Baitap 8

Class: 8
EXERCISES FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER

I/ Put the verbs in the correct tenses:
A new hospital (build) ________________ in my neighborhood since last month.
We (learn) _________________ English grammar right now.
Nam always (get) _____________ grade A for Physics, but last semester he (get) ______________ B. So Nam’s teacher asked him (study) _______________ harder this semester.
In England the Sun (not shine) _________________ every day.
I (go) _____________ to London next week for a wedding. My sister (get) ________________married.
It (often, rain) _______________ in the Summer, but it (not, rain) _______________ now
Mr. Quang (teach) _______________ Math in this school since he (graduate) _____________ from the university in 1989.
___________ you (hear) ___________ of Argtha Christie? She (be) _____________ a writer who (die) ___________in 1976. She (write) ________________ more than 70 detective novels. __________ you (read) ___________ any of them?
Mai (buy) __________ a new dress last month but she (not wear) _________________ it yet.
He (write) ______________ a novel for two years, but he (finish) ________________ it yet.
I like your car. How long _____ you (have) ___________it?
Last night I (go) __________ to bed late. Suddenly I (hear)____________ a noise. I (get) ______________ up to see what it (be) ____________ but I(not see) ____________ anything.
What you (do) _____________ every evening?
Although I (have) ____________ a car, I prefer (travel) ___________ by train, especially if I have to (make) _____________ a long journey. As the train (travel) ___________ at full speed through the countryside, I can (relax) _________, drink a coffee, read a book, or just (look) _____________ out of the window, sometimes the movement of the train (keep) _____________me asleep, something you couldn’t do while (drive) _____________ a car. The trouble (be) ____________ that I hate (wait) _____________ in cold stations, and I (get) __________ angry when I have to waste time on (look) _____________ for a taxi or a bus at the beginning or the end of my journey.
She (not drink) __________________ beer, but she (drink) ____________ a lot now.
I (do) __________ all the housework. The flat is really clean now.
The Browns (visit) ________________ their relatives for two weeks?
We (not, meet) ________________ together since last month.
What _______ you (do) ___________ last weekend? You (play) ___________ golf?
Alexander Graham Bell (introduce) ____________ the telephone in 1876.

II/ Choose the correct letter for each sentence:
1. They enjoy _______ jokes.
a. to tell b. tell c. telling d. told
2. “Would you like ___________ a message?
a. left b. leaving c. leave d. to leave
3. He is __________ make his mother happy.
a. enough intelligent to b. enough intelligent for
c. intelligent enough to d. intelligent enough for
4. He’ll come ________ to pick you__________.
a. on/ in b. over/ on c. in/ up d. over/ up
5. The children are old enough to look after ___________
a. themselves b. ourselves c. herself d. myself
6. I like folktale and ________ does my sister.
a. neither b. so c. too d. either
7. When I was a child, I______ follow my mom to the market.
a. used to b. like c. get used to d. usually
8. They wanted to know _____________ she left early?
a. Why b. what c. when d. where
9. My father used _______ us to the zoo when he was alive.
a. took b. taking c. to take d. take
10. People __________ think that the world was flat
a. get used to b. didn’t use to c. used to d. are used to
11. She is studying hard ________ pass the final exams
a. for b. in order to c. so to d. so that
12. Minh hates ________ to the market.
a. to go b. goes c. go d