EXERCISES FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER TEST Grade 8 th Exercise 1: Choose the best answer 1. They have studied six o’clock. (for/at/ since/to) 2. Which is , milk or orange juice? (better/ the best/ good/ gooder) 3. London is capital city in Europe.(larger/ the largest/most large/ large) 4. Susan to work yesterday. - She didn’t feel well. (didn’t go/ hasn’t gone/went/goes) 5. My mother is to cook tonight.( too tired/ enough tired/ very tired/ so tired) 6. The doctor asked him a rest (take/ took/ takes/ to take) 7. It’s too cold outside you close the window please? (Do/Are/Could/Why don’t) 8. She is studying hard pass the exams.(for/in order to/so to/ so that) 9. Nam hates to the market (to go/goes/go going) 10. He does morning exercises regularly ( for/in order to/ so to/ so that) to improve his health. 11. Airmail is expensive than surface mail(The most/ like/as/more) 12. have you lived in this town? (When/ Where/ How long/ How) 13. She has (written/ wrote/write/ writen) over 30 pages a day. 14. TV is bringing information entertainments.(Not only but also/so that/more than/ either or) 15. We must be there 7.30 and 8.00. (at/ before/ between/ after) 16. Tom is 17. He isn’t to drive a car.(enough young/ yough enough/ enoung old/ old enough) 17. Vietnamese language is different English (as/ like/ from/with) 18. When my uncle was young , he used fishing on Sundays.(go/went/going/to go) 19. Jane is beautiful than her sister.(as/like/ the most/ more) 20. Hung is student in our class. (better/ good/ the best / best). 21. Ho Chi Minh is larger and beautiful than Hanoi (more/ as/ most/ the most). 22. I in this house for 20 years.(live/ lived/ have lived/haved). 23. This book is the same price that book (as/ like/ from/ with) 24. They should English pronunciation everyday.(practise/ practised/ practising/ practises/ 25. We’ve been here last week.(since/ for/in/from) 26. I often do my homework dinner (at/ in/ on/ after) 27. Do you need any help?-No thanks. I am to lift this box (enough strong/ strong enough/too strong/not strong) 28. My father ten ciggrettes a day.(often smokes/ smoking/ used to smoke/smoke) 29. The Moon around the Earth.(move/ moves/ is moving/is moved) 30. We do the last English test very (bad/good/ goodly/well) 31. The street . very crowded after 5pm everday (become/becomes/ is becoming/are becoming) 32. The world population bigger (is getting/ are getting/ get/gets) 33. I to bed at 11 o’clock last night.( go/ went/have gone/am going). 34. That’s a very old bike. He it for a long time.(have had/ has/ had/ has had ). 35. They each other for a long time. (haven’t seen/saw/ didn’t see/have seen) 36. I’ve read this novel 2 hours. (for /in/ since/at). 37. My friend doesn’t know the city very … (a. good/ b. bad/ c. goodly/ d. well) 38. The doctor asked him ……………. to bed on time. (a. to go/b . going/ c. go to/ went) 39. His parents are always proud ……… him.(a. about/b. of/ c. on / d. with) 40. You ought to ……………… harder.(a. studying/ b. studied/ c. study d. studies) 41. You’ll have to do it …………………. (a. yourself/ b. himself/ c. herself d. themselves) 42. She …………… cry a lot when she was achild. (a. use to/ b. used to/ c. used /d. using) 43. Can you help me (doing/ do/ did/ does) this homework? 44. It’s very nice (for/ of/ off/ to) you to pick up me. 45. Why don’t you (take/ have/ give) part in the activity? 46. He (has worked/ have worked/works)) in that factory for 5 years. 47. She told me (take/ to take/ taking/ takes) these cakes to her house. 48. Tam was too sleepy (to do/ does/ did/ doing) his homework. 49. Mai can play backetball very (good/ well/ bad) 50. My brother said I should (doing/ do to do) my homework before class. 51. She looks very (happy/ happiness/ happily) today. 52. The boy likes doing it (myself/ hisself/ himeself) 53. Where did you (use/ used/ using) to live.? 54. I always listen to music (before/ after/ if) I go to bed. 55. Can you fill (in/ out/ on) this form for me ? 56. The teacher asked him (to have/ having/ have) his hair cut. 57. Nam enjoys (reading/ read/ to read ) detective stories. 