KS2 SATs KS2 English Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling 5 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What type of sentence is this: 'Wash your hands before dinner'?
- Statement
- Question
- Exclamation
- Command (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Command
A command (imperative sentence) gives an instruction or order. It usually begins with a verb and does not have a named subject, as the subject 'you' is implied. 'Wash your hands' is a command.
Question 2: Which sentence is grammatically correct?
- There coats are on the hook.
- Their coats are on the hook. (Correct answer)
- They're coats are on the hook.
- Theyre coats are on the hook.
Correct answer: Their coats are on the hook.
'Their' shows possession (belonging to them). 'There' refers to a place. 'They're' is a contraction of 'they are'. 'Their coats' means the coats belonging to them, which is correct here.
Question 3: What is a synonym for 'enormous'?
- Tiny
- Gigantic (Correct answer)
- Average
- Slight
Correct answer: Gigantic
A synonym is a word with the same or similar meaning. 'Gigantic' means extremely large, making it a synonym for 'enormous'. Other synonyms include 'colossal', 'vast', and 'immense'.
Question 4: Which punctuation correctly punctuates this list: 'I packed my bag with a book a pencil a ruler and a snack'?
- I packed my bag with: a book, a pencil, a ruler and a snack.
- I packed my bag with a book, a pencil, a ruler and a snack. (Correct answer)
- I packed my bag with a book; a pencil; a ruler; and a snack.
- I packed my bag with a book. A pencil. A ruler and a snack.
Correct answer: I packed my bag with a book, a pencil, a ruler and a snack.
Items in a list are separated by commas. The Oxford comma before 'and' is optional in KS2. A colon would be used if the list were formally introduced after a complete clause — here a comma list is the standard approach.
Question 5: What does the root word 'port' mean in words like 'transport' and 'export'?
- Carry (Correct answer)
- Water
- Door
- Write
Correct answer: Carry
The Latin root 'port' means 'carry'. 'Transport' means to carry across, and 'export' means to carry out. Knowing roots helps decode unfamiliar words.
Question 6: Which sentence uses 'their', 'there', and 'they're' all correctly?
- Their going there to pick up they're bags.
- They're going there to pick up their bags. (Correct answer)
- There going their to pick up they're bags.
- They're going they're to pick up there bags.
Correct answer: They're going there to pick up their bags.
'They're' = they are (contraction), 'there' = that place, 'their' = belonging to them. 'They're going there to pick up their bags' uses all three correctly.
KS2 SATs KS2 English Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling 5
What type of sentence is this: 'Wash your hands before dinner'?