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Full name:…………………………….. WRITTEN TEST NO 1
Class: 8 Time: 45minutes
I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: (1,0 pts)
1. a. happy
b. character
c. fat
d. classmate

2. a. missed
b. looked
c. invented
d. stopped

3. a. character
b. children
c. chicken
d. teacher

4. a. slim
b. thin
c. smile
d. visit

II. Read: (2,5 pts):
Graham Bell was born in Scotland in 1847, but when he was a young man of twenty three, he moved with his parents to Canada. Before the year was over, young Graham had left his family and gone to Boston. Though Bell was a dreamer, he was also a practical thinker and a man of action. In Boston, where he worked by day as a teacher of the deaf - mute people, he worked far into the night experimenting with the electrical transmission of the sound. This led to the invention of the telephone.
1. Write T for true sentences, F for false sentences
( a. Graham Bell worked with the deaf-mute people in Boston.
( b. He experimented with the electrical transmission of the sound.
( c. Graham Bell invented the television.
2. Answer the questions:
a. Where was Alexander Graham Bell born?
………………………………………………………………………………
b. What year did he move to Canada?
………………………………………………………………………………
III. Language focus ( 4,0 pts):
1. Circle the correct answers: (2,0 pts)
a. The weather is warm enough for us …………………….
A. going out B. to going out C. to go out D. go out
b. I’ll come over to pick you …………………….this evening.
A. to B. up C. on D. out
c. Bill: " ……………………..’’ - Peter: "He is tall and thin with blue eyes”.
A. Who does Tom look like? C. How is Tom doing?
B. What does Tom look like? D. What is Tom like?
d. He was very surprised when he look at …………………….in the mirror.
A. himself B. myself C. herself D. themselves
e. He is not …………………….to get married.
A. old B. enough old C. old enough D. enough
f. The opposite of “reserved” is…………………….
A. helpful B. kind C. generous D. sociable
g. Telephone is the …………………….of Alexander G. Bell.
A. invent B. invented C. invention D. inventing
h. My brother can play the piano very …………………….
A. good B. well C. better D. best
2. Put the verbs in the blankets into correct forms (2,0 pts)
a. I (receive) …………………….a letter from my friend last week.
b. The Earth (move) …………………….around the Sun.
c. Lan has a movie ticket. She (see) …………………….a movie tonight.
d. I’m thirsty. - Would you like (drink) …………………….some iced-tea?
V. Write: (2,5 pts)
Make meaningful sentences using cues given: (1,5 pts)
She / tall / long black / hair.
…………………………………………………………………
There / lamp / next / bed.
…………………………………………………………………
Alexander G. Bell / invent / the first telephone/1876
…………………………………………………………………
Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meanings (1, 0 pts)
My school has 400 students.
There…………………………………………………………………
What about going to the movie?
Let’s…………………………………………………………………
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ANSWER KEYS AND POINT
WRITTEN TEST NO 1
Time: 45minutes

I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: (1,0 pts)
1. d. classmate
3. a. character

2. c. invented
4. c. smile

II. Read: (2,5 pts)
1. Write T for true sentences, F for false sentences
a. T b. T c. F
2. Answer the questions:
a. He was born in Scotland.
b. He moved to Canada in 1870/ In 1870.
III. Language focus (4,0 pts)
1. Circle the correct answers: (2,0 pts)
a. C. to go