SHS English Language · Year 2

Relative/Adjectival Clause, Essay and Poetry practice questions

The relative (adjectival) clause, concluding an essay, and identifying common themes across poems.

18 questions in this topic: 3 recall, 14 applying skills and concepts and 1 strategic thinking. Every one carries a written explanation.

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  1. Question 1Skills & concepts

    According to the section's guidance on formal letters, which closing phrase should be used when the letter is addressed to "Dear Sir or Madam"?

    • aYours faithfully
    • bYours sincerely
    • cBest regards only
    • dWarm wishes
  2. Question 2Recall

    The main function of a relative clause is to

    • aqualify the noun or pronoun in a sentence by connecting the relative pronoun to it
    • bjoin two independent main clauses of equal grammatical importance
    • cexpress a complete thought entirely on its own, without any main clause
    • dreplace the main verb of the sentence it appears in
  3. Question 3Skills & concepts

    "Shoulders falling down like teardrops" in "Still I Rise" is an example of

    • aa simile comparing the shoulders to teardrops
    • ba metaphor directly equating the shoulders with teardrops
    • cpersonification giving the shoulders human emotions
    • donomatopoeia imitating the sound of crying

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