A. Choose the Word That Best Completes Each Sentence

وزارة التربية والتعليم

منطقة دبي التعليمية

مدرسة جميرا النموذجية / حلقة 1 +2

Name:…………………….. Class:………………… Date: ………………………

Second Term Revision- Grade Nine

I-Vocabulary

A. Choose the word that best completes each sentence :

1- His qualification is a ………………in medicine.

a. service b. degree c. shift d. benefit

2- If you have a lot of useful skills, you become more ………………. .

a-employable b-advisable c- changeable d- clerical

3- A good ……………….. respects his employees.

a- anger b- finger c-manager d- wrong

4- He doesn't work well with his ………………. .

a-periods b- interests c- colleges d- colleagues

5- My brother likes to have …………… . jobs. He likes working with his hands.

a. occasional b. usual c. punctual d. manual

6-In the UAE, the government …………… many people.

a. fills b. employs c. studies d. enter

7- My father is very good at his job. Last week he got a ……………….

a- promotion b- qualification c- education d- organization

8- My friend is ……………... . She doesn’t like to meet people .

a- shy b-high c- dry d- wrong

9- My uncle works in the oil……………….. . .

a- history b-industry c- country d- salary

10- My sister has the qualifications for the job, but she doesn't have any………………

a- field b- retail c- source d-experience

* Match the following words to their definitions.

The word / The definition
1-employ / Something you need
2-ability / Working for yourself
3-employable / A person or company who pays someone to do a job
4-require / a door or other way to go into, e.g building
5- employee / An advantage
6- able / A level of skill or intelligence to do something
7- employer / A person who is paid to do a job
8- benefit / need
9-freelance / Easy to employ
10- entry / Having what is needed to do something like the skill, power…
11- requirement / 1 / To pay someone to do a job

* Match the following words to their definitions.

word / definition
1-colleague / The things you have done in your life
2-promotion / A person you work with
3-boss / While you are working
4-on the job / A higher level job in the same company
5- experience / manager

*Match the words to their correct meanings.

1-achieve ( ) A thing that is caused because of something else

2-contribute ( ) Cause a person to participate in an activity

3-prize ( ) To give or to add something to something

4-involve ( ) A reward

5- result ( ) To succeed in doing something

*Fill in the blanks with one of the words in the word bank.

profile, prize, responsibility, educational, exchange

1- Parents should have ………………. for their children.

2- I'm interested in the …………………. competitions at my school..

3- I wrote important personal information in my ……………… .

4- People can ………………information by chatting online.

5- I won the first …………… in the competition.

*Write each word in its correct place.

achieve, document, educational, contribute, result, society, profile, involve,

Adjectives / Nouns / Verbs

responsibility, exchange, prize

*Write each word in its correct place.

interested, journalist, journalism, entry, reporter, look for, employer,

work, qualification, communication, travel

Adjectives / Nouns (thing) / Nouns ( person) / Verbs

* Choose the word that best completes each sentence

1. The main line of latitude is the ………………….. .

a. Greenwich b. Equator c. Meridian d. longitude

2. We use a diagram or a …………….. when we display data.

a. graph b. test c. sand d. vapour

3. There are many …………… that affect the average temperature.

a. colours b. employees c. rows d. factors

4. There is…………… in the air.

a. method b. snow c. dust d. unit

5. The scientist did a lot of…………….. … to prove his hypothesis.

a. degrees b. experiments c. websites d. results

6. Our teachers …………… the lessons and clarify the difficulties .

a. explain b. affect c. punish d. tie

7. The library is an excellent …………….. of information.

a. game b. planner c. quiz d. source

8. The distance of the place from the Equator…..…….. the time of sunrise.

a. scatters b. draws c. influences d. praises

9. Rain, thunder and lightning are …………… events.

a. natural b. clerical c. manual d. punctual

10.The Earth has two ………….... .

a. tables b. poles c. columns d. rows

11- Greenwich meridian is the main line of ……………..

a.latitude b. longitude c. pole d. the Earth

12- Water in clouds is called ……………..

rain b-light c- vapour d- fog

13- Your attitude at school ……………. your marks.

proves b- covers c-collects d- affects

1- 14- What is the ……………… between your home and the school?

distance b- table c- graph d- factor

15-Thescientist follow the ……………. method to prove his hypothesis.

