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) .
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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
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Column B
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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 ?
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a. I’d like to visit Australia .
b . “ The Windy City”
c . Sure . I’m hot , too .
d . In the USA .
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Answers : 1+ ……………….. 2+ ……………………. 3 + …………………. 4 + ……………………….
III . Write the past and past participle form of the verbs .(1m )
Infinitive
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past
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Past participle
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1. write
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2. build
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3 . speak
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4 . make
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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 .
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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 ?
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2 . Is Angkor Wat in Vietnam ?
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3 . What was the temple built for ?
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4 . Do you like Angkor Wat ? Why or Why not ?
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The End
Đáp án:
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1.C
2. B
3. B
4 B
5. D
6.D
7.A
8. B
II.
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+C
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+A
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+B
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+d
III.
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Write-wrote-written
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Build-built-built
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Spea-spoke-spoken
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Make-made-made
IV
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Has already done
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To get
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Was raining
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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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