45 Minute test - Subject English 8 - Week 7 – Period: 19

TAM THANH SECONDARY SCHOOL	45 - MINUTE TEST
NAME:.	SUBJECT: ENGLISH 8
CLASS: 81	WEEK: 7 PERIOD: 19
Marks
Teacher’s comments
A. Listening (1m) Listen and check true or false.
1. Nam’s mother is going to be home late tonight.
2. Nam will have to cook dinner himself.
3. The rice cooker is under the sink.
4. Nam won’t call Aunt Chi.
B. Language focus (4ms) 
I. Choose the best answer.(2ms)
1. He is not..to get married.
A. old	B. enough	C. old enough	D. enough old
2. I find Minh is not sociable. He is in public.
A. kind	B. reserved	C. humorous 	D. generous
3. Hello. I’m Peter. Can I speak................ Nancy, please?
A. at	B. of	C. to	D. on
4. We boiled some potatoes in a. 
A. saucepan	B. frying pan	C. sink	D. cupboard
5. A. G. Bell ...the telephone.
A. invent	B. invented	C. inventing	D. invents
6. Many people don’t like to..experiments on animals.
A. arrange	B. conduct	C. demonstrate	D. transmit
7. Lisa is going to .. Ha Long Bay this summer.
A. visit 	B. visited	C. visits	D. visiting
8. Na and Linh have to wash clothes.
A. themselves	B. himself	C. herself	D. yourselves
II. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differrently(1m)
1. A. try	B. happy	C. electricity	D. candy
2. A. bookshelf	B. bedroom	C. kitchen	D. desk
3. A. after	B. agree	C. annoy	D. appear
4. A. liked	B. owned	C. walked 	D. washed
III. Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.(1m)
1. You ought study hard to pass the exam.
 A B C D
2. Would you likes to leave a message for him or call him later?
 A B C D
3. Let’s putting the amchair opposite the couch in the living room.
 A B 	C 	 D
4. We are very close friends although we have quite different character.
 A B C D
C. Reading (2.5ms)
I. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following paragraph (1m).
 Mary Brown is a student in class 7A. She is only twelve but she is very (1) She is one of the (2)..students in the school. She is also a (3).volleyball player. She plays for the volleyball school (4)..What’s more, she is very good at music.
A. intelligent 	B. favorite 	 C. convenient 	D. better
A. good 	B. better 	 C. best 	 	D. most best
A. liking 	B. popular 	 C. dull 	D. hard
A. club 	B. group 	 C. pair 	D. team
II. Read the passage and answer the questions.(1.5ms)
 Lan had a letter from her sister yesterday. She lives in America. In her letter, she said that she would come to Viet Nam the following year. If she comes, she will get a surprise. Lan is now living in a beautiful house in the country. The house was completed five months ago. In her letter, Lan told her sister that she could stay with her. The house has four large rooms and there is a lovely garden. It is a very modern house, so it looks strange to some people. It must be the only modern house in the district.
* Questions
1. When did Lan have a letter from her sister? 
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2. How many rooms does Lan’s house have? 
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3. Is it a modern house? 
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D. Writing (2.5ms) 
I. Put the words in the right order to make meaningful sentences. (1.5ms)
1. enough/ Jane/ stay/ to/ alone/ old/ isn’t/ at home.
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2. you/ going/ to/ are/ what/ do/ next weekend?
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3. free/ he/ most/ time/ sports/ spends/ of/ his/ playing.
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II. Make questions for the underlined words. (1m)
1. Lan is beautiful and tall.
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2. Nam and Ba always get good marks because they study very hard.
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Keys 1
A. Listening (1m) Unit 3: Listen and read
1.T 	2.T 	3.F 	4.F
B. Language focus (4ms) 
I. Choose the best answer.(2ms)
1. C	2. B
3. C	4. A
5. B	6. B
7. A 8. A
II. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differrently(1m)
1. A
2. C
3. A
4. B
III. Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.(1m)
1. A 
2. A
3. B
4. D
C. Reading (2.5ms)
I. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following paragraph (1m).
