Bài tập tiếng anh lớp 8 pdf

I. Choose the best answer to complete these sentences
1. I ______ a letter from my old friend last week. (sent / gave / received / took)
2. We must be there ______ 7.30 and 10.30. (at / before / between / after)
3. I find Peter is not communicative. He’s rather ______ in public. (kind / reserved /sociable /
humorous)
4. She has ______ over 30 pages since yesterday. (written / wrote / write / writing)
5. I find Peter is not communicative. He’s rather ______ in public. (kind / reserved /sociable /
humorous)
6. My farther used ______ us to the park three years ago. (took / taking / to take / take)
8. Can you fill ______ this form for me? (out / on / at / to)
9. “Would you ______ to go to the movies with me?” “I’d love to” (like / want / love / mind)
10. Deaf-mute can ______ speak ______ hear. (both and/not only … but also/neither … nor/either …
or)
11. When I was a child, I ______ follow my mum to the market. (used to / liked / hated / loved)
12. His parents are always proud ______ him. (about / of / on / with)
13. ______ have you lived in this town? – For nearly 20 years. (When / Where / How far /How long)
14. The new shopping mall is quite ______ the present shopping area. (different from / the same /
like to / similar)
15. They have studied ______ six o’clock. (for / at / since / to)
16. “____________?” – “It’s 20.000 dong” (How much is this parcel cost / How much does this parcel
take / How much does this parcel / How much does this parcel cost)
17. I ______ the country life ______ the city life. (like – than / prefer – to / like – to / prefer –
than)
18. They have studied ______ six o’clock. (for / at / since / to)
19. He does morning exercises regularly in order to ______ his health. (have / improve / get / take)
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20. Don’t let your child ______ with matches. (playing / to play / plays / play)
21. They ______ from Canada to America to find work. (started / demonstrated / delivered /
migrated)
22. Last night I watched the movie Romeo and Juliet. At last they killed ______ . (together / each
other / themselves / one another)

23. My mother is ______ tired ______ cook tonight. (enough – to / too – to / so – that / very – to)
24. He went to school late because he was stuck in the ______ this morning.(rush-hour / traffic-
light / traffic-jam / cross-road)
25. Airmail is ______ expensive than surface mail. (the most / most / much / more)
27. She is studying hard ______ pass the final exams.(for / in order to / so to / so that)
28. John came ______ an old school friend in the street this morning. (with / along / across / off)
29. She asked her children ______ (to stop playing / stop to play / stop playing / stopping to play)
30. He is not ______ ride a motorbike. (enough old to / enough old for / old enough to / old enough
for)
31. I don’t talk much in public. I am rather (kind / sociable / reserved / humorous)
32. (Novel / Fiction / Folktale / Legend) is a story passed on in spoken form from one generation to
the next.
33. You must look in the (advertisement / recreation / diversion / participation) section of the
newspaper to find out what films are showing.
34. During rush-hours, (traffic lights / crossroads / traffic-jams) often happen.
35. (Would / Could / Do / Will) you like to go to the movies? – I’d love to.
36. Deaf-mutes can (both speak and hear / not only speak but also hear / neither speak nor hear /
either speak or hear)
37. They have waited for her (for / since / at / from) 6 o’clock.
38. This neighborhood is (different / the same / as / like) from that one.
39. What does she look like? (She look beautiful / She is beautiful / She looks like beautiful)
40. The calendar is (on / under / behind / in) the clock.
41. Minh and I didn’t enjoy (myself / ourselves / himself / themselves) at the party.
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42. When my father was young, he used to (singing / sang / sings / sing) very well.
44. You should work (hardly / hard / good / badly) in order to pass the exams.
45. It is too dark (to take / take / taking / took) photographs here.
46. Jim is not old enough (read / reading / to read) this book.
47. Could you do me a favor? (What can I do for you / Thanks a lot / It’s very kind of you / No,
thank you. I’m fine)

