9th Grade English Test Items.

9^th Grade English Test Items.

Choose the correct form of the verb and fill in the blank spaces.

• Adrian____________ playing football.

1. Likes
2. Liking
3. Like

• She ______________to school every day.

1. went
2. goes
3. going
4. been

• Covid-19 has__________ millions of people globally.

1. killed
2. killing
3. kill
4. kills

Choose the correct part of speech to which the underlined words belong.

• New York is a beautiful city.

1. Proper noun.
2. Common noun.
3. Collective noun.
4. Countable noun.

• This is his

1. Possessive adjective.
3. Possessive pronoun.

• Although she was married to Philip, she had a loveaffair with Rick.

• She will kill herself.

1. Personal pronoun
2. Indefinite pronoun.
3. Reflexive pronoun.
4. Personal pronoun.

• Choose the synonym of the word in bold.

When he first came to New York, he was baffled.

3. Surprised

• Choose the word pronounced as the word in bold.

You are a great person.

1. You’re

Choose appropriate articles and fill in the blank spaces.

• ______moon orbits around the Earth.

1. A
2. The
3. An

• This is ________honest deal.

1. A
2. An
3. The

• Choose the appropriate word to fill in the blank space in the following sentence.

I _________ have the Covid-19 test tomorrow.

1. Will
2. Shall
3. Would
4. Shall be

Mark true or false as the appropriate answers in the following questions.

• A noun is a naming word.

True

False

• Phrasal verbs are composed of two words.

True

False

• A compound sentence is a sentence that contains an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.

True

False

• Prepositions can be positioned at the end of sentences.

True

False

• Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.

True

False

• Directions: Column A contains a list of words, phrases, and sentences. Column B lists different types of adverbs. Match each of the items in column A to appropriate adverbs in column B. The adverbs in Column B can be used once, more than once, or not at all.

Short answer questions.

• Use the words given in brackets ( ) in their appropriate form to complete the given sentences.
  1. You should not sit there ________(idle)
  2. Are you ___________(full) aware of the Covid-19 symptoms?

• Complete the following sentences using appropriate conjunctions.
  1. He campaigned hard ________he did not win the elections.
  2. Will you attend the wedding_______ the burial?

• Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences using appropriate prepositions.
  1. The sound _________ church bell was heard from miles away.
  2. Mary poured the juice ________ a glass.
• Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with the appropriate form of the adjectives in

1. Jane’s handwriting is _________ good than yours.
2. Last year was the __________ bad year of my life.
3. Rick is the _____________intelligent student in our class.

• Fill in the spaces in the following sentences without repeating the underlined
  1. This is Harris ­­­­­­­­­___________ the vice president of the United States.
  2. This the river _____________ drains into the Pacific Ocean.
• Fill in the following sentences with appropriate personal pronouns.

1. _________ enjoy watching sci-fiction movies.
2. _________ is snowing in Canada.
3. Mary is a good girl, and __________is liked by her parents.

• Fill in the following sentences using the appropriate article.

1. We arrived ______ hour earlier, and therefore _________ trial had not begun.
2. This course takes _______ year.
3. Working with you is ______honor.

• Fill in the gaps in the following sentences using the most appropriate uncountable nouns.
  1. I went to school to acquire _________.
  2. Their ____________ make them popular among their peers.
  3. To make ________ sweet, you add sugar.

Form abstract nouns from the words in BOLD and fill the blank spaces in the following sentences.

• The soldiers displayed unusual ________
• We should always disapprove ­­­_________
• _________succeed and ________ diligent are good virtues.

Answer the following question appropriately.

• Words that are used to denote actions are known as _________

Phase II

Area of interest.

I chose 9^th Grade English Grammar as my preferred test area of interest. I have tested the following areas in Grammar; parts of speech, grammar rules, and general language knowledge.  This is a formative test that has been designed to determine if the learners have grasped what they were taught in class. The test is also intended to measure the progress of teaching and learning techniques to assess the effectiveness of the goals and objectives set.

Education objectives.

By the end of the Grade nine English course, the learner should be able;

1. To efficiently and fluently read and speak the English language. By learning properties of English phonetics, morphology, and syntax, the learner will understand and use types of words, for example, synonyms, homophones, minimal pairs, among others. Content areas; phonetics, morphology syntax.
2. To acquire a vast vocabulary and understanding of Grammar and linguistic knowledge conventions for reading, writing, and speaking. Therefore, the learner will understand and use a variety of vocabularies, discern spelling mistakes and be able to apply standard English conventions in day-to-day activities. Content areas grammar in reading and writing, Vocabularies.

• To learn and be able to apply grammatical rules and conventions. For example, first the use of active voice, for instance, the Subject-Verb-Object agreement in sentences. Second, linking of ideas by using conjunctions. Third, the use of simple present tense, simple past tense, among other tenses. These grammatical rules, among others, will be handy for the use of the English language in speech and writing. Content areas; application of Grammatical rules.

1. To learn and apply the knowledge about parts of speech. The learner should be able to form new words and allocate them to their specific parts of speech, for example, Nouns, Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives, and their respective forms. Content areas; parts of speech, grammatical rules.
2. To learn about sentence types and structures as; simple, compound, and compound-complex, declarative, imperatives, and interrogatives, among others. Therefore, the learner will be able to construct the different sentences. Grammatical rules.

Test specification.

Items.

Multiple-choice; questions 1-12

True/False questions; 13-17

Matching; question 18

Short answer questions 19-30

I selected the above types of test items because this is a formative test meant to evaluate and assess if the learning and teaching skills used in the classroom are appropriately working for the learners’ benefit. Therefore, this is a quick test. Also, the test items I chose are appropriate for standard English assessment procedures. Therefore, the test is ideal for assessing if the learner has been able to gain knowledge and is in a position to apply it.  The tests are mixed in terms of simplicity and complexity; therefore, the learners will be able to go through all questions efficiently. The limitation of my test structure is that it covered a wide variety of knowledge resembling a summative test; however, it will be used to assess the readiness of the learner to proceed to the next level. The test results will help the teacher adjust his/her teaching techniques and objectives to ensure that all learners are catered.

Test administration.

This test is to be administered in an examination setup. It is an individual work test that will be done within one hour thirty minutes. The subject teacher will administer the test; this will help him/her evaluate the test validity by assessing the face validity (facial expressions of the learners) during and after the test duration. Therefore, establish if the learners have well grasped the content by assessing their facial expressions; if a student smiles on completion of test; then the test was favorable; but if they frown, then the test was challenging.