Listening, speaking, reading and writing are all important skills but most English learners find listening and writing the most difficult.... Practice is necessary in studying a foreign [r]
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Name:
Class:9
WRITTEN TEST FOR THE FIRST TERM (*)
School year:
English 9
Time: 45 minutes
Mark Teacher’s comment
A Phonetics:
Circle the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently:
3 a furious b surf c turn d purpose
4 a gather b ethnic c although d there
B Lexico-grammar:
I Circle the word or phrase that best completes each sentence:
1 Nam got up late he couldn’t catch the last bus
2 Your brother likes watching TV, he?
3 My family have dinner at 7 o’clock in the evening
a is used to b used to c was to d had to
4 There are a lot of parties New Year’s Eve
II Supply the right form of the verbs in brackets:
1 She prefers (stay) at home tonight to going to the movies
2 I’m fed up with this rain I wish it (stop) raining
3 I (ask) a lot of questions by my teacher at the moment
4 His sister already (finish) her homework
C Reading
Read the passage carefully then do the exercises below:
Everybody knows that in studying foreign languages practice is the key to fluency All foreign language learners even the advanced learners need practice There is a fact that a learner can know a lot of grammar rules and have a large vocabulary; however, they can’t speak well yet So the learners must know how to use what they have learnt, apart from the ability to explain the grammar rules Listening, speaking, reading and writing are all important skills but most English learners find listening and writing the most difficult
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1 Practice is necessary in studying a foreign language
2 Advanced learners needn’t practice
3 Learners must know how to explain everything they have learnt
4 Most learners find listening and writing the most difficult
II Answer these questions:
1 What is the key to fluency in learning a foreign language?
2 Do most learners find writing and listening the most difficult?
D Writing
I Rewrite these sentences as directed:
1 Practice writing every day or you can’t improve your English
If you
2 “ Are you leaving for Ho Chi Minh city tomorrow?” he said to me
He asked me
3 Did her brother wear uniform last year?
Her brother wore , ?
4 They’ve mentioned the Ao dai in poems and songs for centuries
The Ao dai
II Write meaningful sentences using the cues given:
1 father/ said/ he/ go/ Ha Noi/ following morning
2 If/ you/ not work/ hard/ can’t/ pass/ exam
3 English/ learn/ by/ us/ for/ seven/ years
4 Mary/ wish/ she/ visit/ my village/ some day
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Answer key 9(*)
A 1 pt
B 3 pts
I 1 pt
II 2 pts
1 staying 2 would stop 3 am being asked 4 has finished
C 2 pts
I 1 pts
II 1 pts
1 Practice is the key to fluency in learning a foreign language
2 Yes, they do
D 4 pts
I 2 pts
1 don’t practice every day, you can’t improve your English
2 if I was leaving for Ho Chi Minh city the next day/the following day
3 uniform last year, didn’t he?
4 have been mentioned in poems and songs for centuries
II 2 pt
1 My/ Her/ His father said (that) he would go to Ha Noi the following morning
2 If you don’t work hard, you can’t pass the/ your exam
3 English has been learned/ learnt by us for seven years
4 Mary wishes (that) she would visit my village some day