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NAME_________________________

Test paper, 9th grade

I. Fill in the correct form of the verb given. 30 p

1. After we ___________________ dinner we went to bed. (EAT)

2. I ___________________ several matches this season, but I ___________________ to a single game
last season. (SEE, NOT GO)
3. What ___________________ when the headmaster ___________________ the classroom yesterday?
(YOU DO, ENTER)
4. My granddad ___________________ well so he always ___________________ up the volume on the
radio. (NOT HEAR, TURN)
5. We ___________________ hard since 7 o'clock in the morning. (WORK)
6. She ___________________ in such cold water . (NEVER SWIM)
7. When we ___________________ at the stadium thousands of spectators ___________________ in
front of the gates. (ARRIVE, WAIT)
8. We ______________________ for over an hour when we found out that we were in the wrong village.
(TRAVEL)
9. The district attorney's office ___________________ last Monday. (NOT OPEN)
10. Here are your shoes Jimmy. I ___________________ them (JUST CLEAN).
11. She ___________________ well yesterday because she ___________________ too much. (NOT
FEEL, EAT)
12. Look at those fans! They're so excited because their team _____________________ the winning
goal. (JUST SCORE)
13. Last Saturday Susan ______________ an accident. She _______________ off the ladder and
___________________ her knee while she ___________________ to pick some apples. (HAVE, FALL,
CUT, TRY)
14. We ___________________ to Chris's party last Tuesday because nobody ___________________ us.
(NOT GO, INVITE)
15. Whenever Kevin is in England, he ___________________ to his parents back in Australia every
weekend. (WRITE)

II. Use the words in capitals to form a new word that fits into each blank! 30p
1. The children used their ___________________ to draw funny pictures. (IMAGINE)
2. She spent most of her ___________________ in the countryside. (CHILD)
3. Children in kindergarten can be very ________ . (CREATE)
4. It was the most …………………………… day in my life.(STRESS)
5. My holidays were …………………………….. . I really enjoyed myself. WONDER
6. It was an …………………………….. evening and I will never forget it. ENJOY
7. Mary is such a …………………….. girl. CHEER
8. Martin has been cheating on Rebecca for a long time. What a ……………….! DISCOVER
9. The artist was unable to handle his success and……………………… . FAMOUS
10. This is the most ……………………….sofa I have ever seen. COMFORT

III. Fill in with the right tense of the verbs in brackets:

One afternoon, while I 1).................................................(walk) in town, I 2).......................... (see) a poster

for a liquor promotion at a club I 3) .......................................(used to, go) to. They 4) ................................
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(advertise) a “vodka disco”. Later that week, my friend and I 5).................................(decide) to go to this
club to find out what 6) ..............................(go on). It was a “drink-as-much-vodka-as-you-can” evening,
with music and prizes for the best dancers. After we 7)...............................(enter) the club, a man
8) .............................. (give) each of us a T-shirt and a badge in the shape of a vodka bottle. To my
surprise , all the drinks 9)..................................(be) free.
We 10) ........................................ (not drink) very much at all –one vodka each- but other
young people 11)............................. (drink) heavily all evening. Some of the dancers
12) ................................(look) quite drunk.
We all know that companies 13) .....................................(try) to sell us their products and they
14) .................................(use) almost any means possible to encourage us to spend our money.
15) ............................................. (this, mean) they can convince us to buy anything? Even things that are
bad for us?