This document contains information about the 9th Grade English Olympics competition. It includes different sections on grammar, reading comprehension, vocabulary, and writing. The grammar section tests verb tenses, word order, prepositions, and forming questions. The reading comprehension passage is about air pollution, its causes, and negative health effects. It is followed by matching vocabulary words with their definitions. The final section asks competitors to write a 120-word composition on the topic of "My dream."

1. 9th
Grade Olympics (pg1)
2008 English Olympics
9th
Grade
I. Grammar Section
A. Verb tenses: Circle the correct verb form. / 20 points/
1. “Tony is back from holiday.” “Is he? I’ll give / I’m going to give him a ring.”
2. While the waiter picked up / was picking up the broken plates, he cut / was cutting his finger.
3. I have known / know him for many years.
4. Have you heard / Have you been hearing Paul Simpson’s latest record?
5. “Do you enjoy / are you enjoying / Have you enjoying this film?” “Yes, I do/ I am/ I have.”
6. “Sophie? Will you marry me / Are you going to marry me?” “Oh, James! I will / I’m going to.
7. How long has she been / has she had her car?
8. I’m exhausted! I have played / have been playing / was played tennis for hours.
9. I don’t understand / I’m not understanding / I’m not understand you. Please repeat.
10. Rolls Royce cars are made / make / made in England.
11. The factory will produce / produces / are producing 10,000 cars next year.
12. “Are you going to have / Will you have / Having you a winter holiday this year?” Yes, I am / I
might / having.”
13. Ann has found/ has been finding / finded a good job.
14. His girlfriend is speaking / has spoken / speaks four languages fluently.
15. We had / were having / have had a lovely meal yesterday. We were sat/ sat / were sitting at the
table for three hours.
B. Word order: Put the words in the right order to make a question. /10 points/
1. English / you / start/ did/ learning/ when?
2. tennis/ often/ play/ how/ does/ she?
3. do/ doing/ what/ at/ you/ like/ weekend/ the ?
4. weekend/ do/ what/ you/ would/ to/ this/ like?
5. dictionary/ why/ got/ you/ haven’t/ a?
6. much/ put/ my/ coffee/ sugar/ how/ did/ in/ you?
7. phoned/ doing/ John/ when/ what/ you/ were?
8. sandwiches/ make/ is/ who/ to/ going/ the?
9. radio/ listening/ does/ enjoy/ to/ mother/ the/ your?
10. live/ Anna/ where/ was/ child/ a/ did/ when/ she?
C. Prepositions: Complete the sentences with the correct preposition. If no preposition is
necessary, write X. /10 points/
1. I listened ___________ the news ______________ the radio.
2. I’ll see you ___________ 9:00 _________ morning.
3. I’m looking ___________ my neighbor’s car while she’s on holiday.
4. What are you doing __________this evening?
5. She arrived ____________ England two years ago.
6. I’m going _____________ home.
7. I spoke ____________ Mary a few days ago.
8. My sister is coming to stay ___________ 19th
of December

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Grade Olympics (pg2)
D. Questions: Make questions about the missing information /10points/
1. She earns ___________ a year.
2. I’m reading ___________ at the moment.
3. They went to __________ on holiday last year.
4. She works in the ______________ shop. (Shoe shop? Book shop?)
5. I got up early this morning because_______
6. I’ve worked for this company for __________ years.
7. I go swimming ___________ a week.
8. Peter has ___________ children (Two? Three?)
9. I borrowed ____________ cat. (Tom’s? Anna’s?)
10. I’m going to sell my house for ___________. (50000? 20000?)
E. Time Clauses: fill the gaps with the appropriate time clause. /7 points/
While, as soon as, until, before, after, when, whenever
1. I’ll tell you the news ___________ I get back.
2. ___________ I go to work, I’ll have a bath.
3. Can you feed the cats ___________ I’m away?
4. I won’t leave the house ___________ the postman calls.
5. He will tell us ___________ he gets the test result.
6. Call me ___________ he gets back.
7. Just call me ___________ you need my help.
II. Reading and Vocabulary /13 points/
Air Pollution
What is air pollution? It is dirt in the air. This is a big problem in many parts of the world.
What causes air pollution? People cause it by burning fuel in buses, cars, factories, homes,
schools, and trains. The smoke from burning fuel has poisonous gases and dust. These enter the
air and make it dirty. Why is air pollution bad? The dirty air damages people’s health, especially
lungs. It causes more diseases, such as colds, coughs, heart and lung collapse. Moreover, it affects
plants and animals badly and makes clothing and buildings filthy.
Match the words in A with their definitions in B.
A B
1. pollution a. to influence or to cause a result
2. filthy b. state of not being clean
3. fuel c. intended to hurt or harm someone, causing death
4. poisonous d. illness, poor health
5. gas e. an organ for breathing
6. dust f. to do something bad to someone or something
7. cold g. very dirty

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Grade Olympics (pg3)
8. cough h. in addition, have more to say
9. disease i. anything burned to produce heat or power, such as coal, oil, wood
10. lung j. substance not solid, liquid or having form
11. damage k. fine, dry earth
12. moreover l. an illness of the nose or throat
13. affect m. forcing air from lungs suddenly
V. Writing Section: Write a composition / 120 words/ under the topic “My dream”