Unit notes and practice questions
Everything here is for unit 7 of the Grade 11 English textbook: what the chapter covers, the short notes, practice questions with their answers, and the lesson video where one exists.
The cards filed under this chapter on the Grade 11 English page. Open one at a time.
When you use it
Use this when a sentence joins two actions with when, before, after, as soon as, until or since, and you must choose the correct tense in the time clause.
Watch out
Do not put will inside a time clause that starts with when, before, after, as soon as or until. Write 'I will come as soon as I finish eating', not 'as soon as I will finish'.
Drafted from Grade 11 English, pages 165-203, then checked twice before it went up
When you use it
Use this when two or more adjectives come before one noun, as in an ordering or sentence-rewriting exercise. The usual order is opinion or quality, then size, age, shape, colour, origin and purpose.
Watch out
Opinion and quality adjectives such as nice or beautiful come before size, age and colour words: write 'a nice handsome young man', not 'a young handsome nice man'.
Drafted from Grade 11 English, pages 165-203, then checked twice before it went up
When you use it
Use this when you add a question tag such as isn't it or didn't they to the end of a statement. If the statement is positive the tag is negative, and if the statement is negative the tag is positive.
Watch out
After I am the tag is aren't I, not amn't I. Statements with negative words such as hardly, never or nobody count as negative, so the tag is positive: 'She hardly completes her homework on time, does she?'
Drafted from Grade 11 English, pages 165-203, then checked twice before it went up
10 multiple-choice questions written against this chapter, each with its answer and the reason. Try one before you open the answer.
Question 1
Adverbs of manner tell us how something is done. Which ending do these adverbs usually have?
Answer: A -ly
Why
The unit says that the category of adverbs of manner usually ends in -ly. Examples are beautifully, generously, happily and sincerely.
Question 2
Which word is an adverb of frequency?
Answer: C usually
Why
Adverbs of frequency tell us how often something happens. Usually is in the textbook list of frequency adverbs. Tomorrow is an adverb of time, beautifully is manner, and here is place.
Question 3
Complete the tag question: Your name is Berhanu, ___?
Answer: B isn't it
Why
A tag question after a positive statement must be negative. The statement uses is, so the tag is isn't it.
Question 4
According to the listening text, which statement describes patriotism?
Answer: C It is the love and devotion that people have for their country.
Why
The listening text states that patriotism is the love and devotion that people have for their country. Option A is a statement the text says is not true, because patriotism is not confined to military sacrifice.
Question 5
Read paragraph 2 of the reading text, Adwa: A Symbol of National Unity. Which word means stop?
Answer: A halt
Why
The text says, "Ethiopian commanders sought to halt the Italian advance." To halt means to stop. Advance is what the Italians were doing, so it does not mean stop.
Question 6
According to the reading text, in which year did an official Italian presence begin in East Africa?
Answer: C 1885
Why
The text says an official Italian presence did not begin until the Italians established themselves at the Red Sea port of Massawa in 1885. The year 1869 is when Italian interest began, 1895 is when Menelik called the people to arms, and 1896 is the battle of Adwa.
Question 7
According to the reading text, what did Menelik do that left the Italians' supply lines exposed?
Answer: B He outflanked the Italian forces.
Why
In paragraph 5, the text says, "By outflanking the Italian forces, Menelik maneuvered the Italians into a position that left their supply lines exposed." So the answer is outflanking the Italian forces.
Question 8
Which sentence puts the adjectives in the correct order?
Answer: B a nice handsome young man
Why
The unit gives "A nice handsome young man" as the acceptable form. The unacceptable form is "a young handsome nice man", so option A is wrong.
Question 9
Look at this sentence: Demitu hasn't stopped working since she arrived. Which part is the adverbial clause of time?
Answer: B since she arrived
Why
An adverbial clause of time answers the question when. Since is one of the time words listed in the unit, and since she arrived is the subordinate clause that tells when the working began.
Question 10
In the sentence Wherever I go, I always see wild asses, which words form the adverbial clause of place?
Answer: C Wherever I go
Why
An adverbial clause of place tells us where something happens. Wherever I go is the subordinate clause that shows the place. It is one of the examples from the unit exercises on adverbial clauses of place.
The app holds 11 questions on this unit, marked as you go. These are the first 10.
Unit 7 runs from page 165 to page 203 of the Ministry of Education edition.
Ministry of Education edition, English, 290 pages
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