a-electronic b. scientific c. automatic d. fantastic

16-The teacher drew a ………………. showing how rain falls from the sky.

a-light b- diagram c- row d- dust

17-Light from the sun …………….. when it hits water vapour.

a- scatters b-tests c- displays d- makes

18- A/ an …………… is a way of doing things.

a- source b-industry c- college d- method

19- There is a small ……………….. in my marks in all subjects this semester.

a- average b- research c- increase d- data

1- 20-Lines of …………… run from the North Pole to the South Pole .

a-latitude b- longitude c- Equator d-graph

*Match the following words to their definitions.

word / definition
1-natural / A statement that makes something easier to understand
2-scatter / Information on how to do or use something
3-instructions / A mass of very small drops of liquid in the air
4- vapour / not made by human beings
5- explanation / To throw things in different direction
6-display / an idea of the truth
7-hypothesis / to show something to people
8-research / looking up information

*Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the box.

1- A ……………. is a kind of drawing that shows how something works.

2- The scientist follows the scientific method to prove his ………………… .

3- There are many columns and…………….....in this table of information.

4- The average rainfall ………… of measurement is (mm)

5-When white light hits water …………., all the light scatters by the same amount.

*Write the words in their correct places .

sea- island- fog- sand dune - snow

Landscape / Weather conditions
1- / 1-
2- / 2-
3- / 3-

1-Match the following words to their definitions.

The word / The definition
1-The Equator / one of several things that cause or influence something
2-distance / The distance of a place north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees
3-affect / The distance of a place east or west of the Greenwich Meridian, measured in degrees
4- longitude / The amount of space between two places or things
5- factor / One of the two points at the opposite ends of the line on which the Earth turns
6-latitude / A line of longitude
7-pole / An imaginary line around the Earth at an equal distance from the North an South poles
8- meridian / influence

II- Grammar

*Choose the word that best completes each sentence :

1- ……………….. has to be very good at Maths.

a. An engineer b. Engineer

c. A engineer d. An Engineers

2- I want to work for a newspaper ……………………. I like to travel and write.

a. but b. so c. because d. or

3- I ……………… hard for the test yesterday.

a. study b. studied c. studying d. studyied

4- My town is nice because …………………. many parks and gardens in it.

a. there is b. it is c. they are d. there are

5- ……………….. in the UAE don't work at the weekend.

a. Most of employees b. Most employee

c. Most employees d. Must employees

6-Muslims ………………..five prayers a day.

a. must pray b. must c. must praying d. must prays

7- I would like...... all over the world.

a. travelling b. travel c. to travel d. to travelling

8- I do well at speaking and reading. I ……………….good at writing.

a. am also b. also c. also am d. also have

9- Teaching pupils is tiring, …………….. it is interesting.

a- so b. but c. or d. because

10. This is the story ………………. I read yesterday.

a. which is b. who c. where d. which

11- The teacher praised …………….. the girls who studied very well for the test.

a. all b. some c. each d. many

12- The countries which are close …………. the Equator are generally very hot.

a. from b. to c. with d. by

13. How …………… is the temperature in Dubai in June ?

a. often b. many c. high d. much

14. This table……………….. the average rainfall in New York.

a. is showing b. showing c. is show d. shows

15. The sun rises ……………… the east.

a. in b. at c. from d. of

16. January is …………….. month in the UAE.

a. wettest b. wetter c. the wettest d. the wetter

17. There are two factors ……………….. affect the time of the sunrise.

a. they b. they are c. it d. that

18. Kampala is near the Equator, ………………Damascus is far from it.

a. whereas b. and c. so d. in addition

19. Muscat is 2,500 km. north …………… the Equator.

a. from b. in c. of d. at

20. Today is windier ………… yesterday.

a. then b. from c. than d. of

21. We don't get …………… rain in July.

a. some b. any c. many d. much

22. Why …………..... at different times in different places?

a. the sun rise b. do the sun rise

c. does the sun rise d. rise the sun

23. London is much ……………….. than Kuwait .

a. coldder b. the colder c. coldest d. colder

24. The sun is high at midday ……………… the temperature rises.

a. because b. or c. so d. but

25- The sun sets ……………… the west.

a-from b- at c-in d- of

26-The Caliphs were kings ……………… ancient Baghdad.

a- who ruled b- which ruled c- who are d- who

27- January is often ……………. month in Europe.

