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Al Bayan Model School for Girls

ENGLISH QUESTION BANK – TERM-1

2nd MONTHLY TEST Grade 9th ____________________________________________________________________

A: Grammar Multiple Choices: Choose the correct answer:

1) A ______________________ is a word used to express action or state of being.

Ⓐpredicate Ⓑ verb Ⓒ subject Ⓓ adverb

2) A _____________________ is a word or word group that completes the meaning of

a verb.

Ⓐcomplement Ⓑ noun Ⓒ adjective Ⓓ adverb

3) The helping verb in this sentence is: Other people have been finding work as

mimes.

Ⓐ work Ⓑ have been Ⓒ finding Ⓓ other

4) A prepositional phrase that modifies a noun or a pronoun is called _____________

phrase.

Ⓐ Demonstrative pronouns Ⓑ articles Ⓒ adjective Ⓓ verb

5) A _________________ is a verb form ending in –ing that is used as a noun.

Ⓐverb phrase Ⓑ gerund Ⓒ simple subject Ⓓcomplete subject

6) An _____________________is a word used to express emotion.

Ⓐ speech Ⓑ interrogative Ⓒ conjunction Ⓓ interjection

7) A ______verb is a verb that expresses an action directed toward a person, place

thing or idea.

Ⓐpreposition Ⓑ transitive Ⓒ verb Ⓓ noun

8) Find the Action verb: He and his wife Carol own and run Greenfield Review Press.

Ⓐ own , run Ⓑ he , wife Ⓒ Carol ⒹGreenfield Review Press.

9) Find the Infinitive Phrase: We used machine oil to lubricate the chain.

Ⓐwe used Ⓑ used machine Ⓒ oil to Ⓓto lubricate the chain

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10) Find the Appositive phrase: Be sure to bring the exact change, fifty cents.

Ⓐbring the Ⓑ fifty cents. Ⓒ Be sure to Ⓓexact change

11) Find the Adverb: The class was unusually quiet today.

ⒶThe class Ⓑ was unusually Ⓒ unusually Ⓓquiet

12) Find the Preposition: There they were rescued by a wolf.

Ⓐ there Ⓑ by Ⓒ a Ⓓ were

13) Find the Conjunction: African clothing is fashionable today for both men and

women.

Ⓐ both , and Ⓑ is Ⓒ for Ⓓnone

14) When the day was done, they enjoyed each other's company as they swapped

stories.

Ⓐ linking verb Ⓑ transitive verb Ⓒ interjection Ⓓ object

15) During Shakespeare’s time, plays were a common form of entertainment in

England

Ⓐadverb Ⓑ complement Ⓒ subject Ⓓ adjective

16) Are you recycling bottles and cans?

Ⓐ verb Ⓑ predicate nominative Ⓒ ending Ⓓ direct object

17) The predicate adjectives in this sentence are: The breeze from the sea feels fresh

and cool.

Ⓐ from Ⓑ breeze Ⓒ fresh , cool Ⓓ sea

18) The coach awarded her a varsity letter.

Ⓐ indirect object Ⓑ subject Ⓒ direct object Ⓓ verb

19) The developing plant is a seedling.

Ⓐ verb Ⓑ predicate nominative Ⓒ preposition Ⓓdirect object

20) The art at the Chinese Culture Center is impressive.

Ⓐ verb Ⓑ predicate nominative Ⓒ preposition Ⓓpredicate adjective

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21) Studying usually pays off in higher scores.

Ⓐ gerund Ⓑ adverb Ⓒ infinitive Ⓓadjective

22) A complement is a word or word group that ………………… the meaning of a verb.

Ⓐ completes Ⓑ begins Ⓒ doubts Ⓓ brings.

23) A ……………………is a word used to express action or a state of being.

Ⓐadjective Ⓑ preposition Ⓒ noun Ⓓverb

24) Men and women sometimes wear kufi hats.

