The first English test for grade 8

The first English test for grade8
Time: 45 minutes
Full name: Class:
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Odd one out.
1. a. died b. looked c. laughed d. danced
2. a. stopped b. desired c. washed d. watched
3. a. wanted b. listened c. played d. grazed
4. a. wished b. stopped c. needed d. laughed
II. Choose the best anwser to complete the sentences.
Would you like……………..a message?
a. to leave b. leave c. leaving d. left
2. He will come………..to pick you…....................
a. on/in b. over/ on c. in / up d. over/ up
3. Our friends…………………meet us at the airport tonight.
a. are b. are going to c. go to d. will be to
4. `Nam is not ……………..to drive a car.
a. old enough b. young enough c. enough old d. enough young
5. She goes to school late ………she stayed up late watching T.V last night.
a. so b. because c. therefore d. however
6. There is a bus station …………..the end of this road.
a. after b. under c. at d. on
7. When I was a child, I …………follow my Mom to the market.
a. like b. get used to c. use to d. used to
8. That shirt is very nice. Where………………it?
a. did you buy b. will you buy c. are you buy d. you buy
9. I like folktale and ………..does my sister.
a. neither b. so c. too d. either
10. They will arrive ………….May,20th.
a. in b. at c. during d. on
III. Put the verbs in the correct form.
My father (give)…………..up smoking 5 years ago.
She ought ( go ) …………to the school by herself.
…….you (go)……….out last night?
My parents used………(live) in Hue. They (be) ………born and (grow)…….up there.
IV.Read the paragraph then anwser the questions below.
`I remember the days when I was a little girl. When the New Year came, my mother used tell me not to cry, she used to take me to the market and buy new clothes for me, she used to make sticky rice, square cakes and cook them at night.She used to go to the flower market to buy some fresh flowers. My father used to paint the walls and decorate the house and he used to help Mom with housework. Now , my parents are old and I am grown up so I do everything myself. But I still remember the days……
What did your mother use to tell when the New Year come?
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b.What did she use to make?
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Where did she use to go ?
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Did your father use to help your Mom with the house work?
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Do your parents do these things nowadays? Why or why not?
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V. Using cues to complete the sentences.
a. When/ I/ little girl/ I/ not/ use/ cry.
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He/ ought/ see/ dentist.
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I/ use/ swim/ this lake/ but / I / not / any / more.
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What / you / do / last weekend /? /
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How / you / use / get / school / ? /
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