Name: ………………………… the 16th of November 2009

Class: IX B
TEST PAPER

I. Fill in with the appropriate tense of the verbs given in brackets. (25 points)

1. When Carol (call) ………..……….. last night, I (watch) …………………………. my favorite show on television.
2. I (work) …………………………. for this company for more than thirty years, and I intend to stay here until I retire!
3. Sharon (love) …………………….…….. travelling. She (go) …………………...… abroad almost every summer.
4. Thomas is an author. He (write) …………….…………………………. mystery novels and travel memoirs. He (write)
………………………………..……………. since he was twenty-eight. Altogether, he (write)
…………………………..…………….. seven novels, three collections of short stories and a book of poetry.
5. We were late because we had some car problems. By the time we (get) ……………………… to the train station,
Susan (wait) …………………………….….……. for us for more than two hours.
6. Sam (try) ……………….………….. to change a light bulb when he (slip) ….……… and (fell) ……………………
7. Everyday he (wake) ……………….…………….. up at 6 o'clock, (eat) …………………………. breakfast at 7
o'clock and (leave) …………………………… for work at 8 o'clock.
8. Right now, Jim (read) ……………………..………………… the newspaper and Kathy (make)
…………………………..……… dinner. Last night at this time, they (do) …………………..…………………. the
same thing. She (cook) …………………..……………… and he (read) ………………………..…….. the newspaper.
9. The students (be, usually) …………………………..…. taught by Mrs. Monty. However, this week they (be)
………………………………..…. taught by Mr. Tanzer.
10. I (have) ……………… the same car for more than ten years. I (think) ………….…….. about buying a new one.

II. Take a letter from each word in the lists below to find the name of a spare time activity. The words in
each list refer to that activity. (5 points)

e.g. championship, check, mate, bishop, castle - chess

1. racket, line, net, ground, umpire, service -
2. breeze, gas, silk, float, move, hot, passenger, air, wind, flight -
3. dig, spade, water, bud, seed, pink, daisy, season, evergreen -
4. band, practice, movement, quickstep, music, tango, legs -
5. speed, tyre, risk, valve, ignition, bonnet, lights -

III. Fill in the following sentences with a suitable word of homographs. (10 points)

1. His garden looks so neat. He always plants seeds in a …………………………

2. …………….. were rolling down her cheeks as she waved good-bye.
3. Strong …………… from the east made driving conditions dangerous in winter.
4. The usher never forgot to …………………. when he opened the door.
5. She’s still very angry with him. I’m sure she’ll ……………….. his letter to pieces.
6. The clock stopped. You’d better ……………… it up.
7. What a ……………. they’re making next door. How can one work?
8. The saleswoman tied a nice …………….. on top of the parcel.
9. It’s so windy and they went for a ……………….. on the lake again.
10. He is …………..ing down the car window to read the sign.

IV. Join the words to find ten popular hobbies. (10 points)

roller surfing __________________

free swimming __________________
model skating __________________
white water riding __________________
hang collecting __________________
wind climbing __________________
horse gliding __________________
water building __________________
underwater skiing __________________
stamp rafting __________________
V. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same
line. (10 points)
The dull life of animals
I came across an article in a magazine the other day which

made (1) …………. between people and animals. It seemed COMPARE

to come to the (2) …………… that in most cases we are superior to CONCLUDE
animals and lead a more (3) ……………. life. Wild animals COMFORT
have much more (4) …………. than pets or animals in zoos, FREE
but even a lion or tiger in the jungle could be killed by
(5) …………. at almost any time. For animals, life is generally hard HUNT
and (6) …………. compared to the life led by people in DANGER
large cities, where there is not only (7) ………… but also the VARY
freedom to choose the kind of life you want to lead. It is hard to
imagine a life more (8) ………… than that of a tortoise. BORE
However, we humans do have some (9) …………… in areas such ADVANTAGE
as smell, hearing or speed. For example, a dog’s sense of smell
is much more (10) ……………. than ours. POWER

VI. Answer the following questions. (20 points)

A. Describe your favourite object in the house. Refer to size, shape, material, texture, colour, etc.

B. Speak about your hobby.

C. Name one aspect of life in the Middle Ages that was different from life today.

D. What pretext and what techniques does Chaucer use to write “The Canterbury Tales”?

E. Name a character and the story he/she tells.