BIFTU HARO SECONDARY SCHOOL

At B/H/S/S English Practical Questions Sheet For Grade 9 In 2015 E.C

I. Choose the best answer for the following questions.

________1. Which of the following verb's end pronunciation is |t|?

A. played B. asked C. ended D. used

__________2. Se has______ a cake Yesterday.A. does B. made. C. makes D. done

________3. She has_____seen a hyena. A. never B. everyday C. once a week D. B&C

________4. Which one of the following is unvoiced consonant sound?

A. |k| B. |d| C. |n| D. |r|

_______5. One of the following is voiced consonant sound? A . |s| B. |j| C. |f| D. |h|

_______6. There are yellow ripen apples in the basket. The underlined word is:____

A. noun B. pronoun. C. adjective D. preposition

_______7. Which of the following is function of an essay introduction?

A. giving the subject of an essay C. Explaining an essay content briefly and shortly.

B. catching attention of the reader. D. All

______8. Which of the following is simple sentence?

A. He ate lunch. C. Tola was very happy; he won a lottery.

B. I have been interested in running since I was a child. D. All except B

________9.One of the following is odd. A. although B. but C. until D. while

______10. ___________ is a feeling of being sorry for some body's problem.

A. sympathy B. essay C. noun D. collocation

_______11. The comparative form of tidy is _______________.

A. tidier B. more tidy. C. tidyer. D. tidiest

_______12. Which of the following is an indirect question?

A. Where is bus station? C. What is your father's name?

B. Could you tell me if the bus to Gimbi leaves from here? D. B&C

_______13. Which of the following is used to success in reading?

A. Reading a book we are interested in. C. Reading a book in one go.

B. Sitting somewhere fairly quiet for reading. D.A&B

______14. Which of the following thing we can do to understand new words?

A. Guessing it's meaning from the context. C. Asking someone else

B.. Looking it up in the dictionary. D. All

______15.__________ are words with identical or very similar meaning?

A. Synonyms. B. Antonyms C. Homonyms D. Homogeneous

_______16. I have bee waiting you _________ morning.

A. for B. since C. when D. already

_________17. I work hard. We can report this sentence after a long time someone has

as:_____

A. He said he worked hard. C. She said she worked hard.

C.He said he was working hard. D. A&C

_______18. Which of the following sentence talks about the future?

A. We are having a meeting at the end of term. C. I was watching TV yesterday.

B. I'm going to do my homework before football. D. A&B

________19. People will build many new skyscrapers. The passive form of this sentence

is: ______________.

A. Many new skyscrapers will be built. C. Many new skyscrapers are built.

B. Many new skyscrapers are being built. D.None

_____20. Where _______ the students? A. am B. is C. are. D. B&C

______21. What time _________ Chaltu wake up in the morning?

A. do B. does C. did. D. done

______22. They ___________ music sound.

A . doesn't like B. don't like C. does like D. None

______23. _____________ are short catchy sayings which give advice or reveal widely-

believed truths. A. Riddles B. Proverbs C. Folk tales D. All except C

______24. Some Proverbs can cross cultural boundaries. A. False B. True C. None

______25. __________ tells us more about a noun/pronoun.

A. Adjective B. Verb C. Preposition. D. Adverb

____'_"26. Which of the following pairs of words are antonyms?

A. admirer & supporter B. dominant & inferior C. pen & paper D. All

_______27. We always work hard for our achievement . The meaning of the underlined
 word is:_____ . A. failure B. attainement C. dominant D. inferior

_______28. When you don't ______ enough, you always feel hungry.

A . ate B. eat C. eats D. eaten

_____29. If you win a lottery, you ____________ a car.

A. would buy B. will buy C. would have bought D. A&B

______30. He had a broken arm. The underlined word is used _____________________.

A. to form the passive voice B. as an adjective C. as a verb D. None

__________31. The writing on the computer was so faint we couldn't read it. The

meaning of the underlined word is _______________________.

A. clear B. can't be seen clearly C. being unconscious D. A&B

________'32. A _________ indicates a past or completed action or time.

A. past simple B. infinitive C. past participle D. All except B

________ _33. Passive voice is used:

A. When the doer of an action is not important C. When we focus on an action itself.

B. When we focus on the doer of an action. D. When we focus on what happened.

E. C&D F. A&B

_______34. He said, " I was watching TV." We can report this sentence as:

A. He said that he had watched TV. C. He said that he was watching TV.

B. He said that he had been watching TV. D. He said that he watched TV.

______35.We are Ethiopian citizens. The opposite of the underlined word is:_________
 A. countrymen B. foreigners C. failure D. dominant

_______ 36.___________ refers to what a person says without necessarily repeating the

speaker's exact words.

A. Quoted speech B. Reported Speech C. Direct speech D. None

________ 37. She has said, " I will help you." This sentence can be reported as:_____.

A. She has said she will help me. C. She said that she will help me.

B. She said that she helped me. D. All

II. Answer questions no 38-40 by choosing homonym words that complete each pair of
sentences.

______ 38.(a) We ______ the other team by 2-1. (b) I feel my heart (❤) _______ as I went

into the director's office.️A. bit B. beat C. bank D. team

_________ 39. (a) Sh has a lot of money from the ________. (b) There are many birds live at

the river ________ . A. in B. bank C. near C. book

________ 40. (a) She has a ________ on her hand. (b) Mother _________ water at 💯°C.

A. stamp B. scary C. burn C. rock

III. Answer questions no 41-51 by completing the following story with the prepositions from the
box.

through beyond to near on at

into behind under with from

The house blazed (41) __________________the light, and there were no
curtains (42) __________the windows. Stepping (43) ____________ the room,
Berhanu saw the lamp (44) __________the table. He went and switched it off,
but the electric light was still on, the switch was (45) _________the cupboard far
(46) _______ his reach. The bed (47) __________ him was neat but had no
pillow. The pillow may be (48) _____________ the bed', he thought, so he bent
down to look. But somehow he slipped and crashed (49) ________________ the
ground. The intruder, who had meanwhile been watching (50) ____________
the window, took the opportunity to tiptoe away (51)________ the house.

ANSWERS:1-10 (BBAABDDABA) 11-20 (ABDDABDDAC) 21-30 (BBBBABBBBB) 31-

40 (BDEBBBCBBC) 41-51 (with, at, into, on, behind/near, beyond,near/behind,
under, to, through, from)
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