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MINH PHU secondary school ENGLISH TEST -9th Form
Class:................... Time alowance: 45minutes
Full name:................................. Date: 5th March 2005.


I/Put the verbs into the correct tenses.
1/He wishes he (be).............. an acrobat.
2/The show just (begin) ............... You are a little late.
3/More tourists (come) ........................... to this country if it had a better climate.
4/Lan (get) ....................... up at six o’clock every morning.
II/Combine each pair of sentences. Using Double comparative.
1/We plant many trees.We preserve much soil.
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2/New Year comes near. People are busy.
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3/They produce much.They get rich.
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4/We study hard.We get good marks.
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III/Combine each pair of sentences, using clues in parentheses.
1/My friend is too sick. He can’t go to school.(So.......that)
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2/These oranges are ripe.You can eat them. (Enough)
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3/The dress is very dirty. She can’t wear it.(Too)
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4/New York was a very big city. Jane was lost in it.(So ........ that)
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5/He is strong. He can carry this table. (Enough)
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6/It was very late. They didn’t go to the party.(Too)
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IV/Choose the best option.
1/Annie is old ....................to leave school. (too/ for/ so/ enough).
2/Football .......................all over the world. (plays/ is playing/ is played/ played).
3/Not all of us like this TV programme.It doesn’t .................anyone of us. (select/
broadcast/ satisfy/ catch).
4/He drives fifty miles .................. hour. (a/ an/ very/ each).
V/Find mistakes and correct. Each sentence has one mistake.
1/We no live in a city. ....................................................................
2/I go to school with bicycle. ........................................................
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Minh Phu Secondary School. ENGLISH TEST . 9th Form
Full name:................................ Time allowance: 45 mins
Class:................. Date: 05/ 04/ 2005.

I. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses or correct forms.
1. He acts as if he (know) ..............English perfectly.
2. It started to rain while you (sleep)..........................
3. This car used to (paint)...................white.
4. They (complete).........................their papers before the bell rang.
II. Choose the best option.
1. They had a porter......................their luggage to the hotel.
(carried/ carry/ to carry/ carries )
2. My father asked me....................too fast.
( don’t drive/ not drive/ to drive/ not to drive)
3. Lan was.................. unhappy that she ran away from home.
( so/ such/ too/ very )
4. This is....................a large house that three couples can live in it.
( so / such / too / very )
III. Rewrite these sentences following the clues in pathentheses.
1. Poeple say that he is 100 years old. ( Passive )
He......................................................................................................
2. He worked hard for his exams. He almost had a headache. ( So... that )
He.......................................................................................................
3. It was a very boring film. We left half way through. ( Such... that )
It..........................................................................................................
4. He works hard. He earns a lot of money. ( Double comparative )
The...................................................................................................
IV. Correct these sentences, each sentence has one mistake
1. I am having my house paint. .................................................................................................
2. The more hot it is, the more miserable I feel. ...............................................................................
3 Most of us were amazed for the TV programme last night. ...........................................................
4. He is ten- years- old boy. ...............................................................................................................
V. Read the following passage, using the provided words to put in the blanks.

for / library / interesting / over / on / from / sail / beautiful

Hue is an old city (1 )_ __ the Huong River, not far ( 2) __ __ Truong Son rang. Here the river is not wide and there are many bridges (3) __ _ it. Large ships cannot ( 4)__ __up from the sea because of the bridges . Hue is a very (5) _ ___city, with trees on both sides of many streets and large pavements (6)_ ___ people to walk. There is a public (7) __ ___ where everyone can come and read books. It is such an (8)__ ___ place to visit.

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Minh Phú Secondary School
English Test. 1st term. 9th form
Date: 31st