LUYỆN HSG 8

TEST ON ENGLISH 8
I. Choose the word which has the underlined parts is pronounced differently
1. A. looked B. watched C. carried D. stopped
2. A. hot B. hat C. hour D. hello
3. A. danger B. angry C. language D. passage
4. A. character B. children C. teacher D. change

II. Choose the best answers:
He is not ................................... get married.
A. enough old to B. enough old for C. old enough to D. enough old
Her mother ...... He’ll come .................... to pick you ........................... .
A. on/in B. over/on C. in/up D. over/up
..............to this city two year ago.
A. move B. moved C. moving D. moveed
Alexander Graham Bell was born ................... March 3, 1847.
A. in B. on C. at D. during
Would you like ..........................coffee ?
A. to drink B. drink C. drinking D. drank
Our friends ............................ visit us tonight.
A. are B. are going to C. go to D. will be to
Lan and Hoa are old enough to look after ............................. .
A. themselves B. ourselves C. herself D. themself
You will ......................... cook dinner yourself
A. ought to B. must C. should D. have to
III. Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one sentence, using (not) adjective + enough.
The weather was very warm. We could go swimming.

The ladder wasn’t very long. It didn’t reach the window.

The wind isnot very strong. It can’t fly the kite

The ice is quite thick. We can walk on it.

IV. Read the passage, then decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F). Correct the false sentences.
Graham Bell was born in Scotland in 1847, when he was a young man of twenty-three he moved with his parents to Canada. Before the year was over, young Graham had left his family and gone to Boston. Though Bell was a dreamer, he was also a practical thinker and a man of action. In Boston, where he worked by day as a teacher of the deaf, he worked far into the night experimenting with the electrical transmission of the sound. This led to the invention of the telephone.
…….. 1. Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland.

…….. 2. He emigrated to Canada in 1860.

…….. 3. He went to Boston when he was twenty-three.

…….. 4. Graham Bell worked with the deaf in Boston.

…….. 5. He experimented with the electrical transmission of the sound by day.

…….. 6. Graham Bell invented the telephone.


V/ Choose the most suitable word or phrase to fill the blanks (2ps)
1) I have to go and meet my grandma because she is.............................
A.good B.sick C.well D.not sick
2) I’m sory but you have to cook dinner.......................
A.you B.on you C.yourself D.myself
3) Alexander Graham Bell was born in....................
A.France B.England C.America D.Edinburgh
4) He is not......................drive a car.
A.enough old to B.enough old for C.old enough to D.old enough for

VI/ Read the text and then dicide if the statement are true (T) or false (F) (3Ps).
Graham Bell was born in scotland in 1847,but when he was a young man of twenty-three he moved with his parents to Canada.Before the year was over,young Graham had left his family and gone to Boston.Though Bell was a dreamer,he was also a practical thinker and a man of action.In Boston,where he worked far into the night experimenting with the electrical transmission of the sound.This led to the invention of the telephone.
Answer with T or F

..................1- Alexander G.Bell was born in England.
..................2- He had left his family and gone to Boston.
..................3- He went to Canada when he was twenty-three