INITIAL TEST PAPER IX-th GRADE

1. Fill in the blanks using the appropriate tense.

Tom likes going to evening classes. At the moment he _____________(1.learn) how to repair cars. Sometimes
the teacher, Mr. Jones, ______________(2.let) the students work on his car, but last night something
______________(3.happen) which made him change his mind. Mr. Jones ________________(4.teach) for 15
years and he _________________(5.always/trust) his students to do things correctly, but last night, while Tom
__________________(6.work) on Mr. Jones' car, somebody ____________(7.call) Mr. Jones to the phone. He
________________(8.only/be) away for a few minutes when he heard shouting from the workshop. He ran back
and saw that his car ________________(9.burn)! Tom _________________(10.drop) a lighted match into the
engine and set it on fire.
2. Fill in the gaps with the correct preposition.
Last year my family went _________(1) holiday to Thailand. We went _________(2) air; it was a very cold
journey but we were very well looked after _________(3) the plane by all the stewardesses. When we arrived
___________(4) the airport we went directly to our hotel ___________(5) taxi. There was a lot of traffic
___________(6) the streets of the city and there were many people walking __________(7) the pavements. We
stayed ___________(8) a large hotel _________(9) the outskirts of Bangkok. We were given a wonderful suite
_________(10) the top floor of the hotel. We had a wonderful holiday.
3. Complete the sentences using the words given in bold type.
e.g. "Don't touch that wire," he said to me.
WARNED He warned me not to touch that wire.
1. "Where is my book?" she said to him.
ASKED She ___________________________.
2. "You should see a doctor," my friend said to me.
ADVISED My friend __________________________.
3. "Put your hands up," the policeman said to me.
ORDERED The policeman _________________________.
4. Do you want me to close the door?
SHALL __________________________ the door?
5. He couldn't ride a bike when he was four.
ABLE __________________________ a bike when he was four.
4. Choose the correct item.
1. If I had locked up my bike, it ______have been stolen.
A.couldn't
B.wouldn't
C.would
2. If you _____hungry, have a sandwich.
A.be
B.were
C. are
3. Mum will be angry if she _______you doing that.
A.sees
B.saw
C.had seen
4. I'll phoneyou ________I get to the station.
A.if
B.when
C.until
5. I ___________you if I had known your number.
A.would call
B.will call
C.would have called

5. Frederick Brown wrote the short story "Knock" in 1948. The story is only two
sentences long. "The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the
door." Continue the story in 20 lines.