Control work for the 9th grade

Put the words in proper forms to complete the sentences:

1. More than two hundred people were damaged during the ______ (disaster) hurricane.

2. The young _____(research) has received a small grant to continue his exploration.

3. Have you read his article about space ______(explore)?

4. It is a ______(love) weather, isn’t it?

5. ______(nature) disasters, such as tornados and hurricanes damage houses and hurt people.

6. I’ll stay at home, I hate walking on a ______(fog) day.

7. The spaceman climbed into his spacesuit and soon he was in ______(out) space.

Put the verbs in Past Simple or Past Perfect:

1. The girl never ______(hear) his name before the concert.

2. The terrible hurricane _____(destroy) all the buildings by that time.

3. The pilot _____(finish) his flight by 4 o’clock in the afternoon yesterday.

4. When the scientist ______(come) the students ______(collect) already their thoughts.

5. She already ______(read) the article when I ______(call) her.

6. ______(find) already you the documents when they ______(arrive)?

7. What _____(notice) Bob before he ______(change) his opinion?

Choose the correct answer:

1. My uncle _____ troubled yesterday. a)looked b)is looking c)had looked

2. They ______ play from 4 till 5 p.m. last week. a)played b)were playing c)had played

3. His friend _____ his work by that time. a)finished b)was finishing c) had finished

4. What _____ you _____ at 8 p.m. yesterday? a)did…do b)were…doing c) had…done

5. Where ____ you ____ your summer holidays? a)did…spend b)were… spending c) had… spent

6. How many countries ___ they ____ by that time? a) Did…visit b) were… visiting c) had…visited

Put the verbs in proper forms: Past Continuous or Past Simple:

1. The children/ play tennis/ for two hours yesterday.

2. The little girl / cry/ the whole evening yesterday.

3. It snow/ all day long yesterday.

4. What/ you/ do/ at 6 o’clock in the evening last weekend?

5. He/ look/ at the sky/ when the boy touch/ his shoulder.

6. The old lady/ watch TV/ when the doorbell /ring.

7. Where/ you / stand/ when you/ hear/ this terrible noise?

Fill in “the” where necessary:

1. We started on ____ Black Sea, then went round ____ Bulgaria, ____ Greece, ____Italy, ____France, ____ Spain, _____ Portugal, ____United Kingdom, _____Netherlands and many other countries.

2. Last summer we were on a journey around _____ world on a very fashionable liner.

3. If possible I prefer travelling by _____ ship or on ____ foot.

4. I live in ____Russian Federation, but I have been to ____North and ____South America, some parts of _____Asia, most of ____Europe and _____Africa.

5. ____travelling is my hobby.

6. ____Thames flows in the middle of London dividing it into many districts with various bridges.

7. How far is it from ____ capital of the country?

8. ____population of this city is over 8 million people.

9. ____ weather is fine today, ___ sun shines brightly and ____ wind blows so softly from ____ sea.

10. _____ climate is mild in this area of ____ district with more sunshine and cloudless sky.

11. ____ Smiths couldn’t understand some words because they were Spanish.

12. After their conversation he realized how often people do terrible things to each other instead of _best.