in formal writing. Dialect and informal speech are fine elsewhere.

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Answer in your head…What is the term for the words and grammar of a particular region or social group, such as 'bairn' for a child in Scotland?
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Dialect

HintA region's own variety of a language.

The whyA dialect is a full variety of language with its own words and grammar.

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