48. I (haven’t met / don’t meet / didn’t meet / won’t) him yet.
49. The doctor advised him (go / to go / going / goes) to bed earlier.
50. They got married and lived (happy / happily / happiness)
II. Supply the correct tense of the verbs in brackets
1. Mary and John (be) _________ neighbors. They (know) _________ each other for a long time. Mary
(move) _________ into her house in 1990, and John (live) _________ next door since he (come) _________
to the area in 1988.
2. Today (be) _________ Sunday. Nga (not go) _________ to school. She (stay) _________ at home. She
(do) _________ her homework now. She (do) _________ it for two hours.
3. I (be) _________ in New York. I (come) _________ here two years ago. My friend, Nancy (live)
_________ here since 1982. So she (know) _________ the area very well.
4. Trung usually (go) _________ to the library three times a week.
5. Yesterday I (be) _________ busy, so I (not have) _________ time to phone you.
6. Mrs. Trang (not go) _________ to work last week. She (not be) _________ feeling well.
7. I (do ) _________ all the housework. The flat is really clean now.
8. How long you (live) _________ here? – Since 1997.
9. Mr. Quang (teach) _________ in this school since he (graduate) _________ from the university in
1989.
10. My brother (leave) _________ home 10 years ago. I (never meet) _________ him since then.
11. Where you (spend) _________ your summer holiday last year, Tam?
12. When we (be) _________ small, our family (live) _________ in the countryside.
13. I (read) _________ an interesting book at the moment.
14. How long you (know) _________ Mrs. Chi? – I (know) _________ here for five years.
15. W (not see) _________ her since we (be) _________ on holiday in Ha Long bay.
16. Phuong (not finish) _________ her homework yet.
17. It’s three years since I last (see) _________ Nam.
18. You (be) _________ away? – Yes. I (go) _________ to the country last Sunday.
19. I (not eat) _________ anything for two days.
20. They (move) _________ to Ho Chi Minh City in 1990 and (live) _________ there since then.
READING COMPREHENSION

I. Complete the following passage with the words given in the box.
1.
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is - feed - people - lot - work - lived - so - it
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Many (1) _____________ believe that life on the farm is very quiet and easy, but (2) ____________ is very
hard. I myself have (3) ____________ on a farm for nearly twenty years and I know what farm work (4)
_____________. You must get up early, (5) _____________ the chickens and the cows, water the flowers,
vegetables, do (6) _____________ of gardening and then (7) ____________ in the fields. But my aunt likes
this way of life and (8) ______________ do all her children.
2.
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enjoy - like - walk - beautiful - friendly - in - facilities - summer
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Dear Mai,
I’m having a lovely time here in Kim Lien. It’s a (1) _________________ village. I’m staying at my uncle’s
house. I have a nice view of the paddy field from my bedroom. Things are changing (2)
_______________ the countryside. People can now have things (3) ________________ refrigerators and
televisions. Medical (4) _______________ are more accessible. Today I’m going for a long (5)
______________ by the lake. The air is clean and people are very (6) ______________. Would you like to
come here next (7) ______________ holiday? I hope you’ll (8) ______________ it.
3.
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reach - in - telephoned - message - service - stationary - name
- speak
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A customer (1) ______________ the Thang Loi Delivery (2) _____________ on June 16 just after midday.
The customer’s (3) _____________was Mr. Nam, and he wanted to (4) ______________ to Mrs. Van. Mrs.
Van was (5) ______________ meeting and could not come to the phone. So Mr. Toan took a (6)
______________. Mr. Nam called about his (7) _____________ order. He said Mrs. Van could (8)

