EXERCISES FOR GRADE 9 (UNIT 10) I. Choose the best answers. 1. My parents do not allow me (go/ to go/ going/ gone), so I had to stay at home. 2. There (is/ are/ was/ were) no sounds on the moon. 3. If there were flying saucers, there (would be/ will be/ are/ is ) traces of their landing. 4. Do you think you will be able (take/ to take/ taking/ taken) a space trip? 5. He won’t be happy if you (didn’t/ haven’t/ don’t/ won’t) come! 6. If I (am/ is/ are/ were) a bird, I would be a dove. 7. If we became rich, we would travel (on/ at/ in/ around) the world. 8. She would come to see you if she (have/ has/ had/ having) your address. 9. Where will you go if you (have/ has/ had/ having) a car? 10. Where would you go if you (have/ has/ had/ having) a car? 11. If Rachel got up earlier, she (weren’t/ won’t be/ isn’t/ wouldn’t be) late. 12.When she lived in the country, she (was swimming/ used to swim/ is used to swimming/ has swum) in the river. 13.I’ll have to take these books (on/ with/ back/ off) to the library. 14.People know they should save energy, (but/ and/ then/ so) they still waste it. 15.Sandra can’t remember the name of the shop (where/ whose/ which/ what) she bought some flowers. 16.He (went/ got/ brought/ tried) on doing it in spite of our protests. 16.They look very (cheer/ cheerful/ cheerfully/ cheered) when they came to see us last night. 17.I’m no better, (therefore/ because/ but/ although) I’ve taken the pills. 18.(Pollution/ Polluted/ Polluting/ Pollute) air is one of the many problems we have to solve. 19.They arrived (at/ in/ on/ from) London on time. II. Conditionals 1 or 2? Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense. 1. If I (be) _____ you, I (apply) _______ for a job as soon as possible. 2. If I (speak) ______ perfect English, I (not/ need) _______ to take the exam. 3. If he (be) _____ taller, he (be) ______ able to join the army. 4. You (be) ______ rich if you (win) _______ the pools. 5. If the weather (be) ______ nice next weekend, they (go) _____ to the country. 6. You (not/be) ______ able to travel next weekend unless you (get) ______ a visa. 7. Unless he (come) ______, we (go) ______ without him. 8. If I (be) ______ a princess, I (change) _______ a lot of things. 9. If the bus (leave) _______ by the time I arrive, I (get) ______ a taxi. 10. If my headache (not/ go) _______ away soon, I (take) _____ aspirin. 11. How you (feel) _______ if you (be) _______ in my position? III. Make the conditional sentence from the facts. 1. I don’t understand you. You speaks very quickly. 2. He is absent now. He doesn’t know what to do. 3. It is rainy now, so we can’t finish our work. 4. We can’t buy this car because it is very expensive. 5. The house is so large that they can’t paint it in a week. 6. I want to meet Alice but I don’t have her address. 7. I can’t do this test because it is very difficult. 8. This shirt is too small for me to wear. 9. She doesn’t have a bicycle, so she can’t go on camping trip with you. 10. They don’t take a map, so they will lose their way. 11. We don’t have a big crop because there isn’t enough rain. IV. Write a sentence with if … for each situation. Use a type 2 conditional (if+ the past tense + would/ could). 1. I’m not rich, so I don’t live in a big house. 2. We don’t visit you very often because you live so far away. 3. Sandra can’t take a photo because she hasn’t got her camera. 4. She buys a lot of clothes, so she has no money. 5. I have to work tomorrow evening, so I can’t meet you. 6. It’s raining, so we can’t have lunch in the garden. 7. I’m often tired in the morning because I go to bed late. 8. We haven’t got a calculator, so we can’t work this our quicker. 9. Nick can’t find the way because he hasn’t got a map. 10. David has so many accidents because he’s so clumsy. 11. I don’t write to my friends because I’m so busy. 12. Susan hasn’t got a watch, so she’s often late for work. V. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. 1. They will have to change the date of the meeting again. =>The date 2. I haven’t got a key, so I can’t get in. =>If 3. You go away and I’ll miss you. =>I 4. I’m too poor to take a space trip.=> I’m not 5. The café was crowded, but we found a table. =>Although 6. Since he was careless, Tim lost his job. =>Because of 7. Let’s go abroad for our holiday next month. =>Why 8. We stayed in this hotel. =>This is 6. Our crops don’t grow fast because there isn’t enough rain.