58. It’s too cold outside. (Could/ Are/ Do) you close the door for me? 59. They are planing (to join/ join/ joining) the club. 60. The boy scout do (voluntary/ volunteer/ voluntaring) work. 61. It’s very kind (in/ of/ to) you to say so. 62. He didn’t study (good/ well/ goodly). He always gets bad mark Exercise 2: Rewrite the sentences: 1- “Please turn down the radio for me,” said my father. _. My father told me 2- My aunt has worked in that school for two years. How long 3- This book is cheap , but that book is cheaper. -> This book is 4- The / film/ begin/ 7.00 > The film 5- She/ enjoy/ listen/ music/ > She 6- Minh/ like/play/ soccer >Minh 7- This bag is as large as That one > the same size 8- “Please tell me the story”, Lan said to me. -> Lan told me 9- He said to me “Can you give me the pen?” He asked me 10- You should stay in bed for a few days “, she said  She said to me ……………… 11- Mrs Jackson said to Jim “Would you give me a hand, please ?”  Mrs Jackson asked Jim 12- The teacher said to Tim, “Come into my office, please”  The teacher told Tim 13- Bao/ help/ his freinds in the orphanage/ play fooball/ last week  Bao helped 14- Mary said to me, “ Can you carry my bag” ( Mary asked me …) 15- The boy is not strong. He can’t lift the case. (enough) 16- He didn’t prepare the lesson at home, so he got bad marks. ( because). 17- This book is cheap, but that book is cheaper, ( as … as ) 18- I/have/meeting/Sunday. ->I 19- The boy is not strong. He can’t lift the case > The boy is not strong enough 20- Mary said to John: “Can you carry my suitcase, please?” Mary asked 21- Their mother said to them,”Don’t make so much noise”-> 22- The traffic policeman said” Show me you driving licence , please”-> 23- He didn’t prepare the lesson well, so she got bad marks > Because 24- The English book is 45,000 dong. The Math book is 50,000 dong > 25- I like to play badminton > I love 26- Mr Smith is 60 years old, and Mrs Smith is 60 years old too > Mr Smith is as 27- He didn’t work hard, so he failed the exams > Because 28- a Lan/ be/ good/ English a. She / study/ this foreign langguage/ since last year. b. She buy/ English - Vietnames dictionary/ lask week. c. She often use / it/for /read Exercise 3 : A/ Read the passage, then decide if the following sentences are True (T) or False (F) SAVE THE WORLD We are all destroying the Earth. The seas and rivers are too dirty to swim in. There is so much smoke in the air that it is unhealthy to live in many of world’s cities. We have cut down so many trees that there are now vast areas of waste land all over the world. As a result, farmers in parts of Africa can not grow enough to eat. In certain countries in Asia, there is too little rice. Wild animals are quickly disappering. For instance, tigers are rare in India now because we have killed too many However, it not enough simply to talk about the problem. We must act now because it is too late to do any thing about it . Join us now! Save the Earth. This is too important to ignore. 1. The sea and rivers are polluled now 2. Smoke is harmful to human health 3. We have planted many trees now 4. In all over the world, farmers cannot grow enough to eat 5. Wild animals are threatened by extinction 6. There are only a few tigers exist in India. is lived it feed people lot so work 7. Save the Earth is an unimportant problems B/ * Complete the passage with the words from the box: Many (1) …. believe that life on a farm is quiet and easy, but (2) … is very hard, I myself have (3) … on a farm for nearly 20 years and I know what farm work (4) … . You must get up early, (5) … the chickens and the cows, water the vegetables, flowers, do a (6) … of gardening and then (7) … on the fields. But my aunt likes this way and (8) … do her children. * Answer the questions: 1. How is the farm work life in the writer’s opinion? 2. How long has he lived on the farm? 3. What do farmers often do? 4. Do you like farm work? Why (not)? Exercise 4: Supply the correct verb tense or form: 1. The planets of the solar system (travel) around the sun. 2. Summer (follow) spring. 3. Everyone (drink) a lot of beer at the party last night. 4. Alexander graham (be) born in Edinburgh. He first (introduce) the telephone in 1876. 5. Can I (speak) to Lan please? – Sorry she’s out. Would you like (leave) a message? 6. I (buy) a ticket yesterday. My friends and I (be) going (see) a movie tomorrow? 