Lesson T3.1.1
T3.1.1 Analysing challenging texts with grammar Quiz: KS3 English, Unit 3
20 questions
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The 20 questions
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In 'Silently, the owl glided', what grammatical function does 'Silently' perform?
- Relative clause
- Fronted adverbial
- Main clause
- Subordinate clause
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In which grammatical voice does the subject of the sentence receive the action?
- Imperative mood
- Subjunctive mood
- Active voice
- Passive voice
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What type of clause cannot stand alone as a complete sentence?
- Coordinate clause
- Main clause
- Independent clause
- Subordinate clause
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Which verb tense uses 'have' combined with a past participle?
- Past perfect
- Future continuous
- Present perfect
- Past simple
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In 'The dog, tired after the walk, slept', what is 'tired after the walk'?
- Noun phrase
- Adverbial phrase
- Participle phrase
- Prepositional phrase
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What does a complex sentence contain alongside its main clause?
- Fronted adverbial
- Second main clause
- Subordinate clause
- Imperative verb
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What effect do very short sentences typically create in narrative writing?
- Historical depth
- Deep relaxation
- Rapid tension
- Comic relief
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In 'The book, which was written in 1950, is popular', what is 'which was written in 1950'?
- Noun phrase
- Relative clause
- Main clause
- Prepositional phrase
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Which word is a modal verb expressing possibility in the sentence 'The storm might arrive'?
- Storm
- Arrive
- Might
- The
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What is the grammatical term for 'the tall oak tree at the end of the garden'?
- Noun phrase
- Adverbial phrase
- Main clause
- Subordinate clause
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In 'Rain fell, so the match was cancelled', what type of word is 'so'?
- Co-ordinating conjunction
- Subordinating conjunction
- Relative pronoun
- Preposition
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Which verb form shows the subjunctive mood in a hypothetical statement?
- Is
- Were
- Are
- Was
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In 'The results, which were announced today, surprised everyone', what does 'which' refer to?
- Results
- Everyone
- Today
- Announced
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What kind of clause lacks a finite verb, as seen in 'Hoping to win'?
- Main clause
- Co-ordinate clause
- Non-finite clause
- Independent clause
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What is the main effect of using a fronted adverbial at the start of a sentence?
- Ending dialogue
- Creating rhyme
- Building suspense
- Simplifying grammar
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Which feature of sentence structure is shown in 'She laughed, cried and shouted'?
- Tripled list
- Passive voice
- Subordinate clause
- Modal auxiliary
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In 'The window was broken by the ball', what is 'the ball' known as?
- Agent
- Determiner
- Subject
- Object
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What tense is used in 'The children were reading quietly'?
- Past progressive
- Past simple
- Present perfect
- Future continuous
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What is the primary effect of using long, descriptive noun phrases in a text?
- Direct address
- Comic timing
- Descriptive mood
- Pacing speed
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In 'The car, which had been washed, shone', what word form is 'washed'?
- Past participle
- Finite verb
- Modal verb
- Present participle
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