45 Minute test - Subject: English 8 - Week: 13 – Period 38 (Tam Thanh secondary school)

Tam Thanh secondary school 	 45 - MINUTE TEST
Name:. 	SUBJECT ENGLISH 8
Marks
Class: 81. 	WEEK 13 – PERIOD: 38
TEST 1
A. Listen: Listen to a passage about Mai and her close friends. 
Then write True or False (1m)
1. Mai has two close friends.	.............
2. Lan is a beautiful girl with small black eyes and an oval face.	.............
3. Mai often goes swimming when she has free time.	.............
4. Hoa is sociable and humorous.	.............
B. Language focus: (4ms)
I.Choose the best answer:( 2ms)
1. Don’t go___________It’s too cold.
A. outside	B. inside	C. into	D. away
2. Mr Ba is a ________ driver he never causes accidents.
A.carefully	B. careless	C. careful	D. carelessly
3. He told me ________up early in the morning.
A. get	B. to get	C. got	D. getting
4. Lan promises_________her best in learning English.
A. try	B. to try	C. trying 	D. tries
5. People _________think that the earth was flat
A. is used to 	B. used to 	C. are used to 	D. didn’t use to
6. She asked her children ______playing that game.
A. to stop	B. stop	C. stopped	D. stopping
7. My father likes _________in the morning.
A. work	B. working	C. worked	D. works
8. He will travel to England _____ February this year.
A. in	B. on 	C. at	D. between
II.Choose the word with the different pronunciation of the underlined part. (1m) 
A. rubbish
B. uniform
C. umbrella 
D. thumb
A. appear 
B. weather 
C. bread 
D. headache
A. project 
B. belong 
C.  woman
D. concert
A. think
B. though 
C. mother
D. these
III. Supply the correct verb form (1m)
1. I (play).soccer in my free time.
2.His parents (be) ................................ always proud of him.
3.Last year, I (use to) .................. late. Now, I get up early and go to school on time.
4.Miss Jackson said Tim shoud (improve) .................... his Spanish pronunciation.
C. Reading: (2.5ms). 
I. Read the passage below, choose the best word to fill in the blank (1m)
Lan is excited about the (1)__________activities she is going to do. The Y & Y is (2)______ a plan to help the community. She will in (3) its recycling programs. In this program, she will collect glass, used paper and empty cans. Then she will send them for(4)_________.
* Choose the best word to fill in the blank 
1. A. interesting	B. interest	C. interested	D. interests
2. A. having	B. have	C. to have	D. has
3. A. take part in	B. took part in	C. get in	D. got in
4. A. recycle	B. recycling	C. to recycle	D. recycled
II. Read the passage below, then answer the questions (1,5ms) 
 I have a little notebook. I always have it with me. I try to fill one page a day. Sometimes I put words in groups, like fruit – all kinds of fruit. You know? Or colors, or clothes, or things and the shop you buy them .I have some grammar pages, where I write regular verbs or irregular verbs, or a page of prepositions. I think prepositions are difficult, you know – on Sunday, in the morning, listen to a concert – but you say phone someone. In my language we say “ phone to someone”. And so on 
* Answer :
1. What does she always have with her? 
...................................................................................................................................
2. How many pages does she try to fill a day? 
..............................................
3. In what way does she put words? 
............................................................
D. Writing: (2.5ms) 
I. Complete the sentences by using given words. (1m)
Lan / like / learn / English.
Ø...
Last week / she / buy / English-Vietnamese dictionary.
Ø
II. Rewrite the sentences by using the given words: (1.5ms) 
1. The lifeguard said, “Don’t swim out too far, boys.”
àThe lifeguard asked boys..
2. My teacher said: “You should practice speaking English every day”.
à My teacher said
3. Children like to walk in the rain.
àChildren enjoy 
ANSWER KEYS 1
A. Listening: (0.25m for each correct answer) 
1.T	2. F	3. F	4. T
Tape:
Mai has two close friends, Lan and Hoa. We are in the same class at the primary school, and then secondary school. Lan is a beautiful girl with big black eyes and a round face. She is an intelligent student who always gets good marks. She likes reading, and she often goes to the library when she has free time. Hoa isn’t as beautiful as Lan, but she has a beautiful smile and looks very healthy. Hoa likes sports very much. She is good at playing badminton. She is sociable and humorous. I love both of my friends very much.
B. Language focus: (4ms)
I. (0.25m for each correct answer) 
1. A	2. C	3. B	4. B	
5. B	6. A	7. B	8. A	
II. (0.25m for each correct word)
1. B 	2. A	3. C 	4. C 	
III. (0.25m for each correct word)
1.play 2. is 3. used to 4. improve
C. Reading (2.5ms)
I. (0.25m for each correct answer) 
	1. A 	2. A 	3. A 	4. B
II. (0.5m for each correct answer) 
1. She always has a little notebook with her.
2. There is one.
3. She puts words in groups.
D. Writing: (2.5ms)
I.(0.5m for each correct answer) 
1. Lan likes learning English.
2. Last week, she bought an English-Vietnamese dictionary.
II.(0.5m for each correct answer) 
The lifeguard asked boys not to swim out too far.
My teacher said I should practice speaking English every day.
Children enjoy walking in the rain.
