Grade 9 English Diagnostic Test

Which of the following sentences is written in the passive voice?

• The students answered the diagnostic test.

• The diagnostic test was answered by the students.

• The teacher gave the diagnostic test.

• We studied the lesson yesterday.

What is the main purpose of persuasive writing?

• to entertain

• to inform

• to describe

• to convince

What figure of speech is used in: “Time is a thief”?

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Identify the sentence with correct subject-verb agreement.

• Each of the boys are playing.

• Neither of the answers are correct.

• The bouquet of roses smells good.

• The dogs or the cat are outside.

Which word is a compound noun?

• classroom

• beautiful

• blue-ish

• quickly

Which among the following is a dependent clause?

• She reads a lot.

• When I get home

• I finished early.

• He works hard.

Choose the correct order of modifiers: “She wore a _____ hat.”

• woolen big red

• red big woolen

• big red woolen

• woolen red big

What does the root word dict mean?

• write

• speak

• hear

• read

What is the function of a thesis statement in an essay?

• to tell a story

• to summarize the conclusion

• to state the main idea

• to list all sources

What literary device is used in: “He was drowning in paperwork”?

• Irony

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole