Exam book grade 9

Match the sentence halves.

1. __ We were walking in the park

a. when it started to rain.

2. __ What were you doing

b. while we were doing our test.

3. __ I was making dinner

c. when I got home yesterday.

4. __ I was very pleased

d. when he fell off his bicycle.

5. __ Sally lost her phone

e. when I heard the good news.

6. __ John wasn’t paying attention

f. while she was walking to school.

7. __ Our teacher sat at the front of the class

g. when I saw you yesterday?

8. __ Mum and Dad were waiting for me

h. when the cooker stopped working.

Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets in the correct form. Use the past simple or past continuous.

1. I ____________________ (play) tennis when I hurt my leg.

2. Michael was working in a cafй when I ____________________ (meet) him for the first time.

3. We were washing the car while Chris and Ben ____________________ (clean) the kitchen.

4. I ____________________ (not see) anyone while I was swimming yesterday.

5. Mum fell asleep while she ____________________ (read).

6. Daniel ____________________ (study) when I called.

7. While we were listening to the band, Lucy ____________________ (start) dancing.

8. I ____________________ (check) my emails while I was using Helen’s computer.

PRONUNCIATION


Listen and circle the words you hear.

1. A fit
B feet
2. A hill
B he’ll
3. A its
B eats
4. A hit
B heat

5. A beat

B bit

6. A he’s

B his

7. A seat

B sit

8. A feel

B fill

Number of correct answers: _________

^{Mark: _______}6

Date: _______________
EXAM 3
VOCABULARY


Complete the sentences with the words from the list. Match the sentences with the correct subjects.

1. At the moment we’re learning about volcanoes in __________.

a. ICT

2. I love __________ because I enjoy learning about computers.

b. PE

3. I like doing exercise, so I enjoy __________.

c. history

4. It’s important to study __________ to speak to more people.

d. foreign languages

5. Charles loves __________ and he wants to act in the school play.

e. science

6. When you study __________ you learn about the past.

f. drama

7. Kate likes making things so she is good at __________.

g. geography

8. In __________ you study a little biology, chemistry and physics.

h. design and technology

Complete the sentences with the words below.

bus | turning | umbrella | medicine | train | photos | exams | biology

1. We take all our _______________ at the end of the school year.

2. We took the fast _______________ from Madrid to Barcelona so it only took two and a half hours.

3. Don’t forget to take your _______________ every four hours. The doctor said it was very important.

4. To get to the bus station, take the second _______________ on the right.

5. Lisa takes really good _______________ with her new camera.

6. The sky looks really grey so take your _______________.

7. I take the _______________ to school. It stops outside everyone’s house.

8. Next term I’m going to take _______________ instead of chemistry and I think I’ll find that easier.

GRAMMAR
Choose the correct answer, a, b or c.

1. I do my homework __________ carefully than you do.

	a) more
	b) much
	c) most

2. We visit our grandparents __________ often than we did.

	a) the least
	b) little
	c) less

3. I study more __________ when I’m not listening to music.

	a) efficient
	b) efficiently
	c) efficienter

4. Who goes to the gym the __________ often?

	a) more
	b) most
	c) very

5. I don’t watch TV as much __________ Tom does.

	a) as
	b) that
	c) than

6. Stephen speaks English the __________ fluently in our class.

	a) most
	b) much
	c) more

7. Dad always gets home __________ than Mum.

	a) latest
	b) lately
	c) later

8. You need to study __________ to pass your exams.

	a) harder
	b) hardly
	c) hardest

Complete the sentences with the correct adverb form of the adjective in brackets. Write one word in each space.

1. Jack plays tennis really __________ (good).

2. I can run __________ __________ (fast) you.

3. Sarah makes friends __________ __________ __________ (easy) I do because she likes meeting people.

4. Helen doesn’t study __________ __________ __________ (hard) her sister because she’s quite lazy.

5. Julia sings __________ __________ __________ (beautiful) in our class. She has a really lovely voice.

6. Martin speaks German __________ __________ (good) his classmates.

7. Paul speaks English _________ _________ (bad) in his year because he doesn’t like learning languages.

8. My brother goes to bed _________ _________ (late) I do.

PRONUNCIATION

Listen and choose the right word pattern for each word

1. favourite
a) 0o
b) 0oo
c) o0oo
2. languages
a) 0o
b) 0oo
c) o0oo
3. technology
a) 0o
b) 0oo
c) o0oo
4. biology
a) 0o
b) 0oo
c) o0oo
5. geography
a) 0o
b) 0oo
c) o0oo
6. classroom
a) 0o
b) 0oo
c) o0oo
7. history
a) 0o
b) 0oo
c) o0oo
8. chemistry
a) 0o
b) 0oo
c) o0oo

Number of correct answers: _________

Mark: _______6

Date: _______________
EXAM 4
VOCABULARY


Complete the sentences with the words below.

lovely | smooth | soft | heavy | hard | colourful | little | round

1. This book is very ________________ – how many pages

2. Would you like a ________________ cup of hot chocolate to warm you up?

3. I love this jumper it’s so ________________ and cosy.

4. I love your painting, it’s very bright and ________________.

5. I got this bread two days ago and now it’s ________________. I need to buy some more.

6. Look at the ________________ dog, isn’t it cute?

7. You have beautiful ________________ skin, what’s your secret?

8. I want to buy a ________________ table for the dining room.

Complete the words in the sentences.

1. Stephen has a really cool l_____________ jacket.

2. We have a small sailing boat made of w_____________.

3. Can you put those flowers in the green g_____________ vase?

4. Lisa has a pair of beautiful g_____________ earrings.

5. P_____________ bottles are bad for the environment.

6. Jane has a warm red scarf made of w_____________.

7. Silver is a m_____________ that we use to make jewellery.

8. Last Saturday I went shopping and bought a cool c_____________ T-shirt to wear in the summer.

GRAMMAR
Choose the right word to complete the sentences.

1. My father’s / fathers’ name is Martin.

2. I love watching women’s / womens’ tennis.
3. My mother’s / mothers’ favourite hobby is swimming.
4. Did you enjoy the children’s / childrens’ party?
5. Laura often wears men’s / mens’ jeans.
6. My parent’s / parents’ house is really comfortable.
7. Sally’s / Sallys’ brother goes out with my best friend.
8. David’s / Davids’ class is really friendly.

Choose the correct answer, a, b or c.

1. That jacket belongs to __________.

a) me b) my c) mine

2. You can have my ring if I can have __________!

a) your b) yours c) you

3. We like your house but we prefer __________.

a) us b) ours c) our

4. Maria has a lot of DVDs but she says this one isn’t __________.

a) her b) she c) hers

5. I often lend my friends my computer games but they don’t lend me __________.

a) theirs b) them c) they

6. This is your dictionary, so where’s __________?

a) mine b) my c) me

7. David likes my friends but I don’t really like __________. They aren’t very friendly.

a) him b) he c) his

8. Do you want to come with __________ this evening? We’re going for a pizza.

a) ours b) us c) our


PRONUNCIATION


Listen and underline the weak forms in each sentence

1. She’s a friend of mine. (2 weak forms)

2. He’s a friend of hers. (2 weak forms)
3. They’re friends of ours. (1 weak form)
4. Is he a friend of yours? (2 weak forms)
5. Are you friends of his? (1 weak form)
6. I’m not a friend of theirs. (2 weak forms)
7. He isn’t a friend of yours. (2 weak forms)
8. You’re a friend of mine. (2 weak forms)

Number of correct answers: ________