Name: ……………………………………..

Class: ………
PRACTICE TEST 9
PART I. PRONUNCIATION
I. Circle the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. book B. moon C. pool D. soon
2. A. watches B. brushes C. classes D. lives
3. A. their B. there C. thing D. those
4. A. honest B. history C. hockey D. habour
5. A. finish B. visit C. terrible D. different
6. A. soup B. sand C. sick D. sugar
7. A. mountain B. favourite C. nervous D. dangerous
8. A. city B. close C. cough D. class
9. A. stereo B. telephone C. nephew D. bench
10. A. pork B. homework C. short D. airport

PART II. LEXICO-GRAMMAR

II. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete the sentences and circle the letter you choose.
1. Don’t lie on the ……………….. It is dirty.
A. armchair B. carpet C. curtain D. house
2. Turn the ……………….. on, please. I want to hear about Baghdad.
A. television B. video C. stereo D. radio
3. It’s too noisy outside so I cannot hear …………………… voice.
A. the stewardess’ B. the stewardess’s C. the stewardess D. the stewardesses
4. ………….. a living room, a kitchen and 2 bathrooms on the first floor of the house.
A. There are B. There has C. There is D. There have
5. What time ……………….. on television?
A. is the news B. are the news C. have the news D. has the news
6. ……………….. do you get there? – We walk, of course.
A. Why B. What C. How by D. How
7. Playing games is your hobby but not ……………….. .
A. our B. ours C. us D. we
8. I can’t imagine how you can finish such ………… big breakfast.
A. a B. the C. an D. x
9. No one knows where he is from. I think he comes from ………….. European country.
A. a B. the C. an D. some
10. For …………… is he making that big cake?
A. Which one B. Who C. Whom D. Whose
11. How much ……………. an orange and an apple?
A. are B. are there C. is there D. is
12. What time does it finish?
A. It takes 15 minutes B. 20 minutes C. I’m not sure D. I haven’t any ideas
13. Are you looking forward to your holiday?
A. Yes, I’m really excited about it C. Not to worry
B. We are going to China D. Yes, I am doing
14. We are from London. - ………………………
A. Not at all B. Yes, please C. Is that right? D. How interesting
15. How many people are there in your family? - ……………………
A. Not much B. Just a little C. Can you guess? D. A lot of
1
III. Supply the correct form of the verbs given in the brackets.
1. Leave me alone! I (try) ………………………………. to concentrate.
2. Why (you/ buy) …………………..……… a lot of food? – Because we (have) …………….………… a
party tonight.
3. (You/ still/ look) …………………….……….. for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince?
- No, I (have) ………………………… it now.
4. Sometimes I (get) …………………. up before the sun (rise) …………………...
5. He (get) ……………………… up very early in the morning and (do) …………………….. exercises.
- (He/ look) …………………………….. fit?

IV. There is an extra word in each line below. Recognize and write them in the blanks on the right.
Hello, my name is Joe Hayden and I am twelve old. My eldest brother David is 1. …… old ………
sixteen and Michael is fourteen. I have three my younger brothers. My little sister, 2. …………………
Naomi, is only two. David, Michael and I all us love music, something we always 3. …………………
enjoy. David plays the drums and together Michael plays the guitar, both quite loud 4. …………………
but no one they really minds. I get on well with David but not so very much with 5. …………………
my younger brothers Jacob and Sam. David, Michael and I are many lucky because 6. …………………
we all get to escape! We go to a school that is far, far away and we are only at my 7. …………………
home during the holidays. It’s good being in to a big family. You can play games 8. …………………
like football and cricket with your everyone. In smaller families, this is not 9. …………………
possible. Also, a big family that means a big house, so you can always find 10. ………………..
somewhere to be by yourself. I like that sometimes. 11. ………………..

PART III. READING

V. Which notice (A-H) says this (1-5)? For sentences 1-5, match them with the correct letter A-H and
write them on the blanks. There are two extra notices.

2
1. ………….. 2. …………… 3. …………… 4. ……………. 5. ……………

VI. Complete the text about New Year in Japan by choosing the right letter (A-H) to fill in the blanks.
The first example has been done for you.
Akiko Imai comes (0) …I….. from Japan. Many young Japanese people often go away with their
friends at New Year (1) ……………………., she stays at home with her family. In Japan, New Year begins on
31st December. On that day, Akiko watches TV and eats a special kind of pasta (2) ………………... At
midnight, she listens to the sound of the temple bell ringing. It rings 108 times. On New Year’s Day, 1st
January, Akiko and her family drink sake, (3) …………... After, they all eat popular foods (4)
…………………. It is a special day for children because they receive some money (5) …………………..
Before New Year’s Day, Japanese people usually clean their houses, (6) ……………… and do a lot of
shopping. Akiko often sends (7)…………….. New Year is one of the most important day in Japan and Akiko
always enjoys it (8)…………………...
A. greeting cards to her friends B. make a lot of food
C. in special envelopes from their relatives D. but Akiko doesn’t usually go away
E. like rice cake and soup F. a kind of rice wine
G. because she doesn’t go to school on that day H. called soba
I. from Japan

