KAS Grade 9 extra homework

1) Re-read the part of the short story that we have read in class and underline all the vocabulary items that you don't understand.

2) Answer only questions 2 and 3 on page 530 (the questions on the short story) in your literature copybooks.

3) Write an essay of at least 15 lines on the following topic.
"Describe your best friend"

KAS GRADE 10 Important announcements

1) You have three items of homework
a) essay writing
b) reading comprehension
c) language MCQs (multiple choice questions)

2) Make sure you hand you work in before Sunday morning.
P.S. Piece of friendly advice: don't delay doing all th homework till the last day; dedicate half an hour a day to finish it in order not to get bored.

3) Please make sure that you get ALL the copybooks of English on Sunday.

Thank you. Enjoy your weekend.

KAS Grade 10 6th October Homework 1

Write an essay of no less than 200 words on ONE of the following topics.
Make sure you divide your essay into well developed paragraphs and check your spelling, structure, punctuation and choice of vocabulary.

1)It is not always the best policy to tell the truth
2)Having pets is an important part of a person's life
3)Humans struggle with various conflicts in their lives. What is the biggest conflict you've had to struggle with so far?

KAS Grade 10 6th OCT 2010 Homework 2

Read the selection below. Then answer the questions that follow.
Pets Are Good for You

The British have long been famous as a nation of animal – lovers, from the Queen downwards. There’s a pet in nearly every family, and often the family dog or cat has a special chair near the fire, special food and a special place in the hearts of his owners. Most owners are very good to their pets; some people would say too good, like the writer of this letter to a magazine:
‘My mouth watered as I imagined the lovely soup I could make from some bones in the butcher’s window. There was a lot of meat on them, too. So, I went in and bought some. “Certainly, one kilogram of bones for you dog, madam,” said the butcher brightly. My next stop was at the fishmonger’s where I asked for some cheap fish. “For your cat?” asked the assistant. As you may have guessed, neither bones nor fish were for pets – they were for me, a pensioner. But it made me think that many animals eat better meals than people!’
Others would say that many pet owners make the mistake of treating their animals as if they were human beings:
‘We have a friend who works in a Dog Parlour where they sell coats for dogs. A customer choosing a coat, tried to describe her dog and the saleswoman suggested that she should bring the dog in so that they could fit him. Horrified, the customer replied that she couldn’t do that as it was for the dog’s birthday present and she didn’t want him to see it.’
Perhaps the British are too good to their pets, but more interesting is a recent theory among psychiatrists that pets are very good for us. Dr. R. writes:
‘The basic meaning of “pet” is an animal we keep for emotional rather than economic reasons. A pet animal is kept as a companion, and we all need companions to keep us feeling happy. But pets offer us more than mere companionship; they invite us to love and be loved. Many owners feel their pets understand them, for animals are quick to sense anger or sorrow. Often a cat or dog can comfort us at times when human words don’t help. We feel loved, too, by the way pets depend on us for a home, for food and drink. Dogs especially look up to their owners, which makes them feel important and needed.
A pet can be something different to each member of the family, another baby to the mother, a sister or brother to an only child, a grandchild to the elderly, but for all of us, pets provide pleasure and companionship. It has even been suggested that tiny pets be sent as companions to astronauts on spaceships to help reduce the stress and loneliness of space flights.
In this Plastic Age, when most of us live in large cities, pets are particularly important for children. A pet in the family keeps people in touch with the more natural animal world. Seeing an animal give birth gives understanding of the naturalness of childbirth, and seeing a pet die helps a child to cope with sorrow. Learning to care for a pet helps a child to grow up into a loving adult who feels responsible towards those dependent on him. Rightly, we teach children to be good to their pets. They should learn, too, that pets are good for us human beings.’
P.G. Wodehouse, the famous writer, was a great dog – lover, and one of the articles he wrote was about the pleasures, and problems of keeping dogs as pets.
‘The question of whether dogs have a sense of humour or no is often fiercely argued. My own opinion is that some have and some haven’t. Dachshunds have, but not St Bernards or Great Danes, apparently a dog has to be small to be fond of a joke. You never find a Great Dane trying to be a comedian.
But it is fatal to let any dog know that he is funny, for he immediately loses his head and starts overdoing it. As an example of this I would point to Rudolph, a dashchund I once owned, whose slogan was ‘Anything for a Laugh’ Dachshunds are always the worst offenders in this respect because of their funny shape. I lived in a cottage at the time outside an English village, not far from a farm where they kept ducks, and one day the farmer called on me to say that his ducks were disappearing and suspicion had fallen on my Rudolph. I was very annoyed. I said he only had to gaze into Rudolph’s truthful brown eyes to see how wrong he was in his accusation. Had he not heard of foxes? How much more likely that a fox was the bad guy in the story. The farmer was beginning to be convinced by my idea and seemed about to apologise, when Rudolph who had been listening to our conversation with the greatest interest and at a certain point had left the room, came trotting in with a duck in his mouth. Yes, dogs have their faults, but they seem unimportant compared with their virtues.’
The great virtue of pets is surely, as these writers show, that they can make us laugh or make us cry. An animal in the family helps to keep us human.