a- the colder b-coldest c- colder d-the coldest

28- Jeddah is on the coast. …………...... Riyadh is in the desert .

a- or b- whereas c- as d- However

29- Oman is close ……………. the UAE .

a- with b- near c- by d- to

30-The teacher asked …………………. student a question.

a- all b- some c- each d- whole

31- Canada, which is north …………… the USA, is generally cold in winter .

a- of b- in c-on d- from

32- Is there a reason ……………… makes you late to school ?

a- it b- that c- its d- they

33-Dubai is a big trading centre, ……………… it has a large tourist industry.

a- so b- However c- but d- and

34- I like to walk ……………… the river.

a- through b- across c- along d- up

35- …………… time does the sun rise in Abu Dhabi?

a- What b-How c- Which d- When

36- White light contains ………………. the colours.

a- some b- all c- a lot d-lot of

* Reorder the following words to make meaningful sentences or questions:

1- light - the - white - all - contains - colours

……………………………………………………………………………………….

2- in - experiments - the – did - the laboratory - scientist – a lot of

………………………………………………………………………………………..

3- sky - is - why - sunset - red - the - at ?

………………………………………………………………………………………..

4- in the air - go bad - insects - milk - perhaps- make

………………………………………………………………………………………..

5- the Earth - of - lines - run around - latitude

………………………………………………………………………………………..

II- Writing

* Add the missing letters:

1-I won the class pr - ze for English in grade 8.

2-A career advis - r can help you get a good job.

3-My father works in the fie - d of oil industry.

4-La – y pupils don't like to study hard.

* Add the missing letters:

1. It's very cold at the p – les.

2. Greenwich meridian is the main line of lon–itude

3. The scientist proved his hy –othesis.

4. There are rows and col – mns in a table

*Write three( 3 ) sentences about ( How you can make yourself employable.)

1-…………………………………………………………………….. .

2-…………………………………………………………………….. .

3-…………………………………………………………………….. .

* Write 3 meaningful sentences about : your favourite type of weather.

………………………………………………………………………………… .

………………………………………………………………………………… .

………………………………………………………………………………… .

*Write three sentences about :your favourite type of landscape (mountains, the sea,forest)

………………………………………………………………………………… .

………………………………………………………………………………….. .

3. …………………………………………………………………………………... .

( C ) Write a text of ( 80- 100 ) words about your father's job.

1-Introduction ( name, age, nationality, ….

2- 2-job title

3- His personal qualities and abilities 4- workplace and working hours

5- Work ( what he does in his job) 6- Conclusion

………………………………………………………………………………………….

……………………………………………………………………………......

………………………………………………………………………………………….

Write a personal profile . Give true information for yourself about the following topics.

* full name, age, nationality, hometown , school, grade

* favourite subjects+reasons

* contribution to school life

* after school activities…

* conclusion (ending)

………………………………………………………………………………………………

* Use the information in the tables to write a paragraph about the average

monthly temperature or rainfall in Amman.

Table 1-The average monthly temperature Table2- The average monthly rainfall in Amman

in Amman

Month / °C
Jan / 6
Feb / 8
Mar / 11
Apr / 16
May / 20
Jun / 24
Jul / 26
Aug / 26
Sep / 23
Oct / 18
Nov / 12
Dec / 7
Average / 16.4
Month / mm
Jan / 30.5
Feb / 22.9
Mar / 17.8
Apr / 10.2
May / 5.1
Jun / 0.0
Jul / 0.0
Aug / 0.0
Sep / 0.0
Oct / 10.2
Nov / 20.3
Dec / 25.4
Average / 11.9

