ENGLISH 9

SECOND GRADING EXAMINATION

Name: _______________________________ Section: _____________

“THOU SHALL NOT CHEAT”

I. Fill in the Gap: Complete the sentences with the best adverb. Hint: Not every adverb is needed.

slowly carefully beautifully well loudly carelessly easily excitedly

finally suddenly quickly quietly
1. Come here ____________. You have to see this!
2. We knew that she had got the job when we saw her _________ talking on the phone.
3. He ______________ put the vase on the table. It fell to the floor.
4. Sharon is throwing a party on Saturday. She ___________ finished her PhD.
5. Let’s walk ________________. I don’t want to be the first one at the meeting.
6. Alex _____________ put up the bookshelves. It was too difficult for me to do on my own.
7. Every thing happened so ______________. We had to move to California in less than a month.
8. Why does he always have to talk so ____________. You can hear him in the next room!
9. Although she speaks five languages, she did not do ___________ on the translation exam.
10. I was so surprised. His new apartment was _____________ decorated.

II. Adverb or Adjective? (Bes, Choosy one only ha)

Complete the sentence using an adjective or adverb.

To make adverbs we often add –ly at the end of an adjective (words that describe a noun)
Example: beautiful (adjective) girl (noun) beautiful + ly = beautifully (adverb)

1. He’s always in a rush. I don’t understand why he walks so ____________ (quick/quickly).

2. I prefer studying in the library. It’s always_______________ (quiet/quietly).
3. Michael __________ (happy/happily) took the assistant job. He had been looking for a position
all summer.
4. Marta dances _____________ (beautiful/beautifully). She’s been taking ballet since she was five
years old.
5. They speak French very ____________ (good/well). They lived in France for two years.
6. My neighbor always plays ___________ (loud/loudly) music on the weekends. It’s so annoying.
7. Please be __________ (careful/carefully) in the hallway. The walls have just been painted.
8. Dan is very smart, but he is not a very___________ (good/well) student.
9. He reacted __________ (angry/angrily) to the news. I have never seen him so upset.
10. We didn’t ______________ (complete/completely) understand the teacher’s instructions. Most of
us did not finish the assignment.

III. POETIC DEVICES

1. Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

a. My hair is a vast forest b. I sat by the river. I lived by the sea. I died by the lake.
c. Pants are like legs d. Dogs dodge digging dandelions
2. Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?
a. The truck winked at me b. The cat was as mad as a tree
c. Lazy lizards lounge d. Whisper, slap, smack I hear in the lunch room
3. Which of the following is an example of metaphor?
a. The glasses smiled at me b. Cute cats chase toys
c. Snow is like the sun d. My life is a dream
4. Which of the following is an example of simile?
a. Hiss, slurp, hush, scream--MOM! b. Hopping hens shop for shoes
c. My hand is as cold as snow d. The shirt said, "Wear Me!"
5. Which of the following is an example of metaphor?
a. Talking turtles torture teachers b. I am a cloud
c. The dog smiles at me d. Meow, woof, tweet went the animals
6. Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
a. The TV laughed at the desk b. Calculating computers catch cats
c. Pictures are captured people d. Crash, bang, boom goes the lion

7. Which of the following is an example of simile?

 a. The fluorescent light was the sun during our test.
b. As the teacher entered the room she muttered under her breath, "This class is like a three-ring
circus!"
c. Ted was as nervous as a cat with a long tail in a room full of rocking chairs.
d. The bar of soap was a slippery eel during the dog’s bath.
8. The appearance of the words on the page in poetry is known as:
a. Stanza b. Form c. Rhythm d. Line
9. Poetry must rhyme
a. True b. False
10. Lines of poetry are arranged into groups called
a. Similes b. Stanzas c. Paragraphs d. Stories
11. Poetry is a type of writing that uses figurative language to
a. Create images and ideas b. Appeal to the five senses
c. Appeal to the five senses d. All of the above
12. What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem?

I went to the park

And I bought a balloon
It sailed through the sky
Like a large orange moon

a. ABCD b. ABCB c. ABAB d. None of the above

13.
The West Wind It is a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds’ cries;
I never hear the west wind but tears are in my eyes.
For it comes from the west lands, the old brown hills,
And April’s in the west wind, and daffodils.
It’s a fine land, the west land, for hearts as tired as mine;
Apple orchards blossom there, and the airs’ like wine.
There is cool green grass there where men may lie at rest;
And the thrushes are in song there, fluting from their nest…
- John Masefield
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a. AABB AACC b. ABAB ABAB c. AABB CCDD d. ABBC BCCD

14. What poetic device is used for the comparison in line 5?

a. Simile b. Metaphor
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