Name: ……………………… Class: 8/……. FORTY – FIVE MINUTE TEST ENGLISH 8 (No 2) A A. Language Focus: I / Choose the best answer: (2ms) 1. Mr. Parker arrives in Singapore…… Monday evening. a. on b. in c. at d. between 2/ I went to your school this morning and your teacher gave me your ………. .It’s good. a. report card b. pronunciation c. study habit d. application form 3/ He drove ……………. along the narrow road. a. careful b. carefully c. care d. careless 4/ Did he …………….his free time drawing pictures when he was young. a. use to spending b. used to spend c. use to spend d. used to spending 5/ Nam enjoys…………… comics in his free time. a. to read b. reading c. read d. to reading 6/ “ Stay in bed for a few days.” the doctor said to me. a. The doctor told me staying in bed for a few days. b. The doctor asked me to stay in bed for a few days. c. The doctor said I should stay in bed for a few days. d. The doctor told me stay in bed for a few days. 7. She is studying hard …………….pass the final exam. a. so that b. so as c. in order to d. in order for 8/ The dentist said, “You shouldn’t stay up late, Nam.” a/ The dentist asked Nam shouldn’t stay up late. c/ The dentist said Nam shouldn’t stay up late. b/ The dentist said you shouldn’t stay up late, Nam. d/ Both a & c are correct. II/ Complete the dialogue (1m) : Mr. Hao’ s house is old and he needs you to help him repaint his house because his arm hurt. Make the dialogue between you and Mr. Hao. Mr. Hao: Could (1)_______________________________favor, please? You: Of course. (2) What______________________ for you? Mr. Hao : Can you (3)__________________________ ? It is discolored and my arm hurt. You : No problem. I’ll help you. Mr. Hao: Thanks a lot. That’s (4)________________________ you. B. Reading III/ Read the passage carefully. Then do the exercises below. How Nam has improve his English. “ … In the first semester of grade 7, I had some difficulties in learning English. My pronunciation of English words was really bad and my English grammar was worse. I did not know how to improve them. One day after the lesson. My teacher of English told me to wait for her outside the classroom and then took me to the school library. She showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills. She also told me how to use an English- English dictionary to improve my English grammar. I made much progress and only short time later, I got excellent grades in English. Now my English is very good, and I have just won the first prize in the English Speaking Contest this year.” 1True or false? (1 m) True False a. His teacher of English helped him how to improve his English. b. His English pronunciation was bad but his grammar wasn’t. c. His teacher told him to use the dictionary to improve his English pronunciation. d. He got the best grades in the English Speaking Contest this year. …… …… …… …… …… …… …… …… 2. Answer the questions. (1.5 ms) a/ Did he have difficulties in English pronunciation and grammar?  ………………………………………………………………… b/ Who helped him improve his English?  ………………………………………………………………… c/ Is he good at English now? ………………………………… C/ Writing 1 / Read these details about Thuy and write a short passage about her.(1m) 2/ Help Quyen write a letter to Elizabeth in Australia to tell about Quyen’s studying result after the first semester: (1.5 ms) 2 Dinh Cong Trang St. Ha Noi January 12 th , 2009 Dear Elizabeth, 1. Thanks / your letter. . 2. I / pleased / hear / you / enjoyable New Year Festival. . 3. We / receive / first semester / report / a month ago. . 4. I / get / good grades / Literature / Biology / but / English result / rather bad. . 5. My English teacher / tell / me / spend / more time / it. . 6. I / study harder / next semester. . How about you? Write soon and tell me all your news. Your friend, Quyen Full name: Hoang Ngoc Thuy Date of birth: May 2 nd , 1997 Home address: 15 Ngo Quyen Street Phone number: 3 678 911 Interests: reading, playing tennis, taking part in community service Her full name is Hoang Ngoc Thuy. ……………………………………… ……………………………………… ……………………………………… ……………………………………… ………………………………………