Ⓐverb Ⓑ noun Ⓒ preposition Ⓓ conjunction

25) The team was extremely proud of its records.

Ⓐadverb Ⓑ adjective Ⓒ noun Ⓓverb

26) Bruchac tells personal histories.

Ⓐhelping verb Ⓑ linking verb Ⓒ action verb Ⓓadverb

27) The first day was long.

Ⓐhelping verb Ⓑ linking verb Ⓒ action verb Ⓓnoun

28) Did you hear the news?

Ⓐdirect object Ⓑ preposition Ⓒ adjective Ⓓ indirect object

29) The Globe Theatre was a building with eight sides.

Ⓐcomplement Ⓑ verb Ⓒ adjective Ⓓ adverb

30) Fortunately, they safely drifted to the bank of the river.

Ⓐadjective Ⓑ noun Ⓒ preposition Ⓓ adverb

31) on , next , in front of , behind , at : These words are examples of____________.

Ⓐ prepositions Ⓑ verbs Ⓒ subjects Ⓓ adverbs

32) Josh often looks tired on Monday mornings.

Ⓐverb Ⓑ predicate nominative Ⓒ predicate adjective Ⓓadverb

33) Everyone thanked me for a well done job.

Ⓐdirect object Ⓑ preposition Ⓒ adjective Ⓓ indirect object

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34) A misunderstanding over some innocent remark may cause trouble.

Ⓐsubject Ⓑ predicate nominative Ⓒ noun Ⓓ adjective phrase

35) Ms. Rosada will be our Spanish teacher this fall.

Ⓐverb Ⓑ predicate nominative Ⓒ adjective Ⓓconjunction

36) During the day, the wagon train traveled slowly.

Ⓐadverb Ⓑ prepositional phrase Ⓒ adjective Ⓓpredicate

37) Rosie hit a home run and tied up the score. In this sentence the conjunction is

the word:

Ⓐ Rosie Ⓑ run Ⓒ score Ⓓ and

38) Dad told him and me stories about growing up in Idaho. The underlined words

are:

Ⓐ indirect objects Ⓑ subjects Ⓒ direct objects Ⓓ verbs

39) The predicate adjective in this sentence is: That soil seems awfully dry.

Ⓐ seems Ⓑ awfully Ⓒ dry Ⓓ soil

40) of, in, during, for, from: These words are examples of __________.

Ⓐ preposition Ⓑ verb Ⓒ subject Ⓓ adverb

41) They ate the same food and did the same hard jobs.

Ⓐ linking verb Ⓑ transitive verb Ⓒ interjection Ⓓ object

42) "…………! I want to give people the real story about that kid who broke my bed."

Ⓐ Yes Ⓑ Ugh Ⓒ Aha Ⓓ But

43) A ………………….. is a word used to join words or groups of words.

Ⓐ adjective Ⓑ predicate Ⓒ conjunction Ⓓ verb

44) A predicate nominative is a word or word group that is in the predicate and that

identifies the ……………. or refers to it.

Ⓐ object Ⓑ subject Ⓒ word Ⓓ adverb

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45) Find the interjection: Oh, there are many opportunities and jobs for eager

volunteers.

Ⓐ are Ⓑ oh Ⓒ and Ⓓ for

46) Find the helping verb: Some people have been working as messengers.

Ⓐ messengers Ⓑ working Ⓒ have been Ⓓsome

47) "……………! Don’t you think I intended to buy magic beans?"

Ⓐ Ugh Ⓑ Great Ⓒ Yeah Ⓓ But

48) Find the preposition: They tried building a city on the site where they had been

rescued.

Ⓐ site Ⓑ city Ⓒ the Ⓓon

49) Find the action verb: They worked alongside Mexican and European trail hands.

