9th Grade
Student name
Group/Class
Date Score
GRAMMAR
1 Complete the second sentence so it means the same as the first, using the word given. Do not change the word given.
Use between two and five words.
1 What’s the arrival time of Gemma’s train?
DOES
What time ?
2 I’ve arranged to meet Pedro outside the café at 4.30.
MEETING
I the café at 4.30.
3 Paul is working in New York for six months from next January.
WORKING
Next March, Paul New York.
4 I am going to go to university before the end of the year.
GONE
I will the end of the year.
5 The traffic is terrible and I don’t think it’s possible to catch the train now.
MISS
The traffic’s terrible and I think we are .
Score: /5
2 Complete the dialogue with the correct future form of the verbs given.
A: Hi, Karen. It’s Tania. How are you?
B: I’m fine, but I’ve been working hard and I need a break.
A: Then let’s go out tomorrow. There’s a good film on at the multiplex. It (1) (start) at six o’clock.
B: Great! I (2) (finish) my homework by then. What’s the film about?
A: It’s about a research community living on another planet that has lost contact with Earth. Their signals have been
picked up by an alien spaceship. By the time the aliens arrive, the researchers (3) (live) in
isolation for six months and it’s all about how they prepare for the visitors.
B: Sounds interesting.
A: Shall we ask Alison to come as well?
B: She’s gone to France for a hockey tournament. She(4) (play) a match then.
A: That’s amazing.
B: She doesn’t think they (5) (win) but she says it’s good experience. Anyway, see you
tomorrow!
Score: /5
3 Complete the text with one word in each gap.
It is very difficult to imagine what the future (1) be like but some people earn a living by making predictions and
I’m seriously considering it as a career. Studying the future has been a serious academic discipline since the 1960s and all
around the world there are university courses in future studies, although nobody seems sure if it’s an art or a science. When
businesses and governments plan for the future, they ask questions like: Why do we do things? What is likely to continue?
What could possibly change? So, what about the next 50 years or so? I’m (2) to make some predictions for the
year 2060. The population of the world will (3) increased dramatically and a lot of animals will be extinct.
The weather (4) definitely going to change for the worse and we’ll all be (5) in much smaller houses.
Technology will continue to develop and control our lives and everything will be much faster than it is today. We’ll all have
robots and they will be (6) our chores for us. There will be advances in medicine but most people will
(7) be able to afford them. I hope that many of today’s conflicts will have(8) resolved by then and that
society will be more equal. … Perhaps I’ll set up a business as a futurologist. Although on second thoughts, maybe I’ll have
better luck as a science-fiction writer. I’m (9) a meeting with the school careers advisor tomorrow, so I think I
(10) ask her about that instead!
Score: / 10
VOCABULARY
4 Choose the best answer (A, B or C) to complete the text.
Last year I spent three months studying in the south of France. I decided not to fly to Aix but to take the(1)
train because I wanted to spend a day in Paris on the way. I left London at eight o’clock in the morning and two hours later, I
was in the centre of Paris. It was almost (2) ! Then I took the Metro to my hotel and spent the rest of the day
sightseeing. The next morning I was at the station very early, but an (3) last-minute change of
(4) meant that I had to run with all my luggage and I only just got(5) the train before the
doors closed. When I arrived in Aix, I felt as if I was in another world.
1 A supersonic
B high-speed
C rocket
2 A irregular
B unbelievable
C unusual
3 A unsuccessful
B impossible
C unexpected
4 A platform
B launch
C landing
5 A off
B out
C on
Score: /5
5 Complete the email with these words and phrases. There are two extra options.
board gate journey landing take off traffic jam travel
Hi Natalie,
How are you? I’ve just got back to London after a really terrible(1) . I honestly thought I was going to
miss my flight home. My host mother booked a car service to take me to the airport, but it was really late coming.
Apparently, one of the bridges had been closed so there was a big (2) . By the time I got to the airport,
there were really long queues for my flight and when I got through security I had to run to the (3) –
which of course was right at the other end of the airport – because they were ready to (4) . They were
calling my name on the loudspeaker! And then, would you believe it, there was a delay before we were able to
(5) because of a storm. It was a very bumpy flight and I was so glad to get home!
Anyway, apart from that I had a great time!
Speak soon,
Eleanor
Score: /5
6 Complete the text with the correct form of these words.
calculate estimate possible responsible usual
When Harry opened his eyes, outside the landscape was (1) . His head was hurting badly. He had been
unconscious for a long time. He remembered attempting to re-enter Golath’s orbit but he had (2) his
speed and the spacecraft had fallen uncontrollably through the atmosphere. Harry had tried to disable the automatic
controls, but this had been (3) and the spacecraft had hit the ground heavily. Harry knew it had been
(4) of him to take the craft. At this very moment, there was probably an international search going on for
him and he knew he shouldn’t (5) the anger of the leader of Agron.
Score: /5
7 Complete the text with one word in each gap.
At school our teacher has given us an (1) to do at the weekend about how we can reduce our
carbon footprint and I’ve just calculated mine. I thought I was doing OK, but my estimate was way off. In fact, I really
(2) the impact of my travel – it’s worse than I thought. I use the
(3) to go to school because it’s quick and there are no traffic jams, but it would be better if I
walked. It’s no fun when it’s raining though. Then there are holidays. My sister is in Brazil doing her master’s in
environmental science and we’re all going to visit her there. But the (4) to Rio will make my
carbon footprint much bigger. Sometimes I buy fruit from the supermarket that has travelled a long way because I prefer it
to what’s in season at the moment, but I’m working (5) changing that.
Score: /5
USE OF ENGLISH
8 Complete the text with the correct form of the words given.
Next weekend we are going to the Dark Skies Park in Scotland. My brother is really interested in astronomy, but living in
London means that it’s almost (1) (possible) for him to see the stars because of all the pollution. It’s his
th
18 birthday so my parents want to give him a special present but one (2) (advantage) is that it’s a long
way to go. We’re flying to Glasgow and then driving to the park. By the time we get back we will have (3)
(fly) nearly 700 miles, which is not good for the planet, but I’m (4) (look) forward to going. I really care
about (5) (environment) issues so it will be a good opportunity for me to see all the wildlife there. I’m
taking my camera because my mum has booked me a place on a photography workshop. She says she just wants to relax but
she likes cycling and I think she and my dad will go mountain biking.
We are (6) (stay) in a nice hotel just outside the park which has great views and is close to the bike trails.
My dad says he’s (7) (go) to play golf but I don’t think my mum will let him. Of course the main thing will
be the star gazing. Apparently, we (8) (will) need a telescope because you can see thousands of stars with
the naked eye, but we will also be (9) (visit) the observatory while we are there. My brother says it’s one
of the best places in the world to see the night skies and he hopes to see the Milky Way and the aurora borealis. It will
probably be freezing cold at night with (10) (zero) temperatures but we will take lots of warm clothes. I
think it will be a birthday to remember!
Score: / 10