1. A
2. C
3. B
4. D
II. Read the passage and answer the questions below.(1.5ms)
1. She had a letter from her sister yesterday
2. It has four rooms
3. Yes, it is.
D. Writing (2.5ms)
I. Put the words in the right order to make meaningful sentences. (1.5ms)
1. Jane isn’t old enough to stay alone at home.
2. What are you going to do next weekend? 
3. He spends most of his free time playing sports.
II. Make questions for the underlined words. (1m)
1. What does Lan look like?
2. Why do Nam and Ba always get good marks?
TAM THANH SECONDARY SCHOOL	45 - MINUTE TEST
NAME:.	SUBJECT: ENGLISH 8
CLASS: 81	WEEK: 7 PERIOD: 19	
Marks
Teacher’s comments
A. Listening (1m) Listen and check true or false.
1. Nam is talking on the phone with his friend.
2. His mother will be home after dinner.
3. The steamer is under the sink.
4. Nam has not to go to the market to buy fish and vegetables.
B. Language focus (4ms) 
I. Choose the best answer.(2ms)
1. He often looks at .in the mirror
 	A. herself 	B. myself C. himself 	D. yourself
2. Miss Lan has ..
 	A. straight - long - black hair 	B. black - long - straight hair
 	C. long - black - straight hair 	D. long - straight - black hair 
3. My mom goes out, so I have to.. dinner myself
 	A. cook B. cooks 	C. to cook 	D. cooking 
4. We must be there .. 8.30 and 9.15
A. between 	B. from C.at 	D. on
5. Ba is 12 years old. He is not.. to drive a car
 A. enough young B. young enough C. enough old 	D. old enough
6. I..a letter from my old friend last week.
A. sent 	B. received	 C. gave 	D. took
7. I find Nam doesn’t speak any words in class. He’s .in public.
A. kind B. sociable C. reserved D. humorous
8. You should go to the. to buy some fish and vegetables.
A. theater	 B. post office	 C. kitchen 	D. market
II. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differrently(1m)
 1. A. energetic B. enjoy C. event D. experiment
 2. A. late B. class C. vacation D. holiday
 3. A. museum B. excuse C. uniform D. much
 4. A. why B. when C. whose D. which
III. Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.(1m)
1. Hoa is very happy when she received a letter from her friend.
 A B C D
2. Would you likes to leave a message for him or call him later?
 A B C D
3. Let’s going upstairs to see my photos.
 A B C D
4. He often do the washing on Sunday mornings.
 A B C D
C. Reading (2.5ms)
I. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following paragraph (1m).
Mary Brown can play the piano very (1)..and she also belongs (2)..our school Art group. She usually stays late (3).school hours sometimes to practice the piano sometimes (4)..volleyball with her friends. We all love her and are proud of her. We usually gather together on Sundays and have a lot of fun.
1. A. good 	B. better 	 C. well 	D. bad 
2. A. in 	B. to 	 C. at 	D. for
3. A. after 	B. before 	 C. behind 	D. below
4. A. to work 	B. to have 	 C. to play 	D. to get
II. Read the passage and answer the questions.(1.5ms)
I’m Helen. I’m 14 years old and this is my plan for the future. When I grow up I’m going to be a ballet dancer. I love dancing. I go dancing three times a week. I’m going to travel all over the world and I’m going to learn French and Russian because I want to dance in Paris and Moscow. I’m not going to marry until I’m 30 and then I’m going to have two children. I’d like first a girl and then a boy. I’m going to work until I’m 75. I’m going to teach dancing and I’m going to open a dance school. I like planning my future – It’s very exciting.
Note: a ballet dancer: diễn viên múa Balê; until: mãi đến khi; grow up: lớn lên
Answer the questions
1. What is she going to do when she grows up?
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2. How often does Helen go dancing? 
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3. Is she going to have one daughter and one son? .....................................................................................................................
D. Writing (2.5ms) 
I. Put the words in the right order to make meaningful sentences. (1.5ms)
1. she/ hair/ black/ has/ long/ straight.
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2. in the east/ rises/ sun/ the/ in the west/ sets/ and.
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3. have/ money/ buy/ that/ we/ enough/ to/ didn’t/ car.
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II. Make questions for the underlined words. (1m)
1. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
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2. I’m going to play table tennis this evening.
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Keys 2
A. Listening (1m) Unit 3: Listen and read
1.F 	2.T 	3.T 	4.F
B. Language focus (4ms) 
I. Choose the best answer.(2ms)
1. C	2. D
3. A	4. A
5. D	6. B
7. C 8. D
II. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differrently(1m)
1. A
2. B
3. D
4. C
III. Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.(1m)
1. A 
2. A
3. B
4. A
C. Reading (2.5ms)
I. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following paragraph (1m).
1. C
2. B
3. A
4. C
II. Read the passage and answer the questions below.(1.5ms)
1. She is going to be a ballet dancer.
2. She goes dancing three times a week.
3. Yes, she is.
D. Writing (2.5ms)
I. Put the words in the right order to make meaningful sentences. (1.5ms)
1. She has long straight black hair.
2. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. 
3. We didn’t have enough money to buy that car.
II. Make questions for the underlined words. (1m)
1. Who invented the telephone?
2. What are you going to do this evening?