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Question Marks & Exclamation Marks

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Question Marks and Exclamation Marks

Both question and exclamation marks are commonly used at the end of sentences.

Question Marks

Question Marks

Question marks are used to show that a question is being asked.
- E.g. Why haven't you done your homework?
Question marks are not used at the end of sentences with indirect questions:
- E.g. The teacher asked Selena whether she had done her homework.

Exclamation Marks

Exclamation Marks

Exclamation marks are used at the end of sentences to add emphasis.
Exclamation marks are used to indicate strong emotions (like surprise, passion, excitement or anger).
Exclamation marks can also be used to indicate abrupt shouting or interjections. For example:
- Hey! Give me back my pencil!
- I'm so happy to see you!
- That was the most incredible match!

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Spelling

1.1

Spelling

1.1.1Hard 'U' & 'I' Sounds 1.1.2Words Ending in '-sure', & '-mure'1.1.3Words Ending in '-sion'1.1.4'Ei', 'Eigh' & 'Ey' Spellings 1.1.5Spelling Words with 'Ch'1.1.6Spelling Words with 'Sc'1.1.7Silent Letters 1.1.8i Before e Rule 1.1.9Hard & Soft 'c' Sounds 1.1.10End of Topic Test - Spelling

1.2

Prefixes

1.2.1'Anti-' & 'Auto-'1.2.2Not & 'Inter-'1.2.3'Mis-', 'Dis-' & 'Re-'1.2.4'Sub-' & 'Super-'1.2.5End of Topic Test - Prefixes

1.3

Suffixes

1.3.1Vowel Suffixes 1.3.2Short Vowel Suffixes 1.3.3Suffixes: '-ous'1.3.4Rules for Suffixes: '-ous'1.3.5Rules for Suffixes: '-ous' 2 1.3.6Suffixes: '-ly'1.3.7Suffixes: '-ation'1.3.8Suffixes: '-ation' 2 1.3.9Spelling: '-tion' Endings 1.3.10Spelling: '-sion' Endings 1.3.11Spelling: '-ssion' Endings 1.3.12Spelling: '-cian' Endings 1.3.13End of Topic Test - Suffixes 1.3.14End of Topic Test - Spelling

1.4

Making Words Plural

1.4.1Plurals 1.4.2End of Topic Test - Plurals

1.5

Homophones

1.6

Word Meanings

1.6.1Homonyms 1.6.2End of Topic Test - Homonyms

2

Punctuation

3

Grammar

3.1

Word Classes

3.1.1Nouns 3.1.2Pronouns 3.1.3Verbs 3.1.4Adjectives & Adverbs 3.1.5Qualifiers & Quantifiers 3.1.6Determiners 3.1.7Prepositions 3.1.8Synonyms & Antonyms 3.1.9End of Topic Test - Word Classes

3.2

Conjunctions

3.2.1Coordinating Conjunctions 3.2.2Subordinating Conjunctions 3.2.3End of Topic Test - Conjunctions

3.3

Writing Coherently

3.3.1Building Cohesion in Writing 3.3.2Avoiding Ambiguity in Writing 3.3.3End of Topic Test - Cohesion

3.4

Verbs

3.4.1Subject-verb Agreement 3.4.2End of Topic Test - Subject-verb

3.5

Modal Verbs

3.5.1Modal Verbs 3.5.2Can & Could 3.5.3May & Might 3.5.4Should & Shall 3.5.5Will & Would 3.5.6Must & Have To 3.5.7End of Topic Test - Modals

3.6

Phrasal Verbs

3.6.1Phrasal Verbs 3.6.2End of Topic Test - Phrasal Verbs

3.7

Subjunctive Verbs

3.7.1Subjunctive Verbs 3.7.2End of Topic Test - Verbs

3.8

Sentences

3.8.1Subject of a Sentence 3.8.2Object of a Sentence 3.8.3Main & Subordinate Clauses 3.8.4Simple Sentences & Compound Sentences 3.8.5Complex Sentences 3.8.6Relative Clauses 3.8.7Relative Clauses Without Relative Pronouns 3.8.8Participle Clauses 3.8.9Run-on Sentences 3.8.10Sentence Functions 3.8.11End of Topic Test - Sentences

