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9th graders

Correction of the English Test (March 2015)

I: R.C. Part 1

A.  Cyberbullying - Text C

      Life at school - Text F

      Family relationships - Text D

      Teens’ stress - Text A

      Teens and depression - Text B

      Peer pressure - Text E

B. 1. B; 2. F; 3. A; 4. C; 5. E; 6. D

C. 1. teenagers; 2. depression; 3. teens; 4. younger brother/ sister;

5. be accepted by their friends; 6. a test

Part 2: 1. A; 2. C; 3. B; 4. A; 5. D; 6. C; 7.A; 8. D

II: V. / Gr.

A. 1. delighted; 2. terrified 3. exhausted; 4. furious; 5. fascinated

B. 1. I was tired because I had worked very late at night.

     2. They weren’t hot because they had turned on the air conditioning.

     3. He was hungry because he hadn’t had anything to eat since yesterday.

     4. He was surprised because she had come for a visit.

C. 1. 1. She said he always had problems.

         2. They told me I had gone to the cinema with Tom the day before.

         3. He said they had studied very hard for the exam.

C.2. 1. You told me, ‘I can’t buy this book.' 

        2. They said,  ‘She will be a famous pop star.'

D. 1. tell; 2. said; 3. tell; 4. tell

Correction of the Extensive Reading Worksheet (March 2015)

1. It is “Mysteries of the Unexplained.”

2. It is Kathy Burke.

3. Lonnie Zamora: He saw a fire in the hills. It was a large egg-shaped ‘machine’ about 5 metres long. It happened in 1964 in Socorro, New Mexico, US.

4. They were kidnapped by “aliens” when they were travelling to New Hampshire. Suddenly they felt very tired and they woke up 56 kms away. When the doctors started to talk to them they remembered what the “aliens” did to them and they had dreams about it.

5. a) ... he was four years old.

    b) ... he would die on his 45th birthday.

6. They feel and dream that something bad is going to happen in the future. For example, like the woman who dreamt that she met a friend in N.Y. He was crying and he pointed to two very tall buildings. The morning after an accident happened there.

7. Jacqueline Fitzsimmon - Body Mystery: she suddenly started burning; Date: not mentioned; Place: College.

Body Mistery: a blue light came from a young woman’s body while she was sleeping; Place: Pirano, Italy.

Kuda Bux - Body Mystery: he walked over a fire. The temperature was 300 C but his feet weren’t burnt. It happened in 1935.