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PHÒNG GD&ĐT TÂN YÊN
ĐỀ KHẢO SÁT GIỮA KỲ II MÔN TIẾNG ANH 8


Ngày kiểm tra: ………………………
Thời gian: 45 phút


A. Listening test:

I. Listen and write a name or a number. ( 1pt )
Eg: 0. What’s your name? Nick
00. How old are you? 9
1. What’s the name of Nick’s dog? ________ .
2. How old is the dog? ________.
3. Where is Nick’s flat? in ________ Street.
4. Where is Nick going now? to ________ Park.

II. Listen and choose the best answer. ( 1pt )
Eg: 0. What’s Sue playing with?
A. playing football. B. playing with her new kite. C. playing with her doll.
1. What’s Tom doing?
A. playing football. B. playing the guitar. C. taking a photo.
2. Where’s Mummy ?
A. writing a text. B. talking to a friend. C. talking to her friends.
3. What’s Daddy doing?
A. playing the piano. B. listening to the radio. C. walking in the garden.
4. What game are Sam and Pat playing?
A. playing table tennis. B. playing volleyball. C. playing computer games.

B. Written test:

I. Circle the letter which pronouces differently from the others (1pt)
1. A. stamps
2. A. who
3. A. great
4. A. traveled
B. trains
B. what
B. beach
B. surprised
C. hotels
C. where
C. station
C. worked
D. caves
D. which
D. break
D. climbed

II. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentences. (1.5pts)
1. We haven’t seen each other .......... last January.
A. for
B. since
C. on
D. in

2. Jane saw her old friend while she .......... the street.
A. crossed
B. is crossing
C. was crossing
D. had crossed

3. A contest in which participants have to fetch water from the river is called .... contest.
A. water-fetch
B. fetching-water
C. water-fetching
D. fetch-water

4. Would you mind .......... the air-conditioner? - No. Of course not.
A. to turn on
B. if I turn on
C. my turn on
D. if I turned on

5. She showed me some pictures .......... by her father.
A. paint
B. painting
C. painted
D. that painted

6. English .......... in many countries in Asia.
A. speaks
B. is speaking
C. is spoken
D. has spoken


III. Put the correct form of the verbs in the brackets. (0.5pt).
1. I (watch) ........................... TV in my room at eight o’clock last night.
2. The boy (read) ........................... a book is Ba.

IV. Give the correct form of the words in the bracket. (0.5pt)
1. It’s difficult to find __________ at busy time. (ACCOMMODATE)
2. __________, dark clouds soon appeared and it began to rain. (FORTUNATE)
V. Read the passage carefully then answer the questions below. (1 pt)
Tonny moved to this neighbourhood last year. Tonny and his family lived in a big city before coming here. On the first days, he didn’t like the life in the country because there wasn’t anything to do. However, after a short time he has changed his mind. He now likes his new neighbourhood very much because the air is fresh, the food is delicious and the people are friendly. There are a lot of things he can do in his free time such as going swimming, going fishing, and going boating.  He doesn’t  want to live in a big city anymore.
*Questions:
1. When did Tonny move to this neighborhood?
2. Why didn’t he like the life in the country at first?
3. Does he like living in the city now?
4. What can he do in his free time?
VI. Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word or phrase from the box to complete the passage. (1pt)
playing listening lot most people student


I have a (1) …….. of friends . Of all my friends, Nga, Ha, and Lan are the ones I spend most of my time with. Nga is the (2) …….. sociable. She is also kind and generous. She is a hard-working (3) …….. who always gets good