7. My father (die) when I (be) only 12 years old. 8. What are you doing? – I (play) hide and seek. – Where is he? – He may (be) upstairs. 9. He (use) to (smoke) a lot 10 years ago. He (give) it up last year. 10. Women (have) to (work) hard in the past. 11. There (be) not any electricity in the past, so we play hide and seek every night. 12. Who (do) the chpres yesterday? – It (be) me. 13. (You/ use) walk to school? – Yes, I did. 14. Where (be) you last week end? – I (come) to Cat Ba island with my friends. 15. I often (go) to the market once a week when (I live) alone last year, but now I (stay) with my aunt and (try) (go) shopping everyday. 16. Can you (help) me (fix) the washing machine.? 17. He (join) the Y & Y because he (enjoy) (take) oart in the social activities. 18. It’s interesting (jion) in the Y &y group. 19. My grandmother (eat) noodles an hour ago. 20. We (have) English three times a week. 21. Your teacher (say) you should (work) harder on your English pronunciation. 22. What time (she/ get) up every morning? 23. (you/ need) any help? 24. I (play) soccer since I (be) 5 years old. 25. When I (buy) my new house, I (ask) for a telephone. Thepost office (tell) me (wait) a year now and my phone still (not, come). 26. Where is your mother? – She (talk) with my father in the livingroom. 27. She (come) with us tomorrow. 28. (you/ watch) TV last night? 29. She (never/ stay) up lat at night. 30. How long ( you/ learn) English? – I (learn) it for 4 years.? 31. His father (drink) coffee every morning. 32. Yesterday (meet) an old friend on the way home. He (leave) school three years ago. He (be) a doctor now. 33. He (be) an orphan since he (be) 5 years old. 34. There (be) nothing interesting on TV lastnight, so I (go) out with my friends. 35. What (you/ do) now? – I (listen) to music. 36. She (not, drink) coffe. She (drink) Coca Cola. 37. It (be) often hot in summer. 38. The earth (circle) the sun once every 365 days. 39. Rice (not, grow) in cold climates. 40. Where Martin (come) from? – He (be) Scottist. 41. Bad driving (cause) maby accidents. 42. “How you (learn) to drive?” – “My father (teach) me.” 43. It stopped (rain) , so I (take) off my raincoat. 44. She was in a hurry, so she (not, have) time to phone you. 45. They (award) him a medal for bravery last year. 46. Mr Brown used ( swim) when he (be) young. 47. What you (use) to do in your free time? – I used to (go) fishing. 48. It’s difficult (do) this exercise. 49. In England, the sun (not, shine) everyday. 50. Sandra ought (practice her English more often. 51. Hoa’s teacher (want) Hoa (spend) more time on Math. 52. I hope you (recover) soon. 53. She hopes (have) a suitable job. 54. Nam always (get) grade A for Physics but last semester he (get) grade B. So his teacher asked him ( study) harder this semester. 55. Can you help me (move) this table? 56. I promise I (try) best next week. 57. I promise (get) high grade for English 58. You should (underline) the words you want (learn) 59. Your teacher needs (meet) you after 4 p.m 60. We (start) our work on Monday and ( finish) on Saturday. 61. They are thinking of (move) to America. 62. I like (think) carefully about things before (make) a decision. 63. I prefer (walk) to (ride) 64. Don’t try (persuade) me. Nothing can (make) me (change) my mind. 65. I (do) all the housework. The flat is really clean now. 66. He (write) a novel for two years, but he (not, finish) it yet. 67. My brother (leave) home 10 years ago. I (never/ meet) him since then. 68. I like your car. How long (you/ have ) it? 69. We (have) a party next Sunday. Would you like (come) 1. His friends (study) …………………… English since 2003. 2. She (arrive) …………………… in Qui Nhon city last month. 3. We (have) ………………………. a picnic next weekend. 4. Mrs Lien asked me (spend) ……………………… more on grammar. 5. (you/ meet) Tom last birthday? 6. We should go home. It (get) darker 7. I (study) Japanese since I was 10 years old. 70. Computers (become) more important in our life. Exercise 5: Prepositions 1. I’m interested farming. 2. My grandmother prefers living in the country living in the city. 3. Are you free Sunday afternoon? 