Semester Test 9th form

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The place where species lives and reproduces is its…

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When species is no longer found on earth it is said to be…

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The gradual warming of the earth is called…

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The national symbol of Scotland is...

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What is the capital of Northern Ireland?

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The shamrock is the national symbol of...

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Where is the UK situated?

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What is the official residence of the Royal family?

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garbage, nuclear testing, pollution, recycling, ecology

poachers, stranded whales, natural habitat, extinct, ivory tusks

1. Air, sea and land           is on of the biggest problems of our time.

2. We produce a lot of         during our lifetime and we need to get rid of it.

3. One solution to this problem is           .

4.         is the science that studies the environment.

5. Ecologists know that                 is very dangerous for the environment.

6. A lot of animals and plants are becoming         because their                 is being destroyed.

7.          kill elephants for their             .

8. The whale watching group helps                 to get back to the sea as soon as possible.

Complete the sentences with ‘who’, ‘which’ and ‘where’ :

1. She is the person     won the competition.

2. The plane       arrived late was from London.

3. My office,       I work every day, is painted yellow.

4. The student     I wanted to see was ill.

5. His car,       is very old, breaks down often.

6. In London,       John studies, he has spent three years already.

Put the verbs in brackets into correct forms to make the First Conditional:

1. If we        (to travel) to London, we           

(to visit) the British Museum.

2. If she       (to wait) a minute , I          (to ask) my parents.

3. If I       (to study) hard, I           (to pass) the exams.

4. If the sun        ( to shine), we               (not to walk ) into town.

5. If she       (to earn) a lot of money, she          (to fly) to Cardiff.

6. If Nick         (to forget) his homework, the teacher           (to give) him a low mark.

7. If it       (to rain), the children             (not to go) for a walk .

8. If I      (to take) the bus, I             (to arrive) in time.

Choose the correct form of the verb.

1. London             [is visited, visited] by many tourists.

2. Who              [protects, is protected] animals?

3. Albert Einstein             [awarded, was awarded] the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921.

4. Catholic Church                [is considered, considered] Galileo’s ideas as heresy.

5. Liverpool          [knew, is known] as the city where the Beatles started.

6. What          [is made, makes] the work of a scientist important?

7. Penicillin              [invented, was invented] by Alexander Fleming.

8. Alexander Bell                 [is constructed, constructed] the first practical telephone.

Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect Tense:

1. Mother            (to cook) supper by 7 o’clock.

2. Meg      (to say) that she          (to be) in this city.

3. The pupils                 (to discuss) this problem the whole evening.

4. When I      (to come) into her room, she             (to play) the piano.

5. They              (to receive) the telegram by 8 o’clock.

6. Cathy      (to say) that she           (to find) this puppy in the street.

7. When I         (to enter) the house, my brother             (to play) with a ball.

8. Children               (to learn) a poem the whole day yesterday.