Review Mid Test

Sem 1, 2022-2023
Grade 9

Read the passage below and answer questions 1 to 8.

Lars : Excuse me, which movie are you waiting for?

Tony : We (1) __________ (wait) for the new Stars Wars movie. In fact, we have been waiting
here for more than five hours.

Lars : Five hours? When did you arrive?

Tony : We (2) __________ (get) here at 6:00 o'clock this morning. More than forty people
(3) __________ (stand) here waiting for tickets when we arrived.

Lars : I can't believe that! Are you serious?

Tony : Yeah, people (4) __________ (take) Star Wars movies seriously. In fact, this particular
showing has been sold out for over a week. We (5) __________ (wait) in line to get a
good seat in the theater.

Lars : When did you buy your tickets?

Tony : I (6) __________ (buy) them last week by phone. I (7) __________ (know) tickets would
be hard to get because I (8) __________ (see) a news interview with a group of people
standing in line to get tickets. They had been waiting in line for almost a month to buy
tickets for the first showing.

Lars : I don't believe that!

1. a. wait b. are waiting c. had waited d. waits

2. a. get b. are getting c. got d. gets

3. a. stand b. were standing c. stood d. stands

4. a. take b. were taking c. took d. takes

5. a. wait b. are waiting c. had waited d. waits

6. a. buy b. am buying c. bought d. buys

7. a. know b. am knowing c. knew d. knows

8. a. see b. saw c. had seen d. sees

9. They … hungry when I met them. They … (not/eat) anything since this morning; so we went to a
restaurant.
 a. had been / didn’t eat b. were / hadn’t eaten
c. were / weren’t eating d. had been / weren’t eating

10. A : Have you booked your hotel room yet?

B : Well - I … to the hotel last week but they … yet.
a. am writing / don’t answer b. have written / haven’t answered
c. wrote / haven’t answered d. wrote / didn’t answer

11. It’s so hard to get in touch with Jerome. Whenever his friends and families ________ him, he always
_____________ to be busy
a. call/ appears b. calls / appear c. call / appear d. calls / appears

12. My little brother __________ asleep while he _____________ a documentary.

a. was falling / watched b. fell / had watched c. had fallen / watched d. fell / was watching

13. Mr. Sidabutar ______________ in Indonesia anymore. He ______________ to Australia last month.
a. lives / didn’t move b. doesn’t live / moved
c. hasn’t lived / moved d. is living / hasn’t moved

14. The lady ___________ her children right now because they ___________ their toys yet.
a. is scolding / haven’t tidied up c. isn’t scolding / have tidied up
b. doesn’t scold/ are tidying up d. scolds / aren’t tidying up

15. Everyone ____________ by the time we ______________ at the party.

a. had left / was arriving c. had left / arrived
b. had left / wasn’t arriving d. had left / didn’t arrive

16. I _____ in Italy for five years. I ____ work as soon as I arrived.
a. are working /had begun c. work/ was beginning
b. has worked / was beginning d. have worked / began

17. Arrange these words into a good sentence:

came – brother – she – house – my – to – yesterday – her – with

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
a. 8-2-7-1-6-5-4-9-3 b. 7-3-1-6-8-4-9-5-2 c. 3-1-6-5-4-9-8-2-7 d. 5-2-7-1-9-3-6-8-4

18. Arrange the sentences into a good paragraph!

1. Nicole wishes to be a famous author one day.
2. Her favorite author is JK Rowling and Enid Blyton.
3. Therefore, she collects her pocket money to buy their novels.
4. Nicole likes reading and writing very much since she was small.
5. She really wants to collect all of their novels.
6. She is going to write various kinds of novels, especially for children and teens.
a. 4-5-3-2-1-6 b. 1-6-2-3-5-4 c. 4-1-6-2-5-3 d. 1-4-6-3-5-2
II. Read the following text and answer questions 1 to 5.

BANANA MINI MUFFINS

You need:

• ½ cup butter, room temperature

• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 large bananas, ripe, mashed
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp baking soda
• muffin cups
Steps:

- Grease 12 muffin cups.

- Cream the butter and the sugar with an electric handheld mixer until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
- Add the bananas and the vanilla and beat until smooth.
- Mix the flour, the salt, the baking powder, and the baking soda together.
- Stir the flour mixture into the butter mixture.
- Stir until the ingredients are moistened.
- Spoon the banana muffin batter into the prepared muffin cups.
- Bake at 400°F for about 15 to 18 minutes, or until tops are lightly browned.
- Cool the muffins by turning them out onto the rack to cool faster. (Source: Practise Your English Competence 3
with some modifications)

1. What should we do to the bananas?

a. Chop them finely. c. Crush them until soft and smooth.
b. Eat them while they are ripe. d. Warm them up in the oven.

2. The readers should grease the muffin cups to _______________.

a. make the muffin cups hot c. make the muffins easy to take out
b. clean the muffin cups d. flavor the muffins to be more delicious

3. How many ingredients do we need to make banana mini muffins?

a. Eight b. Nine c. Ten d. Eleven

4. How many steps do we need to make banana mini muffins?

a. Eight b. Nine c. Ten d. Eleven

5. Which statement is NOT TRUE according to the text?

a. We need an oven to make the muffins. c. The muffins should be served hot.
b. The recipe needs a dozen of muffin cups. d. The recipe needs more than 18 minutes.
Read the following text and answer questions 6 to 8.
How to Use the Oxygen Mask

You need: -
an oxygen mask
Instructions:
First, pull down the mask. Second, the oxygen mask will automatically fall down from the unit
above your head. Third, parents should adjust their own mask first before helping their children. Next,
secure the mask by adjusting the strap around your head. Finally, place it firmly over your mouth and
nose.

(Source: Bank Soal Lengkap Bahasa Inggris with some modifications)

6. What is the purpose of this text?

a. To use oxygen c. To help our children
b. To guide us in an emergency d. To inform how to use the oxygen mask

7. How many steps are given in the text?

a. Three b. Four c. Five d. Six

8. The organization of the text is _______________.

a. materials, aim, steps c. aim, materials, steps
b. steps, aim, materials d. aim, steps, materials