Illusion MIDSEMESTER EXAMINATION FIRST SEMESTER REVISION BOOKLET AY

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1 MIDSEMESTER EXAMINATION FIRST SEMESTER REVISION BOOKLET Grade :9 AY Subject : English Teacher : Ms Hanen Illusion The day of the party arrived. Mme Loisel was a sensation. She was the prettiest one there, fashionable,gracious, turned to look at her, asked who she was, begged to be introduced. All the cabinet officials wanted to waltz with her. The minister took notice of her. She danced madly, wildly, drunk with pleasure giving no thought to anything in the triumph of her beauty, the pride of her success, in a kind of happy cloud composed of all adulation, of all the admiring glances, of all the awakened longings, of a sense of complete victory that is so sweet to a woman's heart. She left around four o'clock in the morning. Her husband, since midnight, had been dozing in a small empty sitting room with three other gentlemen whose wives were having too good a time. He threw over her shoulders the wraps he had brought for going home, modest garments of everyday life whose shabbiness clashed with the stylishness of her evening clothes. She felt this and longed to escape, unseen by the other women who were draped in expensive fur. Loisel held her back. Loisel held her back.but she wouldn't listen to him and went rapidly down the stairs. When they were on the street, they didn't find a car carriage; and they set out to hunt for one, hailing drivers whom they saw going by at a distance. They walked toward the Seine, disconsolate and shivering. Finally on the docks they found one of those carriage that one sees in Paris only after nightfall, as if they were ashamed to show their drabness during daylight hours. The cab dropped them at their door in the Rue des Martyrs. For her, it was all over,for him there was the thought that he would have to be in the Ministry at ten. 1

2 Read the text and answer the following questions. 1. What made the evening a sense of complete victory for Ms Loisel? People were flattering her and they wanted to introduce themselves. She was pretty and glorious as she has always dreamed to be. 2.How do you know Ms Loisel's husband loves and cares about her? He brought her wraps and he threw it on her shoulders so she doesn t catch a cold. He told her he will catch a cab to go home. 3.From which point of view has the text been told? The third person point of view. 4." She felt this and longed to escape, unseen by the other women who were draped in expensive fur." What does this line tell you about Ms Loisel? This indicates that Ms Loisel is never satisfied with her life. She doesn t want people to know that she is poor. 5. Ms Loisel doesn't belong to the same social class of the people who were in the party. Find two evidences from the text. a. She escaped from the women who were draped in expensive fur. b. Her and her husband were going home in a cab. 6. What's the purpose of the author? The writer is writing to entertain 2

3 Grammar 1.Circle the adjectives in the following text. "This sight of the little Breton girl who did her humble housework roused in her disconsolate regrets and wild daydreams. She would dream of silent chambers, draped with oriental tapestries and lighted by all bronze floor lamps, and of two handsome butlers in knee breeches,who, drowsy from the heavy warmth cast by the central stove, dozed in large overstuffed armchairs". 2.Write 3 complex sentences using adjectives. a. b. c. Find the Adverb 3.Read this paragraph and find the adverbs: Today I helped my mom cook dinner. We carefully cut the vegetables and slowly placed them into a boiling pot of water. Next, mom quickly browned the chicken and patiently let it cook through. She works fast. I eagerly waited for my next job, which was to gently sprinkle spices into the soup. But, I accidentally poured in too much cumin. I quietly told my mom my mistake, and she sweetly told me, as a child, she had coincidently made the same mistake. Now I realize cooking is not as hard as I thought. 4. Write two complex sentences using adverbs. a. 3

4 b. 5.Use The prepositions below to write your own sentences. Prepositions are words that indicate direction, position, time, or location. Common prepositions include words like in, on, to, from, of, and with. See the chart below for other examples. about above before behind despite down like near since through up upon across below during of throughout with after beneath except off till within against beside for on onto to without along between from out toward in front among beyond in outside under ahead of around but inside over underneat next by into past until on to of 6.Circle the interjections in the following sentences. 1. Goodness / 2. Oh / 3. Oops! / 4. No! / 5. Help! / 6. Alas /7. Wait / 8. Ah! 4

5 7.Write two sentences using conjunctions. a. b. 8.Circle the compound adjective and the compound verb in the following sentences. a. Joanie and Chachi love each other. Compound adjective b. Mr. Madison and the students : compound adjective are leaving soon. Compound verb c. The fork and spoons need to be washed. Compound adjective. d. Neither the pillows nor the curtains match the couch. Compound adjective e. Neither the pillows nor the blanket looks good in this room. compound adjective f. Jamie ran, swam, and rode all across the county. Simple adjective. Simple verb g. Meanwhile, she neither ran nor swam across the country. Simple adjective. Simple verb ' 5

6 There are four kinds of sentences in the English language. 1. Imperative- gives a command (.) 2. Declarative- makes a statement (.) 3. Interrogative- asks a question (?) 4. Exclamatory- expresses strong feeling (!) 9.Read each sentence and label the kind of sentence it is. Example: Are you done with your homework? Interrogative 1. Please light the candles on the cake. Imperative 2. There are eight kittens under my house. Declarative 3. How far is the mall from here? Interrogative 4. I never want you to do that again! Imperative 5. I brought my sweater to keep myself warm. Declarative Vocabulary 1.Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word from the box below to have a meaningful sentence.( There are two extra words) Abscond / anarchy / arduous / daunt / disentangle / hoodwink / accomplice / annihilate /arbitrary / brazen / catalyst / exodus / latent /paramount / reprimand 6

7 1.I actually got an official reprimand at one point for being "too nice" on the phone. 2.anarchy reigns; Johannesburg is the world's capital of murder, street crime is out of control. 3. Most places that proclaim We speak English" will likely hoodwink you for your cash and give you sub-standard. 4. It is likely that the next stage in the evolution of electronics, whether it is artificial intelligence and neural networks, or smaller and faster nanotechnology - will serve as a catalyst for additional growth. 5.The latent discontent of the allies was soon fanned into hostility by the intrigues of Mausolus, prince of Cardia, who was anxious to extend his kingdom. 6. Since the boys could not pay for their meals, they decided to abscond before the waitress returned with their check. 7. Last semester was a piece of cake, but taking seven classes along with an internship this semester is going to be. 8.If you have never been skydiving, it might appear somehow daunt to you. 9.The thieves were brazen enough to leave a mocking note for the investigators. 10. Hopefully, the medicine will annihilate the bacteria causing my throat infection. 11. Because the group could not come to a decision on lunch, Katherine made An arbitrary choice and ordered pizza. 12.The police are hoping the accomplice will lead them to the mastermind of the crime. 13.As we walked through the jungle, we stopped several times to disentangle ourselves from the hanging vines. 7

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