Practice: 1st term test

TRƯỜNG THCS TT NGHIA ĐÀN
Name................................................. Class: 8…….

ĐỀ THI KSCL NĂM HỌC 2014-2015
Môn thi: Anh 8
( Thời gian làm bài 45 phút, không kể giao đề )


I. Find the word that has different sound from the others and circle it.
1. a. fire b. wisdom c. wife d. tiger
2 a. played b.listened c.wanted d. opened
3 a. face b.class c.grade d. late
4 a. century b.cage c.create d. camera
5. a. habit b. hour c. horse d. home
II, Choose the best answer
1. ............. did Lan Lan get good marks? - Because she studies hard.
a. How b. When c. Where d. Why
2. They like ………….socccer and reading books
a. play b. playing c. plays d. played
3. He is old enough to look after .....................
a. herself b. himself c. ourselves d. myself
4. The red bag is the same ………….the blue one.
a. to b. from c. as d. with
5. The bag on the left is different …………..the bag on the right
a. to b. with c. from d. as
6. We always celebrate Vietnamese Teachers’ Day ..........November 20th every year..
a. On b. in c .at d. of
7. Lan and Ba enjoy ..........speaking English very much.
a. Practice b. to practice c. practicing d. practiced
8. We..................in Thach Thanh last year .
a. lives b. have lived c. lived d.has lived
9. She is not.......................to go to school.
a. enough old to b. enough to c. old enough d. old enough for
10. Lan ought ................. to her parents more often.
a. write b. to write c. writing d. wrote
III, Supply the correct form of verbs in the parentheses .
1/ She used to ( live ).................................in Hue.
2/ Yesterday ;They (not /go) ……………………… to school.
3/ We should (study )……………….harder this semester .
4/ Kim Tan town( get) ……………………………..more beautiful now
5/.The moon (move)............................ around the earth.
1. We are going to………………dinner.(cook)
2. Hoa ……………………….to sweep the floor.(have)
3. Lan……………………………some English books for two days.(buy)
4. We……………………..in Hanoi last week.(live)
5. She wasn’t old enough …………….…….in my class.( be)
6. Last week my mother ………………..to Ho Chi Minh city.( go)
7. Nam has to …………………..his homework before class.( do)
8. My father …………………………for this company since 1998.(work)
9. Ba…………………………….….stamps since 1995.( collect)
10. I used to …………………on the farm.( live)
11. He likes………………………volleyball.( play)
12. Hoa ………………….to school by bus last year.( go)
13. He …………………………..TV last night.( not , watch)
14. I ………………………….her for a long time.( not ,see)
15. How long………………..you …………………..here? (be)


IV. Read the passage carefully and then answer the given questions.
Thomas Edison was a famous scientist. He was born in 1819 and died in 1931. He invented the electric bulb and gramaphone.
When he was a boy at school, Edison asked a lot of questions. The teacher thought he was stupid and sent him home. Edison’s mother taught him at home and he began to carry out a lot of experiments by gardening.
1. When was Thomas Edison born?.............................................................................................
2. What did he invent?.........................................................................................................
3. Did his teacher send him home?...............................................................................................
4. Who taught him at home?.........................................................................................................
5. Did he carry out lots of experiments by gardening?..............................................................
V.Rewrite the following sentences.
1. Miss Jackson said: “ You should improve your English pronunciation, Tim”
=> Miss Jackson said Tim ……………………………
2. He said to me, “Can you turn on the TV?”
=> He told me...............................................................................................................
3.He said to me: " Don`t forget to post the letter."
=> He told me …………………………………………………………………………..
4. She isn’t strong. She can’t carry the table.( using enough to +V)
=> She isn’t .................................................................................................................
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