Ⓐ worked Ⓑ alongside Ⓒ trail Ⓓ Mexican

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B: Vocabulary

PAIRING QUESTIONS:

WORD MEANING

1) preoccupied Ⓐ cutting up a body

2) disfigure Ⓑ study a new culture

3) recognizable Ⓒ completely possessed

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embalming

Ⓓ thoroughly worked out

5) anatomy Ⓔ Very old

6) elaborate Ⓕ methods of placing the dead body in oil

7) linen Ⓖ to destroy the form of

8) funeral Ⓗ Religious head

9) rituals Ⓘ funeral

10) chamber Ⓙ religious head

11) ancient Ⓚ A type of cloth material

12) preserve Ⓛ Burial service

13) priests Ⓜ customs

14) ceremony Ⓝ Hall, assembly room

15) burial Ⓞ able to be known from a previous encounter

Ⓟ protect

Ⓠ customs

Ⓡ Rite, ritual

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A) Choose the correct answer: 1. The word ‘embalming’ means

Ⓐ the way books are made. Ⓑ the method of placing a dead body in oil.

Ⓒ the process of building a house. Ⓓ the method of planning a lesson.

2. The word ‘anatomy’ means

Ⓐ cutting up a body. Ⓑ looking for gold.

Ⓒ travelling by plan Ⓓ none of the above.

3. Doctors need to study……………………..anatomy.

Ⓐ hospital Ⓑ animal Ⓒ human Ⓓ plant

4. Special……………………do the embalming of the dead body.

Ⓐ teachers Ⓑ nurses Ⓒ farmers Ⓓ priests

5. “able to be known from a previous encounter” means

Ⓐ comfortable Ⓑ recognizable Ⓒ wonderful Ⓓ sociable

6. The accident ______________________ her face.

Ⓐ disfigured Ⓑ anatomy Ⓒ elaborate Ⓓembalming

7. Meaning of preoccupied is:

Ⓐ cutting up the body Ⓑ completely possessed

Ⓒ thoroughly worked out Ⓓ destroy

8. The Egyptians…………………the dead bodies by embalming them.

Ⓐ decorated Ⓑ assembled Ⓒ destroyed Ⓓ preserved

9. The …………………..disfigured her face.

Ⓐ make-up Ⓑ party Ⓒ accident Ⓓ noise

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C: Spelling 1) Ⓐ ansient Ⓑ ansciet Ⓒ ancient Ⓓ anhient

2) Ⓐ seremony Ⓑ ciremony Ⓒ sirimony Ⓓ ceremony

3) Ⓐ shamber Ⓑ chamber Ⓒ chumber Ⓓ chambor

4) Ⓐ preists Ⓑ prests Ⓒ periests Ⓓ priests

5) Ⓐ ancient Ⓑ ansient Ⓒ anciant Ⓓ anchient

6) Ⓐ barials Ⓑ burials Ⓒ buriyls Ⓓ puriels

7) Ⓐ preoccupied Ⓑ preccuopide Ⓒ repeoccupid Ⓓrepucceopid

8) Ⓐelbaorate Ⓑ elaborate Ⓒ elarobate Ⓓeleaborat

9) Ⓐ Peresirve ⒷPresave ⒸPreserve Ⓓ Perserve

10) f/n/l/u/e/r/a: Ⓐ feunral Ⓑ funeral Ⓒ runefal Ⓓ rufenal

11) l/n/e/n/i: Ⓐ linen Ⓑ nelin Ⓒ lenin Ⓓ lienn

12) s/i/a/u/t/l/r: Ⓐ linen Ⓑ nelin Ⓒ lenin Ⓓ lienn

13) c/b/a/e/h/m/r Ⓐ chembar Ⓑ chamber Ⓒ bercham Ⓓbraemch

14) Rec__gni__able : Ⓐ o, s Ⓑ a, z Ⓒ u, s Ⓓ o, z

15) Ela__or__te : Ⓐ b, e Ⓑ g, a Ⓒ b, a Ⓓ b, i

16) __it__als Ⓐ r , z Ⓑ r , u Ⓒ r , s Ⓓ r , g

17) a__at__my Ⓐ n , o Ⓑ n , e Ⓒ m , o Ⓓ j , u

18) e__ba___ming Ⓐ n , j Ⓑ i, e Ⓒ m , l Ⓓ n , s

19) pr___occ___pied Ⓐ n , o Ⓑ e, u Ⓒ m , o Ⓓ n , u

20) di___fig__re Ⓐ c , o Ⓑ s, u Ⓒ k , o Ⓓ u, p

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D: Comprehension: 1- Read the passage and answer the following questions.

The embalmers next removed all moisture from the body. This they did by covering the

body with natron, a type of salt which has great drying properties, and by placing

additional natron packets inside the body. When the body had dried out completely,

embalmers removed the internal packets and lightly washed the natron off the body.

The result was a very dried-out but recognizable human form. To make the mummy

seem even more life-like, sunken areas of the body were filled out with linen and other

materials and false eyes were added.

Next the wrapping began. Each mummy needed hundreds of yards of linen. The priests

carefully wound the long strips of linen around the body, sometimes even wrapping

each finger and toe separately before wrapping the entire hand or foot. In order to

protect the dead from mishap, amulets were placed among the wrappings and prayers

and magical words written on some of the linen strips. Often the priests placed a mask

of the person’s face between the layers of head bandages. At several stages the form

was coated with warm resin and the wrapping resumed once again. At last the priests

wrapped the final cloth or shroud in place and secured it with linen strips. The mummy

was complete.

I. Choose the right answer:

1. What was used to dry the body?

Ⓐ natron Ⓑ coated Ⓒ mishap Ⓓ mask

2. What was placed among the wrapping to protect the dead body from mishap?

Ⓐ layer Ⓑ amulets Ⓒ coated Ⓓ shroud

3. What did the priests place between the layers of head bandages?

Ⓐ resin Ⓑ fingers Ⓒ mask of the person’s face Ⓓ cloth

II. Complete the sentence choosing the correct word:

1. The result was a very dried-out but __________________human form.

Ⓐ recognizable Ⓑ secured Ⓒ linen Ⓓ bandage

2. The _____________________next removed all moisture from the body.

Ⓐ wrapping Ⓑ resumed Ⓒ embalmers Ⓓ coated

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2- Making Juice Story By: Andrew Frinkle

Billy always loved blueberries. They were his favorite fruit. Today he was going to make

blueberry juice with his uncle. They used a potato masher and really crushed the

blueberries into a mess. It looked like pie filling to Billy. Then they got to push them

through a strainer. The strainer caught most of the seeds and skins, leaving them with

a small pot of dark purple juice. When they tasted it, the flavor was so strong! They

could really taste the blueberries. It wasn’t very sweet though. They added grape juice

to the blueberry juice. Billy’s uncle didn’t want to ruin the berries with white sugar

from a bag. It was better to use a naturally sweet juice, like apple juice, pear juice, or

grape juice. They used grape juice as a sweetener, because grapes had a similar color

to the blueberries. Finally, they could drink it. It was a lot of work to make juice, but it

sure was refreshing!

Use the information in the story to answer the questions below.

Write True or False:

1. Billy does not like blueberries.

Ⓣ True Ⓕ False

2. Billy and his uncle used a potato masher to crush the blueberries.

Ⓣ True Ⓕ False

3. Billy and his uncle added orange juice to the blueberry juice.

Ⓣ True Ⓕ False

4. The blueberry juice was very refreshing.

Ⓣ True Ⓕ False

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3- Making Juice Story By: Andrew Frinkle

Billy always loved blueberries. They were his favorite fruit. Today he was

going to make juice with his uncle. His uncle liked to make juice out of everything. He

made carrot juice, apple juice, mango juice, vegetable juice, and many more juices.

