Tam Thanh Secondary school 45- MINUTE TEST
Name:…………………………… SUBJECT: ENGLISH 8
Class: 8…. WEEK: 13 – PERIOD 38

Test 1:
A. Speaking: (1ms) Complete the dialogue using the expressions in the box.

That’s very kind of you. Can you help
What can I do Certainly
Nam’s mother: (1)………………………………………….me, Nam?
Nam: Sure, Mom. (2)……………………………..for you?
Nam’s mother: I need some potatoes. Can you buy them for me?
Nam: (3)…………………….I’ll go and buy soon.
Nam’s mother: (4)……………………………………………….
B. Language focus: (4ms)
I. Multiple Choice : (2ms)
1. Where did you go last Sunday? I ……………to my cousin’s birthday party
A. to go B. go C. went D. going
2………………Tuesday she has Geography, Biology, Math and Music .
A. In B. At C. On D. To
3. Hoa, my friend, speaks English …………
A. good B. well C. better D. best
4. You should …………… more time on English .
A. spend B. spent C. spending D. to spend
5. Her grandmother……………to live on a farm when she was young.
A. use B. using C. to use D. used
6. Nam ………….. to clean his house because his mother was out yesterday.
A. have B. to have C. had D. has
7. I like………….books in the library .
A. read. B. reading. C. reads D. to reading.
8. I was born……………November 20 , 2000.
A. on B. in C. between D. for
II. Choose the word with the different pronunciation of the underlined part. (1m)
1. A. move B. love C. comfort D. double
2. A. market B. chart C. marine D. parcel
3. A. tire B. unite C. underline D. application
4. A. drought B. discount C. scout D. wound
III. Give the correct form of verbs in brackets (1m)
1. I (play)…………………….soccer in my free time.
2. She (use)……………..to live on a farm when she was young.
3. You should (study)………………...harder this semester.
4. He enjoys (listen)…………………….to music.

C. Reading: (3ms). Read the passage and do exercises below.
In the first year of lower secondary school I had some difficulties in learning English. My pronunciation of English words was really bad and my English grammar was worse. I did not know how to improve them. One afternoon after school, my teacher of English told me to wait for her outside the classroom. She took me to the school library and show me cassettes of pronunciation drills kept in a glass bookcase. She also told me how to use an English – English dictionary to improve my English grammar. “ Now I think you know what you should do,” she said. I did not know that only one year later I would win the first prize in the English Speaking Contest held for secondary school students in my home town.

I.Check True (T) or False (F): ( 1m)
1. In the first year, he is good at English. ………
2. His pronunciation was bad. ..……..
3. His teacher said: “ Now I think you know what you should do” ………
4. He won the first prize in English Speaking Contest ………

II. Answer the questions: (2ms)
1. Did he have some difficulties in learning English?
-> ………………………………………………………………………..
2. Which subject did he need to improve?
-> ……………………………………………………………………….
3. Where did his teacher take him to?
-> ………………………………………………………………………
4. Did the teacher tell him how to use an English – English dictionary?
-> ………………………………………………………………………

D. Writing: (2ms) Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech beginning as show
1. Miss Jackson said to Tom, “You should spend more time on English pronunciation