Tiếng Anh khối 11 - Unit 9 Test

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Unit 9 Test
Name ________________________________
1 Complete the sentences with the past simple
positive. Choose from: 
visit listen play start finish paint
practise open phone clean stay
EXAMPLE
Sandy practised the piano yesterday evening.
1 I ________________ Ella for the weekend.
2 John and Adam ________________ basketball
yesterday.
3 Anna ________________ her homework at 6 p.m.
Then she had dinner.
4 Madeleine ________________ to a CD on
Saturday afternoon.
5 We ________________ the front door on
Saturday.
6 I ________________ in Edinburgh for 5 days.
7 Margaret ________________ her mother yesterday
evening.
8 Peter ________________ work at 7.00 a.m.
9 Sam ________________ the car.
10 The shop ________________ in 1990.
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2 Make these sentences negative.
EXAMPLE
The company wanted to build a factory.
The company didn’t want to build a factory.
1 They needed the land.
____________________________________________
2 I wanted to move house.
____________________________________________
3 We phoned the local newspaper.
____________________________________________
4 The company changed its plans.
____________________________________________
5 A reporter interviewed us.
____________________________________________
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3 Write questions.
EXAMPLE
Did Luke want to go on the Skyrider?
Luke wanted to go on the Skyrider.
1 ____________________________________________
Luke waved to the people.
2 ____________________________________________
Fran tried to pull Luke into the chair.
3 ____________________________________________
People looked up.
4 ____________________________________________
The chairlift operator climbed up to the chair.
5 ____________________________________________
The police helicopter arrived.
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4 Complete the text with the correct form of the
verb in brackets.
It ______ (be) a normal day at the Dreamland theme
park and young Luke Mansen ________________ 
(1 want) to go on the Skyrider chairlift. With his
mother, Fran, he ________________ (2 wait) for a
chair. When it ________________ (3 arrive), he
________________ (4 jump) in and Fran
________________ (5 follow) him. The chair
________________ (6 move) out into the sunshine. It
________________ (7 be) a warm, sunny day, so
there ________________ (8 be) thousands of people
at the park. As the chair ________________ (9 lift)
Fran and Luke up into the sky, they
________________ (10 look) down and Luke
________________ (11 wave) to the people on the
ground. It ________________ (12 be) Luke’s first time
in the chairlift and he ________________ (13 be) very
excited. Then suddenly the chairlift
________________ (14 stop) and Luke
________________ (15 slip) from the chair.
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5 Complete the sentences in the past simple.
Choose from: 
slip grab climb cry lift hurry jump
talk whisper wave shout
EXAMPLE
When I didn’t pass the exam I cried.
1 I ________________ the message to her. I didn’t
want Sam to hear.
2 It was very cold, and when I walked in the 
garden I ________________ on the ice.
was
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3 We didn’t ________________ because we had a
lot of time before the concert started.
4 John and Sheila ________________ goodbye to
their son at the station. They were sad.
5 Colin ________________ a mountain when he
was on holiday last week.
6 Frances ________________ ‘Help! Help!’ as the
train approached.
7 He didn’t ________________ the bags because
they were too heavy.
8 Carol ________________ to Sarah for forty
minutes on the phone.
9 The athlete didn’t ________________ 2 metres in
the competition. He was very disappointed.
10 I ________________ three sandwiches from the
plate because I was hungry.
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6 Complete the dialogue.
Madelaine ______ this?
Adam That’s my great-grandfather, Alexei. He 
was ______ (1) in Russia, but after the 
Revolution he moved ______ (2)
Sweden.
Madelaine Did he stay ______ (3) Sweden?
Adam No, he ______ (4). He stayed ______ (5)
for only a few months, I think. Then he
moved ______ (6) France. He didn’t 
______ (7) there very long either.
Madelaine Oh, what did he ______ (8)?
Adam Well, he wanted to go ______ (9) to
Russia but it was too dangerous. So he
decided to come to the USA.
Madelaine ______ (10) did he come here?
Adam I’m not sure exactly. It was a long time 
______ (11).
Madelaine ______ (12) did he stay here? 
Adam Yes, he ______ (13).
Madelaine Is he still alive?
Adam No, he died ______ (14) 1980, when he 
______ (15) 84.
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7 Read the text and write questions.
Maria was born in Italy but her parents moved to
the USA when she was still a child. They wanted to
find a better life. They lived in New York when they
first arrived. Then they moved to San Francisco
when she was eight years old. Her father worked in
an office and her mother was a housewife. Maria
worked in a shop and was the manager. She married
her husband Russell when she was 25 years old.
They lived in Los Angeles after they married. She
died when she was 90.
EXAMPLE
Where was Maria born? In Italy.
1 ____________________________________________
When she was still a child.
2 ____________________________________________
They wanted to find a better life.
3 ____________________________________________
In New York.
4 ____________________________________________
To San Francisco.
5 ____________________________________________
He worked in an office.
6 ____________________________________________
She was a housewife.
7 ____________________________________________
She was the manager of a shop.
8 ____________________________________________
When she was 25 years old.
9 ____________________________________________
In Los Angeles.
10 ____________________________________________
When she was 90.
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