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Junior Cycle English: Grammar and spelling

How often Grammar and spelling comes up on the English papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

HL Asked on 2 of the last 8 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2022.

OL Asked on 2 of the last 8 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2023.

Grammar and spelling, Higher Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Grammar and spelling.

(a)Which of these sentences uses there, their and they're correctly?
  1. Their leaving they're bags there.
  2. They're leaving their bags there.
  3. There leaving their bags they're.
(b)Which of these sentences uses accept and except correctly?
  1. Everyone accepted the offer accept Tom.
  2. Everyone excepted the offer accept Tom.
  3. Everyone accepted the offer except Tom.
(c)Which word is an adjective in: 'She quickly opened the heavy door.'?
  1. Heavy
  2. Opened
  3. Quickly
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(a) They're leaving their bags there.

(b) Everyone accepted the offer except Tom.

(c) Heavy

Your turn: Higher Level questions on Grammar and spelling.

Higher Level

Asked on 2 of the last 8 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2022.

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Not asked
2025Not asked
2024Not asked
2023Not asked
2022Q3
2019Not asked
2018Q7
2017Not asked

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

Ordinary Level

Asked on 2 of the last 8 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2023.

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Not asked
2025Not asked
2024Not asked
2023Q1
2022Not asked
2019Q14
2018Not asked
2017Not asked

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Grammar and spelling questions

Grammar and spelling, 2 marks

Choose the correct word: 'They left ___ bags in the hall.'

  1. there
  2. they're
  3. their
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their

Their shows belonging: their bags. There refers to a place: over there. They're is short for they are.

Grammar and spelling, 2 marks

Choose the correct word: '___ going to miss the bus.'

  1. Yore
  2. You're
  3. Your
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You're

You're is short for you are: you are going to miss the bus. Your shows belonging, as in your coat.

Grammar and spelling, 3 marks

Choose the correct word: 'Everyone came ___ Niamh, who was sick.'

  1. except
  2. accept
  3. expect
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except

Except means apart from or not including. Accept means to receive or agree to, as in accept a gift.

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