4. She’s still looking a job. 5. Hold a minute and I’ll get her 6. The tran Phu residents and store owners are going to hold a meeting to discuss effects the new mall. The meeting will be Binh’s hardware Store, 12 hang Da stree, 8p.m 10 p.m May 20. Please contact Pham Van Tai the above address more information. 7. Please hurry up! We have been waiting an hour. 8. Have you learnt English a long time.? 9. I have known her January. 10. It’s / That’s very kind you to say so. 11. In this respect, French is different English. 12. Are you going to take part the contest? 13. Could you help me the washing up? 14. He is proud his new watch. 15. Try to learn the meaning of new words heart. 16. Trang is very good swimming. She thinks swimming is good health. 17. I got good grade English and history. 18. I hang the picture the clock and the calendar. 19. Putting a knife an electrical socket is dangerous. 20. The wardrobe is the right side the room. 21. You can reach her 831 199. 22. I’ll see you Sunday, April 1 st . 23. Do you give each other presents Chrismas Eve”She doesn’t like travelling night. 24. The course begins 12 May and ends (sometimes ) August. 25. Will you pick me after the party? 26. The secretary took message her boss. 27. He worked deaf-mute Boston university. 28. I’ll see you 2a.m Xuan Phuong restaurant. II/ Complete the passage using the given words (2pts) ( old/ car/ name/ when/ language/ also/ learn/ over) My (1) …… is Linda. I’m fifty years (2) …………, and this is my plan (3) …… when I retire. I’m going to (4) … Vietnamese. I can already speak French, German, and I want to learn another (5) …… . I’m (6) ……… going to learn to drive. I’m going to buy a (7) ……… , a tent and travel all (8) ……. the world. Exercise 6: Put these words in the order to make meaningful sentences 1. enough/ Jane/ watch/ to/ old/ that/ isn’t/ film 2. you/ going/ short/ next weekend/ have / holiday. 3. black/ has/ long/ our/ straight/ hair/ teacher. 4. in / in/ sets/ rises/ the/ the/the/ sun/ east/ west. 5. Bob/ love / play/ soccer/ but/ he/ not/ strong/ enough/ play 6. I/ gad/ tell/ you/ I/ going/ have/ interesting activities. Exercise 7: Make sentences using the words given: 1. Last night/ we/ come/ home/ 10.30/ 11.00 2. They/ often/ have/ short / holiday/ Chrismas. 3. We/ not/ see/ each other/ 10 years. 4. My sister/ start/ a new job/ yesterday. 5. I/ be sorry/ I / notwrite/ a long tome/ but/ I / busy. 6. Peter and I/ going/ visit/ old school/ December 30 th . 7. You/ ought/ go/ market/ yourself. 8. There/ window/ left side/ room. 9. Your shirt/ expensive/ Huong’s 10. You/ ought/ get up/ early/ help/ mother/ housework. Complete the letter , using the words given: Dear Mum and Dad, 1. I/ have/ wonderful time/ Ha Long Bay 2. weather/ be/ lovely/ and/ beach and islands/ look/ beautiful. 3. Yesterday/ I/ visit/ Thien Cung Grotto. 4. I/ be/ visit/ Dau Go cave/ tommorrow. 5. I/ be/ going/ take/ photos/ there See/ soon Love, Exercise 8: Complete the sentences, using the appropriate adverbs in the box: In on there outside inside upstairs here downstairs 1. The children love Dysneyland. They want to go there again. 2. I open the box and look 3. She ran to open the door for him. 4. I’m afraid I can’t drink coffee with milk . 5. Let’s go and sit in the sun. 6. Wait I’ll be back in a minute. 7. He ran up the stairs to see what haappened 8. What’s at the Rex Movie Theater this week? Exercise 9:* There is one missing word in each sentence. Find that word and put it in the correct position. 1. Fred is not tall enough be a policeman. 2. The sun sets the West. 3. What does she like? – She is beautiful. 4. I’m going visit my grandmother. 5. Who is most intelligent student in your class? 6. Andrew doesn’t speak clearly enough to an English teacher. 7. I received a letter my sister yesterday. 8. What beautiful day! 9. Would you like be here at Christmas? 10. He is not as outgoing his friends. 11. You ought study hard to pass the exam. 12. Let go it right now. 13. There are some coffee in the fridge. 14. The church is opppsite at the bank. 15. Would you like leave a message? 16. What is she look like? 17. She has played the guitar five years. 18. Your bicycle isn’t expensive as mine. 19. Ba is soccer fan. 20. I studied French since last year. 21. How do you go to the theater? – One month. 22. this car is cheaper that one. 23. Have you ever gone school by motorbike? 