Written test No 4 (014-015)

Phuong Trung secondary school
Class: 8
Full name: …………………….
Written test No 4
Grade 8
Time: 45 minutes


Marks
Teacher′s comment









I. Listen and tick (√) the activities which each person was doing. (2ms)

Ba′s family
Reading
Watching
Talking
Listening
Cooking

His father






His mother






His sister






Ba







II. Choose the word that has different sound in underlined part from others.(1m)

1. A. hour
B. honor
C. honest
D. how

2. A. church
B. school
C. Christmas
D. character

3. A. vacation
B. facility
C. island
D. volcano

4. A. asked
B. helped
C. prayed
D. dressed


III. Choose the best answer. (2,5ms)

Nam is very _______ in the water-fetching contest.
A. interest
B. interested
C. interesting
D. interests

 Linh asked me _______ books before going to bed every night.
A. if I read
B. did I read
C. that I read
D. if I readed

Liz said that she _______ me some information about her school.
A. will send
B. would sent
C. can send
D. would send

 4. I saw him _______ the flowers in the garden.
A. watered
B. watering
C. waters
D. is watering

5. Peter _______ his hand when he was cooking the dinner.
A. was burning
B. burns
C. burnt
D. was burned

6. His new novel _______ in two months.
A. publish
B. will publish
C. published
D. will be published


7. Two team members had to make a fire in the _______ contest.
A. making-fire
B. fire-making
C. make-fire
D. fire-make

Have you decided where _______ for your holiday?
A. going
B. you went
C. will you go
D. to go

 This time last Monday we _______ the final test.
A. took
B. takes
C. are taking
D. were taking

 Hoa saw her old friend while she _______ the street.
A. crossed
B. is crossing
C. was crossing
D. had crossed


IV. Read the text and tick true (T) or false (F) for sentences below. (2,5ms)

Vietnam’s New Year is celebrated according to the lunar calendar. It is officially known as Tet Nguyen Dan, or Tet. It begins between January twenty-first and February nineteen.
Vietnamese people usually make preparations for the holiday several weeks beforehand. They tidy their houses, cook special food, clean and make offerings…… On the New Year’s Eve, people sit up to midnight to see the New Year in. Then they put on new clothes and give one another the greetings of the season. The first three days are the most important. Vietnamese people believe that how people act during those days will influence the whole year.
1. ……… Tet or Tet Nguyen Dan is also called Lunar New Year.
2. ……… Tet usually occurs in late January or early February.
3……….. Vietnamese people make preparations for several months beforehand.
4……….. On New Year’s Eve people usually stay awake until midnight.
5……….. Vietnamese people believe that they will have good luck on the first three days of Tet.
V. Complete the second sentences so that it has the same meaning with the first one. (2ms)
1. They have just sent an ambulance to the school.
-> An ambulance …………………………………………………………………………
2. “Do you see what I see, Mary?” said the young man.
-> The young man ……………………………………………………………………….
3. His painting would be exhibited for the first time by New Arts gallery.
-> New Arts gallery ……………………………………………………………………...
4. “It is the most interesting book,” she said.
-> She said……………………………………………………………………………….

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TEST MATRIX

Themes
Weighting
Recognition
Understanding
Application
Total

Listening
20%
1
0,5
2
1,0
1
0,5
4
2,0

Phonetics
10%
1
0,25
1
0,25
2
0,5
4
1,0

 Vocabulary and structure
25%
2
0,5
4