ENGLISH 9 – PRACTISE UNIT 1-4
I - Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. (0,2)
1. A. passed B. watched C. played D. washed
2. A. proud B. about C. around D. would
3. A. market B. depart C. card D. scare
4. A. entrance B. paddy C. bamboo D. banyan
5. A. problem B. love C. box D. hobby
II - Choose the best answer from the four options given (marked A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence. (0,2)
6. My house _________in 1986.
A. is built B. was building C. was built D. has been built
7. The doctor _________me not to stay up too late at night.
A. advised B. suggested C. insisted D. forced
8. Tomorrow we'll go to Noi Bai Airport to meet Maryam, _____comes from Malaysia.
A. who B. whom C. whose D. that
9. His house looks very large and beautiful. It is _________house.
A. a seven-room B. a seven-rooms C. seven room D. seven rooms
10. If you get up early, you _________late.
A. weren't B. wouldn't be C. aren't D. won't be
11. It's very hot today. I wish I _________on the beach now.
A. am B. was C. were D. had been
12. When he lived in the city, he _________to the theater twice a week.
A. uses to go B. has gone C. used to go D. was going
13. My father asked us _________too much time playing computer games.
A. not to spending B. did not spend C. not to spend D. to not spent
14. Hoai can not remember the name of the restaurant _________she ate her favorite roasted duck.
A. which B. whose C. whom D. where
15. If I were a flower, I _________a sunflower.
A. was B. were C. will be D. would be
16. Nobody went to the party, _________?
A. does he B. do they C. didn’t they D. did they
17. It is nearly 3 months _________he visited his parents.
A. while B. during C. since D. when
18. _________population is another unpleasant result we have to solve.
A. Increased B. Increasing C. The increase D. To increase
19. If we _________enough time, we’ll study this exercise more carefully.
A. will have B. have C. had D. would have
20. What would you do, if you _________a UFO?
A. see B. saw C. would see D. had seen
III - Identify the underlined word/ phrase (A or B, C, D) that needs correcting to become an exact one. (0,2)
21. The picture was painting by Michael last year.
A B C D
22. I didn’t used to listen to music when I was riding my bicycle to school.
A B C D
23. Mr. Smith is going to buy a new Japanese car, doesn’t he?
A B C D
24. I met a lot of interesting people while I was studying at Ho Chi Minh City.
A B C D
25. If I were you, I didn’t buy that expensive car.
A B C D
IV - Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer to questions 26 - 30. (0,2)
I went to Australia on a student program last year and I like to (1)_______you about it. I was very (2)_______when I knew I was going to Australia
because I had never been there before. I didn’t think about the problems of speaking English (3)_______I met my host family. At first I couldn’t
communicate with them because my English was so bad. All the five years I had been learning English wasn’t much used at all (4)_______we didn’t
have real practice at school. Even though my grammar was good, my pronunciation wasn’t. My problem is (5) _______ ‘l’ and ‘r’. For example,
Australian people often asked “What do you eat in Vietnam?” I wanted to tell them that we eat rice, but they didn’t understand when I said “We eat
lice” …
26. A. say B. tell C. talk D. speak
27. A. exciting B. excites C. excited D. excite
28. A. after B. until C. when D. while
29. A. although B. even C. because D. so
30. A. pronouncing B. speaking C. reading D. telling
V. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. (0,4)
31. People said that they bought this shop last year.
It _______________________________________________________________.
32. "How much do you think it will cost?" he said to me.
He asked me_______________________________________________________.
33. People think that geometry is not as difficult as arithmetic.
It_____________________________________________________________ .
34. She is getting stuck in traffic jam.
She wishes___________________________________________________________.
35. He ate food with chopsticks when he lived in Japan. (used to)
He_______________________________________________________.
36. We were late for school because of the heavy rain.
- Because it_______________________________________________________.
37. You must do something before the situation gets out of control.
- Something_________________________________________________________.
38. "I'm working in a restaurant, and don't care much for it." she said
- She said_________________________________________________________.
39. It’s two years since I last spoke to her.
- I haven’t_______________________________________________________
40. Tim didn’t work as hard for the exam as Jane. (harder)
_________________________________________________________________.
