Punctuation, Spelling & Vocabulary in Context is one of 8 topics in the Grade 9 English First Additional Language CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. Where does the full stop of a quoted sentence go, compared to the closing quotation mark?
Inside the closing quotation mark
Outside the closing quotation mark
Punctuation is never used with quotations
On a new line
Answer: Inside the closing quotation mark — The end punctuation of a quoted sentence goes inside the closing quotation mark.
Easy
2. How do you correctly show that a bag belongs to ONE boy?
the boy's bag
the boys' bag
the boys bag
the boy bag's
Answer: the boy's bag — For a singular owner, add apostrophe and "s": "the boy's bag".
Medium
3. How do you correctly show that a bag belongs to MORE THAN ONE boy (plural already ending in "s")?
Answer: the boys' bag — When the plural owner already ends in "s", the apostrophe goes after the "s": "the boys' bag".
