Here are 20 grammar questions for  9 th-grade students with four answer options:


1. **Identify the type of sentence:**  

   "Where are you going?"  

   a) Declarative  

   b) Interrogative  

   c) Exclamatory  

   d) Imperative  

   **Answer:** b) Interrogative


2. **Change into passive voice:**  

   "The chef cooked the meal."  

   a) The meal was cooked by the chef.  

   b) The meal is cooked by the chef.  

   c) The chef was cooking the meal.  

   d) The chef has cooked the meal.  

   **Answer:** a) The meal was cooked by the chef.


3. **Identify the verb tense:**  

   "She has been working for three hours."  

   a) Present simple  

   b) Present continuous  

   c) Present perfect continuous  

   d) Present perfect  

   **Answer:** c) Present perfect continuous


4. **Choose the correct form of the verb:**  

   "The baby _____ (cry/cries) every night."  

   a) cries  

   b) cry  

   c) is crying  

   d) has cried  

   **Answer:** a) cries


5. **Rewrite the sentence in direct speech:**  

   "He told me that he was tired."  

   a) He said, "I am tired."  

   b) He said, "I was tired."  

   c) He told, "I am tired."  

   d) He said, "I will be tired."  

   **Answer:** a) He said, "I am tired."


6. **Convert into indirect speech:**  

   "She said, 'I will call you later.'"  

   a) She said that she would call me later.  

   b) She said she will call me later.  

   c) She said that she will call me later.  

   d) She said she would call you later.  

   **Answer:** a) She said that she would call me later.


7. **Identify the preposition:* 

   "The cat jumped over the fence."  

   a) jumped  

   b) over  

   c) the  

   d) fence  

   **Answer:** b) over


8. **Fill in the blank with the correct article:**  

   "She is _____ honest person."  

   a) a  

   b) an  

   c) the  

   d) no article  

   **Answer:** b) an


9. **Identify the conjunction:**  

   "He was tired, so he went to bed early."  

   a) he  

   b) tired  

   c) so  

   d) to  

   **Answer:** c) so


10. **Choose the correct form of the adjective:**  

   "She is the _____ (intelligent) student in the class."  

   a) intelligent  

   b) more intelligent  

   c) most intelligent  

   d) very intelligent  

   **Answer:** c) most intelligent


11. **Change the sentence into negative:**  

   "She can dance well."  

   a) She cannot dance well.  

   b) She is not dancing well.  

   c) She cannot dances well.  

   d) She do not dance well.  

   **Answer:** a) She cannot dance well.


12. **Identify the type of clause:**  

   "Although he was tired, he finished the work."  

   a) Noun clause  

   b) Adjective clause  

   c) Adverb clause  

   d) Independent clause  

   **Answer:** c) Adverb clause


13. **Rewrite the sentence in the future continuous tense:**  

   "She reads a book."  

   a) She will read a book.  

   b) She will be reading a book.  

   c) She is reading a book.  

   d) She has been reading a book.  

   **Answer:** b) She will be reading a book.


14. **Correct the error in the sentence:**  

   "She don't likes coffee."  

   a) She doesn't likes coffee.  

   b) She don't like coffee.  

   c) She doesn't like coffee.  

   d) She does likes coffee.  

   **Answer:** c) She doesn't like coffee.


15. **Choose the correct modal verb:**  

   "You _____ (should/could) brush your teeth every day."  

   a) could  

   b) should  

   c) can  

   d) may  

   **Answer:** b) should


16. **Identify the subject and predicate:**  

   "The sun rises in the east."  

   a) Subject: rises, Predicate: the sun in the east  

   b) Subject: sun, Predicate: rises in the east  

   c) Subject: The sun, Predicate: rises in the east  

   d) Subject: in the east, Predicate: rises  

   **Answer:** c) Subject: The sun, Predicate: rises in the east


17. **Punctuate the sentence correctly:**  

   "my brother said I will come home tomorrow"  

   a) My brother said "I will come home tomorrow."  

   b) "My brother said, I will come home tomorrow."  

   c) My brother said, "I will come home tomorrow."  

   d) My brother said I will come home tomorrow.  

   **Answer:** c) My brother said, "I will come home tomorrow."


18. **Change the sentence into an interrogative sentence:**  

   "They are playing football."  

   a) Are they play football?  

   b) Is they playing football?  

   c) Will they play football?  

   d) Are they playing football?  

   **Answer:** d) Are they playing football?


19. **Identify the adverb:**  

   "She quickly finished her homework."  

   a) finished  

   b) homework  

   c) quickly  

   d) her  

   **Answer:** c) quickly


20. **Choose the correct form of the verb:**  

   "Neither of the students _____ (is/are) present today."  

   a) is  

   b) are  

   c) were  

   d) have been  

   **Answer:** a) is  



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