THE TEST OF THE FIRST TERM OF GRADE 9
NAME:… ………………………………………………
CLASS: 9………………………………………………
I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. out B. round C. about D. would
2. A. chair B. check C. machine D. child
3. A. too B. soon C. good D. food
4. A. may B. can C. stay D. say
5. A. happy B. hour C. high D. hotel
II. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.
6. There used to ________ a movie theatre here, but it closed a long time ago.
A. be B. to be C. being D. been
7. The capital of Malaysia is ________.
A. Hanoi B. Paris C. Kuala Lumpur D. Seoul
8. I haven`t heard from Maria _____. A. since many months before B. for many months C. for many months ago D. since a long time
9. Nguyen Du is a famous Vietnamese _______________ .
A. poem B. poetry C. poetic D. poet
10. The ao dai used for men were different ________those for women.
A. for B. from C. with D. to
11. People like wearing jeans because the material doesn`t wear________easily.
A.by B. away C. of D. out
12. Water ______on Mars .
A. might find B. might be found C. is finding D. might be find
13. Vietnamese women prefer to wear modern clothing _______work.
A. at B. in C. to D. on
14. Ba`s village lies near the foot of a mountain and _________ the river.
A. by B. at C. next D. to
15. Liz wishes she _________ Ba`s village again someday.
A. can visit B. could visit C. visit D. visits
16. Liz took a lot of photos _________ the trip to her parents.
A. show B. showing C. to show D. showed
17. What do people do _________ a living in your village?_ They plant rice and vegetables.
A. to B. with C. for D. of
18. My friends and I usually play soccer _________ Sunday afternoon.
A. on B. into C. at D. for
19. The parkers are nice, _________ van feels like a member of their family.
A. as B. because C. so D. for
20. I cannot have a new bike. ( I wish I _________ a new bike.
A. have B. can have C. had D. could have
21. We have a meeting _________ 8.00 and 10.15 am.
A. from B. at C. since D. between
22. She asked me "What is your name?" --> She asked me _________.
A. what my name is B. what is my name?
C. what my name was D. what was my name?
23. "I must leave now" --> She said _________.
A. she had to leave now B. she must leave now
C. she had to leave then D. she must leave then
24. There are a lot of people here,______?
A. are they B. are there C. aren`t there D. aren`t they
25. They had to go home,______?
A. hadn`t they B. didn`t they C. had they D. did they
26. Tom has never written to you,______?
A. hasn’t he B. has he C. hasn’t Tom D. has Tom
27. John, stop______at those magazines and pay attention.
A. look B. to look C. looking D. to having looked
III. Choose the underlined words or phrases that are not correct in standard written English.