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PRACTICE TEST FOR GRADE 9
Question I:Choose the word that has the underlined parts pronounced differently from the others:
1. A. equal
B. fashion
C. champagne
D. match

2. A. economy
B. occasion
C. freedom
D. logical

3. A. invite
B. river
C. shrine
D. primary

4. A. encourage
B. proud
C. enough
D. young

5. A. invited
B. arrived
C. mentioned
D. loved

Question II. Choose the words that has a different stress pattern from the others:
1.A. practical
B. designer
C. minority
D. occasion

2.A. consist
B. fashion
C. design
D. collect

3.A. enjoyment
B. pagoda
C. collection
D. business

4.A. economical
B. federation
C. itinerary
D. complication

5.A. advertise
B. deposit
C. candidate
D. institute

Question III. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence:
1. She speaks Chinese as ______ as I do
A. good
B. better
C. very good
D. well

2. Jim is five centimeters ______ than Tom.
A. taller
B. tallest
C. high
D. tall

3. The harder she works, the _______ money she earns
A. better
B. much
C. more
D. less

4. Lucy answered the questions _______ than Sarah.
A. intelligent
B. more intelligently
C. most intelligent
D. more intelligent

5. I knew they were talking about me ______ they stopped when I entered the room.
A. because
B. so that
C. despite
D. therefore

6. The librarian told us not ______ reference books out of the library.
A. to take
B. taking
C. take
D. took

7. When I came to visit her last night , she ______ a bath .
A. had
B. was having
C. were having
D. is having

8. He has really worked hard so far, ______ he?
A. does
B. has
C. doesn’t
D. hasn’t

9. Nobody liked the film, ______ ?
A. does he
B. doesn’t he
C. did they
D. didn’t they

10. ______ the students in my class enjoy taking part in social activities.
A. Many
B. Most
C. Most of
D. The number of

Question IV. Provide the correct form of the words in brackets:
The cost of the (CARRY)________ must be paid by the buyer.
Unfortunately, you will be at a/an (ADVANTAGE)________ if you can’t drive.
We were very (EXCITE)________ about the football match last night.
Don`t worry about the volcano. It`s been ________ for years. (ACT)
The water and land around the (CHEMISTRY)________ factory are seriously polluted.
I was too (SHAME) ________ to tell the teacher about my stupid mistakes.
We like the beauty of the city and the (FRIEND) ________ of the people.
My father gave up smoking because he knows it is very (HARM) ________ .
The tour guide always tries to make his guests feel (COMFORT) ________
10. Exercising daily will help you to work (EFFECT) ________.
Question V. Use the correct form or tense of the verbs in the brackets:
Ask hundreds of people what they (1. do) _________ on a certain day in August next year, or the year after, and there (2. be) _________ only one reply. Provided of course that the people you (3. ask) _________ (4. belong) _________ to the Elvis Presley Fan Club. Although the King of Rock and Roll (5. die) _________ nearly two decades ago, his fans (6. meet) _________ every year since then outside his home in Memphis, Tennessee, to show respect for the singer they (7. love) _________ so much.
Jean Thomas, a fan from Catford in South London, (8. visit) _________ Gracelands, the house where Elvis (9. suffer) _________ his fatal heart attack, twice in the past five years. “The first time I (10. borrow) _________ the money from my Mom, as I (11. not work) _________ then. But two years ago I (12. get) _________ married and since then I (13. work) _________ in my husband Chris’s garage. Chris and I (14. go) ……………….. together last year and we (15. think) _________ of spending