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