Name: _____________________________________

Class: 9/_______
REVISION FOR THE SECOND MID-TERM TEST
Revision of units 7, 8 & 9.
A. VOCABULARY
- Dishes, food preparation and cooking verbs, ingredients
- Food quantifiers
- Lexical items related to tourism
- Lexical items related to languages, and language use and learning
B. GRAMMAR
- Conditional sentences type 1, 2
- Articles: a, an, the, zero article
- Relative clauses (defining relative clauses)
C. EXERCISES
I. Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part.
1. A. magnificent B. delay C. bank D. massive
2. A. bilingual B. dialect C. stimulating D. imitate
3. A. reasonable B. resort C. season D. excursion
4. A. safari B. stalagmite C. lag D. package
5. A. explore B. exotic C. expedition D. erode
II. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.
6. A. safari B. breathtaking C. imitate D. operate
7. A. official B. exotic C. excursion D. marinate
8. A. original B. stimulating C. imperial D. bilingual
9. A. magnificence B. stupidity C. flexibility D. accessible
10. A. erode B. promote C. explore D. garnish
III. Choose the best answers.
11. If my mother doesn’t cook dinner tonight, my sister and I ___________ fast food.
A. may have B. had had C. have D. would have
12. If Bill had a car, he ___________ to work.
A. had driven B. will drive C. would drive D. wouldn’t drive
13. _____________ is a journey, usually for pleasure, to visit different places.
A. Travel B. Trip C. Tour D. Expedition
14. ____________ means decorate a dish of food with a small amount of another food.
A. Garnish B. Puree C. Sprinkle D. Marinate
15. On the table, there are vegetables, a loaf of bread and two large____________
A. bowl of soup B. bowl of soups C. bowls of soup D. bowls of soups
16 ____________ Thames is the longest river in England.
A. A B. Ø C. The D. An
17. ___________ is the most spoken language as a first language in the world.
A. English B. Japanese C. Chinese D. French
18. The villagers in my village can’t get access to ___________ Internet.
A. the B. an C. a D. Ø
19. Someone who is away from home on holiday is a ______________.
A. drawback B. full board C. stopover D. holidaymaker
20. There was a ___________ with our tickets – we were charged for one-way tickets and not a round
trip.
A. jet lag B. mix-up C. pile-up D. stopover
21. What’s the name of the blonde girl _____________ just came in?
A. who B. whose C. whom D. A&B are correct.
22. I’m reasonably good _____________ French because I work in a French company.
A. in B. on C. at D. of
23. I _________ a bit of Thai on holiday in Phuket. I can say sawadeeka’, which means ‘hello’.
A. picked up B. got by in C. looked up D. took in
24. The man ____________ we consider our leader had much experience in climbing mountains.
A. who B. whose C. whom D. A & C are correct.
25. _____________ is the language you learn to speak from birth.
A. Second language B. First language C. Accent D. Official language
26. Try to _________ the meaning of words before looking up them in your dictionary.
A. judge B. guess C. decide D. except
27. The girl _________design had been chosen stepped to the platform to receive the award.
A. who B. whose C. whom D. A & C are correct.
28. What __________ if you don’t do well in the test?
A. will happen B. happened C. would happen D. is happen
29. Where is the girl _____________ sells tickets? – She’s over there.
A. who B. whose C. whom D. A & C are correct.
30. In English, the same word can operate as many parts of speech due to its ____________.
A. popularity B. flexibility C. simplicity D. openness
31. At the hotel, you can choose between bed and breakfast, and ______________.
A. checkout B. full board C. touchdown D. output
32. The artist _____________ name I couldn’t remember was one of the best I had ever seen.
A. who B. whose C. that D. where
33. I’m bilingual _____________English and French.
A. in B. of C. on D. at
34. I don’t like living in the city _____________ there are crowded and narrow streets.
A. who B. where C. why D. A&C are correct
35. The _____________ of form makes English easy to learn.
A. popularity B. flexibility C. simplicity D. openness
36. She tries to learn English well because she works for a ____________ company.
A. big B. world C. multinational D. multifunctional
37. One of the reasons why the vocabulary of English is open is that it has___________.
A. a lot of words B. many varieties C. simplified D. borrowed many words
38. I would like a ____________of broccoli and two carrots.
A. slice B. head C. bunch D. clove
39. The motorway was blocked because there had been a ______________.
A. mix-up B. full board C. touchdown D. pile-up
40. ____________ Son Doong Cave is the largest cave in the world.
