WRITTEN TEST 4 English 8

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<i>Cam Son Secondary School</i> <b>_{WRITTEN TEST 4}</b>
Full name:………..

Class: 8 Time: 45 minutes

<i><b>I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronunced differently from the others (1point)</b></i>
1. A. canoe B. gallery C. valley D. card

2. A. grow B. open C. office D. moment
3. A. mind B. window C. find D. tidy
4. A. held B. mend C. tent D. flew
<i><b>II. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences (3 points).</b></i>
1. Do you mind ……….. your dictionary?

A. If I use B. I using C. If I used D. your using
2. The family ……….. when the mailman came.

A. sleep B. is sleeping C. was sleeing D. sleeping
3. Last summer I ... in London with my friends Lan and Nga.

A. stay B. staying C. to stay D. stayed
4. I ………. a friend while I was doing the shopping.

A. meet B. was meeting C. met D. is meeting
5. Liz is very ……….. in the water-fetching contest.

A. interest B. interested C. interesting D. interests.
6. Many years ago, Christmas songs …………for people in towns and villages.

A. performed B. were performed C. was performed D. were performing
<i><b>III. Supply the correct tense form of the verbs in the brackets (2 points)</b></i>

1. Mr. Hoang always ……….. (go) to work by bus.

2. While my sister and I were watching a movie on TV last night our uncle in the USA
. (phone)

………

3. I ……… (meet) Thuy yesterday at the bus stop.
4. Huong ……….. (watch) TV at 8 o'clock last night.

<i><b>IV. Read the paragraph carefully, then answer the following questions (2points)</b></i>

January 17 is St. Anthony's Day in Mexico. It's a day when people ask for protection for their
animals. They bring their animals to church. but before the animals go into the church, the people
usually dress them up in flowers and ribbons.

On August 15 of the lunar calendar year, Koreans celebrate Chusok to give thanks for the
harvest. It's a day when people honuor their ancestors by going to their graves to take them food
and wine and clean the gravesites. Also on Chusok, a big meal with moon-shaped rice cake is
eaten.

1. Whar is St Anthony's Day in Mexico?

- ………..
2. What do people in Korea do to celebrate Chusok?

- ………..
<i><b>V. Rewrite the following sentences, using the passive voice (1 point)</b></i>

1. They made the fire in the tradition way.

- ………..
2. The children are decorating the sitting-room.

- ……… ………. ..
<i><b>VI. Rewrite the following sentences, using the reported speech (1 point)</b></i>

1. "I will clean all the class windows" Thuy said.

- ……… ………. .
2. "I want my room to look nice at the festival" Hoa said

- ……… ………. .
Answer keys

I.

1. A 2. C 3. B 4. D
II.

1. A 2. C 3. D 4. C 5. B 6. B
III.

1. goes 2. phoned 3. met 4. was watching.
IV.

1. It's day when animals are asked for protection

2. They honour their ancestors by going to their graves to take them food and wine and

clean their gravesites.

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1. The fire was made in the tradition way (by them)
2. The sitting-room is being decoreted by the children.
VI.

1. Thuy said (that) she would clean all the class windows.

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