News item 9th grade

Listen to the speaker and choose the correct sentence:

• "Breaking news: Their planning to build a new mall."

• "Breaking news: They're planning to build a new mall."

• "Breaking news: There planning to build a new mall."

• "Breaking news: There planing to build a new mall."

Answer explanation

The correct choice is "They're planning to build a new mall." because "they're" is the contraction of "they are," which fits the context. The other options misuse "their" and "there," or misspell "planning."

Listen and select the correct option:

• The weather reports showed heavy rain in the capital cite.

• The whether reports showed heavy rain in the capital site.

• The weather reports showed heavy rain in the capital site.

• The weather reports showed heavy rain in the capital sight.

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'The weather reports showed heavy rain in the capital site.' because 'weather' refers to atmospheric conditions, and 'site' correctly indicates a location, unlike 'cite' or 'sight'.

Choose the sentence you hear:

• "The local team won their fourth game in a row."

• "The local team won there forth game in a row."

• "The local team won they're fourth game in a row."

• "The local team one their fourth game in a row."

Answer explanation

The correct sentence is "The local team won their fourth game in a row." It uses "their" to indicate possession, while the other options misuse "there" or "they're," or contain grammatical errors.

Select the correct sentence:

• "The mayor announced knew parking rules today."

• "The mayor announced new parking rules today."

• "The mayor announce new parking rules today."

• "The mayor announced new parking rules to day."

Answer explanation

The correct sentence is "The mayor announced new parking rules today." It uses the past tense "announced" correctly and has the proper adjective "new" instead of "knew" or incorrect phrasing like "to day."

Identify the correct form:

• The principle spoke to reporters about school safety.

• The principal spoke too reporters about school safety.

• The principal spoke to reporters about school safety.

• The principal spoke two reporters about school safety.

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'The principal spoke to reporters about school safety.' 'Principal' refers to the head of a school, while 'principle' means a fundamental truth. 'To' is the correct preposition, not 'too' or 'two'.

Choose the right sentence:

• "Police say the missing pet has bean found safe."

• "Police say the missing pet has been found safe."

• "Police say the missing pet has bin found safe."

• "Police say the missing pet has being found safe."

Answer explanation

The correct sentence is "Police say the missing pet has been found safe." The word 'been' is the correct past participle of 'be', while 'bean', 'bin', and 'being' are incorrect in this context.

Select what you hear:

• "Our school won first prize in the science fare."

• "Our school won first prize in the science fair."

• "Are school won first prize in the science fair."

• "Our school one first prize in the science fair."

Answer explanation

The correct choice is "Our school won first prize in the science fair." It accurately reflects the intended message, using the correct term "fair" instead of "fare" and the correct verb "won".

Pick the correct sentence:

• "The concert will take place rain or shine."

• "The concert will take place rain or shyne."

• "The concert will take place reign or shine."

• "The concert will take plays rain or shine."

Answer explanation

The correct sentence is "The concert will take place rain or shine." It uses the proper phrase "take place" and correctly spells "shine," while the other options contain errors in wording or spelling.

Choose the right option:

• "Students raised money for the new library threw a bake sale."

• "Students raised money for the new library through a bake sale."

• "Students raised money for the knew library through a bake sale."

• "Students raised money for the new library thorough a bake sale."

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'through' as it indicates the means by which the students raised money. 'Knew' is incorrect as it is a misspelling of 'new', and 'threw' and 'thorough' are also incorrect in this context.

Select the correct sentence:

• "The community center will open it's doors next week."

• "The community center will open its doors next weak."

• "The community center will open its doors next week."

• "The community sender will open its doors next week."

Answer explanation

The correct sentence is "The community center will open its doors next week." It uses "its" correctly as a possessive pronoun and "week" instead of "weak," which is a different word with a different meaning.