_____________ him at 8 634 082.
II. Read the following texts. Then answer the True / False sentences
1/ Hello! My name’s Ba. I’m 13 years old. I have a close friend, Lan. She is 15, but she isn’t as tall
as I am. Every day I go to school in the morning, my sister has classes in the afternoon. Like Lan, I
love pop music, reading my novels in my free time. We both like playing chess and going swimming
in the summer. Unlike Lan, I don’t like cooking, doing the shopping on Sundays. Instead, I like
watching films, especially war films on T.V. I also love playing soccer in my spare time.
1. Both Ba and Lan go to school in the morning. ____
2. They love pop music, reading novels. ____
3. They don’t like playing chess and going swimming in Summer. ____
4. Lan doesn’t like cooking, doing the shopping on Sundays. ____
5. Ba likes watching war films on T.V. ____
6. Lan also loves playing soccer in her free time. ____
2/ Lily comes from China. She’s a university student. She’s eighteen years old. She is studying
English as a foreign language. English is important to her because she will need it for her job in
the future. She began learning English when she was very young – at the age of eight. She thinks
that her biggest problem is listening. People speak very quickly, so she can’t understand them.
English is really hard for her to learn, but she likes it. She wants to be an English teacher; or
hopes to become a singer one day because she loves English songs very much
1. English is important to Lily as she will need it for her future job. ____
2. She started learning English when she was eighteen. ____
3. She has a problem with listening. ____
4. She can understand people when they speak fast. ____
5. She doesn’t find English difficult to learn. ____
6. She loves English songs but she doesn’t want to become a singer. ____
3/ Graham Bell was born in Scotland in 1478, but when he was a young man of twenty-three he
moved with his parents to Canada. Before the year was over, young Graham left his family and
went to Boston. Though Bell was a dreamer, he was also a practical thinker and a man of action.
In Boston, where he worked by day as a teacher of the deaf, he worked far into night
experimenting with the electrical transmission of the sound. This led to the invention of the

telephone.
1. Alexandra Graham Bell was born in England. ____
2. He immigrated to Canada in 1865 ____
3. He went to Boston when he was twenty-three. ____
4. Graham Bell worked with the deaf in Boston. ____
5. He experimented with the electrical transmission of the sound by day. ____
6. Graham bell invented the telephone. ____
III. Read the following passages. Then answer the questions
1/ Do you have any close friends? I think everybody at least has one close friend in their life. And so
do I. I have two close friends, Hanh and Mai. We are in the same class at the primary school, and
then secondary school. We are also neighbors so we spend most of our time learning and playing
together. Hanh is a beautiful girl with big black eyes and an oval rosy face. She is an intelligent
student who is always at the top of the class. She likes reading, and she often goes to the library
whenever she has free time. Mai isn’t as beautiful as Hanh, but she has a lovely smile and looks
very healthy. Mai is very sporty. She spends most of her time playing sports. Mai is a volleyball
star of our school. She is also very sociable and has a good sense of humor. Her jokes always
make us laugh. I love both of my friends and I always hope our friendship will never die.
 Questions
a. What does Hanh look like?
b. What does she like?
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c. What does she often do in her free time?
d. Is Mai more beautiful than Hanh?
e What is Mai’s hobby?
f. Which sports does Mai play in the school team?
2/ How Nam has improved his English.
“… In the first year of lower secondary school I had some difficult in learning English. My
pronunciation of English words was really bad and my English grammar was worse. I did not how to
improve them. One afternoon after the lesson, my teacher of English told me to wait for her outside
the classroom. She took me to the school library and showed 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”, said she. I made much progress and
only one year later I won the first prize in the English Speaking Contest held for secondary school
students in my hometown.”
 Questions
a. What difficulties did Nam have in learning English in the first year?
b. Who wanted to meet him one afternoon after the lesson?
c. Where did they go after that?
d. What did the teacher show him then?
e. What did she tell him to improve his English grammar?
f. What did he win one year later?
3/
Lan is excited about the interesting activities she is going to do.
The Y & Y is having a plan to help the community. She will participate in its recycling
program. In joining this program, she will collect glass, used paper and empty cans. Then she will
send them for recycling.
She hopes she can save natural resources and raise some money for the school Y & Y in
these activities. She also thinks about participating in either planting trees and flowers or helping the
street children. It is really interesting, isn’t it?
 Questions
1. Is Lan going to have interesting activities?
2. What is the Y & Y planning to do?
3. What will she do?
4. Will she send them for recycling?
5. What does she hope in these activities?
6. Does she think about helping the street children?
4/
Peter is my pen pal. 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 hard 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. I’m expecting to see him
 Questions
1. Where does he live?
2. How long has he lived in London?
3. Why does he get good marks?
4. What does he like doing in his free time?
5. Does he often practice Vietnamese by speaking and reading?
6. What is he going to do next summer?
WRITING
A. Rewrite these sentences.
1. “Could you help me with my English speaking, Ba?”
Minh told
2. “You shouldn’t make noise in class, Trung”
The teacher said__________________________________________________________________
3. “Can you wait for me here, Jerry?”
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Tom told ________________________________________________________________________
4. “Could you buy me an English exercise book, Ha?”
Nam asked ______________________________________________________________________
5. “ Get up early to learn your lesson, Toan”
Toan’s father told him _____________________________________________________________
6. “ You should improve your English pronunciation, Nga”
Nga’s teacher said ________________________________________________________________
7. “ You should stay in bed for a few days, Mr. Hoang”
The doctor said __________________________________________________________________
8. Hung is strong. He can carry that heavy box.
Hung is
9. The fire isn’t very hot. It won’t boil the kettle.