24. He’s very good English. Exercise 10:* Make questions for the underlined parts. 1. I usually play tennis in my free time. 2. They got home at 11 p. m. 3. She got bad marks because she didn’t do her homework. 4. The rice cooker is beside the stove. 5. Mary goes to the zoo once a month. 6. She stayed at home because it rained heavily. 7. The plate is on the table. 8. My father bought two tickets last night. 9. We stayed at home because it rained hard. 10. She offen goes to school by bus. 11. Ther’re going to buy a new car next year. 12. She’s quite pretty, with straight black hair. 13. He has worked in that firm for eight year. 14. Nam repaired the bicycle yesterday. 15. She plays badminton every day. 16. I received your letter two days ago. 17. She is going read the book tonight. 18. He has been the principal of the school since February. 19. She goes to school at 6.30. 20. I met my old teacher at the gas station yesterday. 21. Linh speaks Chinese well. 22. I’ll come home before 9p.m. 23. I had Math this morning. 24. Mrs Hoa gave Xuan a book. 25. Mr Brown has to work six days a week Exercise 11* Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one. 1. He is not a poor man any more.  He used …………………………………………… 2. They didn’t often go to the park every Sunday. They didn’t use ……………………………………… 3. The library closes after 6 p.m.  The library opens ………………………………………… 4. I was shy girl when I was young. I used ………………………………………………… 5. Did you often g to the beach?  Did you use………………………………………………? 6. My hair now is much longer than that in the past. I used………………………………………………………………………………… 7. I don’t have time to collect stamps as when I was in high school. I used…………………………………………………………………………………… 8. I suggest you get up early. You shouldn’t.………………………………………………………………………… 9. Why don’t you finish the work soon? You ought……………………………………………………………………………………… 10. Why don’t we phone her?  Let’s……………………………………………………… 11. You should do more exercises.  Why don’t……………………………………………………… 12. Why don’t you go and see the dentist? You ought………………………………………………………………………………… 13. “Close your book, Nam”.  Hung asked Nam………………………………………… 14. “You shouldn’t listen to that kind of music, Tim” Tim’s mother told him………………………………………………………………… 12. “Can you buy me some stamp, Hoa?” Mai asked Hoa….………………………………………………………………………… 13. Nam is more intelligent than Ba. Ba isn’t……………………………………………………… 14. They started living here last month. They have………….…………………………………………………………… 15. My shoes and yours are not the same. My shoes are…….………………………………………………………………………… 16. This house is larger than that one. That house isn’t.………………………………………………………………………… 17. She started learning English two year ago. She has……………………………………………………………………………………… 18. The last time I saw that movie was two months ago. I haven’t ………….……………………………………………………………… Exercise 12:* Complete the unfinished sentence in such a way that it means the same as the one above it. 1. This exercise is not as difficult as that one. That exercise …………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. Hung is 10 years old. Hoang is 8 years old. Hoang is ………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. Hoa doesn’t speak French so well as lan Lan speaks………………………………………………………………………………… 4. My brother is a more careful driver than I am. My brother drives…………………………………………………………………………………… 5. An works harder than Tam. Tam doesn’t ……………………………………………………………………………………… 6. They like basketball more than socer. They prefer…………………………………………………………………………………… 7. I’d like to borrow this book. Can I ? 8. I want you to phone me later. Could you ? 9. Nam is very young. He can’t drive a car. 10. Nam isn’t ? 11. Nam doesn’t speak English as well as Mai. (Mai 12. My brother is a more careful driver than I am. ( My brother drives 13. Noone in this class are as intelligent as Hai. ( Hai is 14. Japanese is difficult. Is Chinese, too?  Is Chinese ? 15. When did you begin to learn English?  How long ? 16. My room is small but my sister’s is big. (as as) 17. The old man is weak. He can’t walk by himself (enough) Exercise 13: Word form 1. I have to use an (answer) machineto receive nessages while I’m out. 2. I made (arrange) to play chess with Minh this afternoon. 3. Alexander Bell was famous for his (invent) of the telephone. 