Class 5 · English Language · Cameroon

Spelling, Pronunciation and Punctuation: 5 practice questions

Free practice on Spelling, Pronunciation and Punctuation for Class 5, following the Cameroon primary school curriculum (English subsystem). Every answer is explained, so a parent who is not sure of the answer can still help.

  1. Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.

    1. "come here, said the teacher."
    2. "Come here," said the teacher.
    3. "Come here" said the teacher
    4. Come here said the teacher.
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    Answer: B. "Come here," said the teacher.

    Speech goes inside quotation marks with a comma before 'said'.

  2. Where does the apostrophe go? 'The girls uniforms are blue.' (many girls)

    1. girl's uniforms
    2. girls' uniforms
    3. girls uniform's
    4. girl,s uniforms
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    Answer: B. girls' uniforms

    For a plural owner ending in s, the apostrophe goes after the s.

  3. Type the short form of 'do not'.

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    Answer: don't / dont

    The apostrophe replaces the missing letter: don't.

  4. Which sentence uses commas correctly?

    1. We bought eggs, bread, and milk.
    2. We bought, eggs bread and milk.
    3. We, bought eggs bread and milk.
    4. We bought eggs bread, and, milk.
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    Answer: A. We bought eggs, bread, and milk.

    Commas separate items in a list.

  5. Type this with correct capitals: 'the river wouri flows through douala'

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    Answer: The River Wouri flows through Douala / The river Wouri flows through Douala

    Names of rivers and towns take capital letters.

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