GRADE 9AM ENGLISH REVISION

GRADE 9AM ENGLISH REVISION

Multiple Choice

What is evidence?

• another name for detective

• proof - items found in a crime scene that help solve the mystery

• someone who sees a crime being committed

• an unsolved puzzle

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credible:

• impossible to believe

• easy to do

• able to be believed or trusted

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Which word is a synonym for reasonable?

• fragile

• logical

• wrong

• misguided

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The teacher will ___________ a behavior consequence for those students who misbehave while we are reading.

• panorama

• foil

• formulate

• consequence

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believable; reliable 

• creditor 
• credulous 
• credible 
• credit 

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credible:

• impossible to believe

• easy to do

• able to be believed or trusted

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Express a thought or an idea based on the review of information

• Formulate

• Infer

• Predict

• Summarize

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Before the flight, the man had a(n)__________ that things would not go well.

• Evidence

• Profound

• Premonition

• Formulate

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The love of a parent for his or her child is usually ________.

• Profound

• Desperate

• Meditative

• Hallucination

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Not being prepared for a hurricane is a _____ situation.

• Entranced

• Desperate

• Meditative

• Logical

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feeling that something bad will happen

• premonition

• logical

• meditative

• profound

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something perceived that has no reality

• evidence

• hallucination

• premonition

• formulate

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The crowd was so _____ by the lead singer that they didn't even notice if the band was good. It was like they were under a spell.

• Reprehensible

• Entranced

• Bemused

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The crowd was so _____ by the lead singer that they didn't even notice if the band was good. It was like they were under a spell.

• Reprehensible

• Entranced

• Bemused

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Which of the following is the best definition of culpability?

• innocence; freedom from guilt

• obligation; something that is carried with difficulty

• blameworthiness; guilt or blame that is deserved

• understanding; ability to identify with the feelings or thoughts of others

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Which of the following is the best definition of culpability?

• innocence; freedom from guilt

• obligation; something that is carried with difficulty

• blameworthiness; guilt or blame that is deserved

• understanding; ability to identify with the feelings or thoughts of others

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Which sentence uses culpability correctly?

• She was not culpability because she was not at the scene of the crime.

• She was culpability for what she did.

• The culpability for the crime rested on her shoulders.

• They were culpability because of their crime.

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What sentence uses entrusted correctly?

• I had entrusted in her, even though she made mistakes in the past.

• I gave them entrusted.

• I entrusted them with the responsibility of taking care of my pet turtle Eugene.

• I decided to entrusted them.

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Which sentence uses burden correctly?

• She said she felt burden.

• I felt burden yesterday,

• The burden of knowing the secret was so heavy,

• I had a burden yesterday when I was a little bit confused about where to go.

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Which sentence uses conscience correctly?

• I felt conscience about what I had done.

• I was conscience that I had done something wrong.

• I had a conscience that something strange was about to happen.

• My conscience told me that what I had done was wrong.

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Conscience is....

• A person's moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one's behaviour.

• The idea of Truth and False

• My Guardian Angel

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I felt ___________ after disrespecting my mother.

• serene

• hoard

• rarity

• remorse

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I felt ___________ after disrespecting my mother.

• serene

• hoard

• rarity

• remorse

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“The rain forest is home to many creatures. Monkeys, toucans and macaws live in the rain forest. Butterflies and anteaters also live in the rain forest.”
What is the central idea?

• Sloths and tapirs are other creatures that live in the rain forest.
• The rain forest is home to many creatures.
• Monkeys, toucans and macaws live in the rain forest.

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Most people think that gorillas are mean, but actually they are shy. It seems that such a huge animal with very large teeth would be aggressive. Hollywood movies help convey this image of the scary, ferocious gorilla. In fact, gorillas only attack if they are provoked. 
This author belives that:

• Gorillas are misunderstood as vicious animals.
• Gorillas are mean animals
• Gorillas don't like other animals.

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Were you born after 1985? If so, how long do you expect to live? most people born after 1985 can expect to live more than 70 years. Of course, this is just a guess based on past records. 
What is this passage mostly about?

• why people live to be 70
• how long your might expect to live
• past records give you information

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Though forks were first used in China thousands of years ago, it took a long time for them to make their way to what is now the United States.

Ancient Greeks began using forks after the Chinese. However, they did not use forks for eating. They used them for serving food. From Greece, forks moved to the Roman Empire. Romans first used long forks for cooking and serving. By the 300s, they began using table forks to feed themselves.

The table fork spread from there to what is now the Middle East and Turkey, before arriving in Italy and becoming popular in the 1000s. It stayed popular in southern Europe, but was not used much in northern Europe until it first became popular in France and Spain in the 1700s.

The table fork arrived in England from France before making its way to the North American colonies, where it first became popular shortly before the American Revolution.

• The fork changed after arriving in the Roman Empire.

• Roman forks were longer than Greek and Chinese forks.

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Though forks were first used in China thousands of years ago, it took a long time for them to make their way to what is now the United States.

Ancient Greeks began using forks after the Chinese. However, they did not use forks for eating. They used them for serving food. From Greece, forks moved to the Roman Empire. Romans first used long forks for cooking and serving. By the 300s, they began using table forks to feed themselves.

The table fork spread from there to what is now the Middle East and Turkey, before arriving in Italy and becoming popular in the 1000s. It stayed popular in southern Europe, but was not used much in northern Europe until it first became popular in France and Spain in the 1700s.

The table fork arrived in England from France before making its way to the North American colonies, where it first became popular shortly before the American Revolution.

• The fork changed after arriving in the Roman Empire.

• Roman forks were longer than Greek and Chinese forks.

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What word means to sway under a blow or shock?

• reeling
• dawdle
• anatomy
• fugitive (optional)

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His head was still ....to the point he was fevered.

• pitched

• reeling

• upheaval

• composition

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Carmen ...the disposable diaper in the trash and hefted baby Mario from the changing table.

• pitched

• reeling

• upheaval

• composition

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....... is a major or sudden change that often creates problems or distress.

• stifling

• upheaval

• exotic

• utmost