Tam Thanh secondary school 	 45 - MINUTE TEST
Name:. 	SUBJECT ENGLISH 8
Marks
Class: 81. 	WEEK 13 – PERIOD: 38
TEST 2
A. Listen: Listen to a passage about Mai and her close friends. 
Then write True or False (1m)
1. Mai has three close friends.	.............
2. Lan is a beautiful girl with big black eyes and an oval face.	.............
3. Lan often goes swimming when she has free time.	.............
4. Hoa is good at playing badminton.	.............
B. Language focus: (4ms)
I.Choose the best answer:( 2ms)
1. “ The lost shoe” is one of the . stories I like best.
A. tradition B. traditional 	C. beautifully 	D. beauty
2. We must be there........7.30 and 10.30. 
A. between 	B. before 	C. after 	D. at
3. His brother often drives too ............ 
A. bad 	B. fastly 	C. faster 	D. fast 
4. Peter is very proud.....his school. 
A. in 	B. off 	C. of 	D. on
5. My aunt ..do the housework without modern equipment.
A. use to B. used 	C. used to 	D .didn’t used to
6. My train . at 11.30, so I need to be at the station by 11.15
A. is leaving	B. will leave	 	C. leaves	 	D. left 
7. Nam’s hobbies are watching TV and outdoor 
A. activity B. activities C. acting D. action
8. Lee was born in China. Chinese is his
A. foreign language B. mother tongue	C. second language	D. new language
II.Choose the word with the different pronunciation of the underlined part. (1m) 
1. A. upstair 	B. fair 	C. straight 	D. downstairs 
2. A. fishing 	B. cousin 	C. invent 	D. furniture 
3. A. tiger	B. wisdom	C. wife	D. fire
4. A. hour	B. sound	C. proud	D. your
III. Supply the correct verb form (1m)
1. We like (talk). with friends at recess.
2. She (use)..to live on a farm when she was young.
3. What  you (do) .every morning?
4. He enjoys (listen).to music.
C. Reading: (2.5ms) 
I. Read the passage below, choose the best word to fill in the blank (1m)
Lan is excited about the (1)__________activities she is going to do. The Y & Y is (2)______ a plan to help the community. She will in (3) its recycling programs. In this program, she will collect glass, used paper and empty cans. Then she will send them for(4)_________.
* Choose the best word to fill in the blank 
1. A. interesting	B. interest	C. interested	D. interests
2. A. having	B. have	C. to have	D. has
3. A. take part in	B. took part in	C. get in	D. got in
4. A. recycle	B. recycling	C. to recycle	D. recycled
II. Read the passage below, then answer the questions:(1,5ms) 
Peter is my penpal. He is fifteen years old. He lives in a house in London. He has lived there for ten years. He is an excellent student. He always works at school and gets good marks. He loves learning Vietnamese in his free time. He often practices writing letters in Vietnamese. Sometimes he helps me to correct my writing, and I help him to correct his spelling mistakes. Next summer, he is going to visit Ho Chi Minh city with his family.
Answer these questions
What does Peter love doing in his free time?
What is he going to do next summer?
	3. Is he going to visit Ho Chi Minh city?
	.
D. Writing: (2.5ms) 
I. Complete the sentences by using given words. (1,5ms)
1. Hoa / use to / have /a close friend /Ha Noi. 
2. We / not go / school /on Sundays 
II. Rewrite the sentences by using the given words: (1.m)
1. “You should stay in bed for a few days”, the doctor said to Mr. Lam.
à The doctor said............................................................................................
2. Their mother said to them, “Don’t make so much noise.”
àTheir mother asked them .....................................................................................
3. Children like to walk in the rain.
àChildren enjoy 
ANSWER KEYS 2
A. Listening: (0.25m for each correct answer) 
1.F	2. T	3. F	4. T
Tape:
Mai has two close friends, Lan and Hoa. We are in the same class at the primary school, and then secondary school. Lan is a beautiful girl with big black eyes and a round face. She is an intelligent student who always gets good marks. She likes reading, and she often goes to the library when she has free time. Hoa isn’t as beautiful as Lan, but she has a beautiful smile and looks very healthy. Hoa likes sports very much. She is good at playing badminton. She is sociable and humorous. I love both of my friends very much.
B. Language focus: (4ms)
I. (0.25m for each correct answer) 
1. B	2. A	3. D	4. C	
5. C	6. B	7. B	8. B	
II. (0.25m for each correct word)
1. C	2. B	3. B	 4 D
III. (0.25m for each correct word)
1.talking 	2. used	3. do/do	4. listening
C. Reading (2.5ms)
I. (0.25m for each correct answer) 
	1. A 	2. A 	3. A 	4. B
II. (0.5m for each correct answer) 
1. He loves learning Vietnamese in his free time.
2. Next summer, he is going to visit Ho Chi Minh city with his family.
3. Yes, he is.
D. Writing: (2.5ms)
I.(0.5m for each correct answer) 
1. Hoa used to have a close friend in Ha Noi.
2. We do not go to school on Sundays.
II.(0.5m for each correct answer) 
The doctor said Mr. Lam should stay in bed for a few days.
Their mother asked them not to make so much noise.
Children enjoy walking in the rain.