Eloquence 2022 – Grammar Competition – Junior

Time: 30 minutes.

Read the instructions carefully

- Answer all questions.
- Do not close the tab/disconnect without submitting your responses.
- Do not open other tabs in your browser.
- Do not search for answers in the internet.
- You must be connected to ZOOM with a switched on camera.

Additional information

Erase unnecessary spaces before and after sentences.
Punctuate every sentence properly.
Doublecheck capitalizations.

Before submitting, double-check that you have answered all of the questions.

INDEX

Find, and correct the mistakes in the following sentences.

What reason did he come here for?

Rachel is very smart, she begun reading when she was three years old.

He has worked hardly all her life.

Be careful, or you break the plate.

He is a under-experienced mechanic.

Jim went to the store and Ella goes with him.

He was laying in the sun drinking a bottle of cold water.

Every boy must bring their own lunch.

He is always asleep when I came back home from work.

The doctor gave me a priscription for antibiotics.

Use the correct verb form from the brackets to fill in the blanks.

My sister a lot of friends now. (had/have/has)

Bobby his homework by tomorrow. (finished/will have finished/will be finished)

His grandfather the newspaper every day. (is reading/will read/reads)

The police the thief. (catched/catch/caught)

Cathy to become an engineer. (want/to want/wants)

We watching cartoons together when we were little. (likes/like/liked)

The eagle over the mountains. (flew/fly/flown)

I him for a long time. (know, have known, am knowing)

The mice by the cat. (was died/was killed/were killed)

The letter by Sarah. (wrote/is written/has written)

Type suitable questions to the following answers.

My best friend is Lucy.

It is my uncle’s house.

Yes, I have read Harry Potter.

Lucy comes to school by bus.

No, she doesn’t know how to swim.

This pool is 6 feet deep.

She wants to speak to the manager.

Her sister is a doctor.

Leonard comes to school by foot.

Yes, Jade likes pop music.

Fill in the blanks using the most suitable adjectives and adverbs from the brackets.

My sister can sing . (beautiful/beauty/beautifully)

Lord Voldemort is one of the villains. (scary/scariest/scarier)

The garage smells . (disgusting/disgust/nicely)

Derrek’s desk is than mine. (messy/messiest/messier)

Cathy feels about what happened. (bad/badly/worst)

The fox is sneaking around the chicken pen. (sly/pretty/honest)

Sarah works to pass her exams. (hardly/hard/hardest)

What is the news? (last, latest, late)

All the soldiers fought . (bravely/bravest/brave)

Sally’s horse was the at the race. (fastly/fastest/fast)

Fill in the blanks using the most suitable preposition.

The ceremony will be held the college auditorium. (at, around, in)

Walk the gravel road until you reach a lake. (on/along/in)

The cat is getting the cardboard box. (in/into/inside)

I can see a bird the leaves and the flowers. (among/around/near)

See you Monday morning! (at, in, on)

Fill in the blanks using the correct auxiliary verbs.

(might, may, should, could, being)

You study hard if you want to pass the exams.

He is a great friend at the moment.

Sally win the gold medal in the tournament.

her soul rest in peace!

you please help me lift this box?

Match the proverbs on column A, with their meanings on column B.

A	B
I. Actions speak louder than words.	a. It’s better to finish something late than to never do it at all
II. Don’t judge a book by its cover.	b. People always want what they don’t have
III. Birds of a feather flock together.	c. Nothing great lasts forever
IV. Practice makes perfect.	d. People who are similar spend time together
V. The grass is always greener on the other side.	e. The more you do something, the better you will become at it
VI. A picture is worth a thousand words.	f. People who wake up early or who get to places early have a better chance of success
VII. Better late than never	g. What you do is more important than what you say
VIII. The early bird gets the worm	h. It’s always better to tell the truth than it is to lie
IX. Honesty is the best policy	i. An image can tell a story better than words
X. All good things come to an end.	j. Don’t judge someone or something by appearance alone

I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X

Fill in the blanks using the most suitable phrasal verbs.

(ran out of, looking after, find out, get along with, give up, come along, pointed out, backed down, carry on, broke down)

The teacher asked us to with our tasks.

One should never on their dreams.

I invited Sally to with us to the park.

She is her sick brother.

The teacher kindly our mistakes.

The machine yesterday evening.

The police are trying to the truth.

Penny time to finish the exam.

Stan can anyone.

The bullies when they saw the teachers.

Select the most suitable word for the blank from the answers given.

___________ pen is this?

whose

who’s

None

Tara is good at all the subjects __________ Geography.

expect

except

None

The teacher ___________ her students to sleep earlier.

adviced

advised

None

The dog ran back to ______ owner.

its

it’s

None

We’re __________ late to catch the bus.

two

too

None

“The Tortoise and the_________” is a children’s story beloved by all.

hair

heir

hare

None

The sun ________ in the East.

rises

raises

None

My brother _________ down on the ground under the tree.

lied

laid

None

The children ________ happy when we came home.

were

we’re

where

None

Students don’t have ____________ to the staff room.

access

excess

None

Connect the two sentences using the correct conjunctions given below, and type the full sentence in the provided space.

(so, and, because, but, after)

Jack didn’t study. He passed the test.

Kate was hungry. She didn’t bring her lunch.

He was scared. He turned the light on.

I had breakfast. I woke up.

Jane is a doctor. Her husband is a surgeon.

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