Grade 8 THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAM-013 Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. 1. A. habit B. hour C. honest D. honor 2. A. sky B. my C. try D. sixty 3. A. meaning B. bead C. deaf D. steamer 4. A. should B. proud C. sound D. count Choose the best answer to each of the following sentences. 5. Don't _______until the race finishes. A. talking B. to talk C. talk D. talked 6. It's not difficult _______garbage around the school yard. A. collecting B. to collect C. collect D. collected 7. We let you know as soon as we made our _______. A. decide B. decided C. decisive D. decision 8. The baby doesn't look _______. I think she's going to cry. A. happy B. happily C. happiness D. unhappily 9. They hope they will receive a gold_______. A. prize B. award C. medal D. all are correct 10. I have a lot of _______to do for tomorrow’s test, so I can't go with you. A. homework B. homeworks C. housework D. chores 11. We hope to earn some money _______our school. A. on B. for C. at D. from 12. Why don’t you participate _______our program? A. on B. in C. at D. from 13. The new shopping mall is quite _______the present shopping area. A. different from B. the same C. like D. similar to 14. Most people enjoy _______to different parts of the world. A. to travel B. travel C. traveled D. traveling 15. My mother was _______last night, so we went out for dinner. A. tired enough to cook B. too tired to cook C. very tired to cook D. tired for cooking 16. His doctor said he _______in bed that week. A. will stay B. has to stay C. can stay D. should stay 17. The doctor advised her _______a rest and _______any heavy work. A. to take / to do B. to take / not do C. to take / don’t do D. to take/ not to do 18. She has _______over 30 pages since yesterday. A. writen B. wrote C. written D. write 19. They have studied _______six o’clock. A. since B. at C. for D. to 20. _______have you lived in this town? – For nearly 20 years. A. Where B. When C. How D. How long Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form. Page 1 THE FIRST SEMESTER Grade 8 THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAM-013 21. Look at those large clouds. I (rain) ______________. 22. My uncle (not visit) ______________us since he (move) _________to the new town. 23. It's difficult (find) ______________a comfortable flat there. 24. I (phone) ______________you as soon as I arrive in Ho Chi Minh City. 25. How long ________you (know) _________Ann? –For five years. 26. They stopped (talk) ___________when the teacher came in. 27. I (live) ______________here for nearly 10 years. Supply the correct word form. 28. Nam is swimming (slow) ______________and he seems (tire) _________. 29. My brother works very (hardness) _________. 30. I am going to take part in a stamp (collect) ______________ club. Read and answer the questions. Glasgow is the largest city in Great Britain. It lies on the river Clyde in Scotland. Glasgow is a very old city. The university of Glasgow was founded in 1450. The famous English writer, Daniel Peeve said that Glasgow was the cleanest and the most beautiful city in Great Britain. James Watt studied at Glasgow University. He became a famous engineer and constructed a steam engine. Scotland is rich in coal and iron so Glasgow grows into a large city. There are big engineering plants and textile factories in the city. 31. Which city is the largest in Great Britain? ______________________________________________________________________________ 32. When was Glasgow University founded? ______________________________________________________________________________ 33. Why does Glasgow grow into a large city? ______________________________________________________________________________ 34. What is the different between Glasgow before and nowadays? ______________________________________________________________________________ Rewrite sentences as directed. 35. “Please turn down the radio for me,” said my father.  My father asked________________________________________________________________ 36. Tam doesn’t type as fast as she used to.  Tam used______________________________________________________________________ 37. No one in my class is as careful as Nam.  Nam is________________________________________________________________________ 38. My father started working here when he was 20.  My father has__________________________________________________________________ 39. He spent two hours repairing the bike.  It took him_____________________________________________________________________ 40. Mai enjoys watching cartoons on TV every evening.  Mai is interested in______________________________________________________________ THE END Page 1 THE FIRST SEMESTER . soon as we made our _______. A. decide B. decided C. decisive D. decision 8. The baby doesn't look _______. I think she's going to cry. A. happy B. happily C. happiness D. unhappily 9 _______have you lived in this town? – For nearly 20 years. A. Where B. When C. How D. How long Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form. Page 1 THE FIRST SEMESTER Grade 8 THE FIRST SEMESTER. heavy work. A. to take / to do B. to take / not do C. to take / don’t do D. to take/ not to do 18. She has _______over 30 pages since yesterday. A. writen B. wrote C. written D. write 19. They