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Grade 9 revision

Grammar and word formation practice

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Warm up

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Flashcards

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Exercises

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Reading

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Final test

Welcome to Grade 9 revision

This lesson will help you practice important grammar points and word formation for your Grade 9 exam.

Topics covered:

  • ✓ Present Perfect tense with since and for
  • ✓ The last time conversions
  • ✓ Because vs Because of
  • ✓ Word formation (nouns, adjectives, adverbs)
  • ✓ Prepositions of time and place
  • ✓ Articles (a, an, the)
  • ✓ -ING vs -ED adjectives

Quick review: Present Perfect

Structure: S + have/has + V3/ed

Used with:

  • since + point in time (since Monday, since 1994)
  • for + period of time (for 3 days, for two weeks)

Examples:

• I haven't seen him since Monday.

• She has lived here for 5 years.

Quick review: Because vs Because of

Because + clause (S + V)

Because it was raining, we stayed home.

Because of + noun phrase

Because of the rain, we stayed home.