3.9

Tenses

3.9.1Present Tense 3.9.2Past Tense 3.9.3Past Tense Using Have 3.9.4Future Tense 3.9.5Present vs Past vs Future 3.9.6Continuity of Tenses 3.9.7End of Topic Test - Tenses

3.10

Adverbials

3.10.1Adverbial 3.10.2Saying Where & When 3.10.3Saying How Often 3.10.4Saying How & Why 3.10.5Using Commas for Fronted Adverbials 3.10.6End of Topic Test - Adverbials

3.11

Language Techniques

3.11.1Figurative & Emotive Language 3.11.2Active & Passive Voice 3.11.3Idiomatic Expressions 3.11.4End of Topic Test - Language Techniques

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Decoding Words

4.1

Common Word Roots

4.1.1Saving 4.1.2Certainty & Clarity 4.1.3New & Alone 4.1.4Believing & Thinking 4.1.5Carrying & Leading 4.1.6Shape & Place 4.1.7Doing & Making 4.1.8Climbing & Going 4.1.9End of Topic Test - Common Root Words 4.1.10End of Topic Test - Common Root Words 2

4.2

Common Prefixes

4.2.1For & Against 4.2.2All & Same 4.2.3Away & Far 4.2.4Colour & Shape 4.2.5Back & Down 4.2.6Numbers 4.2.7Across & Through 4.2.8Life & Earth 4.2.9Empty & Broken 4.2.10Great & Greater 4.2.11Hearing & Speaking 4.2.12Apart & Together 4.2.13Over & Under 4.2.14In 4.2.15Less & Smaller 4.2.16Before & After 4.2.17End of Topic Test - Common Prefixes 2 4.2.18End of Topic Test - Common Prefixes

4.3

Common Suffixes

4.3.1Characterised By 4.3.2Disease 4.3.3Lover & Lacking 4.3.4Belief & Study 4.3.5People 4.3.6State & Quality 4.3.7Sound & Colour 4.3.8Capable & Relating 4.3.9End of Topic Test - Common Suffixes 4.3.10End of Topic Test - Common Suffixes 2

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Reading & Writing

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1

Spelling

1.1

Spelling

1.1.1Hard 'U' & 'I' Sounds 1.1.2Words Ending in '-sure', & '-mure'1.1.3Words Ending in '-sion'1.1.4'Ei', 'Eigh' & 'Ey' Spellings 1.1.5Spelling Words with 'Ch'1.1.6Spelling Words with 'Sc'1.1.7Silent Letters 1.1.8i Before e Rule 1.1.9Hard & Soft 'c' Sounds 1.1.10End of Topic Test - Spelling

1.2

Prefixes

1.2.1'Anti-' & 'Auto-'1.2.2Not & 'Inter-'1.2.3'Mis-', 'Dis-' & 'Re-'1.2.4'Sub-' & 'Super-'1.2.5End of Topic Test - Prefixes

1.3

Suffixes

1.3.1Vowel Suffixes 1.3.2Short Vowel Suffixes 1.3.3Suffixes: '-ous'1.3.4Rules for Suffixes: '-ous'1.3.5Rules for Suffixes: '-ous' 2 1.3.6Suffixes: '-ly'1.3.7Suffixes: '-ation'1.3.8Suffixes: '-ation' 2 1.3.9Spelling: '-tion' Endings 1.3.10Spelling: '-sion' Endings 1.3.11Spelling: '-ssion' Endings 1.3.12Spelling: '-cian' Endings 1.3.13End of Topic Test - Suffixes 1.3.14End of Topic Test - Spelling

