ENGLISH 8 REVIEW FOR SECOND SEMESTER TEST

ENGLISH 8 TEST YOURSELF
TEST 1

I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others:
1. a. orphanage b. fax c. assistant d. machine
2. a. planet b. electrical c. grocery d. socket
3. a. volunteer b. customer c. rug d. introduction
4. a. couch b. ought c. outgoing d. mountain
5. a. exhibition b. humor c. helpful d. household

II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
6. There are three main volcanoes on the North Island, and each of them .................... still active.
a. is b. are c. was d. were
7. He seems .................... enough to me.
a. happy b. happily c. luckily d. be lucky
8. .................... is someone who is not paid for the work that they do.
a. Orphan b. Volunteer c. Cousin d. Principal
9. John is very shy but his sister is outgoing.
a. humorous b. reserved c. hard-working d. sociable
10. Would you like to see the factory? Would you like me to show you ....................?
a. around b. off c. out d. up
11. Lynne is a friendly person with a great sense of ....................
a. humor b. humorous c. annoying d. annoyance
12. It’s raining – Let’s go ....................
a. inside b. outside c. insides d. outsides
13. I can’t hold on much longer.
a. listen b. don’t speak c. wait d. hold something tightly
14. Deaf-mutes can .................... speak .................... hear.
a. either... or b. neither … nor c. both … and d. as … as
15. I can’t reach him by phone.
a. arrive at b. achieve c. contact d. come to

III. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.
16. Trees is growing more quickly in summer than in winter.
A B C D
17. Please speak loudly enough for the people at the back hear you.
A B C D
18. Each of the boys in the class have his own notebook.
A B C D
19. Every morning I spend about an hour to do exercises.
A B C D
20. They have bought some furnitures for their new houses.
A B C D

IV. Choose the word (a, b, c or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
We live (21) .................... a semidetached house in a suburb of Manchester. We’ve got a living room, a/an (22) .................... room, and a kitchen downstairs. There’s a loo (23) ...................., too. Upstairs there are three bedrooms and a bathroom. Outside there (24) .................... a garage, a front garden, and a back garden. The house isn’t very big (25) .................... we like it. It is (26) .................... for shops and schools and things like that, and the neighbors are very friendly.
21. a. on b. in c. at d. inside
22. a. eating b. dinner c. dinning d. dining
23. a. upstair b. downstair c. upstairs d. downstairs
24. a. is b. was c. are d. were
25. a. but b. and c. because d. although
26. a. annoying b. convenient c. difficult d. important

V. Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.
Galileo was born in 1564, in Italy. His family was very musical, and he played the organ and the flute. He studied to be a doctor but he preferred Math and Physics. In 1609 he made a telescope. He discovered a lot of the important things that we know about the solar system, for example the four moons of Jupiter, the rings of Saturn. He discovered that the planets go round the sun. He died in 1642.

27. What does the word “musical” mean?
a. bad at music b. not keen on music
c. interested in music d. having a pleasant sound like music