SY 2017/ nd Final Term Revision. Student s Name: Grade: Subject: English. Teacher Signature

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1 SY 2017/ nd Final Term Revision Student s Name: Grade: Subject: English Teacher Signature

2 Literature: Revision Sheet English Gr 9B A. Poem: Hope is the thing with feather by Emily Dickinson - The title: hope represents a bird, and how with hope we are able to fly like a bird. - First stanza, hope is the thing inside of you that grabs on to you. Hopes sings a song inside of you, and once it starts it never stops. - Second stanza, the song that hopes sings is as sweet as any other songs - Third Stanza, Hope can be anywhere, and it is everywhere, it is never a part of something. - The theme: Hope is everywhere. B. Drama: The Sneeze by Neil Simon - Neil Simon is one of the most popular dramatists, He was born on the 4 th of July in New York City. Most of Simon s plays are set in his hometown of New York and deal with domestic problems of middleclass Americans. - Drama: is a play that based on real events. - A farce: is a humorous play that presents comic, dialogue, and physical humour. - The setting: Russia, Theatre, General s office, Ivan s house - The Characters: - Ivan Cherdyakov: The main character, he is a clerk in the ministry of public parks. - General Mikhail: Ivan s boss. - Madam Brassilhov: General s wife - Sonya Cherdyakov: Ivan s wife C. Short story: American History

3 - The Characters: Elena Elena s mother- Eugene Eugene s mother - The summary: - A young Puerto Rican girl named Elena or (Skinny Bones). She has a crush on a new boy at school. Skinny Bones wants to get to know him better so she takes a risk, and asks him if he wanted to study with her. - The boy who Elena wants to study with is Eugene, a very smart boy. Eugene, also has crush on Elena but can t ask her because he is very timid - The turning point or climax of the story is when President Kennedy was assassinated. The President was an aspiration to the community. When the news of the president s death was spread around, Elena s apartment was quiet for weeks. - Elena was about to go because they were going to study that day. But Elena s mother said no, you cannot go to that boy s house. Vocabulary - Nimble: light and quick - Connive: to cooperate secretly

4 - Raucous: rough sounding and harsh - Convey: to carry or send from one place to another - Skeptical: not easy to convinced - Discreet: modest - Instigate: to urge on, to cause - Wry: cleverly humorous - Intimidate: to frighten - Alteration: the process of adjusting and changing - Initiative: ability to think or act without urging - Irretrievable: unable to recovered - Amends: something done or paid to make up for a wrong - Intervention: an act of coming between in order to stop - Medley: a mixture of things that are not usually placed together - Reprimand: to rebuke severely - Indivisible: not capable of being divided - Promenade: walking in the public - Drastic: extreme, harsh Grammar: Choose the correct answer. 1. You should never believe (these kind, these kinds) of stories. 2. After three days of flu, finally on Friday I felt (good, well) enough to get out of bed.

5 3. (Learn, Teach) us how to trim bonsai plants, please, Mr. Takahashi. 4. The coach acted (as though, like) he had not heard Fran s question. 5. (Leave, Let) me choose the day, and you may choose the time. 6. (Mom, Mom she) took us ice-skating over the holidays. 7. You must be (kind of, rather) careful when you back out of the driveway. 8. Resident of the boarding house feel free to come and go (like, as) they please. 9. Our neighbours have just bought (theirselves, themselves) a new car. 10. Leonard (hadn t ought, ought not) to give us playing the clarinet when he is doing so well. 11. When we finished shingling, I needed help getting (off, off of) the roof. 12. I think we should (try and, try to) study together for the big test. 13. (This, This here) package has been on the hall table since yesterday. 14. Is Albany farther from New York City (than, then) Buffalo is? 15. Aren t you (suppose, supposed) to finish your homework before you go out. 16. The reason we are honouring Chi is (because, that) she earned the top grades this year. 17. During this term, Andy has improved his understanding of chemistry (some, somewhat). 18. (Inside, Inside of) the computer you will see a memory chip on the main circuit board. 19. When will the store let us know how much (them, those) tennis shoes cost? 20. Rashid will (try and, try to) read everything he can about creating Web sites.