The fire ________________________________________________________________________
10. The weather wasn’t warm. We couldn’t go swimming.
The weather ____________________________________________________________________
11. Jane is a skillful swimmer.
Jane ___
12. Lan learns English very well.
Lan is __________________________________________________________________________
13. Tom is a good soccer player.
Tom plays_______________________________________________________________________
14. Loan is a good swimmer.
Loan ___________________________________________________________________________
15. Hung run very fast.
Hung is _________________________________________________________________________
16. Plays are not as interesting as films.
Films are ______
17. English isn’t as difficult as French.
French is _______________________________________________________________________
18. Jill is more intelligent than Bill.
Bill isn’t ________________________________________________________________________
19. Nga doesn’t speak English as well as Trang
Trang speaks ____________________________________________________________________
20. Mrs. Thanh drives more carefully than Mrs. Hong.
Mrs. Hong doesn’t _______________________________________________________________
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THE FIRST TERM TEST (2004-2005)
I.Choose the correct answers: (2p)
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1. It is really a difficult test but we will try to do it ……………………… (ourself/ ourselves/ itself/ itselves)
2. Tuan is 15 years old. He is not………………………to drive a car. (old enough/ enough old/ young
enough / enough young).

3. Our teacher told us………………… hard this semester. (working / work/ to work/ worked).
4. Lan and Hoa have difference characters. Lan is sociable but Hoa………………………(reserved/
beautiful/ slim/ lovely)
5. Our school Y & Y…………… over 100 useful things for street children since last week . (collect/
collecting/ collected/ have collected)
6. Could you help me fill…………… this application form? (in/ of/ on/ with)
7. “May I help you?” -> ………………………………………
a. What can I do for you? C. I’m sorry, I’m busy
b. Yes, that’s very kind of you. D.How can I help?
8. Your report is good. I know you worked really …………………this semester?(bad/ good/ hard/ hardly)
II.Complete the passage with words given: (2p)
Hair/ doing/ hair / in/ the same/ either/ because/ similar.
I have 2 brothers, Tim and Tom. They are very (1)……………………and a lot of people don’ t know
who Tim is and who Tom is. They both have blond (2)……………………and blue eyes. They always (3)
……………………jeans and T- shirts. They like (4)…………………… the same things , too. For examples, they like
jazz and they are interested (5)…………… soccer. They go to a soccer match once a week. Tim doesn’t
like dancing and Tom doesn’t like it (6)……………………Although they are twins, they are not exactly the (7)
…………………at everything. Tim woorks hard at school (8)……………… he wants to go to university , but Tom is
a bit lazy.
III. Read the text below carefully:
Galileo was one of the first modern scientists. He was born in Pisa , Italy, in 1564. At first, he studied
philosophy, but later he studies math and astronomy. He was very interested in the way the Earth and
other planets moves around the sun. He found out some important facts about our world. He also started
a new way of working in science. Before Galileo, scientists did not do experiments, they just guessed
about how something happened. He did not just make guess, he did experiments and watched to see
what happened.
A. T/F (1.5p )
1. Galileo was very interested in the earth ,the sun and other planets…………………
2. He had the same ways working in science with other sciencetists……………………….
3. He did not find out anything about our world………………….

