the 16th of November 2009

Name:
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

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.

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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. Shes still very angry with him. Im sure shell .. his letter to pieces.
6. The clock stopped. Youd better it up.
7. What a . theyre making next door. How can one work?
8. The saleswoman tied a nice .. on top of the parcel.
9. Its 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
free
model
white water
hang
wind
horse
water
underwater
stamp

surfing
swimming
skating
riding
collecting
climbing
gliding
building
skiing
rafting

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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

to come to the (2) that in most cases we are superior to
animals and lead a more (3) . life. Wild animals
have much more (4) . than pets or animals in zoos,
but even a lion or tiger in the jungle could be killed by
(5) . at almost any time. For animals, life is generally hard
and (6) . compared to the life led by people in
large cities, where there is not only (7) but also the
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.
However, we humans do have some (9) in areas such
as smell, hearing or speed. For example, a dogs sense of smell
is much more (10) . than ours.

COMPARE
CONCLUDE
COMFORT
FREE
HUNT
DANGER
VARY
BORE
ADVANTAGE
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.