4. Thomas Edinson was Bell’s (assist) 5. Their products displayed in (count) exhibitions. They become famous sice then. 6. Bell experimented with ways of transmitting speech over a lon (distant) 7. By 1877, the first telephone was in (commerece) use. 8. There is a/ an (interest) film on TV tonight. 9. He is a famous businessman. He (success) demonstrated his new products. 10. He always does his work (good) 11. This is an (easy) exercise. 12. (medicine) facilities are more easily accessible here. 13. There are (many) events in a film than in a play. 14. She looks more (beauty) 15. We live in a rther rich (neighbor) 16. They are memers of an international (organize) 17. TV is very (popularity) nowadays 18. We are reading the (safe) precautions. Exercise 14: Comparative or superative? 1. Life in the city is (exspensive) life in the country. 2. We prefer this film to that one; It’s (interesting) 3. Hanoi is one of (busy) cities in Vietnam. 4. Water in the rivers and seaa is getting (dirty) 5. The air in the early morning is (fresh) 6. They are (poor) family in this area. 7. The villa is (good) the appartment. 8. Eifel Tower is one of (famous) strutures in the world. 9. I was tired yesterday but now I’m (good) Exercise 15: Fill in the blank with suitable words: Great Britain is (1) a large country. It is much smaller (2) French. It (3) 4 parts: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. England is the largest part (4) the country and has always been the strongest. English is the national (5) in all parts of Britain. All the people (6) live in Britain can speak (7) but not all the people (8) English in that country. Exercise 16: Complete the passage, then answer the questions: Learning a language is , in some ways, like (1) how to fly or play the piano. There (2) important differences, but there is a very important similarit. It is this: learning how to do such things needs lots (3) practicce. It never enough simply to “know” something. You must be able to “do” things with what (4) know. For example, it is not enough simply to read a book on (5) to fly an aeroplane. A (6) can give you lots of information about how to fly, but if you only read a book and then try to (7) without a great deal of practice first, you will crash and kill (8) The same is true of (9) the piano. So you think it is enough simply to read about it? Can you play the piano withou having lots of (10) first? 1. Is learning a language completely like learning how to fly or play the piano? 2. What is the similarity between them? 3. According to the writer, what will happen if you fly without lots of praqctice first? 4. What is the meaning of the passage? THE FIRST SEMESTER TEST (06-07) I/ Choose the best answer: (3pts) 1. My father me a bike two days ago. (took/ had/ bought/ brought) 2. She is old enough what she wants. (doing/ do/ to do/ did) 3. He bought a new car. (heself/ himself/hiselt/ himselfves) 4. (Where/ What/ When/ How) does Peter have Chemistry? – He has Chemistry at 9.00. 5. She is going to sing a song, ? (didn’t she/ is she/ won’t she/ did she) 6. Be on time. You be late. ( won’t/ will not/ don’t have to/ shouldn’t) II/ Supply the correct tense of the verbs in brackets (2pts) 1. I (live) here since last year. 2. My brother (work) in this company for 20 years. 3. Alexander Graham Bell (be) born in Edinburgh. 4. They (go) HCMC next week. III/ Fill in the blank with a suitable prepsition (1pt) 1. They’ ll see you Thursday. 2. We’re ging to Laos January. 3. Tim should listen Spanish conversation on TV. 4. We must be there 8.30 and 9.15. IV/ Read the paragraph carefully, filling each gap with one suitable word in the box (1,5pts) From - when - near - leave - on - to You must never come (1) school late, or you are punished; so you must (2) home early to arrive in a good time. If you live (3) your school, you can walk there, but must always walk (4) the pavement, and mind the traffic (5) you cross over the street. If you live far (6) your school, you must take a tram or a bus or the tube. V/ Rearrange the words in the correct sentences (1,5pts) 1. I/ going/ have/ am/ to activities/ interesting// 2. Can/ me/ you/ the/ to/ nearest/ the/ bank/ way/ tell// VI/ Write the sentences beginning with the given