Regional 9th Grade UoE

EFL Regional Competition for 9th Grade Primary School Students
Student’s CODE: ________________________
Time allotted: 60 minutes Total points: ______/70
Use of English
Part one
Underline the word in the list that has a different or opposite meaning. Follow the example (0).
0. quit stop start give up

1. tidy sloppy neat orderly
2. manage direct control hire
3. reply scheme plan design
4. suppose assume declare believe
5. fragile decent delicate breakable
6. wreck ruin restore spoil
7. prompt delayed rapid quick
8. serious private personal confidential
9. announce declare believe publish
10. hole border edge boundary
11. bare contrary naked nude
12. lean obtain gain acquire
13. vague ambiguous idle unclear
14. narrate abuse tell describe
15. harsh gentle tender soft
16. modify rebuild transform change
One point for each answer: _________/ 16
Part two
For each question, complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first, using between one
and three words.
0. Taking pictures is not allowed in here.
You are ___not allowed to__ take pictures in here.
1. "Why don't we go to the beach?", I said.
I suggested _______________________ to the beach.
2. My brother has borrowed the car from me.
I _______________________ my brother the car.
3. Jenny told me about the accident.
I _______________________ the accident by Jenny.
4. We both like pizza more than chicken.
We both prefer pizza _______________________ chicken.
5. Does classical music interest you?
Do you _______________________ classical music?
6. Ronald is fifteen. Alice is fifteen, too.
Ronald is _______________________ Alice is.
7. How much does the plane ticket to London cost?
What is _______________________ the plane ticket to London?
8. Unfortunately we had too many pictures to put on the walls.
Unfortunately we didn’t _______________________ space for all our pictures.
9. I don’t think I put my best pictures in the exhibition.
I’ve produced ________________________ pictures than the ones I put in the exhibition.
10. Our parents all said that we should have another exhibition soon.
Our parents all said ‘Why _______________________ have another exhibition soon?’
11. Niko practises at a stadium quite near his house.
Niko’s house is not very _______________________ from the stadium where he practises.
12. She walks to school in ten minutes.
It _______________________ ten minutes to walk to the stadium.
13. His team had an important match last week.
There _______________________ an important match last week for his team.
14. I really enjoy playing basketball.
I’m very keen _______________________ basketball.
One point for each answer _________/14 points
Part three
Fill the gaps with a suitable modal verb. Follow the example (0).
0. I __can’t___ speak French.

1. I didn’t feel very well yesterday. I ____________ eat anything.
2. You ____________ eat so much chocolate. It’s really bad for your teeth.
3. ____________ you open the window, please?
4. I ____________ be able to help you, but I’m not sure yet.
5. Already as a child Mozart ____________ play the piano beautifully.
6. I really ____________ try to get fit.
7. The cafeteria was full. I ____________ find a seat anywhere.
8. ____________ take a photograph of you?
9. Whose is this bag? - I don’t know, but it ____________ be Jackson’s.
10. His story____________ be true, but I still think he’s wrong.
11. On Fridays we wear casual clothes, so you ____________ wear your uniform.
12. I’m so hungry I ____________ eat a horse!
13. The test starts at 10.30. You ____________ be late.
14. You ____________ be tired. You’ve only just got out of bed!
15. She ____________ be very pleased with herself. She got the best grades.
One point for each answer _________/15 points

Part four
Read the text below and circle the suitable word for each gap.
Where Were LOGO Bricks Invented?
In 1932, a carpenter named Ole Kirk Kristiansen started a company in Billund, Denmark, that (1) ___ wood
stepladders, ironing boards, and toys. He named the company LEGO, a word (2) ___ by combining the first
two letters of leg and godt, the Danish word (3) ___ "play well". Soon, Kristiansen (4) ___ making only high-
quality toys out of wood.
After World War II, LEGO started producing plastic toys. In 1949, the company launched Automatic Binding
Bricks, (5) ___ first interlocking construction blocks. In the 1950s, the name was changed to LEGO bricks,
and the company came out with the LEGO System of Play, (6) ___ included 28 sets and 8 vehicles. It (7) ___
began selling the toys (8) ___ of Denmark for the first time. In 1958, LEGO received a patent for the modern
bricks (9) ___ famous today. The new bricks not only had studs on top, but tubes inside that lock onto the
studs of (10) ___ bricks and hold them securely together.
1. A) did B) turned C) reached D) made

2. A) formed B) organised C) sorted D) regulated
3. A) from B) for C) to D) after
4. A) were B) was C) are D) is
5. A) it B) his C) her D) its
6. A) which B) who C) whom D) whose
7. A) too B) either C) also D) above
8. A) outside B) apart C) away D) outdoors
9. A) so B) such C) many D) few
10. A) next B) another C) other D) others
Onepoint for each answer: _________/10
Part five
Underline the incorrect word or phrase in each sentence and write the corrected word or phrase on the
line. Follow the example (0).
0. The field is full of sheeps. ___The field is full of sheep.___________
1. By the time I arrived home last night, my parents went to bed.

__________________________________________________________________________________
2. Mark didn’t do his homework. So did I.
__________________________________________________________________________________
3. Gerry said he didn’t break your glasses.
__________________________________________________________________________________
4. We think about selling this house. It’s too big for us.
__________________________________________________________________________________
5. I’ll see my doctor later today.
__________________________________________________________________________________
Part six
Complete the gaps in the text with words from the box. Be careful! There are extra words.
announced as became better cancelled clean

clear could damaged like repaired reported
should small throw turn down worse worst
It began as a plan for a very normal 16th birthday party. Merthe Weusthuis wanted a quiet celebration with
a 1. ________________ group of friends in her family home in the small Dutch town of Haren.
2.________________ many teenagers, she decided to send out invitations via a social network site. But
Merthe made one big mistake: she used open-access settings on Facebook, so it wasn’t just her friends who
3. ________________ see details of the event.
The number of invitation acceptances quickly snowballed into an avalanche. Not marking the event as
‘private’ meant the electronic invitation was eventually seen by 240,000 people, of whom 30,000
confirmed online that they planned to attend. To make matters 4. ________________, an unauthorised
campaign was launched to promote the party by means of a dedicated website and Twitter account, which
received hundreds of thousands of hits. The party 5. ________________ known as ‘Project X Haren’ after
the 2012 American film Project X in which three high school students 6. ________________ a birthday
party that spins out of control. Video trailers for Merthe’s party were produced, with scenes from Project X
edited in, and they were posted on YouTube. T-shirts featuring Merthe’s face were also made, all without
her knowledge or consent.
Even after Merthe’s parents 7. ________________ the party, the publicity didn’t stop. Local media
8. ________________ on the forthcoming event and teenagers turned up to have their pictures taken
outside the Weusthuis family home. On the evening the party was to have taken place, about 5,000
teenagers began gathering in Haren, many outside the Weusthuis house. When it became 9.
________________ that there was nothing to gatecrash, violence broke out and 500 riot police equipped
with helmets, shields and batons were brought in to control the crowd. Shops in the centre of Haren were
vandalised and looted, journalists were attacked, cars were set on fire or overturned and street signs and
lamp posts were 10. ________________.

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EFL Regional Competition for 9th Grade Primary School Students

Student’s CODE: ________________________

Time allotted: 60 minutes Total points: ______/70

0. quit stop start give up

0. I can’t_ speak French.

One point for each answer _________/15 points

Where Were LOGO Bricks Invented?

1. A) did B) turned C) reached D) made

0. The field is full of sheeps. _The field is full of sheep._________

1. By the time I arrived home last night, my parents went to bed.

announced as became better cancelled clean

One point for each answer: _________/ 10

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