THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAM FOR ENGLISH 8
Time: 45 minutes

Full name:…………………………………………Class: ............
Mark
 Teacher’s comments


I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others (1 mark)
A. time B. big C. city D. living
A. small B. class C. tall D. all
A. teacher B. bread C. head D. breakfast
A. bean B. read C. meat D. heavy

II. Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences: (4 marks)
My friend is always ……… in class .
A. told B. talks C. talking D. talked.
It is easy_________ English.
A. learn B. learning C. to learn D. learned
She asked me __________ I liked coffee.
A. as B. if C. whether D. both B & C
A test in which participants have to fetch water is called a _______.
A. water-fetch contest B. fetching-water contest
C. water-fetching contest. D. fetch-watering contest
Color television ..... by John Logie Bard in 1982.
invented B. was invent C. was invented D. has invented
Finally, we decided __________to the cinema.
A. going B. go C. to go D. gone
The girl __________next to Lan is a new student
A. standing B. stands C. to stand D. is standing
Would you mind if I_________ a photo?
A. take B. took C. taking D. will take
I _________ Cuba in 1990.
A. visit B. visited C. have visited D. was visiting
There is an/a ______. Please send an ambulance to Thang Long school.
A. wheelchair B. emergency C. first-aid D. wound
People usually use compost to ______ their fields.
A. fertilize B. melt C. recycle D. reduce
Ba ________ his homework.
A. finished already B. already finished C. have already finished D. has already finished
Nam: “………………….you carry this bag for me, please?” Tuan: “Sure”
A. Do B. Could C. Should D. Shall
There are flights daily to Ho Chi Minh City………………………Monday
A. except B. besides C. after D. at
Will you post this letter for me, please?
A. I’d rather you didn’t B. No, thank you C. Yes, please D. Certainly
We ______ dinner when my friends arrived yesterday evening.
A. are having B. is having C. were having D. was having
III. Circle the best answer among a, b, c, d for each of the numbered blanks in the following paragraph. (2 marks)
Mrs Jackson is an old woman who has a small room (1)___an old house. She (2)___there since 1974. That was the year when her husband (3)____.He had been ill (4)___many years. After his death Mrs Jaskson had (5)__money at all. She found work in a factory. Her Job was to clean the offices. She (6)_______get up early (7) _______ morning. Now she doesn`t have much money (8)_______she is happier than in the past.
1. a. in b. on c. from d. of
2. a. is living b. lives c. lived d. has lived
3. a. died b. has died c. dead d. was dead
4. a. since b. for c. in d. during
5. a. none b. any c. no d. not
6. a. must b. must to c. had to d. has to
7. a. for b. at c. in d. every
8. a. so b. because c. but d. and

IV. Rewrite the following sentences beginning with the