Test – Grade 8 I. A. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others: 1. A. pancake B. stadium C. tasty D. change 2. A. grocery B. money C. month D. comfort 3. A. effect B. delicious C. resident D. selection 4. A. just B. summer C. much D. humid 5. A. wristwatch B. notice C. tired D. specialty II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentences: 1. Do you want to send this letter airmail or ______________________? A. normal mail B. ordinary mail C. surface mail D. usual mail 2. When he was young, he __________________that primary school. A. arrived B. attended C. collected D. destroyed 3. The area is hot and __________________in summer. A. cold B. cool C. warm D. humid 4. The residents in my __________________are not happy about the changes. A. neighbor B. neighborhood C. neighborly D. neighboring 5. From this bridge, you can see the __________________of my house. A. foot B. floor C. roof D. stairs 6. This famous restaurant _________________food from every part of the world. A. serves B. cooks C. boils D. stews 7. He gave the ____________________answer as I did. A. different B. same C. far D. convenient 8. The pocket-watch is very ____________________from the wristwatch. A. same B. similar C. different D. difficult 9. Airmail is __________________expensive than surface mail. A. more B. like C. as D. the most 10. What have you done ____________________you said goodbye to us? A. for B. since C. when D. before III. Supply the correct form of the word in brackets: 1. Hoa and Nien used to be next-door ______________________. (neighborhood) 2. Surface mail is much ____________________than airmail. (cheap) 3. The shoes were nice, but they were ______________________. (comfort) 4. A new ____________________mall is opening in this district today. (shop) 5. The stores offer a wider ___________________of products. (select) 6. He thinks the pancakes are _____________________. (taste) 7. They are looking at the _____________________of “What’s on this week?”. (advertise) 8. This man is a store _____________________. (own) 9. The _____________________are going to hold a community meeting. (reside) 10. We can’t see him now; it’s ____________________. (convenience) IV. Complete the sentences with “for / since”: 1. She’s been in Ha Noi _____________________June. 2. He’s lived in Ho Chi Minh _____________________ten years. 3. They haven’t seen each other ____________________a long time. 4. She has read this novel _____________________two hours. 5. We’ve played football _____________________two o’clock. 6. I have known her ______________________a few years. 7. My father has worked for that company __________________1990. 8. They have been at my house ____________________8 o’clock this morning. 9. We have been waiting _____________________an hour. 10. They have studied _____________________seven o’clock. V. Rewrite these sentences so that they have the same meaning: 1. The examination was easier than we expected. The examination wasn’t____________________________________________ 2. Your hair is dark but her hair is blond. Her hair color is different ___________________________________________ 3. I’m 14 years old and he’s 14 years old. He’s the same ____________________________________________________ 4. He is wearing a red cap, and she is wearing a red cap, too. He is wearing _____________________________________________________ 5. A dog is bigger than a cat. A cat isn’t ________________________________________________________ 6. No one in this class is as tall as Ba. Ba is the _________________________________________________________ 7. The coffee is so strong that I can’t drink it. The coffee is too __________________________________________________ 8. The suitcase is too heavy for the boy to lift up. The suitcase isn’t __________________________________________________ 9. They were too late to see the first film. They didn’t ________________________________________________________ 10. We began to study here five years ago. We have _________________________________________________________ II. READING Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. (3.0 pts) Hello! My name is David. I work for a construction company. I started working for this company in 2004. We build roads, dams, bridges and things like that. At the moment my company is producing a plan for a new motorway. I usually work in the road department, but this month I am working in the department that builds bridges. So my whole working day is different just now. I normally spend a lot of time outdoors because I have to go to the construction sites. But with this new project I spend a lot of time in the workshop. Now I am testing a model of one of the new bridges. I enjoy it a lot because I have learned a lot of new things. 1. When did David begin working for his construction company? 2. What is his company doing at the moment? 3. Where does he usually work? 4. Is he working in the road department this month? 5. Why does he normally spend a lot of time outdoors? 6. What is he testing now? III. LANGUAGE FOCUS Circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences (2.5 pts) 1. We must be there _____ 7.30 and 8.15. A. at B. before C. between D. after 2. Dad stayed at the office _____ he finished the report. A. between B. until C. for D. at 3. Vietnamese language is different _____ English language. A. as B. like C. from D. with 4. Tom is 16. He isn’t _____ to drive a car. A. enough young B. young enough C. enough old D. old enough 5. When my uncle was young, he used _____ fishing on Sundays. A. go B. went C. going D. to go 6. Mary likes _____ the piano. A. playing B. plays C. played D. play 7. She told me _____ you that present. A. giving B. to give C. gave D. given 8. Last night I watched the movie “Romeo and Juliet”. At last they killed ______. A. himself B. herself C. themselves D. ourselves 9. Jane is _____ beautiful than her sister. A. as B. like C. the most D. more 10. London is _____ capital city in Europe. A. large B. larger C. most large D. the largest . Test – Grade 8 I. A. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others: 1. A. pancake B. stadium C. tasty D. change 2. A. grocery B. money C. month D. comfort 3 _________________________________________________________ II. READING Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. (3.0 pts) Hello! My name is David. I work for a construction company. I started working for this company in 2004. We. in the workshop. Now I am testing a model of one of the new bridges. I enjoy it a lot because I have learned a lot of new things. 1. When did David begin working for his construction company?