6 21. My cousin (use to, used to) say I had better luck than anyone else in our family. 22. Cara won t go to the party (without, unless) her friend Benita can go, too. 23. Franz had a long (way, ways) to go before he reached his grandparents house. 24. She is the girl (who, which) plays first clarinet in the concert band. 25. I heard (where, that) Congress Avenue is going to be under construction for three years. 26. The story (that, what) I heard was different from the one you heard. 27. Is it true that (your, you re) going to be an uncle? 28. Our school has one bus (who, that) is never completely full. Revise each sentence below to correct the double negative. 1. We don t have no milk in the house for breakfast. 2. Danny had hardly no time between classes today. 3. I won t hear nothing from Shani until next week. 4. Betty looked outside, but she didn t see nobody there. 5. The hikers hadn t scarcely any water left. 6. Don t you never dance? 7. In the afternoon, there aren t hardly any birds at the feeder.

7 8. This type of cactus doesn t have no spines. 9. Because he is shy, Ray doesn t never volunteer to read aloud. 10. Our Labrador retriever can t barely fit in that carrier. For each of the following sentences, cross out any word that has an error in chaptalization and correctly write the word above it. 1. Foreign language courses at our school include french, spanish, and japanese. 2. The teacher of our russian course spoke to the students in art history Donna plans to major in physics and minor in german. 4. Should I take Portuguese or french next year? 5. In addition to my english class, I m taking britsh novels Read first snow in alsace by Richard Wilbur. 7. A reporter from the chicago daily news was present to review our play s opening night. 8. Have you read the legend of sleepy hollow by Washington Irving? 9. I enjoyed the movie version if A tale of two cities as much as I did the novel. 10. After you see the musical forty-second street, let me know whether you enjoyed it. Insert commas where they belong in the following sentences. 1. Do you use relish mustard and mayonnaise? 2. Uncle Hugo likes large colourful flowers in his garden. 3. Rita plays the piano writes songs and sings in a choir. 4. She gave a concert at noon signed autographs at three and visited the museum at nine. 5. Miami Orlando and Tampa are three Florida cities.

8 Writing: What the world would be like in 100 years. In today's era everybody is running for getting all they want that is only one thing the people are craving and chasing money. After 100 years I can imagine the world having people of some different minds with different and some new inventions and ideas in their mind. After 100 years there will be many changes in the technologies n many other things. The tradition may also get change. The children at the age of 2-3 could be found using laptop and Android phones and tablets etc. As it is said that "As the days goes on the people start showing their real face then what they used be before" In the same the world goes on developing and inventing something new and exciting things. The people who are living will be having more skills and knowledge. The people who are living may be some kind of lazy people. After 100 years I think corruption may get reduced. As we know that deforestation is increasing day by day so it must be reduced so that the people in the future generations should be able to see the natural beauty of nature that is flora and fauna. Extinct species should be protected and saved for the future generation. Don't throw garbage here and there protect our environment. After 100 years the students can take decisions without taking permission of their parents. "Always say no to people who kill the extinct species and animals" Natural beauty of all is our nature only in the same way the natural beauty of our environment are these plants, trees, flora and fauna only so save them the environment will also be saved so that the people can enjoy the natural beauty of the world If you could change one thing about yourself. More time to prioritise self-care.

9 To not be so hard on myself. Understanding how far I ve come and not accepting other people s judgements. They are not living my experience. To be kinder to myself and give myself the care and attention I give others. Put myself first more without feeling guilty. I would be less harsh on myself. I would pat myself on the back for daily achievements. I would treat myself as well as I do my friends. A great deal of our responses had an overriding theme being kinder to ourselves and prioritising self-care. Learning to take care of ourselves without feeling guilty isn t always easy, but try to keep this in mind you can t pour from an empty cup. You cannot help and support others if you are struggling, so try to remember self-care isn t selfish. To help with this we asked our members what steps they would suggest to those looking to improve their self-care practice. Here are some of our favourite responses: Add yourself to the list of people you love and care for. Speak to family, friends and colleagues about what they do, perhaps get some ideas of what might work/not work for you. Try different things, be curious and open-minded. Be kind to yourself, it s not always easy. You will gain a lot of personal insight along the way, which is invaluable. Put boundaries in between work and home/social time and monitor your self-care regularly. Think back to whatever made you feel good as a child, or something that you have always wanted to do. Try not to think about what other people might think.