A. the B. an C. a D. Ø
IV. Complete the sentences with a, an, the, or zero article (Ø).
1. John and Mary went to _______ school yesterday and then studied in _______ library before
returning home.
2. _______ Thames runs through London.
3. On our trip to _______ Spain, we crossed _______ Atlantic Ocean.
4. We visited _______ Lake Victoria in East Africa.
5. What did you eat for _______ breakfast this morning?
6. ABS is _________ unreliable travel agency.
7. Rita plays _______ violin and her sister plays _______ guitar.
8. While we were in _______ Alaska, we saw _______ Eskimo village.
9. Tony can’t go to _______ movies tonight because he has to write _______ essay.
10. David attended _______ Princeton University.
V. Compete the sentences with the suitable compound nouns.
1. The __________________ time is 12 noon at this hotel.
2. ____________________ means a popular time of the year for holidays.
3. The motorway was blocked because there had been a ____________________.
4. After _______________, please remain seated until the aircraft comes to a standstill outside the
terminal building.
5. At the hotel, you can choose between bed and breakfast, and __________________.
6. Because of the bad weather, there were no ___________________ from the airport this morning.
7. Travellers who cross the Atlantic from New York to London often suffer from _______________ for
few days.
8. We didn’t fly directly to Australia – we had a one-night ___________________ in Singapore.
9. I don’t like wearing ______________________ although it’s sunny.
10. Someone who is away from home on holiday is a __________________.
VI. Supply the correct form of the words in parentheses to complete the sentences.
1. Lean ________________ chicken is a dish my younger brother likes for dinner. GRILL
2. In Japanese, bowls and plates are __________ presented to match the food they carry. CARE
3. Son Doong Cave was formed by ________ away the limestone underneath the mountain.
ERODE
4. After August, heavy rains cause river levels to rise and make Son Doong Cave largely
____________. ACCESS
5. Tourism plays a key role in ______________ growth in many countries. ECONOMY
6. Tourism helps promote international ___________ and cooperation among nations.
UNDERSTAND
7. There are many _____________ of English all over the world. VARIOUS
8. The ______________ of form makes English easy to learn. SIMPLE
9. Many English words have been _______________ over the centuries. SIMPLE
10. In English, the same word can operate as many parts of speech due to its________. FLEXIBLE
VII. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense to form either a first or a second
conditional clause.
1. If it (rain) ___________ this weekend, we (not be able) ___________ to play tennis.
2. Give me Peter’s letter. If I (see) ___________ him, I (give) ___________ it to him.
3. I have to work very hard for the coming exam, so I’m very busy. But if I (have) ___________ any
spare time, I (take up) ___________ a sport like football.
4. If I (be) ___________ taller, I (be) ___________ a basketball player, but I’m too short.
5. Please start your meal. If you (not have) ___________ your soup now, it (go) ___________ cold.
6. What noisy neighbors you have got! If my neighbors (be) ___________ as bad as yours, I (go)
___________ crazy.
7. If you (have) ___________ any problems, let me know and I (come) ___________ and help you
straight away.
8. My uncle is a brilliant cook! If I (can cook) __________ as well as him, I (earn) ______________
a lot of money.
9. If there (be) _________ some fresh fish in the market, (you/ buy) _________________ some
for dinner?
10. “We have mice in the kitchen.” - “If you (have) ___________ a cat, the mice (disappear)
_____________ soon.”
VIII. Write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence, using the
words given or do as directed.
1. The bicycle my friend has just bought is expensive.
=> My friend ____________________________________________________________________
2. I can speak both English and French perfectly. (bilingual)
=> _____________________________________________________________________________
3. I haven’t practiced my Russian for a long time. (rusty)
=> _____________________________________________________________________________
4. Turn off all the lights, and you will not pay more money. (Use a conditional sentence)
=> _____________________________________________________________________________
5. Unless she wears warm clothes, she will have a cold. (Use a conditional sentence)
=> _____________________________________________________________________________
6. I don’t feel confident at interviews because my English is not very good. (Use a conditional
sentence)
=> _____________________________________________________________________________
7. We can’t offer you the job because you can’t speak English well. (Use a conditional sentence)
=> _____________________________________________________________________________
8. The teacher is fluent in both English and French. You met him yesterday. (Use a relative clause)
=> _____________________________________________________________________________
9. That’s the boy. He often talks too loudly in public places. (Use a relative clause)
=> _____________________________________________________________________________
10. I moved to a new school. English is taught by native teachers there. (Use a relative clause)
=> _____________________________________________________________________________
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