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Taì Long Secondary School
Full name:.............................. WRITTEN A TEST
Class: 9.... Subject: English
Time: 45ms.

Mark:




 Teacher’s ideas:


I. Choose the best answers: (1,5pts)
1. I went to the countryside .................the weekend.
a. to b. by c. for d. from.
2. These students wish they ..................visit Hue again.
a. could b. shall c. will d. can
3. Nga woke up late.....................she couldn’t catch the first train.
a. because b. however c. so d. but.
4. Mai, do you like pop music ? He asked Mai.........
a. if she likes pop music. c. she likes pop music.
b. does she likes pop music. d. if she liked pop music.
5. If he.............hard, he will pass the exam .
a. study b. studied c. studies d. to study.
6. How old is your sister ? Hang said to me.
a. Hang asked to me how old is your sister.
b. Hang asked to me how old my sister is.
c. Hang asked to me how old your sister was.
d. Hang asked to me how old my sister was.
II. Choose the word that has underlined part prounced differently from the others.(1,5pts)
1. A. disappointed B. account C. innovation D. profitable
2. A. appliance B. C. pipe D. priority
3. A.occurred B. collapsed C.damaged D.replaced
4. A.collection B. compose C.freedom D.forecast
5. A. destroy B. generous C. behave D. replace
III. Fill in the space with suitable prepositions:(2,5ms )
Tom is an account in a language school. He lives ..(1).....................a flat..(2)....................
the fourth floor of a building ..(3)........................a small street in Tokyo.
The school is not very far from his home , he goes ..(4)....................work..(5)..................
bus, and leaves home at 8 o’clock .He usually does some work in the bus on his way
to work.
IV. Change these sentences into reported speech:(2pts)
1. Lan saidto me :“Can you speak English?”
..............................................................................................................................................
2. He said to me :” Do you like pop music?
..............................................................................................................................................
3. Hung said :” I can play the guitar.
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4 ” What games do you often play?” said he.
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V. Read the following passage and answer the questions below:( 2,5pts)
Like other languages , English is always changing , but it changes very slowly. People invent new words, borrow words from other languages and change the meaning of words as needed. For example, the English word” byte” was invented by computer specialists in 1959. The word “ tomato” was borrowed from Nahuati, an American Indian language spoken in Mexico . The word “meat” once referred to food in general. People learn English as well as languages by listening, copying what they hear, and using the language. Most school children learn their first language easily and sometimes other languages as well.
Are the following statements true (T) or false ( F) ?
1. English is changing very quickly.
2. Some English words are borrowed from other language
3. some English words are invented by computer specialists.
4. One of the ways to learn English is copying what you hear.
5. It is not easy for children to learn their first language.
1.................... 2.......................... 3.......................
4................... 5..........................



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Taì Long Secondary School

* Answer key:

I. Choose the best answers: (1,5pts )
1c 2a 3b 4d 5c 6d
II . Choose the word that has underlined part prounced differently from the others.(1,5pts)

1.C 2B 3A 4D 5B
III. Fill in the space with suitable prepositions: (2,5pts )
1. in 2. on 3.in/on 4. to 5. by
IV. Change these sentences into reported speech: (2pts )
1. Lan asked me if / whether I could speak English.
2. He asked me if I liked pop music.
3. Hung said that he could play the guitar.
4. He asked what games I often played.
V. Read the following passage and answer the questions below:( 2,5pts)

Are the following statements true (T) or