5-Minute Drill: Clear Sentences & Joining

O Level · English Language 1123 · Practice · Paper 1

10 questions · 5 minutes. Sentences and fragments, commas, and quick fixes — exam-style wording, no grammar labels.

10 questions · 5 minutes · instant scoring

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Identify

Section A — Core Skill

Identify and classify key grammatical concepts.

Which option is a complete sentence?

Which option is a fragment, not a sentence?

Is this a sentence or a fragment? "While the audience was still clapping."

Apply

Section B — Application

Apply rules in sentence-level contexts.

Where should the comma go? "After the results were announced the hall fell silent."

Which sentence is punctuated correctly? (The extra detail about the book could be removed.)

Which sentence correctly joins two full ideas with a comma and "but"? (Cambridge-style: comma before the coordinator between two independent clauses.)

Which sentence avoids a comma splice? (Two full ideas need proper linking.)

Challenge

Section C — Mixed Challenge

Harder questions combining multiple concepts.

Which rewrite fixes the error? "Because she revised every evening. She passed with confidence."

Where should the comma go? "Harry and James play cricket and watch football."

Which sentence is written correctly?

Answer all 10 questions to submit.