English Exam
Exam1/Feb 2017
Name:____________________ Class : Grade9(a,b,c,d)
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N :___ Duration : 90min
Obj:Tenses/Modals/adj/adv
Reading comprehension
Pocket money
Most teenagers in Britain receive pocket money (a small amount of money each week) from their parents. A
report by the Bank of Scotland interviewed over 1,000 young people in Britain and found that 77% get pocket
money. Different families give different amounts of pocket money of course. The average for eight- to fifteen-
year-olds in the UK is about £6 a week. Children in Scotland receive more than the national average and
Londoners get the most. Teenagers, logically, get more money than younger children. Some fifteen- to nineteen-
year-olds receive more than £100 a month. The report found that many children save at least a quarter of their
weekly pocket money and that more boys than girls save their money. Lots of young people have to do chores to
get their pocket money. They help at home with jobs like cleaning, cooking, washing up, taking out the rubbish
and ironing.
I get 80 pounds a month. I have to buy my own clothes with that too.
Chris, 17, from London.
I get 5 pounds a week. I get it on Saturday after I clean my bedroom.
Charlie, 13, from Edinburgh.
Part-time work
A part-time job is an option for teenagers who don’t have pocket money or who want to earn extra money. About
15% of teenagers have a job. Popular part-time jobs for teens include babysitting, delivering newspapers to
houses, shop work, and working in a restaurant or café. There are strict government laws about working hours.
Only children over 13 can work (there are some exceptions, for example, for actors). On a school day they can
work a maximum of 2 hours a day but not during school hours. At weekends and during school holidays they can
work longer hours.
The national minimum wage for people aged 16-17 is £3.57 per hour. 18-year-olds must earn a minimum of
£4.83. There isn't a national minimum wage for people under 16.
I babysit for my neighbours. Looking after young children in their home when their parents have gone out for the
evening is a popular job for teenagers. You get paid for watching children and television all at the same time!
Sam, 16, from Chesterfield.
I work in a greengrocer’s shop on Saturday mornings. I get 3 pounds an hour. Not much but it means I can buy
new clothes or whatever I want.
Amber 15, from Aberdeen.
Banks
In Britain some children and teenagers have a bank account. There is no legal age limit at which you can open a
bank account but a bank manager can decide whether to allow a child or young person to open an account.
Parents can put pocket money directly into their child’s bank account. Some banks have a prepaid bank card
designed for young people. Parents can add pocket money to the card then children can use it to pay for things
without carrying money.
It’s good for kids to have a bank account so that they can learn about how to save money and how to be
responsible for their own money. I’ve had a bank account for ages.
Jana, 16, from Canterbury.
I don’t need a bank account - I keep my money in my piggy bank at home. I’m saving up for some new football
boots. My dad says that it’s not the safest place to keep money but at least the bank isn’t making a profit from
my money!
Ruth, 13, from Warwick.
Saving or spending pocket money, working part-time and dealing with banks are all part of the process of
becoming a financially independent adult and having to earn and look after your own money.
Check your understanding:
A. Are the sentences true or false? Correct the false ones.
1-The average amount of pocket money for 8-15-year-olds in the UK is about 100 pounds a month.___F___
2-About 15% of British teenagers work to earn money.___T____
3-Young people sometimes look after children to earn money.__T____
4-There isn’t a minimum wage for 16- to 17-year-olds.___F____
5-Some parents pay money directly into their child’s bank account.__T____
6-Some banks have a special bank card for young people.____T___ (6pts)
B. Write the words into the correct group.
Piggy bank babysitting washing up work ironing bank card working in a restaurant
delivering newspapers cleaning your bedroom taking out the rubbish bank account save
(6pts)
Money :_Piggy bank bank account save bank card
Chores : _washing up ironing cleaning your bedroom taking out the rubbish
Jobs :_work babysitting working in a restaurant delivering newspapers
C. Match to make correct sentences about the text and write a – h next to the number 1 – 8.
1…b….. Many children a. earns 3 pounds an hour.
2…f….. Some young people help b. save about a quarter of their pocket money.
3…c….. Chris c. spends money on clothes
4…h….. Sam d. gets pocket money on Saturdays.
5…a….. Amber e. saves money in her piggy bank at home.
6…g… Jana f. with jobs at home to earn their pocket money.
7…d….. Charlie g. has a bank account.
8…e….. Ruth h. works as a babysitter. (8pts)
Grammar Part:
A. Write one word to fill each gap.(Use your own language) (7pts)
In April 2007, a 16-year-old boy named Charlie McDonnell was studying for his exams. But he was bored, so he
turned_____on______his laptop computer. He found a website called YouTube and watched a video of another
teenager like him. The teenager was sitting in his bedroom and talking about how bored he was.
"I can do better__than_____that," thought Charlie. So he used his laptop and webcam to make his first video,
and posted it on YouTube under the name Charlieissocoollike.
YouTube started in 2005 and is now the world’s largest video website. More than 3 billion videos _are______
watched every day on YouTube and a large number of them are video blogs. These are simply videos of people
talking to a camera __about______their lives or things that interest them.
Two days
Charlie posted his first video, he had 150 subscribers, so he decided to make more videos. He soon became
quite popular._____A__few months later, Oprah Winfrey, the famous American TV host, showed one of his
videos called 'How to be English'___on______her programme. In this video, Charlie wears a suit and tie and
talks in a funny accent. He also shows viewers _____how_____to make a cup of tea. Charlie has suddenly
become very famous in the United States too.