1- What are two mistakes pet owners make when dealing with their pets? Give an example from the text for each mistake.






2- List 3 different ways pets can be good for their owners, according to Dr. R. (Express your answer in your own words and do not copy from the text.)






3- How did Rudolph embarrass Wodehouse? Did Wodehouse find Rudolph's trick funny?






4- Do you think Wodehouse kept Rudolph or kicked him out of the house? Why?






Choose the most suitable answer:

5- The above text is extracted from:

a. A letter b. An autobiography c. A magazine d. A short story

6- The customer at the Dog Parlour
a. brought her dog with her to try the coat
b. wanted to make a surprise for her dog
c. wanted to buy fur for her dog
d. wanted to throw a party for her dog

7- In Wodehouse's opinion,
a. smaller dogs are funnier than biggger dogs
b. bigger dogs are funnier than smaller dogs
c. Rudolph is the funniest dog in the world
d. Rudolph was a bad dog



8- In Wodehouse's opinion,
a. dogs give more trouble than pleasure
b. dogs give more pleasure than trouble
c. all dogs are funny
d. all dogs should be kept out of the house

KAS Grade 10 homework 3

Read each passage and choose the word or group of words that belongs in each space. Mark the letter for your answer.

Do you think that a house and a home (1) the same thing? In one sense, they are. If you happen to live in a house, (2) also your home. In another sense, a house and a home are very different. A house is just a building. It might be a separate building (3) one family lives. It might be a larger building where several families live. However, it is the people in a place that (4) it a home. For some people, a tent is home. For others, a grass hut or a boat (5) home. In all cases, home is the place where we live. It can be as small as a single house. It can be as large as our (6) It could even mean our planet. If you ever met an alien, you would say that your home is planet Earth.

____ 1. Choose the correct answer for (1) above.

A. is B. are C. been D. was

____ 2. Choose the correct answer for (2) above.

A. it B. its C. its' D. it's

____ 3. Choose the correct answer for (3) above.

A. which B. where C. that D. who

____ 4. Choose the correct answer for (4) above.

A. makes B. made C. make D. is making

____ 5. Choose the correct answer for (5) above.

A. are B. were C. is D. was

____ 6. Choose the correct answer for (6) above.

A. neighborhood, town, or country. B. neighborhood, town or, country.

C. neighborhood town or country. D. neighborhood; town; or country.

The Washington Monument opened to the public in 1885, but plans (7) it began 100 years earlier. Even if you have not seen it in person, you probably know (8) familiar shape. The monument is a tall four-sided stone pillar. It gradually gets (9) as it rises. The top ends in a pyramid that comes to a point. (10) , you must see the monument in person to marvel at its size. It rises over 555 feet high from base to tip. Each of the four sides (11) over 55 feet at the bottom. The walls (12) are 15 feet thick at the bottom, but only 18 inches thick at the top. Inside, the monument is hollow. You can walk to the top by climbing 898 steps, or you can take an elevator to the top in 70 seconds. Every year, millions of visitors tour this monument.



____ 7. Choose the correct answer for (7) above.

A. for build B. building C. for builded D. for building

____ 8. Choose the correct answer for (8) above.

A. it's B. its C. their D. his

____ 9. Choose the correct answer for (9) above.

A. thinnest B. thinner C. more thinner D. most thin

____ 10. Choose the correct answer for (10) above.

A. Although B. Whether C. However D. Whenever

____ 11. Choose the correct answer for (11) above.

A. measure B. measuring C. measures D. have measured

____ 12. Choose the correct answer for (12) above.

A. itself B. theirselves C. themself D. themselves

Chris and his friends were (13) upset. The parking lot at the bank was the only safe place in the village for kids to go skateboarding. Now the village (14) a law against it. When Chris and his friends arrived at the lot on Sunday afternoon, the village policeman (15) there in his patrol car.
"Sorry, (16) you'll have to find someplace else to skate," he told (17) . "But there (18) no other place," Chris argued. That's when he got an idea. They could bring a petition to the village hall to build a skateboard lot in the park.

