WorksheetsDAVID YR 9 ENGLISH
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 37mins
Can you see _____ sun when it is rainy and cloudy?
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Yesterday, I saw _____ beautiful blue bird at a park.
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He is wearing a hat. _____ hat is brown
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Mexico City and London are both _____ big cities.
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My _____ car is four years old and it still runs well.
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_____ Lake Erie is one of _____ five great lakes in North America.
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Please give me _____ cup of _____ coffee with cream and less sugar.
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Who is the author of the book Frankenstein?
The author is Edgar Allan Poe
The author is William Shakespeare
The author is Mary Shelley
The author is
What is the genre of the book Frankenstein?
It´s a romantic story.
It´s a classic horror story.
it´s a crime fiction story.
How did the story Frankenstein was created?
It was created by a recommendation of an author´s friend.
It was created by a vision of the author.
It was created based on real life.
It was created by a suggestion of author´s mother.
When was the novel Frankenstein published?
It was published in 1918
It was published in 1999
It was published in 2000
It was published in 1818
Who is the person that Victor met at university?
He met Professor Waldman
He met Professor Wines
He met Professor Williams
He met Professor Shelly
What did Victor want to learn?
He wanted to learn about life.
He wanted to learn about death.
He wanted to learn about love.
He wanted to learn about literature
What happens when Victor learned about death?
He is sure that he knows the secret of death
He is sure that he knows the secret of literature.
He is sure that he knows the secret of love.
He is sure that he knows the secret of life.
What is Victor´s secret?
Victor makes a body and joins wires to it. Electricity from a storm brings body to life.
Victor writes a romantic book.
Victor discovers the cure for baldness.
Victor discovers the secret of Professor Wildman
How does Victor feel about his creation?
He feels very happy.
He feels anxious.
He feels scared.
He feels proud.
What happens when Victor falls asleep and he wakes up?
The creature doesn´t exist, it was a nightmare.
The creature is sleeping too.
The creature is cleaning the house.
The creature is looking at him.
Decide whether the following can have a colon (:), semicolon (;) or a dash (-)
There are so many things to do in London ___ there’s the theatre, the shopping, the sights and the parks.
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I had a few days off last week and I knew exactly where to spend them ___ the beach.
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I love working in advertising. You have so many challenges ___ being creative, working in a team, keeping clients happy and meeting deadlines.
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He decided to spend a few days in the country ___ the tranquillity helped him think.
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David read the letter and he smiled ___ 'I've got the job.'
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Paul realised that it was getting late and the wind was getting stronger ___ he knew it was time to go home.
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I rarely go to bed this early_____ I am afraid I will miss something.
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Today I had to go to work, pick the kids up from school, take them to music practice ____ then cook dinner.
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In Henry the Fifth Act One ___Scene One.
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You can use a semicolon to join to incomplete sentences in order to form a complete sentence.
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You will need to have the following items for the trip tent, lantern, matches, and a compass.
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after the word trip
Our class studied the works of the following painters Degas, Manet, Monet, Sisley, and Gauguin.
after the word studied
after the word painters
The theater company announced the opening of these plays King Lear, Death of a Saleman, and Camelot.
after the word plays
after the word announced
after the word opening
After a sleepless night, the senator made her decision she would not seek re-election.
after the word decision
after the word seek
Music is more than a mechanical arrangement of sounds it is an expression of deep feelings and ethical values.
after the word arrangement
after the word sounds
Colons are used after the salutation of a business letter.
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false
Colons are used as part of a title, separating the main title from a sub-title.
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There are three historical sources of belief reason or intellect, custom or habit, and inspiration.
after the word belief
after the word sources
Author's Craft includes...
The skill of the author
The techniques the author uses
The specific language the author uses
The rhetorical devices the author uses
All of the above
What is an Interpretation?
An explanation of the meaning of something
Summarizing a source
Breaking something complicated down to understand it better
Taking notes on a text to help you understand it
What are Text Features?
The color and font of the main body of the text
Short excerpts from longer texts
Parts of a text that are not part of the main body of written text
The exact words the author uses
What is Tone?
How the text makes you feel reading it
How you feel about the subject of the text
How the audience interacts with the text
The author's attitude towards their subject
What does Word Choice refer to?
An educational game
The specific words, phrases, and expressions that an author or speaker uses
The words you use to respond to a text
Choices that we make as we talk and write that have nothing to do with words
The primary purpose of Writing Conventions is to...
Police how people write and talk
Confuse the reader
Help make writing more clear and understandable
Establish tone and mood
How are Subject and Theme related to each other?
The Subject is what the author is saying about the Theme
They are both the same thing
They are completely unrelated
The Theme is what the author is saying about the Subject
Why is Evidence so important?
Evidence isn't important
You need to be able to support your claims, ideas, and arguments
You need to use evidence any time you write or speak
Evidence is how we communicate ideas
Which of these are necessary for you to analyze something?
Evidence to support your arguments/claims
A tool or method (such as annotation) to help you understand the information yourself
A summary of the information you are analyzing
An argument or explanation for what the information actually means
All of the above
In a narrative or play, when two characters have a conversation it is known as_________?
tone
perspective
mood
dialogue
Text evidence is...
a sentence quoted from the book
never a good idea in essays
a way to prove you read that part
not a great way to learn about a character
Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid.
figurative language
prose
paradox
foreshadowing
A figure of speech that implies a comparison between two relatively unlikely things saying one thing is another.
EXAMPLE: "My nephew is a monkey! He climbs on everything."
alliteration
hyperbole
personification
metaphor
A comparison between two unlike things, usually with the words 'like' or 'as'.
EXAMPLE: "She dances like a chicken on hot coals."
synecdoche
irony
simile
allusion
The giving of human qualities to an animal, object or abstract idea.
EXAMPLE: "The chocolate cake was calling my name."
analogy
hyperbole
idiom
personification
An exaggerated statement used to emphasize an idea or make a point.
EXAMPLE: "I've told you a million times."
simile
pun
allusion
hyperbole
The use of words which actually sound like the objects or actions to which they refer.
EXAMPLE: "The guitar twanged as he thumped on it."
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
idiom
irony
The repetition of vowel sounds.
EXAMPLE: "Try to light the fire by the ottoman over there."
metaphor
assonance
pun
paradox
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
EXAMPLE: "Every man, every woman, every child, should be loved."
paradox
simile
anaphora
analogy
When incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side.
EXAMPLE: "Parting is such sweet sorrow."
metaphor
onomatopoeia
oxymoron
pun
The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
EXAMPLE: "The tall trees towered over the town."
metaphor
pun
idiom
alliteration
An expression used by a particular group of people with a meaning that is only known through common use.
EXAMPLE: "It's raining cats and dogs."
idiom
oxymoron
pun
simile
A brief, indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.
EXAMPLE: "Gosh he is romantic; quite the Romeo!"
alliteration
onomatopoeia
metaphor
allusion
A comparison between two things in order to highlight a point of similarity. It is different to a metaphor or simile, in that it expresses a set of like relationships between two sets of terms.
EXAMPLE: "As a sword is the weapon of a warrior, a pen is the weapon of a writer."
pun
onomatopoeia
anaphora
analogy
A 'softer', more inoffensive word or phrase, used as a substitute for one considered too harsh or blunt, when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
EXAMPLE: "His mother passed away last year."
simile
allusion
euphemism
idiom
