TestEL 9 - A 12

THE FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
SUBJECT : ENGLISH
GRADE : EIGHTH
TIME ALLOTED: 45 MINUTES
Marks


Teacher’s comments


I.Listening.
Listen then fill in the missing words. Use the given words in the box (2.5ms)

learning; improve; library; grammar; teacher

1. In the first year of lower secondary school I had some difficulties in English.
2. My English was worse.
3. I did not know how to them.
4. My English told me to wait for her outside the classroom.
5. She took me to the school and showed me the cassettes of pronunciation drills.
1 ………………....... ;2………………......;3………………….. ;4………………..;5…………………..
Circle The Best Answer (2.5ms)
1.The Moon around the Earth.
a. go b. to go c. goes d. going
2. I am always proud you .
a. about b. of c. on d. with
3. Hai is learning to drive. He a driver.
a. is b. is going to c. is going to be d. a&b
4. The country is busier and noisier.
a. going b. getting c.changing d. doing
5. Tom is to drive a car.
a. old enough b. enough old c. too old d. too old enough
6. His parents used to...........him to the zoo when he was a child.
a. took b. taking c. to take d. take
7. She loves and she likes TV, too.
a. reading/ watching b. read/watch c. reads/watches d. b&c
8. She asked me………………
a. stop playing b. stop to play c. to stop playing d. stopping to play
9. I am going to visit you Thursday.
a. in b. on c. at d. of
10. Tuan has lived here ten years
a. in b.since c. about d. for
III.Reading.
Read the passage
The peper bag is an interesting invention. Before paper bags were invented, the seller had to wrap goods in paper and tie it with string. Other customers had to wait. Then they hired boys to make bags by hand, but this also took a long time. In 1884, a woman named Mattie Knight invented a machine that could make a bag with a square bottom and pleated sides. The bag stands up, but it can also lie flat. The seller just shakes her wrist to open the bag. Because the bag stands up, it is easy to put things in it.
Paper is very common in our lives, and we don’t even think about it, but it is a wonderful invention.
T F












1. Check (v) the sentences T (True) or F (false)(1ms)
a. Before having paper bag, people had to wrap products in paper.
b. Making paper bags by hand took along time.
c. A man invented paper bags in 1884.
d. It is easy to put things in paper bag.

2. Answer the questions(1,5ms)
a.Is paper bags common in our life?

b. Who invented the making paper bag machine?

c. What does the paper bag look like?

IV.Writing.
Write a community notice about the meeting (2.5ms)
The school Y & Y organization is going to hold a meeting to celebrate the Students’ Day. The meeting will be at the stadium in the neighborhood from 7.30 am to 10.30 am on December 30. The person to contact is Tran Thi Thu Thuy of Y&Y office.