WEEK 9 MINI TEST

I. Vocabulary check

1. 2. 3.
4. 5. 6.
7. 8. 9.
10. 11. 12.
13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18.

II. Complete using the correct past simple form of the verbs in the box. You may have to use some
negative forms.

III. Put the verbs into correct forms of past simple.

Dear Carol,
(1) _______________ (you/have) a good time in Scotland? (2) _______________ (the weather/be) OK? (3)
_______________ (the people/be) friendly? We (4) _______________ (go)to New York for two weeks. We
(5) _______________ (see) shows on Broadway every night and (6) _______________ (eat) really big
pizzas! We (7) _______________ (take) a boat trip to Liberty Island but we (8) _______________ (not/go)
up the Statue of Liberty. I (9) _______________ (love) New York but I (10) _______________ (not/like) the
hot weather. Alex (11) _______________ (not/want) to come back to England!
IV. Find the error in each sentence and correct it.
1. When did you got up this morning? ______________________
2. We go to a museum last Sunday. ______________________
3. I didn’t saw Tamika in class. ______________________
4. Who buyed the pizza? ______________________
5. Fumiko didn’t told the truth about the accident. ______________________
6. Yesterday I spended a lot of money at the mall. ______________________
7. Why you didn’t drive to work? ______________________
8. When did you used to live in Tokyo? ______________________
9. Holly and Sara no were at the concert last night. ______________________
10. Why did Eva left her car at your place last night? ______________________
 VOCABULARY: Activities $ interests
Match the words in the box to the right pictures.

Look at the pictures and fill in the blanks using one of the hobbies
in the list above to complete the sentences about what people do
in their leisure time. Use the verbs in the –ing form.
1. Tim and his friends love ____________. It´s their favourite hobby.
2. Helen and her mother have been __________________ for 2 hours.
3. Phil has got a big aquarium and enjoys _____________ every day.
4. Linda is very keen on __________________. She´s an excellent
player and always wins.
5. Larry doesn’t like pop music but he is mad about _______________
classical ___________ on his clarinet.
6. Pam and Sue are fond of ____________ and always make their own
jerseys, scarves and gloves.
7. ________________ helps Mary relax after a tiring day at the office.
8. My grandmother was a dressmaker when she was young so
_________ is a piece of cake for her.
9. My grandfather has been _______________ from all over the world.
10. Frank’s favourite hobby is ________________________. His garden
is one of the best in town.
11. What kind of ______ do you like _______ to? – I love rock and pop.
12. Dad is used to ___________________ after lunch. He says it gives
him energy for the rest of the day.
13. My brother is always looking forward to _________ a new _______.
14. Dave and Paul have been ________________ for 2 hours. Dave has
won two games and Paul only one.
15. After _________ with her __________ Lara always puts them away.
16. Alan often spends hours __________________ . His mother says
that he should go out with his friends instead.
17. My grandmother loves ________________ rather than watching TV.
18. Mum doesn’t like doing the housework, but __________ is a real
hobby for her.
19. My brother has been ___________ his 1000 pieces ____________
for weeks now!
20. I started __________________ when I was a child. Mum taught me
and I really like it.
21. Sarah and her friend enjoy _______________ cards when the
weather is bad and have to stay at home.
22. Ted should not spend so much time ___________________. He
sometimes forgets to do his homework.
23. Glen sometimes gets stuck when he is ___________________ and
often phones me to ask me for help.
24. Linda loves ___________________ . She spends quite a lot of time
taking care of them.
 F. collect coins
O. play chess W. watch TV
G. do pottery
P. cooking X. do a jigsaw
H. grow plants
Q. cooking
I. grow plants

_____gymnastics ______jogging ______skating _______cycling _______baseball

______snowboarding _____surfing ______table tennis

FURTHER PRACTICE
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest.
1. A. gallery B. castle C. palace D. cafe
2. A. clothes B. roses C. churches D. oranges
3. A. sports B. banks C. shops D. clubs
4. A. store B. shop C. resort D. sport
5. A. food B. pool C. good D. school
6. A. dishonest B. hour C. happy D. honor
7. A. carries B. studies C. divides D. invites
8. A. romantic B. practical C. relaxed D. hard-working
II. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the words given
1. I ………….……think that this is the best thing to do. HONEST
2. There is no ……………explanation for what happened. SCIENCE
3. Do you like this new ………………of apple. VARY
4. We must take ……………before things get worse ACT
5. I had ……………doing my homework last night. DIFFICULT
6. Why do they give such a …………… party. NOISE
7. We have a ……………newspaper in this town. WEEK
8. There is no …………..…..between my answer and his. DIFFER
9. We are proud of our ……………………. FRIEND
10. Exercises ………….…. your health. STRONG
III. There is a redundant word in each sentence. Correct the following sentences:
Good morning and welcome to our library. It’s the most 0. ....... most ...
largest library in the city. You can find all much kinds of 1. ..............................
books, magazines, and newspapers here. To finding each a book 2. .............................
is very easy. The only thing you can do is to by look in the card 3. ..............................
index. These cards show the subject and they cards are in 4. .............................
alphabetical order by with both title and author. And now have a 5. .............................
look at the shelves. These shelves are on the right have there 6. .............................
magazines, newspapers and dictionaries. Those shelves on the 7. .............................
left library have science books and reference books. And those 8. .............................
shelves at the come back of the library have lot history, 9. .............................
geography, literature books. 10. .............................
III. Decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits the space
I live in a house near the sea. It is ...(1)... old house, about 100 years old and...(2)... very small. There are
two bed rooms upstairs...(3)... no bathroom. The bathroom is down stairs ... (4)... the kitchen and there is
a living room where there is a lovely old fire place. There is a garden….(5)…... the house. The garden...
(6)... down to the beach and in spring and summer.....(7)….. flowers everywhere. I like being alone….
(8)..... my dog, Reck, but we have a lot of visitors. My city friends often stay with…..(9)…..
I love my house for.... (10).... reasons: the garden, the flowers in summer, the weather in fall, but the best
thing is the view from my bedroom window.
1. A. a B. an C. the D. any
2. A. It's B. It C. there's D. They're
3. A. and B. or C. but D. too
4. A. between B. next C. near to D. next to
5. A. in front B. front of C. of front in D. in front of
6. A. go B. going C. goes D. in goes
7. A. there are B. they are C. there are D. those are
8. A. for B. of C. on D. with
9. A. me B. I C. my D. I'm
10. A. a B. any C. many D. a lot
IV. Read the text quickly then answer the questions.

The coconut palm is a very useful tree. You can use the different parts of the tree for lots of things

1. You can use the leaves of the coconut palm to make baskets,
or roofs for houses.

2. The stem of a tree is called the ‘trunk’. You can use the wood
from a coconut trunk to make furniture and boats.
3. A coconut is a seed. This seed has got lots of uses too.
Inside the seed, there is a solid white part. We can eat this,
and we can use it to make coconut milk. We use coconut
milk to make cakes, and some Indian food, like curry.
4. Inside the solid white part there is a liquid called coconut
water. We can drink coconut water. It’s very good for you,
and it’s delicious when the weather is hot!
5. The outside part of the coconut is hairy. You can use this
hairy part to make ropes and brushes.

Did you know?

You can use a root from the coconut palm as a toothbrush!

6. The hard part of a coconut seed is called the shell. You can use coconut shells to make musical
instruments. If you bang two halves of a coconut shell together, it sounds like a horse’s feet.
Task 1: Write the numbers next to the pictures.

Task 2: Read the text again and complete the sentences.

solid white part water hairy part leaves wood shells
1. You can make furniture out of the __________ from a coconut palm.
2. Coconut milk is made out of the __________ of the coconut.
3. You can make musical instruments out of coconut __________.
4. You can use the __________ of a coconut palm to make roofs.
5. The liquid inside a coconut is called coconut __________.
6. You make ropes and brushes out of the __________ of a coconut.
Task 3: Answer the questions.
1. Why is coconut palm a useful tree?________________________________________________________
2. What are the uses of coconut milk? _______________________________________________________
3. How is the outside part of the coconut?____________________________________________________
4. What sound does it make when you bang two halves of a coconut shell together?
_______________________________________________________
5. What’s the use of the coconut palm roots? _________________________________________________
V. Read the passage and answer the questions below.
Indians in North and South America ate popcorn thousands of years ago. Scientists found some ears of
popcorn in New Mexico, a state in the United States. They were 5,6000 years old. Farmers probably
learned to raise popcorn first before they planted other kinds of corn. Farmers now raise popcorn in the
USA, Australia, Argentina, South Africa, Southern Europe and South-East Asia.
Corn was an important food for the Indians. It was so important for their religion. When Columbus and
other Europeans visited the New World they saw this. When the Indians and Europeans had their first
Thanksgiving, they ate popcorn. Today Thanksgiving is an important holiday in the USA, but people
don’t usually eat popcorn for this holiday now.
Many Europeans and Indians fought wars with each other. When a war finished, the Indians brought
popcorns as a sign of peace.
1. When did Indians in North and South America eat popcorn?
________________________________________________________________________
2. Was corn important for Indians’ religion?
________________________________________________________________________
3. What is Thanksgiving?
________________________________________________________________________
4. Who ate popcorn at the first Thanksgiving?
________________________________________________________________________
5. Why did the Indians bring popcorn when a war finished?
________________________________________________________________________
VI. Rewrite the following sentences using the words given:
1. Keeping the environment clean is very important.
-> It’s ________________________________________________________________________
2. Having a vacation abroad is very interesting.
-> It is ________________________________________________________________________
3. A year has twelve months.
-> There are _____________________________________________________________________
4. Lan is more intelligent than her sister.
-> Lan’s sister isn’t _______________________________________________________________
5. Will you please look after the house while we are away?
-> Will you please take _____________________________________________________________
6. Vietnamese students have fewer vacations than American ones.
-> American students ______________________________________________________________
7. It takes me about two hours each day to do my homework.
-> I spend _____________________________________________________________________
8. Hoa is a good student.
-> Hoa studies ___________________________________________________________________
VII. Write a complete sentence, using the words given
1. Minh/ live/ brother/ apartment/ town.
________________________________________________________________________
2. Mrs. Lan/ and/ children/ travel/ London/ plane.
________________________________________________________________________
3. There/ be/ any flowers/ your/ school/ yard?
________________________________________________________________________
4. He/ not ride/ home/ but/ go/ taxi.
________________________________________________________________________
5. Sister/ have/ bike/ and/ cycle/ work/ everyday.
________________________________________________________________________
6. How much/ cost/ mail/ letter/ USA?
________________________________________________________________________?
LISTENING
Part 1: Listen five short conversations
Part 2: Listen to Rose talking to Steve about her day. What is she going to do at each time?
0. 9.00 am E
6. 10.00 am A. art lesson F. see teacher
7. 11.00 am B. have lunch G. study
8. 12.00 am C. help Steve H. swim
9. 1.00 pm D. meet Bill
10. 2.00 pm E. see doctor
Part 3: You will hear one man asking about theatre tickets