Grade 9

THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION-004

Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences.

1. The program was so ________that half of them fell asleep.
A. boring

B. bore

2. Last night, I was watching T.V

A. then

C. bored

D. boredom

my mother was cooking in the kitchen.

B. and

C. when

D. while

B. built

C. has been built

D. builds

3. The bridge________in 2000.

A. was built

4. If a disaster ________ in an area, people from other areas will offer their help.
A. happen

B. happened

C. is happened

D. happens

C. worked

D. are working

C. for

D. in

5. They________ in that company for five years.

A. work

B. have worked

6. She likes watching the stars________night.

A. at

B. on

7. My father suggests________a trip to the countryside on Saturday.

A. to have

B. had

C. have

D. having

8. He loves his parents very much and wants them to be________.

A. happily

B. happiness

C. happy

D. happiest

C. hasnt he

D. isnt he

C. religion

D. capital

9. Hes never gone to school on Sunday, ________?

A. has he

B. is he

10. Islam is the countrys official________ in Malaysia.

A. region

B. currency

11. She cant go to the party because she will have to________her little sister.
A. look up

B. look for

C. look after

D. look at

12. John: Shall we go out to choose a birthday gift for Marry? Peter: ________.
A. Thats a good idea

B. Happy birthday

C. Yes, please do

D. Are you sure?

13. Lan is very tired. ________, she has to finish her work before going to work.
A. So

B. Although

C. However

D. Therefore

C. which

D. who

C. will

D. ought

14. Well meet David, ________comes from England.

A. whom

B. that

15. Where is Linh now?

She________ be in the school library.
A. may

B. should

Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from that of the rest.
16.

A. expensive

B. domitory

C. agreement

D. vacation

17.

A. plumber

B. teacher

C. engineer

D. poetry

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18.

A. reputation

B. difficult

C. possible

D. excellent

Choose the underlined part that needs correcting.

19. We had better to review this chapter carefully because we will have some questions on it.
A
B
C
D
20. The news about some recent disasters have been shown on T.V
A
B
C
D
Fill in each blank with a suitable word in the box.
(Th sinh ch ghi cu tr li tng ng vi s th t cho sn)
what .............
gathered ......

crowded .....
scared ........

shelter .......
shining ......

with ..........
happily .....

glad .........
around ....

strangely......
playing.........

It was a beautiful day. The sun was (21)____, the sky was blue, and the weather was perfect. Lan
was outside (22)____with her dog, Skippy. All of a sudden, the dog began behaving (23)____. She
kept running (24)____in circles. Lan ran home with the dog to tell her mother (25)____ Skippy was
doing. Lan mother Mrs. Quyen (26)____her family and told them to find (27)____ in the home.
Suddenly, the sky became very dark. The storm came (28)____strong winds and heavy rain. Mrs
Quyen and her family were (29)____ . But soon the storm finished and everyone was (30)____. What
a clever dog Skippy is. She saved Lan from being caught in the typhoon.
Note: shelter: ni n nu; strangely: mt cch l lng; scared: hong s; gather: tp hp

III. WRITING:
Use the given word to make sentences.
31. they/enjoy/watch action films.
____________________________________________________________________________________
32. Chistmas Day/people/receive/greeting cards/friend.
____________________________________________________________________________________
33. Do you mind/turn on/the light?
____________________________________________________________________________________
34. Nam/love/play/games.
____________________________________________________________________________________
Rewrite the sentences as directed.
35. She doesnt have time to revise the lesson.
She wishes__________________________________________________________________________
36. Ha Noi will be partially cloudy. It is the capital of Vietnam.
Ha Noi_____________________________________________________________________________
37. They have just produced a new kind of plants.
A new kind of plants___________________________________________________________________
38. What will you do to help your mother?, they asked him.
They asked__________________________________________________________________________
39. They started playing tennis in 2003.
They have___________________________________________________________________________
40. If she had time, she would visit her friend.
She wont ___________________________________________________________________________
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Fill in each blank with a suitable word in the box.

(Th sinh ch ghi cu tr li tng ng vi s th t cho sn)
what .............
gathered ......

crowded .....
scared ........

shelter .......
shining ......

with ..........
happily .....

glad .........
around ....

strangely......
playing.........

It was a beautiful day. The sun was (21) shining, the sky was blue, and the weather was perfect.
Lan was outside (22) playing with her dog, Skippy. All of a sudden, the dog began behaving (23)
strangely
. She kept running (24) around
in circles. Lan ran home with the dog to tell her
mother (25) what Skippy was doing. Lan mother Mrs. Quyen (26) gathered her family and told
them to find (27) shelter in the home. Suddenly, the sky became very dark. The storm came (28)
with
strong winds and heavy rain. Mrs Quyen and her family were (29) scared . But soon the
storm finished and everyone was (30) glad . What a clever dog Skippy is. She saved Lan from being
caught in the typhoon.
Note: shelter: ni n nu; strangely: mt cch l lng; scared: hong s; gather: tp hp

III. WRITING:
Use the given word to make sentences.
31. they/enjoy/watch action films.
They enjoy watching action films._______________________________________________________
32. Chistmas Day/people/receive/greeting cards/friend.
On Christmas Day, people receive greeting cards from their friends.____________________________
33. Do you mind/turn on/the light?
Do you mind turning on the lights?______________________________________________________
34. Nam/love/play/games.
Nam loves playing/ to play games._______________________________________________________
Rewrite the sentences as directed.
35. She doesnt have time to revise the lesson.
She wishes she had time to revise the lesson._______________________________________________
36. Hanoi will be partially cloudy. It is the capital of Vietnam.
Hanoi, which is the capital of Vietnam, will be partially cloudy. _______________________________
37. They have just produced a new kind of plants.
A new kind of plants has just been produced._______________________________________________
38. What will you do to help your mother?, they asked him.
They asked him what he would do to help his mother.________________________________________
39. They started playing tennis in 2003.
They have played tennis since 2003.______________________________________________________
40. If she had time, she would visit her friend.
She wont visit her friend because she has no time.__________________________________________

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