THE TEST FOR THE SECOND SEMESTER

Name:……………………………………………………..      Grade   : 8

Class:………………..                                     Time :45 minutes

 

 

 

 

 

 

I.Circle the best option A,B,C or D to complete each of the following sentences .(2m) .

  1. I don’t know how ………………….  this game .

     A . play     B. played      C . to play      D . playing

2. I take part ………………..  most of the youth activities of my school .

      A . on        B . in             C . to               D . for 

3 . I ………………….. Cuba in 1990 .

     A . visit     B . visited     C . have visited       D . were visiting

4 . It’s ……………… to find an expensive hotel in this town .

      A . differ     B . difficult      C . difficulty       D . difficultly

5 . It’s too cold outside . Would you mind ……………….. the window ?

     A . to close       B . close      C . closed          D . closing

6 . We …………………. dinner when the phone rang .

     A. are having     B . had        C . have had    D . were having

7 . My sister likes sweets …………………. from chocolate .

     A . made      B . making        C . to make       D . to made

       8. A contest in which participants have to fetch water from the river is called …………………contest .

            A. water- fetch       B . fetch- water     C . fetching – water    D . water – fetching

II. Match a question in column A with an  answer in column B .(1m )

 

Column A

Column B

1 . Would you mind opening the window ?

2 . Which country do you want to visit ?

3 . What’s the other name of Chicago ?

4 . Where was Alexander G.Bell born ?

a. I’d like to visit Australia .

b . “ The Windy City”

c . Sure . I’m hot , too .

d . In the USA .

 Answers :   1+ ………………..     2+ …………………….     3 + ………………….     4 + ……………………….

III . Write the past and past participle form of the verbs .(1m )

Infinitive

past

Past participle

1. write

 

 

2. build

 

 

3 . speak

 

 

4 . make

 

 

IV . Put the verbs in bracket into corret tenses . (2m )


   1 . Tuan already (do ) …………………………………. his homework .

   2 . I didn’t know how (get) …………………… to your house .

  3 . It (rain ) ………………………….when the plane got to Hanoi .

  4 . Huong (go ) ………………………….. to Son La last week .

V . Rewrite the following sentences with the words given . (1m )

  1 . People speak Engish all over the world .

   English ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

  2 . He said to us , “ You are my best friends.”

   He told us that …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

  3 . My brother bought this shirt this morning .

   This shirt …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

  4 . Mr. Tam said , “ I will answer the phone.”

   Mr. Tam said that ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

VI . Make the questions for the underlined words . (1m )

  1 . Two hundred people are employed by the company .

   ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

  2 . Christmas songs were first performed eight hundred years ago .

   ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...

VII . Read and answer the questions (2m )

  Angkor Wat should really be known as a wonder because it is the largest temple in the world . The temple was built around the year 1100 to honor a Hindu God , but over the next three centuries it became a Buddhist religious center. The area surrouding the temple , Angkor Thom , used to be the royal capital city .

         1 . Why should Angkor Wat be known as a wonder ?

            …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

         2 . Is Angkor Wat in Vietnam ?

           …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

         3 . What was the temple built for ?

          …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

         4 . Do you like Angkor Wat ? Why or Why not ?

          ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

The End

Đáp án:

  1.  

1.C

2. B

3. B

4 B

5. D

6.D

7.A

8. B

II.

  1. +C
  2. +A
  3. +B
  4. +d

III.


  1. Write-wrote-written
  2. Build-built-built
  3. Spea-spoke-spoken
  4. Make-made-made

IV

  1. Has already done
  2. To get
  3. Was raining
  4. went

V.

  1 . People speak English all over the world .

   English …is spoken all over the world…………………………………………

  2 . He said to us , “ You are my best friends.”

   He told us that ……we were their best friends………………………

  3 . My brother bought this shirt this morning .

   This shirt ……was bought by my mother this morning

  4 . Mr. Tam said , “ I will answer the phone.”

   Mr. Tam said that ……he would answer the phone……………………………….

VI . Make the questions for the underlined words . (1m )

  1 . Two hundred people are employed by the company .

   …………How many …… people are employed by the company? …………………………………………….

  2 . Christmas songs were first performed eight hundred years ago .

When were Christmas songs first performed?   ……………………………………………………………...

VII.

1.      because it is the largest temple in the world.

2.      No. it isn’t.

3.      It was built to honor a Hindu God .

4.      Yes, I do.( Students’ answer}

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