B. Questions : (1p)
1. What did Galileo study?
2. Did he guess about how something happened?
I. Read the conversation and help Nga to write a message for Tam: (1.5p)
Nga: Hello, this is Nga.
Nam: Hello, Nga. I’m Nam. Could I speak to Tam?
Nga: I’m sorry, my brother is out. Would you like to leave him a message?
Nam: Could you tell him that I will come and pick him up at 4’00 at your house? We are going to
play soccer in the school yard this afternoon.
Nga: Ok. I’ll tell him when he ‘s back. Bye.
Nam: Bye.
Date: January 7
th
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Time: 1’30 pm.
For:…………………………………
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Message:………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Taken by:……………………………………………………….
VI. Write 5 sentences about the changes in your hometown, use cues given: (2p)
Our town/ changing. Few years ago/ it/ small/ quiet. Now / it/ large/ noisy. Traffic/ busy. Streets/
clean/ beautiful. Houses / modern. People life/ easy.
 Our town is changing. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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THE FIRST TERM TEST (2005-2006)
I. Vocab and structures. (2p)
1. My brother is out. Would you like ……………………….a message? (to leave/ left/ leaving/ leaves)
2. Did your teacher help you do this math exercise? -> No, we did it……………………………….(myself/
themselves/ ourselves/ yourselves)

3. They ………………….from Cananda to the USA to find work. (emigrated/ worked/ demonstrated/
delivered)
4. They speak English very badly. They should……………………English pronunciation every day.
(practice/ to practice/ practicing/ practiced)
5. Mary was born in France. French is her………………….(mother tongue/ first language/ foreign
language/ a+ b are correct)
6. What…………………… like?->She is slim and beautiful. (she / is she/ does she/ does she look)
7. My aunt is a good writer. She …………………… over 30 pages since yesterday. (has written/ have
written/ wrote/ writes)
8. It is too cold . ……………… you close the door? ( May/ Do / Why don’t/ Have)
III.Reading: (3p)
A. Complete the passage with words given: (1.5p)
Dictionary/ improve/ should/ took /after/ pronunciation.
In the first year of lower secondary school, I had some difficult in learning English. My (2)
…………………………of English words was really bad and my English grammar was worse. I did not know
how to (3)……………………….them. One afternoon (4)…………………….the lesson, my teacher of English told me
to wait for her outside the classroom. She (4)……………………….me to the school library and showed me
cassettes of pronunciation drills kept in glass bookcase. She told me how to use an English – English
(5)………………….to improve my English grammar “Now I think you know what you (6)……………………….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 hometown.
B. Read the text and do tasks :
Tokyo is a famous city. There are a few good buildings and impressive temples: there are few
parks worth visiting. Everything has to be small in Tokyo: houses , rooms, shops…Long –side streets
consist of tiny houses only. And this often creates a toy-like. with small women tip- toeing along in
their kimono.
Tokyo at night is a very different place from Tokyo in the daytime. Millions of neon signs are
switched on and nowhere in the world is more attractive.
A town is not its buildings alone. It is an atmosphere, its pleasure, its sadness, its madness, and
above all its people. Tokyo may lack architectural beauty but it has character and excitement: it is

alive. I found it a mysterious and loveable city.
* T/F(1p)
1. There are many beautiful buildings in Tokyo………………
2. Many small house are found along long roads………………
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3. Tokyo at night is not as attractive as many other cities…………………
4. The writer likes Tokyo very much………………
*Questions: (1p)
1. What are there in Tokyo?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. Did the writer find Tokyo a mysterious and loveable city?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
IV.Writing:
A. Rewrite : (1p.)
1. “You should change the way you learn English”
 My teacher told me…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. “Please help me with this exercise”
 Hoa asked Ba…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. Nga is 12 years old. Hoa is 12 years old , too.
->Nga is the same…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. I’m lucky . I have a friend like you.
->I’m lucky enough……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
B. Write a letter with cues: (2p)
1. thank you/ letter/ I / glad/ hear/ you / have/ enjoyable/ Teacher’s day.
2.I/ receive/ first semester report / last week.
3. I / get/ good/ grades/ English and chemistry/ geography/ but / math and history / be/ bad.\
4. My teacher/ ask/ improve/ math and history.
5. In a few week/ I / going/ join/ the Y& Y green group/ we/ clean/ our school yard/ plant trees and
flowers.
6. Write soon and tell me all your news.