He’d never made blueberry juice before though! First, Billy and his uncle went to a

blueberry farm. They were each given buckets. They picked for an hour and got several

pounds. It was hard work picking the little berries from the trees. Now Billy understood

why they were expensive in the store. These blueberries tasted better than the store,

though, because they grew ripe on the tree.

Next, they had to sort and wash the fruit. Some of them still had stems or leaves.

Those had to be pulled off. Then the shriveled up berries had to be thrown away. They

washed the remaining berries and put them in a strainer to drip dry.

Use the information in the story to answer the questions below.

Write True or False:

1. Billy is making orange juice.

Ⓣ True Ⓕ False

2. Billy and his uncle got blue berries from a farm.

Ⓣ True Ⓕ False

3. Billy’s uncle did not like to make juice.

Ⓣ True Ⓕ False

4. Picking the blueberries was so easy.

Ⓣ True Ⓕ False

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4- EGYPTIAN MUMMIES

The method of embalming, or treating the dead body, that the ancient Egyptians used is

called mummification. Using special processes, the Egyptians removed all moisture from

the body, leaving only a dried form that would not easily decay. It was important in their

religion to preserve the dead body in as life like a manner as possible.

The mummification process took seventy days. Special priests worked as embalmers,

treating and wrapping the body. Beyond knowing the correct rituals and prayers to be

performed at various stages, the priests also needed a detailed knowledge of human

anatomy.

The first step in the process was the removal of all internal parts that might decay

rapidly. The brain was removed by carefully inserting special hooked instruments up

through the nostrils in order to pull out bits of brain tissue. It was a

delicate operation, one which could easily disfigure the face. The

embalmers then removed the organs of the abdomen and chest. . . .

They left only the heart in place, believing it to be the center of a

person’s being and intelligence. The other organs were preserved

separately, with the stomach, liver, lungs, and intestines placed in special boxes or jars

today called canopic jars. These were buried with the mummy. In later mummies, the

organs were treated, wrapped, and replaced within the body. Even so, unused canopic

jars continued to be part of the burial ritual.

1. The mummification process took _______________ days.

Ⓐseventy Ⓑ twenty Ⓒ sixty Ⓓ three

2. Special ______________worked as embalmers, treating and wrapping the body.

ⒶEgyptians Ⓑ priests Ⓒmummies Ⓓ teachers

3. The _____________was removed by carefully inserting special hooked instruments.

Ⓐbrain Ⓑ liver Ⓒintestines Ⓓ stomach

Write True ( T ) or False ( F ) :

1) The first step in the process was the removal of all internal parts that might decay

rapidly. Ⓣ True Ⓕ False

2) It was important in their religion to preserve the dead body in a lifelike manner

Ⓣ True Ⓕ False

3) They left only the lungs in place, believing it to be the center of a person’s being and

intelligence.

Ⓣ True Ⓕ False

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HELP BOX

Succeed- due date- forget- assignment- notebook- regular- avoid- losing- watching T.V. – on time- losing points.

E: WRITING: 1- Write a paragraph to explain how you can get your homework done

on time.

Time line for finishing homework on time

1. Write due date. 2. Put work in notebook. 3. Do work before watching TV.

4. Bring work on due date.

Use the transitions: first, second, third, finally

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2- Write a Cause and Effect paragraph on the harmful effects of eating

junk food, using the help box:

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3- Write a persuasive writing on the topic with the help of words given

below.

Good habits improve our physical, emotional, and/or financial health. Select one of

your good habits and write an essay persuading readers to make that habit a part of

their lives.

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junk food ,eating healthy ,affect ,overweight ,diabetes

early sleeping, fajr salah, blessed day , healthy habit, better concentration,

energetic, fresh air, breakfast on time, exercise

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4- Write opinion writing on the topic with the help of words given

below.

Write an opinion writing emphasizing on the importance of learning and practicing

English language for the development of career.

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