=> If 7. She won’t open the door if she doesn’t know who it is. =>Unless 8. If Hoa didn’t eat too much chocolate, she wouldn’t be fat. =>Hoa is 9. Keep your feet dry or you will get a cold.=> If 10. He doesn’t stop smoking; that’s why he can’t get fat. =>He might 11. Two trading centers have been opened here this year.=> They 12. I think we should speak English in class.=> I suggest VI. Write the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first. Use the word in brackets. 1. Perhaps Susan knows the address. (may) 2. I managed to finish all my work. (able) 3. We should be careful. (ought) 4. It’s against the rules for players to have a drink. (allowed) 5. The report must be on my desk tomorrow morning. (has) 6. Tessa wants a cup of coffee. (like) 7. It’s impossible for Martin to be jogging in this weather. (can’t) 8. It was not necessary for Nancy to clean the flat. (didn’t) VII. Join these sentences, using the words in the parentheses. 1. The man seems very lonely. His wife and children are away. (whose) 2. I recently went back to the town. I was born in that town. (where) 3. The coffee was very hot. I couldn’t drink it. (too) 4. The ice is quite thick. We can walk on it. (enough) 5. The people were very nice. We met them on the train to Ho Chi Minh City. (who) 6. The road was very icy. They couldn’t drive fast. (so) 7. I went to school as usual yesterday. I had a terrible cold. (although) 8. The children ran away. They broke the window. (after) 9. His brother is now working in Liverpool. Liverpool is a big city of England. (which) 10. He cannot speak Chinese. I cannot speak Chinese. (neither) VIII. Rewrite these sentences, beginning with the given words. 1. Keeping calm is the secret of passing your driving test.=> If you didn’t 2. Water these plants or they will die.=> Unless you water 3. I’m not rich, so I can’t buy that house. =>If I were 4. He works in the evening, so he has no time to play with his children. =>If he didn’t 5. I can’t give you a ride because I don’t have a motorbike.=> If I had 6. Hurry up or we’ll be late for the concert. =>If we don’t 7. Money doesn’t grow on trees. We aren’t rich.=> If money grew 8. She goes to school late because she lives very far from school.=> Unless she lived 9. He is too short to play basketball. =>If he weren’t 10. The test is so difficult that we can’t finish it on time. =>If the test weren’t 11. I’m too tired to walk farther. =>I’m not 12. Since he was illness didn’t go on working. =>Because of IX. Rewrite the following sentences as directed. 1. I don’t think he is strong. He can’t lift the box. (Combine into one sentence using ENOUGH) 2. His house is very big. It is not very far from here. (Combine into one sentence using relative pronoun) 3. It’s a pity that I can’t speak Spanish. (Say ‘I wish…’ instead of ‘It’s a pity…’) 4. You must plan your work carefully. (Use the passive form) 5. I am very busy. I can’t go with you. (Make a conditional sentence from this fact) 6. When I came, they (still/ work) _____ in the garden. (Supply the correct tense of the verb in brackets) 7. She is still living in the small town. She was born there. (Combine into one sentence) 8. There was a cow on the street. All the cars stopped. (Combine into one sentence, using BECAUSE) 9. I have met a lot of people, and I can’t remember all their names. (Combine into one sentence, using ‘so….that’) 10. She is too young to decide herself. (Rewrite this sentence, using ‘enough …to’) 11. The weather is not nice today, so we will not go for a picnic. (Make a conditional sentence from this fact) 12. The rice-cooking festival attracted a lot of visitors. (Turn into the passive form) 13. Nam lent me this book. He is a friend of mine. (Combine into one sentence, using a relative pronoun) 14. He would go hunting when he was in Africa. (Rewrite, using ‘used to’) 15. ‘Are you and Hoa the same age, Maryam?’ Tuan said. (Rewrite, using the reported speech) . EXERCISES FOR GRADE 9 (UNIT 10) I. Choose the best answers. 1. My parents do not allow me (go/ to go/ going/ gone),. because it is very difficult. 8. This shirt is too small for me to wear. 9. She doesn’t have a bicycle, so she can’t go on camping trip with you. 10. They don’t take a map, so they will lose their. hasn’t got a map. 10. David has so many accidents because he’s so clumsy. 11. I don’t write to my friends because I’m so busy. 12. Susan hasn’t got a watch, so she’s often late for work. V. Complete