ENGLISH 9 GENERAL TEST 9

TEST 9
I. Choose the correct words or phrases to fill in the blank.
1. .................... I moved house, I haven’t had much contact with those friends.(Although, Since, Because of, So that)
2. I didn’t enjoy the party. I .................... (either did, did neither, didn’t either, didn’t neither)
3. At nine o’clock yesterday morning, we .................... for the bus. (are waiting, waited, were waiting, was waiting)
4. You haven’t eaten your pudding, ....................? (have you, haven’t you, do you, don’t you)
5. The story I have just read .................... Agatha Christie. (was written, was written by, was written from, wrote)
6. I didn’t like it in the city at first. But now .................... here. (I got used to living, I’m used to living, I used to live, I used to living)
7. Joanna prefers cats .................... dogs. (from, over, than, to)
8. I haven’t got a ticket. If I .................... one, I .................... (have/will get in, had/ can get in, had/could get in, had/ can get in)
9. I didn’t hear you .................... in. You must have been very quiet. (come, to come, came, have come)
10. Colin told me about his new job, .................... very much. (that he’s enjoying, which he’s enjoying, he’s enjoying, he’s enjoying it)
II. Fill in the blank with one suitable word from the box. There is ONE extra word you do not need to use.




On the morning of December 26, 2004 a (1) .................... 9.3 earthquake struck off the Northwest coast of Indonesian (2) .................... of Sumatra. The earthquake resulted from complex slip on the fault (3) .................... the oceanic portion of the Indian Plate slides (4) .................... Sumatra, part of the Eurasian Plate. The earthquake deformed the ocean floor, (5) .................... the overlying water up into a tsunami wave. The tsunami wave (6) .................... nearby areas where the wave may have been as (7) .................... as 25 meters (80 feet) tall and killed nearly 300,000 people from nations in the (8) .................... and tourists from around the world.
III. Supply the correct form or tense of the verb in brackets.
It started to rain while you .................... (sleep).
He said that he .................... (lose) his bicycle the day before.
I didn’t feel like .................... (work) so I suggested ....................(spend) the day in the park.
Why are you under the table? ....................(you/look) for something?
I wish Mom .................... (be) here with us now.
“Why have you got your old clothes on?” . -“Because I .................... (cut) the grass.”
If I were you, I .................... (not go) to his party.
This dress will make you .................... (look) fat.
IV. Rewrite the following sentences as directed.
I have met a lot of people, and I can’t remember all their names. (so ... that)
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She is too young to decide herself. (enough to)
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The weather is not nice today, so we will not go for a picnic. (Conditional)
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The rice-cooking festival attracted a lot of visitors. (passive)
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He asked the mechanic to check his car carefully. (Causative form with “had”)
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Nam lent me this book. He is a friend of mine. (Relative)
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He would go hunting when he was in Africa. (Used to)
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“Are you and Hoa the same age, Maryam?” Tuan said (Reported speech)
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V. In each of the following sentences there is one mistake. Cross and correct it.

1. I wasted half of the morning looking up my keys. ............................
2. He said the boy not to swim too far. ............................
3. Ba is good in fixing things. ............................
4. That’s the small house where he lived in. ............................
5. We’ve worked here since a long time. ............................
6. On the way home I stopped buying a newspaper. ............................
7. If you are taller, you could reach that shelf. ............................
8. This letter will be translate into Vietnamese. ............................

VI. Read the following passage, then decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). Correct the false sentences.
Any invention has both good and bad effects on human beings.
The invention of cars makes transportation much easier, but it is cars that are the greatest contributer of air pollution. Television is