English Level IV (9th Grade) Placement Test

Have your student answer each question independently. After the test has been completed, the student will receive a score and feedback regarding proper placement within our English Program. 
Read the following sentences: 
 
1. Household chores are created simply by human need.
2. We wear clothes, and someone must wash them.
3. We eat food, so there are dishes in the sink. 
4. Floors must be swept, sinks must be scrubbed, and pets must be fed.
5. There are always chores to be done. 
In which sentence above are the subject and verb underlined correctly? *
Which sentence below uses present perfect tense? *
Which sentence below uses past continuous tense? *
What sentence below uses simple future tense? *
A fragment is a group of words that . . . *
Which group of words below is NOT a fragment? *
Which sentence below is a compound sentence? *
What is a phrase? *
What is a dependent clause? *
A complex sentence contains one independent clause and one dependent clause. Which sentence below is a complex sentence? *
Read the following sentences.
 
1. Youre going to come to my party right? 
2. The Applicant had several questions during our interview: therefore, the interview took longer than I expected.
3. 25 people were at the swimming pool, today.
4. Julia; Louisa; and Sadie, are triplet sisters.
5. Have you ever read The Secret Garden? 
Which sentence above uses proper capitalization and punctuation? *
Read the following: 
 
Johnny Tremain is written as a historical fiction novel set before and during the Revolutionary War. Similarly, the book The Winter of Red Snow is also a historical fiction story set during the Revolutionary War.
What type of literary connection is demonstrated above? *
What is a metaphor? *
Read the following lines from the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Sara Teasedale. 

There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,
And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;

And frogs in the pools singing at night,
And wild plum trees in tremulous white,

Robins will wear their feathery fire
Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire;

What is the rhyme scheme seen above? *
What is a thesis statement? *
A thesis must always be *
What is the first sentence of an introduction called? *
Each supporting paragraph in a essay should end with what? *
What are the three components of a conclusion? *
What is expository writing? *
Read the following introduction. 
 

Choosing which game engine to use is an important decision for game developers. There are many popular game engines like Unity, Unreal, Godot, and GameMaker. Choosing a game engine ultimately boils down to what kind of game you are wanting to create with the engine. However, Unity is the best because it strikes a great balance between power and user-friendliness and because it can be used to create almost any game you want. Because of its many benefits, Unity should be the top choice for indie game developers.

What type of essay is this introduction for? *
What are the three categories of research material you can choose from? *
Read the following source listings: 
 
1. Stephen Crane. The Red Badge of Courage, 1895.
2. Crane, Stephen. The Red Badge of Courage, D. Appleton & Company, 1895.
3. Crane, Stephen. "The Red Badge of Courage." D. Appleton & Company, 1895.
4. Crane, Stephen. The Red Badge of Courage. D. Appleton & Company, 1895.
Which listing above follows the rules for citing a book in MLA format?  *
Have you written essays of 7-10 paragraphs before? *
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