Imagine Unit 1 Test 9th grade level A

Explore the Amazon jungle and build vocabulary! Practice grammar and inferencing with this 9th-grade ELA worksheet.

PART 1: Complete the text with words from the word bank (10*3=30 points) PAY ATTENTION! YOU MAY NEED TO CHANGE THE FORM! There are MORE words than you need! concerned, creature; disappointed; documentary; environment; establish; event; exhausted; expedition; extinct; local; persuade; physical; pollute; preparation; preserve; pretend; progress; source; species; take action; take part (in); treasure; unfortunately; victim; Good evening everyone, After a lot of planning and preperation it finally happened! We entered a new area of the Amazon Jungle where we knew there was a thick tropical forest full of trees and animals. We started walking from the source of the river, where it began to flow. We were so sad and concerned to see that people cut down trees and pollute the water. They caused so much damage to the jungle specifically and to our environment in general. All the animals and creatures which live here are in danger of becoming extinct and eventually disappearing. Cho is my local guide. He is from the area and knows the jungle very well. We took photos and videos during our expedition to the jungle because when we get back home we plan to make a special documentary film for our TV program. PART 2 - Write TWO sentences using TWO words in each sentence: (10 points)although; annoyed; battle, climate; conflict; depressing; experience; extremely; official; preserve; surface; way of life PART 3 - Match the words to the following definitions. (10x1 = 10 points) the rules of a country that say what people are allowed to do laws seen or heard before familiar pretend act as if something is true when you know it isn’t break something badly so it can’t be used destroy the whole all of something remind cause someone to remember an unusual lucky event that is unexpected miracle un intentional mistake by accident another else exhausted very tired PART 4 - Adjectives that end with ED or ING: (6*2=12 points): Fill in the correct form of adj. 1. Josh is not very interested (interest) in football.2. That book was so boring (bore) that I didn’t want to read it.3. We were shocked (shock) by the news.4. Your offer is very tempting (tempt = לפתות) but I have to say no.5. Tom feels very relaxed (relax) when he plays his old guitar.6. The coach is very excited (excite) about winning the game. PART 5: Fill in the correct form of the verbs. Use Present Simple, Present Progressive, Past Simple, Past Progressive, Future. Pay attention to Stative Verbs (11*2=22 points). Greg Holzworth is a 15 year old from Massachusetts, USA. Greg owns (own) a Labrador dog called Shadow. They don't always take (not always take) long walks together but last night as Greg and Shadow were walking (walk) in the woods not far from home, a terrible snow storm started. Very quickly the woods became (become) white with snow. Greg and Shadow got lost and tried (try) to find their way home, but they couldn’t. Eventually, Greg fell (fall) down on the snow. Almost nine hours passed before rescue workers arrived (arrive). They heard (hear) the dog's barking. When the rescue workers found(find) Greg, Shadow was keeping (keep) him warm. Greg will not forget (not forget) this day as long as he lives! PART 6: Use INFERRING vocabulary to explain what you think is happening in the picture. Write at least FOUR SENTENCES! Please include TWO of the following words: (16 points)probably, assume, based on, clue, infer, suggest, read between the lines, suppose, concludelarger size, then tell us what you see by posting a comment. On Thursday afternoon, we will reveal more about the image and its origins at the bottom of this post." src=" width="533" height="416" class="fr-fic fr-dii">