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Grade 9 English Language Practice Test

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Words that names a person, a place, a thing, or an idea
a)
common nouns
b)
proper nouns
c)
nouns
d)
pronouns
2.
It uses specific names of nouns (e.g. Mexico, Grand Canyon)
a)
Plural nouns
b)
Abstract nouns
c)
Proper nouns
d)
Possessive nouns
3.
A type of noun that shows possession, ownership, or the general relationship between two nouns.
a)
Plural nouns
b)
Abstract nouns
c)
Proper nouns
d)
Possessive nouns
4.
A type of noun that names an object that occupies space or that can be recognized by any of the senses.
a)
Plural nouns
b)
Abstract nouns
c)
Proper nouns
d)
concrete nouns
5.
A type of noun that names an idea, a quality, or a characteristic.
a)
Plural nouns
b)
Abstract nouns
c)
Proper nouns
d)
concrete nouns
6.
A type of noun that is the name of a particular person, place, thing, or idea.
a)
Plural nouns
b)
Abstract nouns
c)
Proper nouns
d)
concrete nouns
7.
A type of noun that is the general—not the particular—name of a person, place, thing, or idea.
a)
Plural nouns
b)
Abstract nouns
c)
common nouns
d)
concrete nouns
8.
A type of is a word that expresses action or a state of being and is necessary to make a statement.
a)
adverb
b)
adjective
c)
noun
d)
verb
9.
A type of verb that tells what someone or something does.
a)
linking verb
b)
phrasal verb
c)
auxiliary verb
d)
action verb
10.
Is an action verb that is followed by a word or words that answer the question what? or whom?
a)
linking verb
b)
transitive verb
c)
auxiliary verb
d)
intransitive verb
11.
Is an action verb that is followed by a word or words that answer the question what? or whom?
a)
linking verb
b)
transitive verb
c)
auxiliary verb
d)
intransitive verb
12.
Is an action verb that is not followed by a word that answers the question what? or whom?
a)
linking verb
b)
transitive verb
c)
auxiliary verb
d)
intransitive verb
13.
Is a type of verb that links, or joins, the subject of a sentence (often a noun or pronoun) with a word or expression that identifies or describes the subject.
a)
linking verb
b)
transitive verb
c)
auxiliary verb
d)
intransitive verb
14.
The verb in a sentence may consist of more than one word or consists of a main verb and all its auxiliary, or helping, verbs.
a)
phrasal verb
b)
transitive verb
c)
auxiliary verb
d)
intransitive verb
15.
Is a word that modifies a noun or pronoun by limiting its meaning and it tells what kind, which one, how many, or how much.
a)
adjectives
b)
nouns
c)
adverbs
d)
verbs
16.
Is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb by making its meaning more specific.
a)
adjectives
b)
nouns
c)
adverbs
d)
verbs
17.
Please determine whether the noun is concrete or abstract. wisdom
a)
abstract
b)
concrete
18.
Please determine whether the noun is concrete or abstract. : Library
a)
abstract
b)
conrete
19.
Please determine whether the noun is concrete or abstract. : Bravery
a)
abstract
b)
conrete
20.
Please determine whether the noun is concrete or abstract. : Attitude
a)
abstract
b)
conrete
21.
Please determine whether the noun is concrete or abstract. : Guitar
a)
abstract
b)
conrete
22.
Please determine whether the noun is concrete or abstract. : Electricity
a)
abstract
b)
conrete
23.
Please determine whether the noun is concrete or abstract. : music
a)
abstract
b)
conrete
24.
Please determine whether the noun is concrete or abstract. : happiness
a)
abstract
b)
conrete
25.
Please determine whether the noun is concrete or abstract. : poverty
a)
abstract
b)
conrete
26.
Please determine whether the noun is concrete or abstract. : apple
a)
abstract
b)
conrete
27.

Identify each verb phrase that appears in the sentence. " Fortunately, most of his music has been recorded."

(a)  

28.

Identify each verb phrase that appears in the sentence. " Waller was already playing the piano at the age of six."

(a)  

29.

Identify each verb phrase that appears in the sentence. " Nevertheless, young Waller had decided that his life would be dedicated to music."

(a)  

30.

Identify each verb phrase that appears in the sentence. " Today we can still enjoy his exuberant style of piano playing."

(a)  

31.

Identify each verb phrase that appears in the sentence. " Few musicians have been able to imitate Waller’s humorous vocal renditions."

(a)  

32.

Identify all the adverb(s) that appear in each sentence below. " Bessie Smith is often considered a great blues singer."

(a)  

33.

Identify all the adverb(s) that appear in each sentence below. " Others have sung songs more matter-of-factly than she."

(a)  

34.

Identify all the adverb(s) that appear in each sentence below. " Louis Armstrong was one very famous jazz musician with whom she sang.."

(a)  

35.

Identify all the adjective(s) that appear in each sentence below. " Before him stretched the long, laborious road, dry, empty, and white."

(a)  

36.

Identify all the adjective(s) that appear in each sentence below. "It was quite open to the heath on each side, and bisected that vast, dark surface.."

(a)  

37.

Identify all the adjective(s) that appear in each sentence below. "The old man frequently stretched his eyes ahead to gaze over the tract that he had yet to traverse."

(a)  

38.
Demonstrative pronouns points out specific persons, places, things,or ideas (e.g. this, these, that, those)
a)
True
b)
False
39.
Proper nouns use specific names of nouns (e.g. Mexico, Grand Canyon)
a)
True
b)
False
40.
Concrete Nouns names an idea, a quantity, or a characteristic (e.g. petal, smoke, cough)
a)
True
b)
False
41.
Transitive verbs does not need a direct object
a)
True
b)
False
42.
Intransitive verbs need a direct object
a)
True
b)
False
43.

Rewrite each phrase below, using the possessive form: the family car

(a)  

44.

Rewrite each phrase below, using the possessive form: the cities facilities

(a)  

45.

Rewrite each phrase below, using the possessive form: the child toy

(a)  

46.

Rewrite each phrase below, using the possessive form: the factories smokestacks

(a)  

47.

Rewrite each phrase below, using the possessive form: the parents advice

(a)  

48.

Rewrite each phrase below, using the possessive form: the mice cage

(a)  

49.

Rewrite each phrase below, using the possessive form: the fox den

(a)  

50.

Rewrite each phrase below, using the possessive form: the states rights

(a)  

51.

Rewrite each phrase below, using the possessive form: the boys homework

(a)  

52.
Can you please explain the correct usage of adjectives and adverbs in a sentence?
4 lines
53.
Explain simple subject and simple predicate
4 lines
54.
Explain compound subject and compound predicate
4 lines
55.
Explain compound sentence?
4 lines
56.
Explain the importance of " Parts of Speech" in writing and speaking.
4 lines

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