B. Correct the mistakes in the following sentences. (5pts)
a. Learning English is not difficult as learning Chinese. …as difficult as……….
b. The north of the country has a more cold climate than the south. ………colder……….
c. Jo is far more good than me at playing football. ………better……………
d. The deepest lake in the world in the Lake Baykal. …is the Lake…………………..
e. My children were preparing for the talent show when their friends come over.
……………………came……………………………
Word formation 1
C. Type the correct form of the word in brackets to fill the gaps. (4pts)
1. He gets a lot of _____enjoyment _(ENJOY) from football.
2. Money doesn’t always bring _________happiness___(HAPPY).
3. It is _______dishonest___(HONEST) to take something that isn’t yours.
4. My dad gets very ___________impatient_____(PATIENT) when he has to wait ages for the train.
5. I want to be a _________scientist_________(SCIENCE) when I’m older.
6. It’s snowing. You need to ride your bike __________carefully______(CAREFUL).
7. ____________personally__________(PERSONAL) speaking, I didn’t like the film.
8. She's ___________obssesed_____(OBSESS) with fashion. She buys all the fashion magazines.
Word formation 2
D. Type the correct form of the word in brackets to fill the gaps. (4pts)
What happens when bigger animals come into our cities? Are they welcome or are they considered a danger or a
pest?
Often wild animals come into cities to look for food. In Cape Town, South Africa, baboons have started coming
into _______residential____(RESIDENT) areas on the edge of the city to feed. They open rubbish bins and eat
fruit from gardens and orchards.
Some brave baboons have even come into people’s houses and taken food from kitchen cupboards and fridges!
Baboons can be aggressive and have attacked a lot of pet animals, so _____misunderstanding_______
(UNDERSTAND), many city residents don’t welcome their _____presence___________(PRESENT).
The city can be a ______dangerous__(DANGER) place for baboons too. Some have been _injured___(INJURY)
or killed in car accidents and others have been electrocuted as they played with electric cables.
Baboons are an ___endangered____(ENDANGER) species . To save them and __minimize______(MINIMAL)
conflicts between humans and baboons, the city council has employed a team of Baboon Monitors.
The monitors’ job is to chase baboons out of urban areas or catch them and release them in the countryside. This
policy has been quite _____unsuccessful______(SUCCESS), though it is proving hard to stop baboons from
coming back to the city once they see it as a source of easy food.
Sentence transformation
E. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. Type between two and
five words, and use the word given. (4pts)
1-You didn’t pass the exam because you didn’t study.
HAD If _______you had studied___________________, you would have passed the exam.
2-I’m going to buy a new computer.
DECIDED I have _________decided to buy___________________a new computer.
3-There are a few apples in the fridge.
MANY There ______aren’t many_______________________apples in the fridge.
4-Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet.
BY Romeo and Juliet _______was written by________________Shakespeare.
5-Snowboarding is more dangerous than tennis.
AS Tennis is ________less dangerous than______________________snowboarding.
6-Those shoes are too small for you.
BIG Those shoes are _______not big enough___________________for you.
7-He asked me when I would arrive.
YOU “When _________will/would you drive__________________________?" he asked.
8-“What kind of job are you looking for?” she asked me.
WAS She asked me what kind of job ____________I was ________________looking for.
F. How else can you express the following modals? (5pts)
1‐ She needn’t take the bus.
__She doesn’t need to/doesn’t have to take…_________________________
2‐ Let’s go for a walk.
__How about/what about going /shall we go/why don’t we go______________
3‐ She might be on holiday.
_________she could/may/is likely to be____________________
4‐ You can’t take photos here.
__________are not allowed to/mustn’t take___________________________
5‐ Could you hold this key for me, please?
_________would you mind holding…______________________________
G. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct present forms: (6pts)
1-I ( think ) …..think……… we should stop now because it ( get ) …is getting………… dark.
2-( you / learn ) ……have you learned/been learning……… Portuguese this year?
3-We ( wait ) ………have been waiting……… for the doctor for 2 hours now.
4-you ( not / do ) ……haven’t done………… your homework so you can’t watch TV.
5-Bob ( love ) ……loves………. roses because they ( smell ) ……smell……. so nice.
6-Rola ( read ) ……has read…………….. a lot of university books.
7-Our Spanish class ( start ) …………starts………… at 10.00 in the morning and ( finish ) …finishes………. at
11.30.
8-The traffic in this town is impossible. We ( sit ) …. have been sitting………. in a traffic jam all morning.
9-You look very tired. (you / drive )…….. have you been driving…………… for a long time?
H. Complete the sentences below with make or do (in the correct tense). (5pts)
1. If you set up a business, it's generally to ____make___ money.
2. I can't give the answer right away. I'll have to _____do_ some research.
3. I'm very pleased with the result. You ____did__ a great job!
4. When I ____do/make____ a mistake, my teacher corrects me and explains why.
5. What are you studying? I'm ______doing____ a degree in history.
6. You'll have to work hard if you want to ______make__ progress.
7. Stop _____making___ fun of my accent - it's not my fault!
8. It doesn't have to be perfect - just _____do_ your best.
9. I've got a toothache. I'm going to ring the dentist to _______make____ an appointment.
10. It's not easy to _______do__ business with people of different nationalities.
Writing: Smoking cigarettes is becoming a serious problem in our societies. From the point of view
of a teenager , write a complaint letter to the Ministry of Health .Discuss the problem by giving examples to
support your main idea. What solutions might be suggested? (120‐150 words)
Grammar 2
Sentence structure 3
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__________________________________________________________ Spelling 1
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context
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Capital/punctuation 1
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Layout 1
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opinion 0
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