Test 2/g8

CLASS 8/___
NAME: ………………………… THE ONE-PERIOD TEST 2 – FORM A
Listening (2.5 ms)
Listen and circle the best responses for the questions you hear:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
A- Yes, I did.
A- No, I didn’t.
A- He used to cry all day.
A- We used to have dinner together.
A- To the theater.
A- With my parents.
B- I used to play table tennis.
B- I don’t know.
B- I used to cry all day.
B- To the beach.
B- Action.
B- I used to ask a lot of questions.

Reading (2. 5 ms)
Read the passage carefully. Then do the exercises below.



“ … In the first year of lower secondary school, I had some difficulties in learning English. My pronunciation of English words was really bad and my English grammar was worse. I did not know how to improve them. One day after the lesson. My teacher of English told me to wait for her outside the classroom and then took me to the school library. She showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills. She also told me how to use an English- English dictionary to improve my English grammar. I made much progress and only short time later, I got excellent grades in English. Now my English is very good, and I have just won the first prize in the English Speaking Contest this year.”

True or false? (1 m)

True
False

His teacher of English helped him how to improve his English.
His English pronunciation was bad but his grammar wasn’t.
His teacher told him to use the dictionary to improve his English pronunciation.
He got the best grade in the English Speaking Contest this year.
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Answer the questions. (1.5 ms)
What difficulties did the writer have in his learning English in his first year of lower secondary school? ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
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How did his teacher of English help him improve his English grammar?
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Is he good at English now?
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Language focus (2. 5 ms)
Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentences below. (1.5 ms)
The Y & Y __________ the Spring activity program on January 9th.
A. holding
B. is going hold
C. will hold
D. holds

My little sister was born ___________ May, 2007
A. on
B. in
C. at
D. from

My father asked ____________ harder.
A. me to study
B. to me study
C. me study
D. me studying

 They copy the new words again and again ________ remember them better.
A. so that
B. in order to
C. for
D. order to

She hates ________ music.
A. learning
B. to learning
C. learns
D. learned

You shouldn’t __________ up too late.
A. to stay
B. staying
C. stay
D. to staying

Rewrite the following sentence as directed, so that the meaning stays the same. (1 m)
I often got up late when I went to school in the afternoon last year.
( I used ……………………………………………………………………………………
“You should practice listening skill more often.” said my teacher.
( My teacher told I …………………………………………………………………………………
Writing (2.5 ms)



You are going to join the Y & Y Green Group. The Group is holding an environment moth. You are going to clean up the beach on weekends. You are also going to plant trees along the streets around your school and water them after class every afternoon. Write a letter to one of your friends to tell him or her about what you are going to do.



















CLASS 8/___
NAME: ………………………… THE ONE-PERIOD TEST 2 – FORM B
Listening (2.5 ms)
Listen and circle the best responses for the questions you hear:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
A- Yes, I did.
A - I don’t know.
A - I used to cry all day.
A - We used to have dinner together.
A - Action.
A - With my parents.
B- I used to play table tennis.
B - No, I didn’t.
B - He used to cry all day.
B - To the beach.
B- To the theater.
B- I used