Mid term test G8

Time : 45 minutes
Name : …………………………………………………….. Class: 8…….

A – USES OF ENGLISH (4pts):
I – Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others (1 pt)
A. escape B. graze C. rag D. folktale
A. grazed B. excited C. tied D. owned
A. festival B. excited C. equipment D. escape
A. upset B. sound C. straw D. wisdom
II – Choose the best answer (3ms)
Nga’s grandmother often tells her __________ .
A.the books B. folktales C. novels D. songs
When I was a child , I __________ go to the market with my mother.
A. used to B. like C. usually D. prefer
We used to __________ in a small village.
A. living B. lived C. live D. were living
His grandfather had __________ everything without the help of modern equipment.
A. doing B. do C. to do D. did
The children enjoy__________ to traditional stories.
A. listen B. listens C. listened D. listening
My father goes to work __________ motorbike.
A. by B. with C. on D. to
Her mother __________ some food for the family yesterday.
A. buy B. bought C. to buy D. buys
We’ll see each other __________ Thursday.
In B.at C. with D. on
Be sure to learn your lesson __________ you have a test.
A . after B. between C. before D. in
They __________ a lot of rice for dinner last week.
A. eat B. ate C. to eat D. eating
You must__________ your bedroom. A. tidy B.to tidy C. tidying D. tidies
You seem _______________ today, Lam. A. happily B. happy C. happiness D. unhappily
B – READING (3,25 pts):
I – Read the following passage and decide if these sentences are True (T) or False (F) and then answer the questions (1,75pts):
One day, two men were walking in the forest. Suddenly, they saw a big black bear. One man immediately sat down, took off his backpack, and took out his shoes. He began to take off his boots. The other man looked at him and said, “Are you crazy? Do you think you can run faster than that bear?” “No,” replied the first man. “But I can run faster than you!”

True or False (1pt):
. There were two women in the story .
. They were walking in the forest.
………………..They saw a tiger.
. One man took off his boots to run faster.
Answer these questions (0,75pt):
Where were two men walking ? ……………………………………………………………………………………….
Did they see a small black bear ? .......................................................................................................................................
What did one man immediately do ? ......................................................................................................................................

`II – Fill in the blanks with the words in the box (1,5 pt):
wisdom B. master C. escaped D. tied E. home F. buffalo


One day , as a farmer was in his field and his ( 1 )___________ was grazing nearby , a tiger came . The tiger wanted to know why the strong buffalo was the servant and the small man was the ( 2 )___________. The farmer said that he had something called ( 3 )__________ , but he left it at ( 4 )___________ that day. He went to get the wisdom , but before that he ( 5 )___________ the tiger to a tree with a rope because he didn’t want it to eat the buffalo. When he returned , the farmer bought some straw with him. He said it was his wisdom. He lit the straw and the fire burned the tiger. The tiger ( 6 )___________ , but it still has black stripes from the burns today.


C – WRITING (1,75pts):
I – Put the correct order of the words into the meaningful sentences. (1pts):
grandmother / used / a farm / to / my / live / on / .
Little Pea / had to / chores / d o / all day / after / her father / a new wife /got married / .
II– Look at the pictures, write the name of the story (0,75pt):
Thach Sanh B. How the tiger