English exercise for first final semester

Grade IX

1. Fill in the blank with expression of certainty!

Nona : I haven’t slept well lately. I don’t know why.

Ardi : don’t worry if you’re the kind person that doesn’t sleep easily. First, don’t think too much.
Then, drink a glass of hot milk before sleeping. You will sleep early well.
Nona :_____________________about it?
Ardi : ______________________

2. Change the words in the brackets into gerund

a. Have you heard of the saying ‘(see) is (believe)?
b. He was already late and couldn’t risk (miss) the bus.
c. I don’t like (interfere) in the other people’s affairs.
d. The new clerk resented (tell) what to do.
e. She has completed (pack) her bags.

3. Write a sentence using gerund form!

a. dislike
b. drink
c. keep

4. Fill in the missing expressions

Dona : Hey, Gun. What are you doing?

Gun : I’m making a windmill from paper. Ah, now it’s finished.
Dona : wow, __________________________! How did you do that?
Gun : I made it from a square piece of paper by cutting inwards from each corner halfway to the center
point. Then, I folded over each point with a dot on it and tape it to the center.
Dona : _________________________. Then,_________ __________________!
Gun : after that, I pushed the drawing pin through the center and into the rubber on the end of the
pencil.
Dona : ______________________________
Gun : See. Now you can blow on the pin wheel and watch it spin.
Dona : _______________________

5. Put verbs in the bracket into present perfect tense.

a. We (not subscribe) Tempo for years.
b. Mrs. Laluna(give) us her special edition Dolly magazine’s
c. “Where you (be)? We were looking for you everywhere. Look at this magazine, this is a picture
of your.
d. I (read) this newspaper for an hour.
e. “ All my money (steal)!’ he said
 f. We (complete) our science project.
g. Who (take) my book?
h. My pen friend (not write) to me for two months.
i. Our soccer team (beat) their competitions many times before
j. I am very tired. I (not sleep) a wink since last night.

6. Join each two sentences. Make them elliptical sentences!

a. Yulius is a smart boy. Vania is a smart girl
b. Yulius is tall. Joshua is a short.
c. Mother goes to the supermarket by bus. Father goes to the office by bus.
d. Iwan was at the dentist. Butet was at the dentist.
e. Meiling doesn’t have Long hair. Suping has short hair.
f. Amir’s house is big. Tora’s house isn’t small.
g. Cucumber plant doesn’t bear every year. Watermelon plant bears every two months..
h. Banyan tress can live for a long time. Coconut trees can’t live for a long time.
i. Hibiscus can have flower every year. Jasmine can have flowers every year.
j. Orchids have long leaves. Roses have small leaves.

7. Arrange the words into a good sentences

a. Have – butterflies – and – colors – many – fly – bright – all day
b. Naturally – flying – the birds – comes – to
c. Pen – writing – friend – loves – her – she – to
d. That – sick – your – father – is – are – sorry – we –to – hear
e. Drinking – my little – medicine – sister – hates
f. Her – hobby – cooking – is – favorite
g. His – in – growing – he – garden – plants – loves
h. Mind – switching – the – you – off – would – lights?
i. Of – exercise – is – skipping – a form
j. We – sandcastle – the – beach – enjoyed – the – building – on

8. Complete the report text using the words below!

Movements Create Body

Turning Actions

Our ………….can perform some……….. Such as rotating, bending, jumping and ………. With all these
physical actions we can ……….of body…….

Bones Fish Animals

Means Back bones

They are invertebrate…………. . This ……….. that unlike fish or people, they have no ……….. . In fact, they
have no ………. at all

9. Fill in the blanks using elliptical !

a. The zebra is big and ……………….horse.
b. Jean didn’t get money and Juan ……………………….
c. Dian read a magazine yesterday and Dilla ………………
d. Dolphin can’t live on land and …………….whale
e. Shinta needs to drink medicine and dick ………………
 f. The dog was sleeping under the table and ………….the cat.
g. We swam in the pool and they ………………..
h. Tika won’t go to the Disney Land and …………………………..Tina.
i. The hamster isn’t expensive and the fish ………………..
j. Bananas are sweet and the papaya …………………………………

10. Find some mistakes from the paragraph below!

a) Spot is a regular cat. It are an adorable cats. It have orange fur with white and black spots. I likes to
cuddle him because its fur feels soft. I gave spot milk. Spot don’t like rice so I give him cat food.
b) The Nile River are the longest river in the world. Its length is around 4.180 miles. It flow through
Uganda, Sudan and Egypt. It have two main tributaries. They is the Blue Nile and the white Nile.
The white Nile started in the great lakes region of Central Africa

11. Arrange these sentence to make a good paragraph!

Paragraph 1
a) They can’t fly
b) They swim and dive well
c) Penguins are swimming birds
d) Penguin use their wings to row themselves through the sea
e) It’s because their wings are shaped as flippers
f) Penguin in the water can leap up nearly 2 metres to land on a rock or ice.

Paragraph 2
a) The animals have been pushed back and their natural habitat has been reduced.
b) The government has been created reserves to protect both animals and plant life.
c) Many natural forests where the animals live are being destroyed.
d) One of them is Bogor Botanical Garden.
e) People have cleared the land to cultivate crops.

12. Match the words below!

1) Jug a) Give a reason for believing

2) Gravel b) Something for survive
3) Survival c) Break something
4) Evidence d) Take in or absorb
5) Crack e) Create or design
6) Bask f) Have the same form
7) Invent g) Small stone
8) Identical h) Area or division
9) Region i) Deep container for liquid
10)Assimilated j) Enjoy in warm
13. Write a procedural text about
a) Recipe
b) Old things/ unused things
c) Instruction of tools