TEST 1

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest. 1. A. bought B. cough C. sight D. daughter 2. A. happy B. character C. fat D. classmate 3. A. smile B. thick C. fit D. visit 4. A. hot B. hat C. hour D. hall 5. A. last B. fast C. task D. taste Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences. 6. I often play soccer _________Sunday afternoon. A. in B. on C. at 7. Graham Bell was born _________1847. A. in B. on C. at 8. Children are not old enough to look after_________. A. yourselves B. itself C. themselves 9. My father was good at swimming. He used to _________swimming. A. go B. goes C. went 10. London is _________capital city in Europe. A. large B. larger C. the largest 11. My sister likes _________to the pop music. A. listen B. listening C. to listening 12. Lee _________this town two years ago. a. leaves b. is leaving C. left 13. Many young people are fond _________playing football. A. in B. on C. at 14. No one else in the class plays the guitar _________Mark. A. as far as B. as well as C. as soon as 15. His family has lived here _________1983. A. since B. but C. in

D. after D. during D. ourselves D. going D. most large D. for listening D. will leave D. of D. as well D. on

Supply the correct form of the verbs. 16. My uncle __________________________us since he moved to the new town. (not visit) 17. You should __________________________speaking English every day. (practice) 18. It __________________________hotter and hotter in June. (get) 19. The movie __________________________at 8.15 this evening. (start) 20. We ______________already __________________the first semester exams. (finish) 21. Kate hates __________________________to the pop music. (listen) Choose the uderlined part that nedds correcting. 22. I have knew my English teacher since September. A B C D 23. This is the more interesting book I have ever read. A B C D 24. The boy always spends much time to play games. A B C D 25. When Jane was younger, she used to singing in a jazz band. A B C D 26. The telephone was invented by Bell on 1876. A B C D Fill in each blank with the correct form of the words in brackets. 27. Dont go to see that play. Its very __________________________. (bore) 28. This is my favorite chair. Its so __________________________. (comfort)

29. He made an __________________________to see her yesterday morning. (arrange) 30. I received an __________________________to lunch from him. (invite) Read the passage and decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F). England is not a large country. No town in England is very far from the sea, and many English families spend their holidays at the seaside. There are no high mountains in England, no very long rivers, and no very large forests. There are many towns in England. No town is very far from another. The English countryside between the town is like the carpet of many colors. In spring and summer, the fields, meadows and forests are light green or dark green, red, blue, yellow and white with flowers. FACTS 31. England is not a large country. 32. There are high mountains in England. 33. There are many towns in England. 34. There are not very long rivers. 35. In spring and summer, the fields and meadows are not light green or dark green. 36. The forests are not colorful. Rewrite these sentences that have the same meanings as the first one. 37. Turn off the TV when you are out, she said to me. She told________________________________________________________________________________ 38. My sister cooks well. My sister is_____________________________________________________________________________ 39. The meat is more expensive than the vegetables. The vegetables are________________________________________________________________________ 40. I have never read a more interesting novel. This is_________________________________________________________________________________ T F

TEST 2
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently . 1. A. late B. half C. after 2. A. close B. no C. one 3. A. reach B. teacher C. meat Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others. 4. A. improve B. children C. shopping 5. A. expensive B. geography C. assistant Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentence. 6. What do you have_____________lunch ? A. to B. for C. in 7. Ill try my best_____________my English. A improving B. improve C. improved 8. He is not tall enough_____________the top of the shelf. A. reach B. reaching C. reached 9. They are going_____________their homework tonight. A. to do B. doing C. do 10. They bought new fishing rods to go_____________. D. hard D. so D. weather D. mountain D. national

D. of D. to improve D to. reach D. does

A. swimming B. shopping C. sailing D. fishing 11. She has to_____________the room twice a week. A. cleaning B. clean C cleaned D. cleans 12. I can ride to school by_____________. A. myself B. himself C. herself D. themselves 13. This book is_____________expensive than that one. A. the most B. the same C. more D. as 14. The children are old enough to look after_____________. A. ourselves B. themselves C. herself D. himself 15. _____________ is the study of the earth and its countries, mountains, rivers, weather, etc. A. Geography B. Physics C. Chemistry D. Math Which underlined part is incorrect? 16. In many ways, I always prefer country life than city life. A B C D 17. T.V is bringing not only informations but also entertainment. A B C D 18. The countryside is too quite for me to live and work in. A B C D 19. We are going to held a summer camp this July. A B C D 20. How long do you and your classmates known each other? A B C D Read and choose the best option. Great Britain is not a large country, It is much smaller (21)________ French. It (22)________ four parts: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. England is the largest part of the country and has always been the strongest. English is the national (23)________ in all parts of Britain. All the people (24)________ live in Briatin can speak (25)________, but not all the people are English in that country. 21. A. to B. more C. than D. less 22. A. have B. having C. to have D. has 23. A. tongue B. words C. language D. writing 24. A. what B. who C. he D. which 25. A. French B. English C. Chinese D. Vietnamese Arrange these words to make sentences. 26. homework/ the / to / students / ought / their / carefully /do/. / _______________________________________________________________________________________

27. has / the chores / to / today / Mai / do / himself /. /

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28. clean/ the/ teacher/ me/ told/ to/ blackboard/the/./

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29. She / my class / is / enough / old / in/ not/ to be/./

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30. how/ English/ to/ me/ tell/ study/ you/ Could/?/

_______________________________________________________________________________________ Read the following passage and answer the questions.

Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He moved to Canada and then to the USA in the 1870s. In America, he worked with deaf-mutes at Boston University. Soon, Bell started experimenting with ways of transmitting speech over a long distance. This led to the invention of the telephone. Thomas Watson was Bell's assistant. Bell and Watson introduced the telephone in 1876. Bell demonstrated his invention at a lot of exhibitions. He died in 1922. 31. When and where was Alexander Graham Bell born? _______________________________________________________________________________________

32. What did he do when he was at Boston University?

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33. Who was Thomas Watson?

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34. What did Bell and Watson do in 1876?

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35. How old was Bell when he died?

_______________________________________________________________________________________ Give the corresct forms of the verbs in brackets. 36. We __________________________ in grade 8 this year. (be)

37. Our class __________________________ to the zoo next week. (go) 38. Their grandmother __________________________ them a lot of stories last year. (tell) 39. Last year, we (live) __________________________ in Nha Trang with our grandparents but now we (live)
__________________________ in Hue with our parents.

40. I __________________________ to Nha Trang since I was ten years old. (be)