____ 13. Choose the correct answer for (13) above.

A. really B. real C. realistic D. real, real

____ 14. Choose the correct answer for (14) above.

A. passes B. had passed C. is passing D. have been passing

____ 15. Choose the correct answer for (15) above.

A. is sitting B. set C. was setting D. was sitting

____ 16. Choose the correct answer for (16) above.

A. boys, B. Boys, C. boy's, D. boys


____ 17. Choose the correct answer for (17) above.

A. they B. them C. to them D. them boys

____ 18. Choose the correct answer for (18) above.

A. are B. were C. is D. isn't

One of the (1) and most effective ways to help out in your community is to volunteer at a local food pantry. Many social service organizations (2) food donations and distribute them to people in the community who need it. How can you help? You can use part of your spending money to buy canned goods and (3) to your food pantry. You can organize drives in (4) community to collect food donations. You can contact the people (5) operate the pantry to offer your help in stocking shelves. (6) it good to know you can do something to help others in such an important way?

____ 51. Choose the correct answer for (1) above.

A. ease B. most easy C. easier D. easiest

____ 52. Choose the correct answer for (2) above.

A. collects B. collect C. collected D. is collecting

____ 53. Choose the correct answer for (3) above.

A. bring it B. bringing it C. bring them D. bringing them

____ 54. Choose the correct answer for (4) above.

A. you B. you're C. your D. their

____ 55. Choose the correct answer for (5) above.

A. who B. which C. whom D. they

____ 56. Choose the correct answer for (6) above.

A. Isn't B. Is'nt C. Isnt D. Isnt'

We (7) imagine that we see faces in natural shapes such as clouds and rocks. However, in the (8) , you can see four faces carved into a granite cliff, and what you see is not just imagined. (9) the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. The faces are four American presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt. George (10) face alone is 60 feet high. Gutzon Borglum designed and supervised most of the work. Between 1927 and 1941, his helpers cut the figures out of the mountain (11) dynamite and drills. The mountain (12) rises 5,725 feet above sea level and more than 500 feet above surrounding land.

____ 57. Choose the correct answer for (7) above.

A. oftener B. oftenest C. often D. most often

____ 58. Choose the correct answer for (8) above.

A. black hills of South Dakota B. black hills of south dakota

C. Black hills of South Dakota D. Black Hills of South Dakota

____ 59. Choose the correct answer for (9) above.

A. Its B. It's C. Theres D. Their is

____ 60. Choose the correct answer for (10) above.

A. Washington B. Washingtons C. Washington's D. Washington, his

____ 61. Choose the correct answer for (11) above.

A. used B. and using C. to use D. using

____ 62. Choose the correct answer for (12) above.

A. its'self B. itself C. it D. themself

It is (13) called the "king of the jungle," but the lion actually spends little time deep in the jungle. It earned (14) name from its powerful body, large head, and mighty roar. Lions can grow up to 500 pounds and over nine feet long. Despite their ferocious appearance, you might think lions lazy if you saw (15) during the day. They spend much of the day (16) in the shade and sleeping. At night, they come out to hunt antelopes, zebras, and young rhinoceroses. They normally stay away from full-grown (17) . Lions can kill with one (18) sweep of their powerful forelegs and paws.

____ 63. Choose the correct answer for (13) above.

A. commonly B. common C. commonest D. most common

____ 64. Choose the correct answer for (14) above.

A. its B. their C. his D. it's

____ 65. Choose the correct answer for (15) above.

A. it B. they C. them D. themselves

____ 66. Choose the correct answer for (16) above.

A. laying B. laid C. lied D. lying

____ 67. Choose the correct answer for (17) above.

A. Elephants and Giraffes B. elephants and giraffes

C. elephants, and giraffes D. elephants, and, giraffes

____ 68. Choose the correct answer for (18) above.

A. might B. mightily C. mighty D. mightiest
As an art material, paper in its many forms (1) many opportunities. Preschool children tear shapes out of paper of one color and (2) on paper of another color. Professional artists design (3) patterns for wallpaper and wrapping paper. The Japanese (4) an art of making sculpture by folding paper. They call it origami. The favorite shapes in origami (5) birds and flowers, but you can fold an endless number of figures. Papier-mâché is another popular artistic use of paper. You soak newspaper scraps in water and add paste. Before the mixture (6) , you can mold it into any shape. Masks, doll heads, and puppets are often made using papier-mâché.

