Unit notes and practice questions
Everything here is for unit 7 of the Grade 9 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 9 English page. Open one at a time.
When you use it
Use these modal verbs to express rules, personal duties, prohibitions, or lack of necessity.
Watch out
Must not means you are forbidden to do something. Do not have to and need not mean it is optional or unnecessary.
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When you use it
Use when joining two sentences or adding descriptive clauses using relative pronouns like who, which, that, or whose.
Watch out
Do not use commas in defining relative clauses because the information is essential. Non-defining clauses require commas and cannot use the pronoun that.
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| Function | For People | For Things |
|---|---|---|
| Subject | who, that | which, that |
| Object | whom, who, that | which, that |
| Possessive | whose | whose, of which |
When you use it
Use this table to choose the correct relative pronoun based on whether the antecedent is a person or thing, and its grammatical role.
Watch out
Whom is used for people as an object, especially after prepositions. Whose shows possession for both people and things.
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10 multiple-choice questions written against this chapter, each with its answer and the reason. Try one before you open the answer.
Question 1
According to the reading passage, where is Felege Gion Hospital located?
Answer: B Bahir Dar
Why
Paragraph 1 states that Felege Gion Hospital is located at the city of Bahir Dar.
Question 2
Which group of people did the volunteer work with at Felege Gion Hospital?
Answer: A Elderly people
Why
The passage mentions in paragraph 1 that the writer had to work with elderly people at the hospital.
Question 3
Which modal verb is used to show prohibition (an obligation not to do something)?
Answer: A Mustn't
Why
The grammar chart explains that mustn't is a prohibition indicator used to show an obligation not to do something.
Question 4
According to Aster Manaye's report on extreme poverty in East Africa, which country had the highest rate in 2021 at 72.9%?
Answer: B Burundi
Why
The table shows that Burundi had an extreme poverty rate of 72.9% in 2021, the highest in the region.
Question 5
Which of the following was one of the volunteer's duties at the hospital?
Answer: B Answering phones and preparing meals
Why
Paragraph 2 states that duties included taking care of the elderly, answering phones with proper greeting, filing reports, and preparing meals.
Question 6
What is the meaning of the phrasal verb come across as presented in Activity 6.9?
Answer: B Find by chance
Why
In the vocabulary list matching phrasal verbs with definitions, come across means to find by chance.
Question 7
According to the textbook note, which expression should you use when you want to say something is unnecessary (absence of obligation)?
Answer: B Need not
Why
The textbook notes that if you want to say something is unnecessary, use need not (or do not have to), not must not.
Question 8
In the dialogue about completing education (Activity 7.7), which phrasal verb correctly completes: "You're a year away from graduating. Don't ________ now."?
Answer: C drop out
Why
Drop out means to quit school or leave before finishing.
Question 9
According to the grammar explanations in the unit, how does the use of must differ from have to?
Answer: B Must comes from the speaker's view, while have to roots from general law or an external rule.
Why
The textbook states that must is used when the obligation comes from the person speaking, whereas have to roots from general law or an external rule.
Question 10
Based on the data table for East African countries, what happened to Ethiopia's extreme poverty rate from 2020 to 2021?
Answer: B It decreased from 17.3% to 15.9%.
Why
The table lists Ethiopia at 17.3% in 2020 and 15.9% in 2021, showing a decrease.
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Unit 7 runs from page 141 to page 159 of the Ministry of Education edition.
Ministry of Education edition, English, 235 pages
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