Get ready for a KS2 English quiz all about standard English! How we talk and write has different styles - formal and informal. Just like how you talk differently to a baby, a friend, or a teacher. Standard English is a more formal way of writing and speaking. We use it to make a good impression.
This quiz will check how well you know standard English, the cool way we use it when we speak!
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You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Using standard and non-standard English
'Should've' sounds like 'should of', but as you'll know, it is actually the contraction of 'should have'. Remember the 'have' in 'could've' and 'would've', too.
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'I ain't had no breakfast' is an example of a double negative (ain't and no). You only need one negative to make a sentence negative. 'Ain't' is also a dialect word, rather than standard English.
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If you break down the sentence, it says 'she do not have nothing' which actually means she has something!
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Mary can lend her paintbrushes to someone else - someone else borrows Mary's paintbrushes.
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This sentence is an example of dialect - it would be perfect for story dialogue, if that's how you wanted your character to speak, but it is not suitable for formal writing.
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Did someone forget to put the radiators on?
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You will find that stories use informal language when a character is speaking.
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Even though 'wot' isn't an actual word, you still might see it written in a story, as spoken by a character.
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'He didn't tell me anything' and 'he told me nothing' both have the same meaning.
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It's a common mistake to write 'of' instead of 'have'.
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