->Dear Nam,
Thank you for you letter. I’m glad to hear you had an enjoyable Teacher’s day………………………….
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THE FIRST TERM TEST 2006- 2007.
I. Choose the correct words: (2p)
1.He is 13 years old. He is not old enough……………………a car. (drive/ to drive/ drives/ drived)
2. His mother is out at the moment. He has to cook dinner……………………….(he/ his/ him/ himself)
3. Hoa and Lan have different characters. Hoa is sociable but Lan is…………………… (slim/ beautiful
reserved/ lovely).
4. I love watching TV very much because TV is bringing……….entertainment………… information.(not
only………… but also/ so …………that/ neither……… nor/ either… or).
5. Our school Y &Y ……………… over 100 useful things for street children since last week. (collect/
collected/ collecting/ has collected).
6. Could you help me to fill …………… this application form?-> No problem. (in out / at / a+b are correct).
7. Don’t come in . Please wait…………………for your turn. (inside/ outside/ downstairs/ upstairs).
8. ………………… is a story passed on in spoken form from one generation to the next. (Legend/ Fiction/
Folktale/ Novel).
II. Reading:
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A. Fill in the gaps with words given : (1.5p)
Important/ pronunciation/ improve/ how/ ways/ on .
I’m Lam. I’m in grade 8. Now I’m good at English but at the beginning of secondary school I
was bored with English because I did not know (1)……………………to learn it well. At that time , my
teacher of English showed me some different (2)…………………….to learn it. She told me how to use E-E
dictionary to (3)………………my E grammar. She said I should listen to E news (4)……………….TV to practice
listening skill and improve my (5)………………….in order to speak E well, I should practice speaking E

with partners in class as well as outside classroom. I should try to learn by heart ten (6)
………………………….words each day and revise them the next day. Now I’m successful in learning English.
B. Read the text and answer the questions : (1/5p).
One of the inventions made in the world science and technology is the telephone. This is an
instrument has become an important part in our daily life. The words “telephone” comes from two
Greek words “tele” and “phone”. These words mean “far” and “sound”. The telephone uses
electricity to carry sound over a distance. So ,you see, the two Greek words tell us exactly what the
in strument does. Since its invention by Bell in 1876, the design of the telephone set has changed
greatly . However, the way telephone works is still the same.
1. What has become an important part in our daily life?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. What do the words “tele” and “phone” mean?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. Who invented the telephone?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. Has the design of the telephone set changed greatly?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. Did Bell invented the telephone in 1876?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. Where does the word “telephone” come from?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
IV: WRITING:
A. Rewrite: (1p)
1. My father often smoked 20 cigarettes a day, but now he doesn’t smoke any more.
->My father used………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. “Can you give me the pen?”
->Lan asked me…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. “You should stay in bed for at least 2 days, Nga”.
->The doctor said………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
4. Tom is very strong. He can lift that heavy table.

-> Tom is strong………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
B. Write a para . about Mai: (2p)
-Name: Le Nguyen Mai -Age: 13
-Class: 8B -Address: 24 Li Thuong Kiet street.
-Family: father, mother, sister -Apperance: tall ,thin, short black hair
-Character: sociable, kind, helpful -Interest: watching TV, playing video games
-Phone number: 826263
-> Her name is Le Nguyen Mai…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
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I.Vocabulary and structures: (2.5ms) Underline the correct words.
1. Lan is not communicative. She is ……………………… in public. (kind/ reserved/ sociable/ humorous)
2. they enjoy …………………jokes. (tell /to tell/ tells/ telling)
3. Our friends …………… meet us at the airport tonight. (are/ will be/ are going to/ will be to)
4. You should solve this problem…………………………… (yourself/ yourselves/ ourselves/ themselves)
5. When I was a child, I…………………………follow my mom to the market. (used to / use to/ am used to /
was used to )
6. They will come back…………………… 8 pm.(on/ in/ between/ at)
7. She advised me …………………… late. (be/ not be/ not to be/ not being)
8. “Can you help me?” -> ………………
a. What can I do for you?/
b. Yes, that’s very kind of you.
c. Could you do me a favors?/
d. No, thank you . I’m fine.
9. …………… is it when you last saw Lan?(How long/ How far/ How often/ How about)
10. I have lived here …………………………… 1997. (in/ for/ at/ since)

