GRADE 9 English Diagnostic Test

Select the word or pair of words that best fit the blank space/spaces in the sentence below.

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The.............tried zealously to stimulate the students' interest in Spanish, by making the lesson more lively and exciting.

• fanatic

• enthusiast

• idealist

• realist

Select the word or pair of words that best fit the blank space/spaces in the sentence below.

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When parents display a......... for one child, the others are likely to feel..........

• concern....unsympathetic

• fondness.....alone

• preference....jealous

• dislike......indifferent

Select the word or pair of words that best fit the blank space/spaces in the sentence below.

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Most parents do not.......indiscipline from their children.

• tolerate

• frown on

• promote

• supervice

Select the word or pair of words that best fit the blank space/spaces in the sentence below.

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Our English language textbook contains..........writing

• propositional

• extreme

• diverse

• divergent

Select the word or pair of words that best fit the blank space/spaces in the sentence below.

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Choosing ice-cream rather than grapefruit, Denise showed her ........... for sweet food.

• determination

• hatred

• aversion

• preference

This sentence may be unacceptable because of inappropriate grammar, idioms or vocabulary. If the sentence is acceptable, meaning there is NO ERROR, select "NO ERROR" in the answer options given.

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The residence of this community have made a number of complaints about their water.

• residence

• have made

• a number of complaints

• NO ERROR

This sentence may be unacceptable because of inappropriate grammar, idioms or vocabulary. If the sentence is acceptable, meaning there is NO ERROR, select "NO ERROR" in the answer options given.

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Neither the huge reduction in public spending nor the belt tightening measures of the population were enough to avoid the imminent recession.

• neither

• nor

• were

• NO ERROR

This sentence may be unacceptable because of inappropriate grammar, idioms or vocabulary. If the sentence is acceptable, meaning there is NO ERROR, select "NO ERROR" in the answer options given.

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The news of Marva's success in the art competition made us more happier because we always knew she was one of the most talented artists.

• more happier

• most talented

• artistes

• NO ERROR

This sentence may be unacceptable because of inappropriate grammar, idioms or vocabulary. If the sentence is acceptable, meaning there is NO ERROR, select "NO ERROR" in the answer options given.

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There is a crowd of students standing at the door of the principal's office.

• There is

• crowd of

• at the door

• NO ERROR

This sentence may be unacceptable because of inappropriate grammar, idioms or vocabulary. If the sentence is acceptable, meaning there is NO ERROR, select "NO ERROR" in the answer options given.

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Too much students entered the competition; only one of them was good enough to reach he quarterfinals.

• was

• to reach

• much

• NO ERROR