Efl prepare Workbook Grade 9

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B
C
18
UNIT 4

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1
 
For each question, choose the correct picture.
1
What was Richard doing when his mum got home?
A
B
C
2
 
What do Charlie and his family use their garage for?
A
B
C
3
 
What did Rosie’s dad buy yesterday?
A
B
C
4
 
Who is on the balcony?
A
B
C
5
 
What did Emma paint on her ceiling?
A
B
C
04
A story
WRITING
 1
 
Look at the three pictures. Write the 
story shown in the pictures. Write 
35 words
 or more.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LISTENING
19
MY PLACE

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School subjects
1
Match the two halves of the words. Then write the 
whole words below.
a 
his 
b 
bio 
c 
ence 
d 
mat
e 
geo 
f 
hs 
g 
dra 
h 
logy
i 
sics 
j 
phy 
k 
istry 
l 
sci
m 
chem 
n 
tory 
o 
ma 
p 
graphy
0
 
a 
+ n = history
1
 
 
2
 
 
3
 
 
4
 
 
5
 
 
6
 
 
7
 
 
2
Choose the correct answers.
1
 
I want to work with numbers, so I need to study 
 
.
A 
biology 
B 
maths 
C 
science
2
 
I want to travel to other countries, so I need to 
study 
 
.
A 
drama 
B 
foreign 
C 
PE 
languages
3
 
I want to write computer programmes, so I need 
to study 
 
.
A 
chemistry 
B 
geography 
C 
ICT
4
 
I want to be an actor, so I need to study 
 
.
A 
maths 
B 
history 
C 
drama
5
 
I want to help find new medicines, so I need to 
study 
 
.
A 
design and 
B 
biology 
C 
history 
technology
3
Write the correct subject. Do not use 
science
. 
 
In which subject do you do these things?
1
 
play basketball 
 
2
 
learn about
 
rivers, mountains
and oceans 
 
3
 
learn about facts from the past 
 
4
 
draw something then make it 
 
5
 
learn about using numbers 
 
6
 
study how plants grow 
 
7
 
learn about space, the moon
and the stars 
 
8
 
learn about computers and
using the internet 
 
9
 
speak, hear, read and write
lots of new words from a
different country 
 
VOCABULARY
Comparative and superlative 
adverbs
1
Read the situations. Are sentences 1–8 right (
✓
)
or wrong (
✗
)?
Ben speaks more quickly than Greg. Ronan 
speaks the most quickly.
1
 
Ronan speaks more slowly than Greg. 
 
2
 
Greg speaks the slowest. 
 
In the basketball match, Reeta played better 
than Sarah. Kiera played the best.
3
 
Reeta played worse than Kiera. 
 
4
 
Reeta played the worst. 
 
Nick learns maths more slowly than David. 
Martin learns maths the most quickly.
5
 
Martin learns maths more easily than
Nick. 
 
6
 
Nick learns maths the most easily. 
 
Izzie and Maria did their homework very 
quickly on the school bus. Paloma did hers 
more slowly at home.
7
 
Izzie did her homework more carefully 
than Maria. 
 
8
 
Paloma did her homework the most
carefully. 
 
2
Complete the sentences with the comparative or 
superlative form of the adjectives in brackets.
1
 
Mrs Black speaks 
 
than the 
other teachers. (quiet)
2
 
Toni plays volleyball 
 
of all the 
players on our team. (well)
3
 
Chris runs 
 
than Sam. (quick)
4
 
Nobody did well in the history exam, but I did 
 
of all. (bad)
5
 
Jim, Norman and Ian worked together 
on a group project, but Norman worked 
 
in the group. (hard)
3
Complete the sentences with 
more 
or 
most
.
1
We can all sing in my family, but my brother can 
sing the 
 
beautifully of all of us.
2 
Mr Sanchez explains things 
 
carefully than Mr Wright. I prefer Mr Sanchez!
3
My brother learns languages 
 
easily than I do. He can speak English, French 
and Russian.
4
Sara speaks the 
 
quickly of all 
the people in the class. I never understand what 
she says!
5
For me, maths is the 
 
difficult 
subject at school. I have to do lots of extra 
practice to pass the exams.
GRAMMAR
20
UNIT 5
5
SCHOOL

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4
Put the words in the correct order to make 
sentences.
1
 
more / Jacob / the meal / quickly / his 
friends / finished / than
 
2
 
carefully / Davina / her name / most / 
wrote / the
 
3
 
works / than / Louis / the other art 
students / harder
 
4
 
the / sleeps / worst in her family / always / 
Marta
 
5
Choose the correct words to complete the 
sentences.
1
 
I speak German 
better 
/
 well
than my 
brother.
2
 
Every day at the college you learn lots of 
words in English, and this helps you to 
speak English more 
easy 
/ 
easily
.
3
 
Today is my birthday. Everyone gave me 
presents. The present I 
like the best 
/ 
best 
like
is the computer my parents gave me.
4
 
My father drives more 
careful 
/
 carefully
than my uncle.
5
 
Our Spanish teacher explains things 
clearer 
/
 more clearly
than our French 
teacher.
take
1
Read the sentences. Match the meanings of 
take 
to the verbs in the box.
carry
catch
do go along
make
study
use
0
 
I have to 
take
my geography exam again. 
do
1
 
We’re going to 
take
a train to Edinburgh in 
the morning. 
 
2
 
Don’t forget to
 take
your key. I won’t 
be at home when you get back. 
 
3
 
I should 
take
some medicine because I’ve 
got a bad cold. 
 
4
 Take
the first turning on the left. The 
cinema is on the right. 
 
5
 
I always 
take
lots of photographs on 
holiday. 
 
6
 
Everyone at my school has to 
take
maths 
and science. 
 
VOCABULARY
2
Look at the photos. What are the people doing? Write 
sentences using 
take
.
0
 
She is taking a photo. 
1
 
2
 
3
 
4
 
0
1
2
3
4
21
SCHOOL

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1
Read the blog quickly. Is this school the 
same as your school or is it different?
 
READING
Brooklyn Free School
Brooklyn Free School
Brooklyn Free School has one part for students aged 
11–18 and one for students aged 4–11. Students in both 
parts choose the subjects they take, never do homework 
and don’t have to take exams or tests. And if they’re not 
enjoying a chemistry lesson, for example, they can walk 
out, or go to the students’ room and read a book. Three 
younger kids were doing this when I went in there on my 
visit. Other examples of subjects on the timetable are 
writing films and building design – a very popular subject.
Some people think this kind of school is a bad idea. They 
don’t think it teaches students the things they’ll need when 
they grow up. They also think the school’s only for people 
who have lots of money. But actually, only 20% of the 
students pay the whole cost of being at the school.
So what do the students think? One student, 
Marlon, says in his favourite class he watched 
a TV show about city life. It taught him a lot. 
In another, students discussed how people 
decide about things or vote. They then ate at 
local restaurants and decided which one they 
liked the best. Marlon also enjoyed making 
models of other students in a design class.
But Marlon found it hard when he started at the 
school. It took more than a year for him to feel 
comfortable there. He played computer games 
in the students’ room for most of that first year. 
Now he enjoys classes and says he wouldn’t 
like to go to school anywhere else.