TED BURSA COLLEGE

2024-2025
9TH GRADES WORKSHEET
Date:08/11/2024
Class:
Name:
Subject: Mixed Tenses and Word Formation

A- Choose the correct form of the verb.

Last night I have seen / saw an interesting programme on television. It has been / was about a new way
of teaching science subjects to schoolchildren. For three years now a school in London has been teaching
/ is teaching science in this way to some of its students, and these students have done / did significantly
better in examinations than the students in ordinary classes. It is working / works like this: students are
not only learning / not only learn about science, but are taught to think about their own way of thinking.
One of the teachers on the programme said, ‘Older good teaching methods have made / made people
think, but it has been / was in a sense unconscious. When a child is having / has to explain to somebody
else how they have solved a problem, which really makes them think about their own thinking.’
Researchers are not fully understanding / do not fully understand how the methods are working / work.
But marks in examinations have increased / increased dramatically. Unfortunately, nothing is being done
/ is done at the moment to train other teachers in the new methods.

B- Complete the letter and text using the correct form of the verb.

/ be / become / change / come / decide / not do / go / have / live / move /

/ stay / stop / tell / wait / not write /

Dear Linda,
didn’t write
I’m sorry I _____________________ have been
to you for so long, but I _____________________ very busy lately.
?
All last month I _____________________ didn’t do
exams, and I _____________________ anything else but
study for ages. Anyway, I _____________________ am waiting
have stopped studying now, and I _____________________ for
my exam results.
have changed my address and _____________________
As you can see from the letter, I _____________________ am living in
decided
Croydon now. I _____________________ that I wanted a change from central London because it
was
_____________________ told
so expensive. A friend of mine _____________________ me about this flat,
moved
and I _____________________ come
here about two months ago. When you _____________________ to
will be staying
London this summer, please visit me. I _____________________ here until the middle of August. Then I
will go
_____________________ on holiday to Scotland.
Please write soon,
Margaret
 C- Use the correct tense.

have you had

1. A: How long _________________________ (you / have) your car?
have had
B: I _________________________ bought
(have) it since Christmas. I _________________________ (buy)
it from my uncle.
Have you seen (you / see) that film before?
2. A: _________________________
saw
B: Yes, I _________________________ was
(see) it when I _________________________ (be) in
London.
have you been
3. A: How long _________________________ (you / be) ill?
have been
B: I _________________________ ate
(be) ill since I _________________________ (eat) that meal.
4. A: When _________________________
did Ann move (Ann / move) into her new house?
moved
B: She _________________________ haven’t visited
(move) in a month ago. I _________________________ (not /
have arranged
visit) her yet but I _________________________ (arrange) to meet her this week.
have known
5. My best friend is called Alison. We _________________________ (know) each other since we
were
_________________________ have always shared
(be) five years old. We _________________________ (always /
also enjoy
share) our problems and our troubles, but we _________________________ (also / enjoy) good
spend
times together and _________________________ (spend) many hours laughing together. We
lived
_________________________ (live) next door to each other before Alison
moved
_________________________ have visited
(move) to London. I _________________________ (visit) her many
has just bought
times since then. She _________________________ (just / buy) a new house but I
_________________________
haven’t seen (not / see) it yet.
6. A. I _________________________
watched Have you moved
(watch) Jaws 2 on TV last night. _________________________
(you / ever / see) it?
bought
B: Yes, I _________________________ (buy) the video last week.
Have you moved
7. A: _________________________ (you / move) your new house yet?
B: Of course! I have already decorated (already / decorate) the sitting-room and bedrooms.
_________________________
have been
My wife and I _________________________ (be) very busy recently.
saw
A: I _________________________ (see) your wife yesterday. Is she at home now?
has gone
B: No, she _________________________ (go) to the shops.
8. Ann has earned
_________________________ (earn) a lot of money this year. She
didn’t earn
_________________________ (not earn) so much last year.
did
9. When _________________________ arrive
he (arrive) _________________________ in this city and how
has
long _________________________ lived
he (live) _________________________ here?
Have you seen (you / see) her?
10. I don’t know where Anny is. _________________________
has
11. John _________________________ gone
just (go) _________________________ out.
left
12. I think he (leave) _________________________ home a few minutes ago.
didn’t like
13. When I was at school, I _________________________ (not / like) history.
was
14. She has lived here since she _________________________ (be) born.
15. Ayşe Kulin is alive and still writes. Ayşe Kulin _________________________
has written (write) a lot of
successful novels.
 D- Fill in the correct form of the words.