____ 101. Choose the correct answer for (1) above.

A. offer B. offers C. have offered D. offering

____ 102. Choose the correct answer for (2) above.

A. pasting it B. pasted them C. paste it D. paste them

____ 103. Choose the correct answer for (3) above.

A. beautifuller B. beautifully C. beauty D. beautiful

____ 104. Choose the correct answer for (4) above.

A. have developed B. has developed C. is developing D. develops

____ 105. Choose the correct answer for (5) above.

A. is B. was C. are D. will be

____ 106. Choose the correct answer for (6) above.

A. hardening B. hardens C. harden D. hardened

The Battle of Gettysburg, (7) lasted for three days in July of 1863, marked a turning point in the American Civil War. It started by accident. Troops from the South stumbled upon Union troops near (8) . Nearly 40,000 soldiers (9) or wounded in the battle. The (10) victory by the Northern army stopped the advance of the Southern army. General Robert E. Lee, who led the Southern forces, would never be able to fight on Northern soil again. The war (11) on for two more years, but Lee and his Southern troops no longer (12) chance of victory.

____ 107. Choose the correct answer for (7) above.

A. it B. which C. what D. who

____ 108. Choose the correct answer for (8) above.

A. Gettysburg Pennsylvania B. gettysburg, pennsylvania

C. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania D. gettysburg, Pennsylvania

____ 109. Choose the correct answer for (9) above.

A. was killed B. have been killed C. were killed D. is killed

____ 110. Choose the correct answer for (10) above.

A. cost B. costly C. most costliest D. costing

____ 111. Choose the correct answer for (11) above.

A. dragging B. drag C. drug D. dragged

____ 112. Choose the correct answer for (12) above.

A. hadn't a B. hadn't any C. had no D. had any

A bridge can be as simple as a log (13) across a small stream. However, building bridges to cross larger and (14) bodies of water requires great planning and skill. Many things can cause a bridge to collapse if (15) not properly designed and constructed. Engineers of the Roman Empire, 2,000 years ago, certainly (16) the skill! It was (17) who developed the arch bridge. These bridges could cross a river 100 feet wide. The Romans used stone to build (18) arch bridges, many of which still stand today.

____ 113. Choose the correct answer for (13) above.

A. lying B. laying C. lied D. lay

____ 114. Choose the correct answer for (14) above.

A. more dangerous B. most dangerous C. dangerouser D. dangerousest

____ 115. Choose the correct answer for (15) above.

A. its B. it's C. their D. their's

____ 116. Choose the correct answer for (16) above.

A. have B. has C. had D. are having

____ 117. Choose the correct answer for (17) above.

A. them B. him C. they D. themselves

____ 118. Choose the correct answer for (18) above.

A. its B. their C. there D. your

bonus word list from lyrics of flcabulary sat songs

P.S. the picture is of the two teachers who wrote the lyrics

quantify

coagulate
ruminate
vociferous
sedative
periphery
adulation
hesitation
beguiling
admire
nascent
indefinitely
obscure
caliginous
melodious
prune
Shot out
bawling,
vocalizing
weeping
singular
resplendent
blueprint
debacle
testimony
homonyms
neophyte
novice
belied
assiduous
diligently

venerate the venerable
robust and hardy
replicas, models, or clones
nurture
cultivate

FLOCABULARY

vividly
elocutionist
lyricist
fortitude
Linear
obstacles
visages
semblance
trepidation
dismay
initiating
illumination
rebirth
alienate
eccentric
adjacent
embellish
oscillating
manual
protagonist
digressing
universal
neglect
quiescence
tacit
famished
parched
critics
analyze
antagonize
Enmity
Abated
consensus
concave
convex
stoic
serene
the apex, the pinnacle, also the zenith

revision answer key

LITERATURE

2c
20b
9c
25a
27b
29b
33a
34c
44d
48a
49a
50c
52c
64a
65a
66d
67b
73b
74c
75a
76c
LANGUAGE
3c
4b
25b
48a
49a
50b
51b
31a
32b
33b
77a
78a
79b
80b
81b
82a
83b
84a
86b
87a
88b
89b
90b
91b
92a
153b
154b
155b
156a
157a
158a
159b
160b
161b
162a
163a
164a
165b
166b
167a
168a
169a
170b
171b
172b
173b
174b
175a
176b
177a
178a
179a
180a
181b
67a
68c
69c
70b
71b
98a
99b
100c
101c
102b
94c
96a
125a
126a
127b
108,109,111,138,141 passive
110,112,139,140,142 active
188b
189b
190a
191a
192a
193b
194b
195a
196b
197a
198b
199b
200a
201a
202a
203b
204a
205b
206a
207b
208a
209a
210b
211a
212b
213a
214b
215a
216a
217b
218b
219b
220b
221b
222b
223b
224b
225a
226b
227d
228b
229b
230b
231b
232b
233a
234a