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Question 1 of 10Past tense

Last Saturday my whole family (1) ______ to the beach at Pasir Ris. We had meant to leave at seven, (2) ______ my little brother could not find his slippers anywhere. By the time we reached the car park, it (3) ______ already full, and Pa had to drive round twice. Ma had packed (4) ______ enormous bag of food, and my sister carried the mat. My cousins were waiting for us under the trees with (5) ______ new kite.

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Question 2 of 10Joining words

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Question 3 of 10Subject-verb agreement

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Question 4 of 10Articles

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Question 5 of 10Possessive pronouns

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Question 6 of 10Subject-verb agreement

Bats (1) ______ the only mammals that can truly fly. Most of them hunt at night, (2) ______ they are almost never seen in the daytime. A fruit bat finds its food by smell, and (3) ______ wings can be as wide as your outstretched arms. Each of the pups (4) ______ to hold on to its mother for the first few weeks. A colony of bats can eat far more insects in one night (5) ______ a family of birds eats in a whole week.

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Question 7 of 10Joining words

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Question 8 of 10Possessive pronouns

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Question 9 of 10Subject-verb agreement

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Question 10 of 10Comparing

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Answers and explanations for all 10 questions

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Write the word that belongs in blank (1).
Answer: went
The trip happened last Saturday, and the past tense of go is went.
Write the word that belongs in blank (2).
Answer: but
The plan and what happened pull against each other, and but is the word that marks that: we meant to leave at seven, but he could not find them.
Write the word that belongs in blank (3).
Answer: was
One car park, and the trip is over, so it takes was.
Write the word that belongs in blank (4).
Answer: an
Enormous begins with a vowel sound, so the article before it is an.
Write the word that belongs in blank (5).
Answer: their
The kite belongs to the cousins, and the word that shows that before a noun is their.
Write the word that belongs in blank (1).
Answer: are
Bats is plural and the sentence is about now, so the verb is are.
Write the word that belongs in blank (2).
Answer: so
Hunting at night is the reason they are rarely seen, and so is the word that introduces the result.
Write the word that belongs in blank (3).
Answer: its
The wings belong to one fruit bat, so the word is its, with no apostrophe.
Write the word that belongs in blank (4).
Answer: has
Each means one at a time, so the verb is has: each of the pups has to hold on.
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Answer: than
More in front of the blank is what makes it a comparison, and a comparison takes than.