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September Written test
English 8
Ex 1. Find the word which has different pronunciation. (2.5)
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A. honest b. hour
C. honor D. humor
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A. escape
b. graze
C. transit D. chase
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A. knife
b. sink
C. excite D. device
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A. magic B. generous C. magazine D. refrigerator
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A. deaf B. beat C. lead D. teach
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A. children B. chicken C. chair D. character
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A. curly B. shy C. fly D. sky
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A. joke B. local C. blond D. sociable
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A. laugh B. enough C. although D. cough
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A. fourteen B. volunteer C. seem D. free
Ex 2. Give the correct tense and form of these verbs.(4.5)
1. Our family often (spend) our holiday in Ha Long Bay when we (be) small.
2. “Our teacher is in hospital”. – Yes, I know. I (visit) her this evening.

3. Hoa (read) a new novel at the moment. She (lend) it to me when she (finish)
it.
4. Green trees (give) oxygen. So you should (plant) lots of green trees around
your house.
5. The train always (leave) on time. If she (arrive) after 7.00, she (miss) it.
6. We now (1.live) in Thai Binh. We (2.study) English 2 years ago. We
(3.visit) Ha Noi next Sunday. We hope we (4.have) enough time for (5.visit)
some interesting places there. When we (6.come) back, we (7.write) a
composition about Ha Noi
Ex 3. Give the correct form of these words.(2.0)
1. The prince finally got ... to Little Pea. (marry)
2. The ... of the telephone made G. Bell famous all over the world. (invent)
3. He was shock at his wife’s ... (die)
4. I don’t like Literature. It’s an ... subject. (interest)
5. You shouldn’t talk about her character by seeing her ... (appear)
6. Are these clothes ... for me? (suit)
7. We are worried about the ... of our children.(safe)
8. He cut himself ... when he prepared the meal. (bad)
Ex 4. Choose the best answers.(2.5)
1. Does your mother feel ... after her operation? (strongly/ strong/ strength/
strengthen).
2. You ... to go there right now. (will/ had better/ must/ have)
3. My father couldn’t go to work yesterday ... his sickness. (because/ instead/
in spite/ though)
4. Don’t worry Hoa. You will get used to ... in Ha Noi. ( live/ lives/ lived/
living)
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5. He lives in that big, empty house ...(quiet/ only/ by himself/ alonely)
6. Your son isn’t ... to be a good basket player. (enough tall/ tall enough/ too
tall/ so tall)

7. I hope that he will visit us when he ... to Ha Noi next month. (come/ will
come/ comes/ came)
8. You must finish this test ... 4 p.m. (before/ between/ on/ in)
9. Each of them ... a new book. (have/ having/ is having/ has)
10. Our teacher told us to study ...(good/ hardly/ hard/ bad)
Ex 5. Rewrite these sentences with same meanings.(2.5)
1. Mai is the youngest in the group. -> No ones ...
2. It’s very necessary for us to revise our lessons carefully. -> We ...
3. You didn’t pass the exam because of your laziness. -> Because you ...
4. My father gave up drinking 5 years ago. -> My father used ...
5. He remembered, and so did she. -> He didn’t ..
6. We arrived too late to start the lesson. -> We didn’t ...
7. It will be impossible for them to come on Sunday. -> They won’t ...
8. Studying English well is not difficult. -> It’s...
9. Whose book is it? -> Who does ...
10.Would you like me to help you? -> I’ll ...
Ex 6. There is one mistake in each sentence. Find and correct it.(2.5)
1. You ought study harder to make your teacher happy.
2. When will you go house? – After dinner.
3. My mother is a good cooker.
4. When are John and Mary’s wedding?
5. My brother didn’t have money enough to buy the book he wanted.
6. We should put the coffee table among the shelf and the couch.
7. On Sunday, we haven’t to wear school uniforms when we go to school.
8. Boys and girls, you have to do the test themselves.
9. Did you used to go swimming when you lived in the countryside?
10.Yoko has curly short hair.
Ex 7. Fill in each gap with a suitable word to complete the passage below.(2.0)
A lot of boys and girls in Western countries are wearing the same kinds of
clothes, and many of them have long hair, so it is often difficult to tell whether

they are ..(1).. or girl.
One day, an old gentleman ..(2).. for a walk in a park in Washington, and
when he was tired he..(3).. down on a bench. A young person was standing on the
other side of the pond. - “My goodness!” the old man said ..(4).. the person who
was sitting next to ..(5).. on the bench. - “Do you see that person ..(6).. the loose
pants and long hair?” Is it a boy or girl?”. - “A girl,” said his neighbor.
“She’s my daughter.”. - “Oh!” the ..(7).. gentleman said quickly. “Please forgive
me, I didn’t know that you were her mother.”. - “I’m not,” said the ..(8).. person, “
I’m her father.”
Ex 8. Complete the letter below, using the prompts.(1.5)
Dear Sir,
1. Three months ago/ I/ buy/ new washing machine/ shop.
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2. Machine/ give/ me/ good service/ since/ I/ buy/ until yesterday.
3. I/ sorry/ tell you/ something has now gone wrong/ it.
4. There/ be/ strange noise/ come/ machine/ and/ it/ not work.
5. You/ please/ send/ engineer/ look at it?
Yours truly,
D. Smith
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