9 Grade
Maximum score – 100 points / Total time - 120 minutes
I. Use of English
Maximum score – 25 points / Time – 30 minutes
Task 1. Match the category on the left with a word on the right. One example (0) has been done for
you. Eg.: 0-me
0. Pronoun - …; 1. Adjective - …; 2. Preposition -…; 3. Adverb - …; 4. Noun - …; 5. Conjunction - …;
6. Interjection - …; 7. Verb - …; 8. Determiner - ….
Yippee; The; Towards; Should; Definitely; Because; Me; Nuclear; Article
Task 2. These are some symbols of English-speaking countries. Name a symbol and country. One
example (0) has been done for you. Eg.: 0- Big Ben, The UK
0.
9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
Task 3. Correct errors in the sentences. Eg. 0 - He is looking for a job
0. He is looking for job
14. This exhibition will open until the end of May.
15. He has no experience in this sort of work before.
16. I take an advice of a couple I met on the
train and hired a car
17. Do you believe on ghosts?
18. Either of them remembered their instructions.
19. He was a paid highly worker.
20. The play was bored; the audience was really boring.
Task 4. Read the text and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete it. Eg. 0 -
A
ERA OF THE DINOSAURS
Dinosaurs roamed the planet 0… about 165 million years, during a time in the Earth’s 21 … called the
Mesozoic Era. It is difficult for us to
imagine how long this was, until we compare it with 22…: humans
have lived on Earth for less than two million years. During the Mesozoic Era, the Earth’s landmasses
changed 23 …, new seas were formed, and plants and animals evolved. During this era dinosaurs colonized
the land, from huge plant-eating 24 … to smaller meat-eating ones. Pterosaurs ruled the sky, the first birds
25…, and icthyosaurs and crabs swam in the seas.
0
A) for
B) from
C) since
D) until
21 A)
short story
B) history
C) process
D) exploration
22 A) our
B) ourselves
C) ours
D) oneself
23 A) dramatisticly
B) dramatic
C) dramaticly
D) dramatically
24 A) mamals
B) organisms’
C) species
D) creature
25 A) came
B) appeared
C) born
D) discovered
