GRADE 9 ENGLISH REVISION ASSIGNMENT
Fill in the blank spaces with the correct word from the choices given (10 marks)

LEADERSHIP DEBATE
The debate on __1__ leaders are born or __2___ may end up any time ______. On one ___4__, born leaders are said to have natural leadership qualities. They are mostly __5__ by the people to ___6___ and they discharge ___7___ duties without much supervision. Most born leaders make decisions that ___8___ people find difficult to make. In most __9___, born leaders are loved by the people they lead and their followers would do everything to make them ___10___.

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GRAMMAR
Use the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives in brackets to complete the following sentences.(3 marks)
1. Susan is the ______ of Uncle Suleiman's daughters.(tall)

2. Aunt Jerusha's cakes are _____ than those we buy at the shop(tasty)

3. I think her nephew is _______ than his father. (popular)

Replace the underlined words in the sentences with their correct synonyms.( 4 marks)
1. My younger sister will start going to school next year.

2. The two brothers attempted to lift the heavy bag.

3. My parents are quietly watching the news on television.

4. Can you believe that my grandmother walked up to the summit of that hill?

Use the choices below to complete the sentences that follow.( 5 marks)
hard drugs,  health,  abuse,  addict,  trafficker.

1. Taking illegal drugs is not only expensive but very dangerous to the user's __________.

2. A person who buys and sells drugs illegally is a drug _____.

3. Cocaine is among the most dangerous _________

4. A drug ______ finds it hard to do without the drug.

5. Expensive drinking of alcohol is a form of substance _____

Choose the plural noun that is correctly spelt.
( 5 marks)
1. Monkey -

2. Ox -

3. Tax -

4. Man

5. Leaf -

Fill in the blanks using and, but or or ( 3 marks)
1. I was tired ____ I still finished my homework.

2. Will you play a video game ______ watch a movie?

3. Maina baked a cake _________ ate it.

POETRY
Recite this poem aloud and answer the questions that follow.

Trisha
Trisha, oh Trisha, she loves flowers and trees,
She gets up very early to water them all,
Now their home is a paradise.
Mother tells Trisha, "Nice job, my girl."
"Isn't my Trisha great!" Father tells his friends.
"More Trishas is a plus to the world," the neighbours say.
Trisha's sister and brother salute her her work.
They both shout, "Who is like our Trisha?"

QUESTIONS (To be done in your exercise book)
1. Who is the main character in the poem? _______
(1 mark)
2. Who are the other characters? ( 4 marks)
i)___________
ii)__________
iii)__________
iv)__________
3. Why do you think the neighbours say "More Trishas is a plus to the world?" (2 marks) ______________________
4. What is "their home is a paradise?"( 1 mark)
a) simile               b) idiom                            c)metaphor
5. Name at least two characteristics of Trisha (2 marks)
i)___________
ii)__________

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