Test for Grade 9 (First Semester)

Task 1. Choose the correct answer.

1. If a person is always willing to help others without expecting anything in return, they are __________.

A) selfish

B) generous

C) shy

D) arrogant

2. A quality that means being able to wait calmly without getting angry is __________.

A) patience

B) curiosity

C) bravery

D) honesty

3. My brother __________ football every weekend with his friends.

A) play

B) plays

C) playing

D) is play

4. Water __________ at 100 degrees Celsius.

A) boil

B) boils

C) boiling

D) is boiling

5. She __________ to school by bus every day.

A) go

B) goes

C) going

D) is go

6. They __________ English fluently.

A) speak

B) speaks

C) speaking

D) is speak

7. Right now, I __________ a book about space exploration.

A) read

B) reads

C) am reading

D) reading

8. Look! The children __________ in the park.

A) play

B) plays

C) are playing

D) playing

C) is cooking

D) cooking

9. We __________ for the bus; it's late today.

A) wait

B) waits

C) are waiting

D) waiting

10. He __________ TV while eating breakfast.

A) watch

B) watches

C) is watching

D) watching

11. In basketball, players try to throw the ball into the

A) net

B) goal

C) hoop

D) ring

12. Running long distances to improve fitness is called.

A) jogging

B) swimming

C) cycling

D) weightlifting

13. A sport where you hit a small ball over a net with a racket is __________.

A) volleyball

B) tennis

C) football

D) hockey

14. The person who trains a sports team is called a.

A) referee

B) coach

C) player

D) fan

15. Yesterday, I __________ to the cinema with my friends.

A) go

B) went

C) going

D) was go

16. She __________ her homework when the phone rang.

A) did

B) does

C) was doing

D) doing

17. We __________ TV last night.

A) watch

B) watched

C) watching

D) was watching

18. They __________ the game because of the bad weather.

A) cancel

B) canceled

C) was canceling

D) canceling

19. She __________ when I called her.

A) sleep

B) slept

C) was sleeping

D) sleeping

20. We __________ dinner at a restaurant last Friday.

A) have

B) had

C) was having

D) having

21. Direct: "Where do you live?" Indirect: She asked me __________.

A) where do I live

B) where I live

C) where did I live

D) where I lived

22. Direct: "Are you coming?" Indirect: He wanted to know __________ coming.

A) if I am

B) if I was

C) am I

D) was I

23. Direct: "What time is it?" Indirect: I asked ____.

A) what time is it

B) what time it is

C) what time was it

D) what time it was

24. Direct: "Did you see the movie?" Indirect: She asked if I __________ the movie.

A) see

B) saw

C) had seen

D) have seen

25. Recycling helps to reduce __________ in the environment.

A) pollution

B) population

C) rotation

D) evolution

26. Our planet is the third from the sun in the __________ system.

A) lunar

B) solar

C) galactic

D) universal

27. An organization that helps people in need without making profit is a __________.

A) company

B) charity

C) government

D) school

28. A serious disagreement between people or groups is a __________.

A) conflict

B) agreement

C) peace

D) friendship

29. Volunteers often __________ money for charities.

A) raise

B) spend

C) lose

D) borrow

30. In a conflict, it's important to find a __________ solution.

A) violent

B) peaceful

C) expensive

D) quick

31. Charities like Red Cross provide aid during natural __________.

A) disasters

B) parties

C) games

D) classes

32. She made me __________ the room.

A) to clean

B) clean

C) cleaning

D) cleaned

33. I want __________ a new hobby.

A) learn

B) to learn

C) learning

D) learned

34. Let him __________ what he wants.

A) to do

B) do

C) doing

D) did

35. By next year, I __________ my studies.

A) will finish

B) will be finishing

C) will have finished

D) finishing