TEST – Grade 9 (1/2022) Name:…………………………………Class:……

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation.
Question 1: A. smile B. discuss C. closing D. sentence
Question 2: A. shouted B. naked C. decided D. stopped
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress.
Question 3: A. designer B. department C. mineral D. appearance
Question 4: A. relation B. summary C. informative D. advantage
Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 5: _______not using the office phones to make personal calls?
A. Would you B. Would you mind C. Would you like D. Would you please
Question 6: Her ______at the party last night really made us angry.
A. behavior B. behave C. behaved D. behaviorism
Question 7: It’s high time you ________ for the next exam, children.
A. revise B. revised C. revising D. will revise
Question 8: Last Sunday, I met _______and we had a short chat.
A. a my friend B. a friend of me C. a friend of my D. a friend of mine
Question 9: You can go out with your friends _______you get home before 10 p.m.
A. as far as B. as well as C. as long as D. as soon as
Question 10: The roads are ________ drive fast.
A. so dark for us to B. too dark that we can C. so dark that we can’t D. too dark for us
Question 11: Your mom will be very sad if she ______ about your failure in the exam.
A. hears B. heard C. will hear D. would hear
Question 12: John has been working as a journalist since he ______ from university in 2014.
A. graduate B. graduated C. will be graduate D. had graduated
Question 13: Please keep _______on the baby while I cook the supper, will you?
A. a look                 B. an eye                C. a care               D. a nose
Question 14: Her brother was never late for class, ______?
A. wasn’t he B. was he C. was she D. wasn’t she
Question 15: Why were you absent _______ class last Monday, Nga? – I had a stomachache.
A. from B. to C. of D. in
Question 16: Before saying good bye to each other, they had arranged when_______next.
A. to meet B. will meet C. meeting D. will they meet
Question 17: Mr. Huy is trying ________ English hard because he is going to work abroad next year.
A. learning B. to learn C. learns D. to learning
Question 18: Passengers should _______for flights BA125 to Berlin 30 minutes in advance.
A. check out B. check off C. check up D. check in
Question 19: Plants won’t grow_______there is enough sunlight.
A. if B. unless C. in case D. so that
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).
Question 20: This used to be a popular kind of music in the 1980s.
A. exciting B. well-known C. old D. fashionable
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).
Question 21: She usually wears up-to-date clothes.
A. must-item B. out-of-fashion C. beautiful D. hot-trending
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that best complete the exchange in the following questions.
Question 22: Waiter: “Are you ready to order dessert, please?”