COMFORT AND SAFETY

flight
We at AB airlines want to ensure that your 1)_________________ FLY
comforable and safe. As space on the plane
is both 2)_________________ COMFORT
relatively limited, we would appreciate it
is 3)_________________ RELATIVE
4)belongings in the overhead
if you could stow your _________________ BELONG
5)
storage
_________________ compartments. We would also like to STORE
?
point out that airline 6)_________________ forbid smoking at any REGULATE
time during the journey. Please do not smoke in
sensitive smoke
the toilets, which are fitted with 7)_________________ SENSE
8)
detectors We would also like to remind you to keep
_________________ DETECT
securely fastened during take-off
your seat belts 9)_________________ SECURE
enjoyment
and landing. For your 10)_________________ we are showing "Racing ENJOY
Days", which we are sure you will find very 11)
entertaining
_________________ ENTERTAIN
So sit back, relax and enjoy your trip.

GOING ON A GAME SHOW

One of my aunt Jean’s biggest dreams became a (1) _______________
reality last week. REAL
contestant on a game show called CONTEST
She had always wanted to be a (2) _______________
presenter is very handsome. PRESENT
Money for Nothing because she says the (3) _______________
With more than five million (4) _______________
viewers every week, it is also the VIEW
?
(5) _______________ popular game show on television. She applied to be on this MORE
excited
show and was accepted. She was very (6) _______________ and, when the big EXCITE
day came, she went to the television studios very early and she met the
producer
(7) _______________ of the show. When the show came on TV, I couldn’t PRODUCE
feeling
imagine her (8) ____________________ about being there, but at home we were FEEL
nervous
all anxious. She didn’t look at all (9) ____________________ and in the end she NERVE
won £10,000 and a car!
WHY DO PEOPLE LEARN LANGUAGES?
different
People have many 1)_________________ reasons for learning DIFFER
languages. For the 2)
majority of students, language
_________________ MAJOR
choice
plays a key role in the curriculum and they have no 3) _________________ CHOOSE
knowledge
in the matter. For others, the 4) _________________ KNOW
possibility
of a second language offers the 5) _________________ of POSSIBLE
6)
?
_________________ in their professional ADVANCE
particularly important in such
lives. English is 7) _________________ PARTICULAR
communication .
cases as it is the international means of 8) _________________ COMMUNICATE
decision
For some people the 9) _________________ DECIDE
10)
to move abroad either temporarily or permanently
_________________ TEMPORARY
means they need to learn the target language. Then, there are always
pleasure
those who decide to learn a language simply for 11) _________________ PLEASE

TOMORROW'S PICASSO?
You never know how 1) ___________________
talented you may really be until TALENT
you give art a try! Many young people find art 2)
interesting
___________________ INTEREST
lucky
and want to see what they can do. If they are 3) ___________________, LUCK
discovery
they might make the 4) ___________________ that they are very good at DISCOVER
exciting
it. It can be 5) ___________________ to find that you have an exceptional EXCITE
6)
ability. However, most people are satisfied
___________________ if their SATISFY
7)
creativity
___________________ are seen and appreciated by their friends and CREATE
determind
family. If you want to do well, you must be 8) ___________________ DETERMINE
succeed
to 9) ___________________. Keep working hard, and with a little luck, SUCCESS
you too can become a 10)
famous
___________________ artist! FAME