II. Reading: (3ms)
A. Complete the passage with words given from the box. (1.5ms)
Meet/ night / for/ educational/ fields/ higher/ advantages.
There are various ( 1) advantages to live in a large city. For one things. There is the matter
of education: (2)……………………….programs of all kinds for all ages and interests are available at all
times of all day (3)………………………. in a city. Then , a city offers a wide range of choices in
entertainment, recreation and culture as well as opportunities to (4)…………………… many interesting
people. Last but not least is the opportunity (5)………………………… jobs and money: Many jobs in many
(6 )…………………………are available with (7)………………… salaries than in a small town.
B. Read the dialogue carefully and choose T/ F (1.5ms )
Lan: Tell me about your hometown, Tam?
Tam: Well, it’s really a small town…
Lan: Really? What is it like there?
Tam: Oh, I think it is a very boring place.
Lan: Why?
Tam: Well, there is nothing exciting to do. No good restaurants. No night – light of any kinds. I
really get boring there.
Lan: Oh, that’s too bad.
Tam: Yes, but lots of people love it because it is so pretty, It has lovely scenery- lots of mountains,
rivers, lakes, trees…….
Lan: It sounds like a nice place.
Tam: Well, if you like to go hiking in the summer and skiing in the winter. But you know, I am not
the outdoors type! I am really a city person.
2. Tam’s hometown is not………………………… (large/ small/ wide/ big)
3. According to Tam, The town is so…………………………(exciting / ugly/interesting/ boring)
4. There is………………….good restaurant in the town. (some / no /few/ lots of)
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5. Many people love the town because it………………………………(is quiet and peaceful/ has lovely scenery/
has many lakes and rivers/has many good restaurants)
6. The town may be and interesting place to……………………………(hikers/ skiers/ swimmers/ dancers)

7. Tam ……………… his hometown. (dislikes/ loves/ likes/ hates)
III. Writitng: (2.5ms)
A. Rewrite sentences. ( 1ms)
1. The last time I saw Tam was in 1985 .(seen)
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. Are you and Lan the same age?(old)
 Are you as ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. “Don’t talk in class” My teacher said to me.
->…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4.He is too weak to carry that box. (enough)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
B. Write a short passage to describe your room. (1.5ms)
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I. A. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others:
1. A. pancake B. stadium C. tasty D. change
2. A. grocery B. money C. month D. comfort
3. A. effect B. delicious C. resident D. selection
4. A. just B. summer C. much D. humid
5. A. wristwatchB. notice C. tired D. specialty
B. Find the word which has different stress from the rest:
6. A. humid B. airmail C. discuss D. pancake
7. A. notice B. effect C. contact D. surface
8. A. concern B. comfort C. product D. market
9. A. customer B. grocery C. resident D. delicious
10. A. organize B. community C. restaurant D. neighborhood
II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentences:
1. Do you want to send this letter airmail or ______________________?

