ENGLISH 8 - TEST FOR UNIT 1

ENGLISH 8 – TEST FOR UNIT 1

I. Choose the most suitable word or phrase to fill in the blanks.
1. I ………… a letter from my old friend last week.
A. sent B. gave C. received D. took
2. “Would you …………to go to the movies with me?” – “I’d love to.”
A. like B. want C. love D. mind
3. He is not …………get married.
A. enough old to B. enough old for C. old enough to D. old enough for
4. She is wearing a ………… dress.
A. red new pretty B. new pretty red C. pretty red new D. pretty new red
5. Her mother …………this city two years ago.
A. left B. leaves C. is leaving D. will leave
6. I find Peter is not communicative. He’s rather …………in public.
A. kind B. reserved C. sociable D. humorous
7. They enjoy …………jokes.
A. to tell B. tell C. telling D. told
8. The River Amazon …………into the Atlantic Ocean.
A. flow B. flows C. flowed D. is flowing

II. Complete the paragraph. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form or tense.
Nien (be) …………Hoa’s next-door neighbor in Hue. She (be) …………very beautiful. She (have) …………big brown eyes and lovely smile. Last week, she (go) …………to Ha Noi (visit) …………Hoa. They (travel) …………around the city and (see) …………a lot of interesting places. Nien (think) …………Ha Noi (be) …………beautiful but so noisy and busy, so she (not like) …………(live) …………there.

III. Supply the correct word form.
1. People in my country are very warm and ……………………. (friend)
2. An …………………….is a child whose parents are dead. (orphanage)
3. L.A. Hill is a …………………….writer. (humor)
4. I’m …………………….sorry for the delay. (extreme)
5. She looks more …………………….than her sister. (beautifully)
6. They were very …………………….to survive a shipwreck. (luck)
7. I love the …………………….of summer evenings in the countryside. (peaceful)
8. Those cats look ……………………. (love)

IV. Make questions for the answers.
1. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
- Nguyen Bao Quoc.
2. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
- Fifteen.
3. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
- Tall, thin, short curly hair.
4. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
- At 2/16A Tran Hung Dao Street.
5. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
- Humorous, kind and helpful.
6. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
- His parents and elder sister.
7. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
- Swimming, reading and fishing.
8. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
- Phong and Nam.
V. Read the passage carefully, then answer the questions.
Do you have any close friends? I think everybody at least has one close friend in their life. And so do I. I have two close friends, Hanh and Mai. We are in the same class at the primary school, and then secondary school. We are also neighbors so we spend most of our time in learning and playing together. Hanh is a beautiful girl with big black eyes and an oval rosy face. She is an intelligent student who is always at the top of the class. She likes reading, and she often goes to the library whenever she has free time. Mai isn’t as beautiful as Hanh, but she has a lovely smile and looks very healthy. Mai is very sporty. She spends most of her free time playing sports. Mai is a volleyball star of our school. She is also very sociable and has a good sense of humor. Her jokes always make us laugh. I love both of my friends and I always hope our friendship will never die.

1. Does the author have any close friends? If yes, what are their names?
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2. What does Hanh look like?
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3. What does she like?
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4. What does she often do in her free time?
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5. Is Mai more beautiful than Hanh?
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6. What is Mai’s hobby?
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7. Which sport does Mai play in the school team?
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8. What is Mai’s character?
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VI. Put the words or phrases in correct order to make sentences.
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