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Definition / The word / No.
manager / Boss / 1
Number of jobs in one field of work / Career / 3
A person you work with / Colleague / 4
A qualification obtained by students who complete a college or university course / Degree / 5
A qualification obtained by students who complete a college or university course / Diploma / 6
To pay someone to do a job / Employ / 7
A person or company who pays someone to do a job / Employer / 8
Easy to employ / employable / 9
A person who is paid to do a job / employee / 10
A person's job / employment / 11
The things that you have dome in your life / Experience / 12
A particular subject or activity that somebody works in / Field / 13
The production of goods from raw materials especially in factories / Industry / 14
A person who is in charge of running a business / Manager / 15
While you are working / On the job / 16
A higher-level job in a company or an organization / Promotion / 17
A course of study that you have successfully completed / Qualification / 18
Having a particular knowledge and skill to do a particular job / Qualified / 19
A business whose work involves doing / Service / 20
A person who knows a lot about a particular subject / Advisor / 21
A person whose job is to keep the records or accounts in an office / clerk / 22
Connected with office work / Clerical / 23
Having the skill and ability to produce something new / Creative / 24
A person or an organization that buys something from a shop or business / Customer / 25
A section of a large organization such as government, business…. / Department / 26
Unwilling to work or be active / Lazy / 27
Using the hands / Manual / 28
A group of people who form a business together / Organization / 29
A person who likes to meet and talk to other people / Outgoing / 30
The selling of goods to the public through shops or stores / Retail / 31
A person who doesn't like to meet or talk to other people / shy / 32
The Meaning / The word / No.
Money that employees receive for doing their job / Salary / 33
Having what is needed to do something like the skill, power… / Be able / 34
A level of skill or intelligence to do something / ability-abilities / 35
An advantage that something gives you / benefit / 36
Earning money by selling your work to several different organizations rather than being employed by an organization / freelance / 37
Sources of information and news such as newspapers, radio and TV that influence people / Mass media / 38
need / Require / 39
Something that you need or want / Requirement / 40
A thing that is a part of a person's character / quality-qualities / 41
The period of time that a person is scheduled to work / Shift / 42
Go into, e.g., building / Enter / 43
Door or other way to go into, e.g., building / Entry / 44
Where people work / Workplace / 45
To succeed in doing something / achieve / 46
To give or to add something to something / Contribute / 47
An official paper or book that gives information about something / Document / 48
Connected with education / educational / 49
Giving and receiving / exchange / 50
To make someone interested in taking part in something / involve / 51
A reward / prize / 52
A duty to deal with or take care of somebody or something / responsibility / 53
A thing that is caused because of something else / result / 54
The definition or meaning / The word / No.
To gather / collect(v) / 1
What you learn from an experiment / conclusion (n) / 3
Information before it is organized / data (n) / 4
To show something to people / display (v) / 5
A test in a laboratory / experiment (n) / 6
A drawing with blocks or lines that represent information / graph (n) / 7
An idea of the truth / hypothesis(n) / 8
A room or building used for experiments or scientific research / laboratory (n) / 9
A way of doing something / method (n) / 10
To show that something is always true. / prove (v) / 11
Looking up information / research (n) / 12
Connected with science / scientific (adj) / 13
One who studies one or more of the natural sciences , for example, physics, chemistry and biology / scientist (n) / 14
To check or examine / test(v) / 15
A drawing that shows how something works / Diagram (n) / 16
A fine powder that consists of very small pieces of sand, earth, / dust(n) / 17
To make clear / explain(v) / 18
A statement that makes something easier to understand / explanation (adj) / 19
Information on how to do or use something / instruction (n) / 20
Existing in nature, or, not made by human beings / natural (adj) / 21
To throw things in different directions / scatter (v) / 22
The time when the sun first appears in the sky in the morning / sunrise (n) / 23
The time when the sun goes down and night begins / sunset (n) / 24
A mass of very small drops of liquid in the air e.g:(water vapour) / vapour (n) / 25
influence / affect (v) / 26
A number of objects arranged in a vertical line / column (n) / 27
Space between two people or two things / distance(n) / 28
one of several things that cause or influence something / Factor (n) / 29
affect / influence (v) / 30
The distance of a place north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees / latitude (n) / 31
The distance of a place east or west of the Greenwich Meridian, / longitude (n) / 32
The definition / The word / No.
A line of longitude / meridian (n) / 33
One of the two points at the opposite ends of the line on which the Earth turns / pole (n) / 34
The amount of rain during particular time / rainfall (n) / 35
A number of objects arranged in a horizontal line / row (n) / 36
A place, person, or thing that you get something from / source (n) / 37
An imaginary line around the Earth at an equal distance from the North and South poles / the Equator (n) / 38
a fixed quantity ,etc. .that is used as a standard measurement / unit (n) / 39
Calculated by adding several amounts together, finding a total, and dividing the total by the number of amounts / average(adj) / 40
The process of reducing something / decrease(n) / 41
A rise in the amount, number or value of something / increase (n) / 42
Not changing and not interrupted / steady (adj) / 43
Sudden and very big / steep (adj) / 44
The size, length, or amount of something / measurement (n) / 45