PRACTICE UNIT 11 (G8)

Grade 8 UNIT 11: TRAVELING AROUND VIETNAM



Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
A. canoe B. water C. sugar D. island
A. resort B. hotel C. except D. rescue
A. sight B. tribe C. seaside D. magnificent
A. railway B. daily C. airport D. train
A. island B. florist C. stream D. sight
Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below.
The flight ________at 6. 10 has been delayed.
A. leave B. which leaves C. leaving D. B&C
This is the first time she ________rice paddies.
A. will see B. sees C. has seen D. saw
Would you mind________I borrowed your dictionary?
A. if B. when C. that D. Ø
We ________lots of photos on vacation last summer.
A. had B. took C. did D. made
The animal ________in the forest fire was a wild pig.
A. hurt B. hurted C. hurts D. hurting
Would you mind ________the window?
A. to close B. closing C. about closing D. closed
Welcome ________Springfield!
A. at B. to C. in D. for
Accommodation in London ________very expensive.
A. is B. are C. has D. have
The road ________down to the sea is very rough.
A. goes B. going C. to go D. gone
________is a large hole in the side of a mountain or under the ground.
A. Waterfall B. Cave C. Bay D. Lake
The vase ________on the shelf is very beautiful.
A. stands B. standing C. is standing D. stood
Do you mind if I ________your atlas for a minute?
A. borrow B. will borrow C. am going to borrow D. borrowed
Ann asked me not ________anybody what happened.
A. tell B. telling C. to tell D. told
After ________breakfast, I went out for a walk.
A. finish B. having fmished C. finished D. had finished
________is a type of white or gray stone containing calcium, used for building and making cement.
A. Slope B. Limestone C. Site D. Sand
China has huge ________and onshore oil reserves.
A. seaside B. remote C. outside D. offshore
Do you mind ________here for just a minute?
A. to wait B. waiting C. about waiting D. waited
It was late, so we decided ________a taxi home.
A. take B. to take C. taking D. took
The council should be able to help families who have no accommodation.
A. a place to live B. a place to watch sport matches
C. a place to buy meal and eat it D. a place to work
He picked the phone ________as soon as it rang.
A. on B. up C. in D. off
Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
Since this is the first time you own a computer, do you mind if I give you some advice?
A B C D

Da Lat is known like a city of pines, waterfalls and flowers.
A B C D
There are notices showing arrivals and departs of trains.
A B C D
They would like you telling them the truth.
A B C D
It was so exciting to see those magnificently caves.
A B C D
Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
I have always wanted (21) _____ fishing. On the last day of my vacation, I went fishing on a beautiful lake. Unfortunately, I didn’t catch any fish, and I got (23)_____. I decided (24) _____ swimming. When I stood up, (25)_____wallet fell out of my pocket, and into the water. It had all my money, my passport, my plane tickets - everything. I jumped into the lake to look (26)____it, but I didn’t find anything.
The next morning, I wasn`t able to leave the hotel. I had no money