words (1pt) 1. Miss Nga said “ Please wait for me outside my office”  Miss Nga asked me 2. The policeman said, “ Please show me your driving licence”  The policeman asked Name: TEST 15’ (A) Class: 8A3 I. Complete the sentence by choosing A, B, C, or D (2m) 1. Can you help me ………………………………this homework? A. doing B. do C. does D. did 2. It’s very nice ……………………………………you to pick up me. A. for B. off C. of D. to 3. My youger brother loves……………………………… TV. A. watches B. watch C. watched D. watching 4. Tam is too sleepy…………………………………his homework. A. to do B. do C. does D. doing 5. My family have lived here…………………………………last year. A. for B. in C. since D. from 6. Why don’t you…………………………………part in this activity? A. give B. take C. have D. do 7. He has…………………………………………for that company for 5 year. A. worked B. work C. works D. working 8. She told me…………………………………………these cakes to her house. A. take B. talking C. to take D. takes II. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense. 1. I (not invite)……………………………Mr. Linh yet. 2. She (stay)…………………………………… here for 2 weeks. 3. We should go home. It (get)……………………………darker and darker. 4. Water (boil)………………………………………at 100 o C. III. Choose the most suitable word or phrase underlined. 1. Mai can play basketball good / well / bad. 2. I always listen to music before / after / if I go to bed. 3. My mother said that I should doing / to do / do my homework tonight. 4. She look very happiness / happy / happily today. 5. Where did you use / using / used to live? 6. I like doing it me / myself / my. IV. Make complete sentence, using the given cues. 1. Your shirt / expensive / than / Huong’s.  5. You / ought / get up / early / help / mother / housework.  V. Rewrite each sentence as directed, so that the meaning stays the same. 1. I went to the CD shop before going to school. (AFTER) 2. My room is small but my sister’s is big. (AS…………………AS) 3. The old man is weak. He can’t walk by himself. (ENOUGH) 4. “Please help me with my homework”, Linh said to Trang. (REPORTED SPEECH) VI. Complete the passage by choosing A, B, C or D. If I’d had a choice, I would have learned to play (1) guitar when I was a kid. My parents made me (2) ……the piano. I love the piano, but it’s not very practical. I mean, you can’t (3)………a piano with you (4)………a party. But I love it play songs and everyone sings along. I (6)…I could do that. 1. A. a B. an C. the D. x 2. A. study B. studing C. studied D. studies 3. A. give B. take C. get D. fetch 4. A. for B. of C. at D. to 5. A. on B. of C. at D. to 6. A. am B. decide C. have D. wish Read the passage then answer the questions: Language learners learn words in different ways. Some learners make a list and put into its meanings of new words in their mother tongue, and try to learn them by heart. However, others do not. Instead, they write one or two example sentences with each new word in order to remember the words in the right way. Questions: 1. Do language learners learn words in the same ways? 2. Why do they write one or two example sentences with new words? [...]... choosing A, B, C or D Some people learn a second language (1) Other people have trouble learning (2) new language There (3) several ways to make learning English a little easier and (4) interesting The first step is to feel about learning English If you believe that you can (5) you will learn BE patient You do not have (6) everything all at once It is natural to make mistakes when you learn...Name: TEST 15’ (B) Class: 8A3 I Complete the sentence by choosing A, B, C, or D (2m) 1 He has…………………………………………for that company for 5 year A worked B work C works D working 2 She told me…………………………………………these cakes to her house A . work hard, so he failed the exams > Because 28- a Lan/ be/ good/ English a. She / study/ this foreign langguage/ since last year. b. She buy/ English - Vietnames dictionary/ lask week. c. She. 12 hang Da stree, 8p.m 10 p.m May 20. Please contact Pham Van Tai the above address more information. 7. Please hurry up! We have been waiting an hour. 8. Have you learnt English a long time.? 9 has always been the strongest. English is the national (5) in all parts of Britain. All the people (6) live in Britain can speak (7) but not all the people (8) English in that country. Exercise