TMS 9th graders last minute exercises for the Unit Test!!(Here's Johnny!)

I. Relative Clauses. Complete these sentences using the right clauses.

A. The English novelist X,(1)_______ most famous character is Hercule Poirot, was born in Torquay in 1891. The Mysterious Affair at Styles,

(2) ______began her career, appeared in 1920. Poirot,(3)_______ is a Belgian detective, is the hero of many of her mystery stories, some of the most famous of(4)_______ are The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and Murder on the Orient Express. Curtain, in(5) _______ Poirot dies, appeared in 1975. The thing (6)_______ characterizes her stories is the clever plots, (7) _______always have a surprising twist at the end.

B. Combine these sentences with relative clauses putting commas where necessary.

A red herring is a kind of clue. A red herring leads nowhere.(that)

Agatha Christie died in 1976. Her mystery and crime novels are very popular. (whose)

Many plays have appeared on the London stage. The Mousetrap is the most successful ever. (which)

II. Modals.Complete these sentences with the correct form of must, have or need.

1. I. ________ to work today because it's a national holiday.

2. I ________ to go to the doctor the other day as I felt terrible.

3. You ______ work harder if you want to pass the exam.

4. You ______ eat too much; it's very bad for you.

5. ____ we ____ to bring our sleeping bags to camp?

III. Vocabulary.

The tallest buildings in a city are also called ___________________

A situation in which you feel overwhelmed by work is ____________

Those tiny particles suspended in the air also contribute to_________

People who suffer from agoraphobia can't stand the ______________

That old palace is so neat that you can tell it's been ________________

Not very common these days but attractive, i.e. __________________

Something that has been used for too long _____________________

When your day is full of activities is called a _ _ _ _ _ _ day!

Answers: I. A. whose, which, who, which,which,which/that,which.

B. A red herring is a kind of clue that leads nowhere.

Agatha Christie, whose mystery and crime novels are very

popular, died in 1976.

The Mousetrap is the most successful play which/that has

ever appeared on the London stage.

II. 1. don't have to

2. had to

3. need to/must

4. must not

5. Do (we) need to/have to

III. / skyscrapers/stressful/pollution / crowds/ well looked-after/

/quaint/shabby/hectic/

OK, young intellectuals, that's all for now. Good luck tomorrow!

Sam the Ham