A. normal mail B. ordinary mail C. surface mail D. usual mail
2. When he was young, he __________________that primary school.
A. arrived B. attended C. collected D. destroyed
3. The area is hot and __________________in summer.
A. cold B. cool C. warm D. humid
4. The residents in my __________________are not happy about the changes.
A. neighbor B. neighborhood C. neighborly D. neighboring
5. From this bridge, you can see the __________________of my house.
A. foot B. floor C. roof D. stairs
6. This famous restaurant _________________food from every part of the world.
A. serves B. cooks C. boils D. stews
7. He gave the ____________________answer as I did.
A. different B. same C. far D. convenient
8. The pocket-watch is very ____________________from the wristwatch.
A. same B. similar C. different D. difficult
9. Airmail is __________________expensive than surface mail.
A. more B. like C. as D. the most
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10. What have you done ____________________you said goodbye to us?
A. for B. since C. when D. before
III. Supply the correct form of the word in brackets:
1. Hoa and Nien used to be next-door ______________________. (neighborhood)
2. Surface mail is much ____________________than airmail. (cheap)
3. The shoes were nice, but they were ______________________. (comfort)
4. A new ____________________mall is opening in this district today. (shop)
5. The stores offer a wider ___________________of products. (select)
6. He thinks the pancakes are _____________________. (taste)
7. They are looking at the _____________________of “What’s on this week?”. (advertise)
8. This man is a store _____________________. (own)
9. The _____________________are going to hold a community meeting. (reside)

10. We can’t see him now; it’s ____________________. (convenience)
IV. Complete the sentences with “for / since”:
1. She’s been in Ha Noi _____________________June.
2. He’s lived in Ho Chi Minh _____________________ten years.
3. They haven’t seen each other ____________________a long time.
4. She has read this novel _____________________two hours.
5. We’ve played football _____________________two o’clock.
6. I have known her ______________________a few years.
7. My father has worked for that company __________________1990.
8. They have been at my house ____________________8 o’clock this morning.
9. We have been waiting _____________________an hour.
10. They have studied _____________________seven o’clock.
V. Rewrite these sentences so that they have the same meaning:
1. The examination was easier than we expected.
The examination wasn’t____________________________________________
2. Your hair is dark but her hair is blond.
Her hair color is different ___________________________________________
3. I’m 14 years old and he’s 14 years old.
He’s the same ____________________________________________________
4. He is wearing a red cap, and she is wearing a red cap, too.
He is wearing _____________________________________________________
5. A dog is bigger than a cat.
A cat isn’t ________________________________________________________
6. No one in this class is as tall as Ba.
Ba is the _________________________________________________________
7. The coffee is so strong that I can’t drink it.
The coffee is too __________________________________________________
8. The suitcase is too heavy for the boy to lift up.
The suitcase isn’t __________________________________________________
9. They were too late to see the first film.

They didn’t ________________________________________________________
10. We began to study here five years ago.
We have _________________________________________________________
II. READING
Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. (3.0 pts)
Hello! My name is David. I work for a construction company. I started working for this company in 2004. We build roads, dams,
bridges and things like that. At the moment my company is producing a plan for a new motorway. I usually work in the road
department, but this month I am working in the department that builds bridges. So my whole working day is different just now. I
normally spend a lot of time outdoors because I have to go to the construction sites. But with this new project I spend a lot of
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time in the workshop. Now I am testing a model of one of the new bridges. I enjoy it a lot because I have learned a lot of new
things.
1. When did David begin working for his construction company?

2. What is his company doing at the moment?

3. Where does he usually work?

4. Is he working in the road department this month?

5. Why does he normally spend a lot of time outdoors?

6. What is he testing now?

III. LANGUAGE FOCUS
Circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences (2.5 pts)
1. We must be there _____ 7.30 and 8.15.
A. at B. before C. between D. after
2. Dad stayed at the office _____ he finished the report.
A. between B. until C. for D. at

3. Vietnamese language is different _____ English language.
A. as B. like C. from D. with
4. Tom is 16. He isn’t _____ to drive a car.
A. enough young B. young enough C. enough old D. old enough
5. When my uncle was young, he used _____ fishing on Sundays.
A. go B. went C. going D. to go
6. Mary likes _____ the piano.
A. playing B. plays C. played D. play
7. She told me _____ you that present.
A. giving B. to give C. gave D. given
8. Last night I watched the movie “Romeo and Juliet”. At last they killed
______.
A. himself B. herself C. themselves D. ourselves
9. Jane is _____ beautiful than her sister.
A. as B. like C. the most D. more
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10. London is _____ capital city in Europe.
A. large B. larger C. most large D. the largest
Good Luck!
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