This document contains an English exam for Grade 9 students covering various grammar and vocabulary topics related to the media. The exam includes 20 multiple choice questions testing pronunciation of underlined words, verb tenses and forms, articles, prepositions, and possessives. It also includes 20 multiple choice questions about completing sentences and passages with the correct grammar. Finally, it contains 5 questions identifying grammatical errors and 5 questions matching sentences with the same meaning. The exam tests essential English grammar and language skills.

1. Grade 9 UNIT 5: THE MEDIA THE FIRST SEMESTER
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced diffirently from that of the others.
1. a. wood b. look c. cook d. blood
2. a. china b. check c. chemist d. chocolate
3. a. what b. who c. where d. which
4. a. sale b. sail c. suga d. sort
Choose A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.
5. I hate_________video.
A. watch B. watching C. to watch D. watches
6. I remember _________her somewhere.
A. see B. seeing C. saw D. to see
7. Excuse me. Can I _________in this area?
A. smoke B. smoking C. smoked D. to smoke
8. Don’t forget _________the letter for me ! I won’t.
A. post B. posted C. posting D. to post
9. He laughs a lot because _________her funny face.
A. in B. at C. on D. of
10. She thinks chatting on the Internet is time _________.
A. consuming B. consume C. consumer D. consumption
11. The next stage in the development of television is _________T. V
A. interact B. interaction C. interactive D. interactively
12. The cost of _________is very high in the big city.
A. live B. living C. lived D. life
13. Can you tell me who _________this kind of machine?
A. to invent B. invent C. invention D. invented
14. Your teacher writes poems and stories, _________she?
A. doesn’t B. didn’t C. don’t D. won’t
15. They will buy a new computer, _________. they?
A. will B. don’t C. won’t D. do
16. Tam didn’t go to school yesterday, _________. he?
A. did B. didn’t C. does D. doesn’t
17. Don’t talk in class, _________ you? The teacher is explaining the lesson.
A. do B. don’t C will D. won’t
18. Your mother has read these fairy tales for you many times, _________.?
A. has he B. has she C. hasn’t he D. hasn’t she
19. I am late for the appointment, _________I.?
A. am B. am not C. are D. aren’t
20. You are doing this exercise, _________. you?
A. do B. don’t C. aren’t D. are
Choose A, B, C or D to complete the passage.
Television is one of man’s most_________ (21) means of communication. It brings events
and sounds_________ (22) around the world into millions of homes. A person with a television
set can sit in his house and watch the President making a_________ (23) or visit foreign country.
He can see a war being_________ (24) and watch statesmen try _________ (25) about peace.
Through television home viewers can see and learn about people, places, and things all over the
world. TV even takes its _________ (26) out of this world. It brings them coverage of America’s
astronauts as the astronauts explore outer space. In_________ (27) to all these things, television
brings its viewers a steady stream of programs that are_________ (28) to entertain. In fact,TV
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provides _________ (29) entertainment programs than any other kinds. The programs include
action – packed dramas, light comedies, _________ (30) events and motion pictures.
21. A. importance B. important C. unimportance D. unimportant
22. A. from B. at C. in D. to
23. A. speak B. speaking C. speech D. spoken
24. A. fight B. find C. found D. fought
25. A. bring B. brought C. bringing D. to bring
26. A. viewers B. seers C. lookers D. watchers
27. A. add B. edit C. addition D. editor
28. A. made B. designed C. did D. built
29. A. many B. much C. more D. most
30. A. sport B. sporting C. sported D. sportier
Choose the underlined word or phrase ( A, B, C or D ) that needs correcting.
31. When he was a little boy, he used to going swimming.
A B C D
32. You don’t like tea, do they?
A B C D
33. They spent all morning to learn English yesterday
A B C D
34. Swim everyday is a good way of keeping fit.
A B C D
35. There are different magazines in this newsagent, aren’t they?
A B C D
Choose the best answer ( A, B, C or D ) that is the same meaning with the italic sentences.
36. Tom has not been seen by my father yet. .
A. Tom has not seen my father yet. B. My father has not been seen Tom yet.
C. My father has not seen Tom yet. D. My father has not yet seen Tom.
37. I often went fishing with my brother when I was a child.
A. I used to go fishing with my brother when I was a child.
B. I am used to go fishing with my brother when I was a child.
C. I often go fishing with my brother when I was a child.
D. I used to went fishing with my brother when I was a child.
38. My father can’t give up smoking.
A. I wish my father can give up smoking. B. I wish my father can giving up smoking.
C. I wish my father couldn’t give up smoking. D. I wish my father could give up smoking.
39. I love listening to pop music.
A. I am fond of listen to pop music. B. I am fond of to listen to pop music.
C. I am fond of listening to pop music. D. I am fond of listening pop music.
40. Let’s go somewhere for a drink.
A. What about going somewhere for a drink? B. What about to go somewhere for a drink?
C. What about go somewhere for a drink? D. What about going to somewhere for a drink?
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