Example 1 - MCQ

Circle the best punctuation.

A. Mira asked. Why cant I go out this evening?
B. Mira asked, Why cant I go out this evening?
C. Mira asked, why cant I go out this evening!
D. Mira asked, Why cant I go out this evening?

Example 2 - Editing
Fifteen punctuation marks have been left out in this
text. Insert them in the correct places.
But Delia, said Joe, Do you think Im going to let you
work for wages while I go on painting Not likely I can sell
newspapers, or carry bricks, and earn a dollar or two
myself.
Delia came and put her arms around him Joe dear you
are silly. You must continue your studies. after all I havent
given up my music have I Im learning all the time Im

Example 1 - Transformation
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way
that it means exactly the same as the sentence
printed before it.
1. Would you mind not smoking in here?
Id rather _____________________________
2.

I didnt realize who she was until later.

Only later _____________________________

Example 2 - Error recognition

Each of the sentences below is broken up into four
parts. These are marked A, B, C and D. Identify
which part of the sentence has an error in it.
1. One of the player/is walking/slowly/towards the stadium.

A B
2.

Writing short stories/are/her favourite/hobby.

A B

Example 3 - Re-arrangement
Rearrange the words to write grammatically correct
sentences.
1. have / before / I / Never / seen / such a mess!
2. made / her / try / to / He / new / dish / the
3. fisherman / white / The / caught / big / a / whale.
4. except / Marina / Everyone / a / tie / red / has

Example 4 Filling in gaps

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in
brackets.
When you came to ask about rooms for rent, Mrs. Parker
always ______ (show) you the big front rooms first. You
_______ (have) to listen without ________ (say) a word to her
descriptions of all the doctors and dentists who _________
(live) in them for the past eight years.

Example 1 - Filling in cohesive

devices

Fill in the blanks in the text below with appropriate words from the
box.
that

this

the

island

also

but

its

therefore

Many people think Langkawi is the name of one island to the northwest of Penang but 1_______ is not really true. Langkawi is the name
of 2______ group of

ninety-nine islands. The biggest island in

3_______ group is called Langkawi. 4______ is why the whole group of

islands is 5_______ called Langkawi.
No one write down 6_______ history. 7______ very little is known
about the 8______.

Example 2 Completing a logical

connection
Complete each of the following statements.
1. Murthi was very tired. So ___________________________________.
2. _______________________________whereas small towns tend to
have very small populations.
3. People think he is very proud. Actually,
_______________________.

Example 3 - Re-arranging
sentences

Rearrange the sentences in the correct order to

form a story.