đề tham khảo ôn thi hsg tiếng anh 8, test 51

TETS-51
I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differrently
from the others.
1.A. sit B. fine C. nine D. line
2.A. children B. chicken C. chair D. character
3.A. curly B. shy C. fly D. sky
4.A. joke B. local C. blond D. sociable
5.A. fourteen B. volunteer C. seem D. free
6.A. honest B. hour C. honor D. humor
7.A. knife B. sink C. excite D. device
8.A magic B. generous C. magazine D. refrigerator
9.A deaf B. beat C. lead D. teach
II. Fill in each gap with a suitable preposition
1. We should put the armchair……………….the table and the sofa.
2. There is wardrobe…………… the left……………her room.
3. You shouldn’t let children play…………….matches.
4. We have to put knives…………. ……………children’s reach. (2
gioi tu)
5. Mr Tan is ………… the table. He’s writing something.
6. I’m going home late tonight because I’m going to visit Uncle Tom
…………….work.
7. Don’t worry……………us. We can look………………ourselves.
8. The English course begins………….May 9
th
, and ends
sometimes……….September.
9. Our grandparents had to do a lot of hard work……… the
help…….modern equipment.
10.In my room, I can see a big tree……………the window.
III. There is one error in each sentence. Find and correct it.
1. Trung fell off his bike, but luckily he didn’t hurt heself.

2. Mrs Van’s daughter is absent today because her sickness.
3. Let’s putting the coffee table in the middle of the room.
4. On the table of his room there have many books.
5. My grandmother used to be telling us folktales when we were small
A B C D
6. You have to be back both 9 o’clock and 9.30 in the evening
A B C D
7. Our grandparent not went to school because they had to do a lot of
housework.
A B C
D
8. There wasn’t no electricity in our village ten years ago.
A B C D
IV. Combine the following sentences using the formation of “enough”.
1. He is strong. He can carry that suitcase.
2. The fire isn’t hot. It won’t boil the kettle.
3. The ice is quite thick. We can walk on it.
4. The ladder wasn’t very long. It didn’t reach the window.
5. It is not warm. We can’t go swimming
6. You are not old. You can drive this modern car.
7. He didn’t have much money. He couldn’t live on it.
8. The buffalo isn’t big. He can’t harm you.
V. Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. I (buy) a new house last year, but I (not sell) my old house yet, so at
the moment I have two houses.
2. Everything (look) strange to newcomers.
3. I’m sure my mother (come) back home in an hour.
4. I (start) learning English when I (be) ten
5. Where is Tom? –I don’t know. I (not see) him this afternoon.
6. He (spend) his free time (read) books every day.

7. How much you (save) since Christmas? –I (save) $10.
8. I’m sure you are capable of (pass) the exam.
9. The film wasn’t very good. I (not enjoy) it very much.
10.Jack isn’t as old as he (look).
VI. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. This school doesn’t have any sports (equip).
2. My mother cooked a (taste) dish last night.
3. My neighborhood is (fame) for good and cheap restaurants.
4. How often do you (weight) yourself ?
5. Everyone in the neighborhood is (please) with what we have done.
6. The (own) of the house is very kind to us.
7. Mary likes attending the English (speak) contests.
8. The life in the countryside makes us relaxed because it’s very (peace).
9. Many people hate living in the city. They hate its (noisy).
10. We like living here because the people are (friend).
VII. Rewrite the following sentences so that the meaning stays the same,
using the words given.
1. He is too young to go to school.  He is
not……………………………………………
2. Her hair is long, straight and black.  She
has………………………………………….
3. What does he do ?  What is
………………………………………………………….?
4. He’d rather play football than tennis.  He
prefers…………………………………….
5. We have quite different characters.  Our
characters………………………………….
6. Lan is not as clever as Huong. 
Huong………………………………………………
7. The water is so dirty that he can’t bathe his eyes.

 The water is
not……………………………………………………………………….
8. He isn’t allowed to ride a motorbike because he is too young.
 He is
not…………………………………………………………………………
……