TEST 3

Nguyen Dang Dao Secondary School Teacher’s comment:
Name: ……………………. Mark:
Class: 9
English test (45 minutes) _ Number 3
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest. (1 pt)
1.
A. invited
B. decided
C. collected
D. hoped

2.
A. although
B. those
C. thank
D. that

3.
A. church
B. chemistry
C. chair
D. watch

4.
A. newspapers
B. lakes
C. cups
D. aunts

II. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences: (1.5 pts)
1. Ba has to walk to school, so he wishes he .............. a bicycle.
A. had
B. has
C. will have
D. having

2. There is a river ................... across the village.
A. running
B. lying
C. flowing
D. reaching

3. He told me he .................leave the city the following day.
A. will have to
B. had to
C. would have to
D. has to

4. The weather was bad, ................ we don`t go on a picnic.
A. but
B. because
C. so
D. however

5. The restaurant has the .................. for serving some of the finest food.
A. repute
B. reputation
C. reputed
D. reputable

6. The teacher asked me ..................... a passage into Vietnamese.
A. to translate
B. translate
C. translating
D. translated

7. You will be sick if you………………so much.
A- will eat B. are eating C. eat D. ate
8. That little boy will tell you where ………………………
A.Mary lives B. lives Mary C. does Mary live D. Mary living
II.Give the correct form of the word in bracket:(1 pt)
1. If you want to sell your old house, why not put an ….. on TV. (advertise)
2. He is a strict ............................ . (examine)
3. Please phone this number for more ........................... . (inform)
4. There is a ............................. lot near my house. (park)
III. Give the correct form of the verb in bracket (1 pt).
1. My bicycle isn`t here anymore. Somebody (take) .......................................... it.
2. Last night my father (arrive) ........................... home at half past ten. He (have) ................... a bath and then (go) ........................to bed.
IV. Fill in the gaps with the word given in the box, then answer the questions:(3pts)
down tired decided awoke late
almost beautiful next to hurriedly and


It was a (1)…………… day, my friend and I (2) ………….…. to go on a picnic. We took a bus to the countryside (3) …………….…. then walked about 20 minutes to the picnic site (4) ………….……. the river. We put (5) ……………….. the blanket and laid out the food. We really enjoyed the picnic but we got (6) …………….…, so we quickly fell asleep. When we (7) ………………., it was nearly dark. We (8) ……………..… gathered all our things and ran to the bus stop. We were (9) ………………... late and missed the last bus. Luckily, we did not and could arrive home in the (10) ……………... evening.
* Questions:
1. How did you go to the countryside?
…………………………………………………………………….. .
2. How long did you walk to the picnic site?
…………………………………………………………………… .
3. Did you enjoy the picnic?
……………………………………………………………………. .
4. Did you miss the last bus?
……………………………………………………………………. .
5. When did you arrive home?
……………………………………………………………………. .
V. Transformation writing: (1.5 pts)
1. "How long does it take you to walk to school?" she asked me.
She asked me ............................................................................. .
2. "Are you good at English?" they asked him.
They asked him ........................................................................... .
3. Work hard or you will fail the exam.
If ................................................................................................... .
4. Hoa went to bed early because she felt very tired.
Hoa felt very tired, ......................................................................... .
5. "Look at this picture and describe it," the teacher said.
The teacher asked me .................................................................. .
6. "I’ll come to help you as soon as I finish my work," Susan said to me.
Susan told me .............................................................................. .
7. They have found oil in the Antarctic.
Oil ............................................................................................ .
8. What a pitty I can`t answer all the questions.