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THE FIRST SEMESTER TEST .( time : 45 minutes )
Full name : ……………………………………………………………… Class : 8
I, Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently :
1, A. tasty B. pancake C. habit D. rag
2, A. recycled B. underlined C. united D. appeared
3, A. notice B. touch C. comfort D. lovely
II, Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently :
4, A. selection B. surface mail C. lunar D. magically
5, A. resources B. behavior C. appear D. safety
6, A. message B, volunteer C. citizenship D. wisdom
III, Choose the correct word to complete the following sentences :
7, I haven’t been to that house ……………….last Christmas . ( since / for / at / on / )
8, It has been ages since I last ………………………..from her . ( hear / heard / hearing / am hearing)
9, I will buy that dress as soon as I ………………enough money . ( having / had / have / will have )
10, Collecting old coins …………………….my sister’s hobby . ( will be / are / is / being )
11, There are many ways ……………..studying vocabulary . ( of / in / from / on / )
12, I will take part …………….a club ………………” English speaking “ in my school . (in-call/at-call/ in-calls/in-called)
13, He used to ……………..football when he was a kid . ( play/ playing / to play / played )
14, You ………………to finish your work early . ( will / must / ought / can)
15, Don’t shout until the game ……………….( finish / finished / finishing / finishes )
16, She is ………….enough to help me with my homework .( reserved / kind / active / nice )
17, Jackson is happy ………………. his old friend again .( to see / saw / being / seeing /)
18, The film is so …………………that I have seen it twice . ( interest / boring / interesting / interested .)
IV, Underline the mistakes and correct them :
19, My mother told me she would go shopping tomorrow
A B C D
20, Susan said her friend not to tell anyone about her secret .
A B C D
21, They have lived in an apartment for 2003 .
A B C D
22, The weather was fine enough for he to have a picnic .
A B C D
23, His friends likes him because of his sense of humor .
A B C D
24, Her brother is used to smoke a lot when he was 27 years old .
A B C D
25, I haven’t seen my uncle since many years .
A B C D
V, Read the passage and choose the best option :
In the first year (26)……………lower secondary school , I had some (27)………………in learning English .My
pronunciation of English words (28)……………….really bad and my English grammar was worse .I did not know how to
improve them . One afternoon after the lesson , my teacher of English told me (29)………………….for her outside the
classroom . She took me to the school library and ( 30)…………………..me cassettes of pronunciation drills kept in a
glass bookcase . She also told me (31)……………..to use an English – English dictionary (32)………………….my English
grammar . ‘ Now I think you know what you (33)…………………..do “, said she . I made much progress and only one
year ( 34)…………………, I won the first prize in the English Speaking Contest held for secondary school
students(35)…………my hometown .
26. of / from / on / in / 27. interest / hard / difficulties / memories .
28, is / was / has been / will be / 29. wait / waiting / to wait / waited .
30, show / shows / showing / showed / 31. what / where / how / when .
32, improve / to improve / improved /improving / 33. Must / ought / should / could .
34. later / ago / before / late / 35. On / of / in / at .
VI, Rewrite the second sentences as directed :
36, It / kind / him / help / me / luggage / .

37, My hat is 10 dollars . Mai’s hat is 8 dollars . ( expensive )

38, The table was heavy . They couldn’t move it outside . ( too )

39, “ Can you explain this word to me , Trang “.
He asked ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
40, “ You should spend time revising your lesson “, Peter’s father said .
Peter’s father ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
41, The bag is big . She can put this dictionary in it . ( enough )
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
42, Mr. Brown is 60 years old . Mrs