1.4

Making Words Plural

1.4.1Plurals 1.4.2End of Topic Test - Plurals

1.5

Homophones

1.6

Word Meanings

1.6.1Homonyms 1.6.2End of Topic Test - Homonyms

2

Punctuation

3

Grammar

3.1

Word Classes

3.1.1Nouns 3.1.2Pronouns 3.1.3Verbs 3.1.4Adjectives & Adverbs 3.1.5Qualifiers & Quantifiers 3.1.6Determiners 3.1.7Prepositions 3.1.8Synonyms & Antonyms 3.1.9End of Topic Test - Word Classes

3.2

Conjunctions

3.2.1Coordinating Conjunctions 3.2.2Subordinating Conjunctions 3.2.3End of Topic Test - Conjunctions

3.3

Writing Coherently

3.3.1Building Cohesion in Writing 3.3.2Avoiding Ambiguity in Writing 3.3.3End of Topic Test - Cohesion

3.4

Verbs

3.4.1Subject-verb Agreement 3.4.2End of Topic Test - Subject-verb

3.5

Modal Verbs

3.5.1Modal Verbs 3.5.2Can & Could 3.5.3May & Might 3.5.4Should & Shall 3.5.5Will & Would 3.5.6Must & Have To 3.5.7End of Topic Test - Modals

3.6

Phrasal Verbs

3.6.1Phrasal Verbs 3.6.2End of Topic Test - Phrasal Verbs

3.7

Subjunctive Verbs

3.7.1Subjunctive Verbs 3.7.2End of Topic Test - Verbs

3.8

Sentences

3.8.1Subject of a Sentence 3.8.2Object of a Sentence 3.8.3Main & Subordinate Clauses 3.8.4Simple Sentences & Compound Sentences 3.8.5Complex Sentences 3.8.6Relative Clauses 3.8.7Relative Clauses Without Relative Pronouns 3.8.8Participle Clauses 3.8.9Run-on Sentences 3.8.10Sentence Functions 3.8.11End of Topic Test - Sentences

3.9

Tenses

3.9.1Present Tense 3.9.2Past Tense 3.9.3Past Tense Using Have 3.9.4Future Tense 3.9.5Present vs Past vs Future 3.9.6Continuity of Tenses 3.9.7End of Topic Test - Tenses

3.10

Adverbials

3.10.1Adverbial 3.10.2Saying Where & When 3.10.3Saying How Often 3.10.4Saying How & Why 3.10.5Using Commas for Fronted Adverbials 3.10.6End of Topic Test - Adverbials

3.11

Language Techniques

3.11.1Figurative & Emotive Language 3.11.2Active & Passive Voice 3.11.3Idiomatic Expressions 3.11.4End of Topic Test - Language Techniques

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Decoding Words

4.1

Common Word Roots

4.1.1Saving 4.1.2Certainty & Clarity 4.1.3New & Alone 4.1.4Believing & Thinking 4.1.5Carrying & Leading 4.1.6Shape & Place 4.1.7Doing & Making 4.1.8Climbing & Going 4.1.9End of Topic Test - Common Root Words 4.1.10End of Topic Test - Common Root Words 2

4.2

Common Prefixes

4.2.1For & Against 4.2.2All & Same 4.2.3Away & Far 4.2.4Colour & Shape 4.2.5Back & Down 4.2.6Numbers 4.2.7Across & Through 4.2.8Life & Earth 4.2.9Empty & Broken 4.2.10Great & Greater 4.2.11Hearing & Speaking 4.2.12Apart & Together 4.2.13Over & Under 4.2.14In 4.2.15Less & Smaller 4.2.16Before & After 4.2.17End of Topic Test - Common Prefixes 2 4.2.18End of Topic Test - Common Prefixes

4.3

Common Suffixes

4.3.1Characterised By 4.3.2Disease 4.3.3Lover & Lacking 4.3.4Belief & Study 4.3.5People 4.3.6State & Quality 4.3.7Sound & Colour 4.3.8Capable & Relating 4.3.9End of Topic Test - Common Suffixes 4.3.10End of Topic Test - Common Suffixes 2

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Reading & Writing

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