İSTEK PRIVATE ___________ ANOTOLIAN / SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL

2022-2023 ACADEMIC YEAR

WEEKEND WORKSHEET
GRADE 9
Date: September 30th, 2022 Suggested Time: 40 mins.
Name: Class:

TASK ONE: EXAM FOCUS - TOEFL JUNIOR READING

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Questions 1-6 are about the story above. Read and answer them.

1. What would be the best title for the story?

(A) Joe Joins the Team

(B) Practice Makes Perfect

(C) Bill Wins the Big Game

(D) Bill’s Problems with his Friends

2. In line 6, the word performed is closest in meaning to ------------ .

(A) reacted (B) played (C) moved (D) changed

3. Why is Bill upset?

(A) He plays better in practice than he does during games.

(B) The school yard is not a good place to practice.

(C) Joe watches him too closely when he plays.

(D) His team loses too many games.

4. Why does Bill play well when Joe is watching him?

(A) He is comfortable with Joe.

(B) Joe tells him how to play better.

(C) He doesn’t know that Joe is there.

(D) He wants to prove to Joe that he is a good player.

5. Why does Joe decide to gather a group of people?

(A) Because he wants more players for his team.

(B) Because he wants to help Bill feel less nervous.

(C) Because he wants to show them his talent.

(D) Because he wants more people to see the next game.

6. At the end of the story, all of the following people watch Bill practice EXCEPT -------------- .

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(A) Joe (B) a janitor (C) a math teacher (D) the basketball coach

TASK TWO: USE OF ENGLISH

A) Complete the conversation with the correct forms of the verbs in the past tense.
Josh: We --------------- (have) an interesting lesson today.
Holly: Really? What ------------------- (happen)?
Josh: A woman ------------------ (come) to watch Mr Granger. She -------------- (be) a school inspector.
Holly: ------------- she ----------- (say) anything?
Josh: No, she just ----------------- (sit) quietly and -------------- (watch). Anyway, Mr Granger ----------
(plan) the whole lesson using the computer, but it ------------------- (not/work) ! Then he -------------(hand) out
some worksheets, but they all ------------------ (fall) on the floor!
Holly: Oh dear. Poor Mr Granger!

B) Rewrite the sentences with used to.

1. Katty was more confident about herself.

2. Did you drink milk when you were a baby?

3. He didn’t like eating meat.

4. My best friend was always with me when we were at university.

5. There was a hotel instead of a shopping center here.

TASK THREE: VOCABULARY

A) Rewrite the words with their correct forms.

1. I made an interesting -------------------------- about how people react when they feel insecure. (OBSERVE)
2. She was ------------------------- by her father in her writings. (INSPIRATION)
3. The locall council started an ----------------------------------- to help athletes with disabilities.
(ORGANISE)
4. Would you like to join the school ----------------------------- next weekend? (COMPETE)
5. We need some more -------------------------------- about the case. (INFORM)

TASK FOUR: WRITING

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Research the higher education in the UK and compare it with the higher education system in Turkey on the T chart
below. Share your notes with your classmates at school.

UK TURKEY

İSTEK SCHOOLS
FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT