Progress Check 9 ,9 класс
тест по английскому языку (9 класс)

Progress Check 9                                                         Form 9

1. Match the beginning of the words with their endings.  Then translate them into your language.

1) myster  

2) incred  

3) enjoy

4) peace

5) excit

a) ful

b) able

c) ous

d) ing

e) ible

2. Complete the sentences with these words

1) Last year we saw all the … - the Parthenon and the ruins.

2) We took hundreds of … .

3) My sister made some new … while we were on holiday.

4) They stayed there for two weeks and he got an incredible … .

5) After dinner in the café we went to the park and ate some strawberry … .

6) My friend was in India and bought me some amazing … .

3. Complete the sentences with used to or didn't use to to make true sentences.

1)  My mother … have long hair when she was younger.

2) I … walk to school when he was at primary school.

3) We … enjoy going on holiday.

4) My dad … drive a car when he was little.

5) My grandparents …  use a computer when they were younger.

6)People … think the Earth was flat.

4. Circle the correct alternatives.

1) Who took / did take a risk?

2) What else chose they / did they choose?

3) Who designed / did design the bridge?

4) What other books did she write / write she?

5) What film did you watch / watched you last night?

6) Who built / did they build the Hanging Gardens?

5. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets

1) We're not going out today because it … (rain).

2) I … (finish) my homework before I met my friends.  

3) She … (watch) a DVD when her friends arrived.

4) They … (visit) the Hermitage museum last summer.

5) I … (not go) to the cinema very often.

6) We … (never see) her new flowery skirt.

6. Match the sentences in exercise 5 with these tenses.

a) present simple

b) present perfect

c) past simple

d) past continuous

e) present continuous

f) past perfect

7. Write these time expressions in the correct order.

8.Choose the correct words.

Alternative cultural tourism

There are many wonderful places in the world (1) to spend /spend your holidays. Have you ever (2) think / thought of combining your holiday with a cultural experience?

Are you a Beatles fanatic? Liverpool (3) didn't use to / didn't used to be a popular holiday destination but tourism (4) has increased / increased a lot (5) since / for the Beatles Museum opened a few years (6) ago/ last.

Or what about visiting the place where they (7) made / making your favourite film? (8) Since / From Peter Jackson made The Lord of the Rings in 2001, tourism in New Zealand (9) has grown / grown dramatically. Travel companies predict that New Zealand (10) will benefit / is benefiting from tourism when filming begins on The Hobbit in 2010.