45 Minute test - Subject: English 8 - Week: 13 – Period 38

Tam Thanh Secondary school	45- MINUTE TEST
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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
2Tuesday 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 grandmotherto 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 bornNovember 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 .”
-> Miss Jackson said .
 2. My teacher said “You should practice speaking English everyday.”
-> My teacher said .
 3. My mother said “Please turn down the radio.” 
-> My mother asked me.
 4. Nga asked “ Could you take these pictures to my room?”
 -> Nga told me ..
KEYS – TEST 1
A. Speaking:( 0,25m for each correct answer)
	1. Can you help	2. What can I do	
3. Certainly	4. That’s very kind of you.
B. Language focus:
I. 0,25m for correct answer
	1. C	2. C	3. B	4. A	
5. D	6. D	7. B	8. A	
II. 0,25m for correct answer
	1.A	2. C	3. D	4.D
III. 0,25m for correct answer
1. plays 	2. used 	3. study 	4. listening
C. Reading:
I. 0,25m for correct answer
	1. F	2.T	3.T	4.T
II. 0,5m for correct answer
	1. Yes, he did.
	2. He needed to improve English.
	3. She took him to the school library.
	4. Yes, she did.
D. Writing: (0,5m for correct answer)
1. Miss Jackson said Tom should spend more time on English pronunciation .
2. My teacher said I should practice speaking English everyday .
3. My mother asked me to turn down the radio.
4. Nga told me to take these pictures to her room.