VII. Read and complete the text by choosing the best option A, B, C or D to fill in the blanks.
School Life for a 13 year old British Boy
My school
My school is a mixed 11-18 school. There are (1) ………… 1,150 students in my school, including 200 in the
sixth form. It is called a Technology College and specializes in Computers and Math. My school has (2)
………….. 1200 computers (including over 400 tablet PC's).
I am in Year 8 and at the end of Key Stage 3 (a year earlier than normal). I have (3) ……….. subjects at school.
Some subjects are compulsory (4) ……… Math, English, Science and a foreign language. I am not (5) ………
what other GSCEs I will be taking. I will (6) ……….. to decide soon.
My School Day
I (7) ……….. home at 6:45 and walk 20 minutes to catch a bus to school. The bus is a special one just for kids
going to (8) …………. school. The journey on the bus takes an hour because it has to keep stopping to (9)
…………. other students along the way. When I arrive at school, I collect my Tablet PC from the Flexi
(Flexiable Learning Centre). Then I go to my Tutor Room for Registration at 8:30.
We (10) …………. to announcements to see what special things are happening at school today or this week.
At about 8:50 we leave Tutor Room to go to our First Period. Every day I have a (11) ……….. lesson the first
period. Normally it is Humanities but I also have Maths, Drama and Music, and French on the other days. Each
period lasts an hour. All my lessons are in different rooms and places around the school. Each room has a
name. I have different (12) ……… for each lesson. I have a locker where I can store some of my stuff,
otherwise I have to carry it all around with me in my bags.
1. A. some B. about C. round D. approximate
2. A. over B. more C. much D. many
3. A. a lot B. lots C. a lots of D. a lot of
4. A. as B. like C. example D. are
5. A. know B. decide C. sure D. clear
6. A. want B. has C. love D. have
7. A. leave B. get C. go out D. get out
8. A. his B. their C. our D. my
9. A. take up B. pick up C. bring up D. catch up
3
10. A. hear B. watch C. listen D. read
11. A. private B. lovely C. different D. difficult
12. A. teachers B. guides C. friends D. classmates
VIII. Fill in each blank with one suitable word. The first example has been done for you.
Anna Benedek is a (0) …….new….. student at an International School (1) …………….. London. Anna is (2)
……… out-going person. She says: “I (3) ………….. making new friends and I go out a lot.” Anna is usually
an active person. “I like sports and I play tennis three (4) ……….. a week”, she says, “But on Saturdays, I’m
lazy! I get up (5) …………. and have breakfast at my favourite café. The (6) ………….. has got computers
with internet access and you can (7) ………….. your friends. On Saturday evening I always go to a club (8)
………… my friend Claudia We usually go to Subway. It’s an interesting (9) ……………. and it has fantastic
music. We often spend hours there until midnight. I never go to bed (10) …………….. on Saturdays”.

PART IV. WRITING

IX. Make question for the underlined part in the following sentences.
1. There is one book on the desk.
_________________________________________________________________________________
2. I often go to the park in my free time.
_________________________________________________________________________________
3. My brother? He has breakfast at 9 a.m.
_________________________________________________________________________________
4. My little sister goes to school at half past seven.
_________________________________________________________________________________
5. She usually goes to the cinema with her friends every weekend.
_________________________________________________________________________________
6. We are having bread and milk for breakfast.
_________________________________________________________________________________
7. I would like a litre of oil.
_________________________________________________________________________________

X. Rearrange the words to make meaningful sentences.

1. the/ favorite/ my/ place/ world/ My/ is/ whole/ home/ in//.
_________________________________________________________________________________
2. small/ is/ It/ cozy/ very/ comfortable/ and/ but//.
_________________________________________________________________________________
3. eating/ I/ snacks/ there/ with/ love/ friends/ my//.
_________________________________________________________________________________
4. smells/ The/ room/ like/ house/ a/ colorful/ in/ there/ because/ is/ baby/ baby/ the/ a//.
_________________________________________________________________________________
5. room/ coming/ friends/ in/ love/ to/ My/ play/ my//.
_________________________________________________________________________________
6. with/ I/ them/ the/ have/ everything/ often/ I/ in/ share/ room//.
_________________________________________________________________________________
4
7. lot/ We/ a/ together/ of/ fun/ have/ always//.
_________________________________________________________________________________
8. my/ I/ room/ special/ really/ because/ it‘s/ love/ a/ room//.
_________________________________________________________________________________

XI. Rewrite the following sentences using the given words. The first one has been done for you.
0. I am Jack
-> My name is Jack
1. What does she do?
-> ____________________________________________________________________________ ? (job)
2. My school has six hundred students.
-> There ______________________________________________________________________.
3. Mrs. Betty is Jack’s mother.
-> Jack _______________________________________________________________________.
4. The car is expensive.
-> It’s ________________________________________________________________________.
5. Reading is not my favorite pastime.
-> I don’t _______________________________________________________ in my free time.

________ The End_______