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2023/24 Academic Year English Worksheet One for Grade 9

I. Complete the following sentences with a suitable question tag.

1. Bitania can speak fluent Mandarin, __________________?
2. They live in San Francisco, ___________________?
3. Let’s be reasonable, ____________________?
4. Patricia hardly said a word, ____________________?
5. Nobody has seen my wallet, ___________________?
6. We seldom eat out nowadays, _________________________?

II. Read the following sentences and state whether they are
simple, compound, complex or compound complex.
7. Janet went to the library to borrow some books. ________________
8. We saw a film which was based on the life of Nelson
Mandela.____________________
9. The water was so cold that we could not swim in it.______________
10. The little girl started crying when she couldn’t find her
toy.________________
11. Finally, we come to the consequences of environmental degradation, for it
can paint a clear picture of the damage that can be caused and can inspire us to
think of the ways to rectify it._________________
III. Read the following piece of paragraphs and identify the types of
paragraph as Narrative, Argumentative, Descriptive or Expository
paragraph

e 1 “ፈጣሪ የተወደዱ ልጆቻችንን ፣ ሀገራችንንና ህዝባችንን ይጠብቅልን!”

English Worksheet1 for Grade 9
 12. The invention of the printing press in 1440 changed this situation
dramatically. Johannes Gutenberg, who had worked as a goldsmith, used his
knowledge of metals in the design of the press……__________________
13. Since elementary school, I have always favoured subjects like science and
math over the humanities. My instinct was always to think of these subjects as
more solid and serious than classes like English…….___________________
14. Sunday afternoons I like to spend my time in the garden behind my house. The
garden is narrow but long, a corridor of green extending from the back of the
house, and I sit on a lawn chair at the far end to read ….._________________
15. A common frustration for teachers is students’ use of Wikipedia as a source in
their writing……_____________________
IV. Fill in the blanks with the past continuous form of the verbs given
in brackets.
16. I _______________ (speak) to the director as he was leaving the room.
17. Those students ______________ (work) hard last semester.
18. I ________________ (pay) the phone bill yesterday.
V. Fill in the blanks with the past simple form of the verbs given in
brackets.

19. I _____________the book you gave me on my birthday. (read)

20. The gardener _________ ____the lawn. (water)

e 2 “ፈጣሪ የተወደዱ ልጆቻችንን ፣ ሀገራችንንና ህዝባችንን ይጠብቅልን!”

English Worksheet1 for Grade 9