The first term test class: 8

Name: _____________________
Class: 8 ____
THE FIRST TERM TEST
Time allowed: 45 minutes
I. Listen and fill in the blanks: (1p)
Before Mai moved to the city, she lived in a village near Haiphong. She knew all the people in her (1) ______________. The village was (2) ______________ and there was only a little traffic. She hates the (3) ______________ and the busy roads in the city. Sometimes, the noise keeps her (4) ______________ at night.
II. Choose the best answer: (2.5ps)
1. She likes (eating / to eat / eat) more vegetable than meat.
2. My family (has live / have lived / has lived) here since last week.
3. Tim’s mother (met / talked / said) his teacher at school yesterday morning.
4. Mary (have to / has to / must) study Literature harder next semester.
5. Minh always ( get/ to get / gets ) up at six in the morning.
6. Tom cut ( himselves / himself / hisself ) shaving this morning.
7. Can I speak (to / with / for) Miss Black, please?
8. He ought (practice / to practice / practicing) her English every day.
9. Peter sometimes spends his free time (walk / to walk / walking) around Hoan Kiem lake.
10. Would you like ( to cook / cooking / cook) dinner with me at my home?
III. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets: (2.5ps)
1. Yesterday I ( travel ) __________to Hai Phong with my father. And today We ( travel) __________ to Cua Lo Beach.
2. The sky is full of clouds. I think it (rain) ______________.
3. We used (play) _____________ skip rope when we (be) _____________ younger.
4. She (buy) ______________ a new house last year, but she (not/sell) ______________ her old one yet; so now she (have) ______________ two houses.
5. Before (have) ______________ breakfast, Chien often (do) _____________ morning exercises.
IV. Rewrite the sentences, using the words in brackets: (2ps)
1. They are not young. They couldn’t climb on the hill. (enough)
2.My brother often did housework when he was younger. ( used to)
My brother used 	
3. “Please turn on the television” She asked Tom. (She asked Tom)
4. He studied English at this school 2 years ago. ( using the perfect present tense - for)
V. Read the passage then answer the questions: (2ps)
Once a farmer lived a comfortable life with his family. His chickens laid many eggs which the farmer used to sell to buy food and clothing for his family.
One day, he went to collect the eggs and discovered one of the chickens laid a gold egg. He shouted excitedly to his wife, “we’re rich, we’re rich!”
His wife ran to him and they both looked at the egg in amazement. The wife wanted more, so her husband decided to cut open all the chickens and find more gold eggs. Unfortunately, he couldn’t find any eggs. When he finished all, the chickens were dead. There were no more eggs of any kinds for the foolish farmer and his greedy wife.
Answer the questions:
How was the farmer’s life?
What did the farmer use to sell eggs to buy?
What did he discover?
Why did the farmer and his wife decide to cut open all the chickens?
ANSWER KEY
I. Listen and fill in the blanks: (1p)
1. Neighbourhood
2. quiet
3. noise
4. awake
II. Choose the best answer: (2.5ps)
1. eating
2. has lived
3. met
4. must
5. gets
6. himself
7. to
8. to practice
9. walking
10. to cook
III. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets: (2.5ps)
1. traveled – are going to travel
2. is going to rain
3. to play - were
4. bought - hasn’t sold - has
5. having -does
IV. Combine these pairs of sentences, using the words in brackets: (2ps)
1. They are not young enough to climb on the hill.
2. My brother used to do housework when he was younger.
3. She asked Tom to turn on the television.
4. He has studied English at this school for 2 years.
V. Read the passage then answer the questions: (2ps)
1. A farmer lived a comfortable life with his family./ The farmer’s life was comfortable.
2. The farmer used to sell to buy food and clothing for his family.
3. He discovered one of the chickens laid a gold egg.
4. Because they wanted to find more gold eggs.