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I.
THEMES / TOPICS

CONTENT

My friends
Making arangements
At home
Our past
Study habits
The young pioneers
club
My neighborhood
Country life and city
life

LISTENING

My friends
Making arangements

READING

SPECIFICATION FOR THE PROGRESS THE FIRST EXAM.
TIẾNG ANH 8
KNOWLEDGE

UNDERSTANDING

-Read a dialogue or a
passage of 110-140 words

-Listen to a monologue or a
dialogue within 80-100
words for general or
specific information about
friends.
-Listen to a monologue or a
dialogue within 80-100
words for general or
specific information about
inventions.
-Listen to a monologue or a
dialogue within 80-100
words for general or
specific information about
house and home
-Listen to a monologue or a
dialogue within 80-100
words for general or
specific information about
our past.
-Listen to a monologue or a
dialogue within 80-100
words for general or
specific information about
study habits
-Listen to a monologue or a
dialogue within 80-100
words for general or
specific information about

future plans
-Read a dialogue or a
passage of 110-140 words

APPLICATION

HIGH
APPLICATION
- Introduce people
and respond to
introductions
- Describe people's
appearance
- Make arrangements
- Talk about
intentions
- Ask for and give
reasons
- Talk about past
events
- Ask for and respond
to favors
- Give advice and
instructions
- Express obligation
- Offer and respond
to assistance
- Talk about study
habits
- Talk about future

plans

- Express feelings.


for general or specific
information about friends
-Read a dialogue or a
passage of 110-140 words
for general or specific
information about
inventions
-Read a dialogue or a
passage of 110-140 words
for general or specific
information about house
and home.
-Read a dialogue or a
passage of 110-140 words
for general or specific
information about our past
-Read a dialogue or a
passage of 110-140 words
for general or specific
information about study
habits
-Read a dialogue or a
passage of 110-140 words
for general or specific
information about future

plans

At home
Our past
Study habits
The young pioneers
club
My neighborhood
Country life and city
life

My friends
Making arangements
At home
Our past
Study habits
The young pioneers
club
My neighborhood
Country life and city
life

WRITING

for general or specific
information about friends
-Read a dialogue or a
passage of 110-140 words
for general or specific
information about

inventions
-Read a dialogue or a
passage of 110-140 words
for general or specific
information about house
and home.
-Read a dialogue or a
passage of 110-140 words
for general or specific
information about our past
-Read a dialogue or a
passage of 110-140 words
for general or specific
information about study
habits
-Read a dialogue or a
passage of 110-140 words
for general or specific
information about future
plans
- Write about oneself
or others of 60-80
words using word cues
or suggested words
- Write a description of
60-80 words of a room
in the house using
word cues or pictures
-Write a short
imaginary

- Write an informal
letter of 60-80 words
to a friend using word
cues
- Write a paragraph of
60-80 words telling
about a future plan
using suggested
guidelines or
questions
My friends
Making arangements
At home
Our past
Study habits
The young pioneers
club
My neighborhood
Country life and city
life

LANGUAGE
FOCUS
(PHONETICS
VOCABULARY
GRAMMAR
LANGUAGE
FUNCTION)

- Tenses: present simple,
past simple
- Infinitive
- Modal verbs: must, have
to, ought to
- Reflexive
pronouns: yourself, myself,
themselves
- Adverbs of place: here,
there, upstairs, downstairs,
- Prepositions of
time: after, before, until, as
soon as
- Adjective + too /
enough + to - infinitive
- Let’s
- Why, Because
- Past simple tense.
- used to
- Prepositions of time: in,
on, at, after, before,
between
- Present simple with

- Words describing house
and home: rug, armchair,
couch, oven, sink, cooker,
…
- Names of

telecommunication
devices: fax machine,
mobile phone, …
- Words describing
appearance: thin, tall,
short,
- Words to talk about study
habits: examination, revise,
…
- Words to talk about school
life: care, take part in,
perform,
- Words to talk about future
plans: play soccer, go
camping,

- Introduce people
and respond to
introductions
- Describe people's
appearance
- Make arrangements
- Talk about
intentions
- Ask for and give
reasons
- Talk about past
events
- Ask for and respond
to favors

- Give advice and
instructions
- Express obligation
- Offer and respond
to assistance
- Talk about study
habits
- Talk about future
plans


future meaning
- Reported speech:
commands, requests and
advice
- Gerunds
- Modal
verbs: may, can, could,
should
- Adverbs of manner: well,
fast, badly, hard, …
- Prepositions of
time: after, before
- Tell / ask somebody to do
sth
- Be about to
- Certainly. / Of course.
- Tenses: present perfect
(with forand since), presen
t

progressive (to talk about
the future / to show
changes), future simple
- Adverbs: already, yet
- Comparisons: (not) as…
as; (not) the same as;
different from
My friends
Making arangements
At home
Our past
Study habits

SPEAKING

- Introduce people and
respond to introductions
- Describe people's
appearance

- Express feelings.


The young pioneers
club
My neighborhood
Country life and city
life

- Make arrangements

- Talk about intentions
- Ask for and give reasons
- Talk about past events
- Ask for and respond to
favors
- Give advice and
instructions
- Express obligation
- Offer and respond to
assistance
- Talk about study habits
- Talk about future plans
- Express feelings.

II.
Topics
Listening
My friends
Making arangements
At home
Our past
Study habits
The young pioneers club
8 items 2.0 points 20%
Grammar & Vocab.
My friends
Making arangements

THE TEST MATRIX

CONTENT

-Listen to the conversation carefully then
decide whether the following sentences are
T/F

Knowledge
Obj
4

Sub

Obj

Sub

Application
Low
High
Obj
Sub
Obj
Sub

Total
8 items
2.0 points
20%

4

- Listen to the conversation again then
choose the best answer

- Choose the word that has the underlined
part pronounced differently from the rest

Comprehension

4

14 items
2.0 points
20%


At home
Our past
Study habits
The young pioneers club
14 items 2.0 points
20%

Reading
My friends
Making arangements
At home
Our past
Study habits
The young pioneers club

8 items -2.0 points- 20%
Writing
My friends
Making arangements
At home
Our past
Study habits
The young pioneers club
8 items 2.0 points 20%

Speaking
My friends

- Tenses: present simple, past simple
- Reflexive pronouns: yourself, myself,
themselves

4

- used to
- Reported speech: commands, requests
and advice
- Gerunds
- Modal verbs: may, can, could, should
- Adverbs of manner: well, fast, badly, hard,
-- Read for general or specific information
about the Rice – cooking Festival.

1

-Read for general or specific information
about the telephone and choose the best
option to fill in the gaps

Choose the best sentence
- Adjective + too / enough + to - infinitive
- Let’s
- Past simple tense
- Infinitive
Rewrite the following sentences, using the
words given
- Adjective + too / enough + to - infinitive
- Past simple tense
- Used to
- Reported speech: commands, requests
and advice
- Tenses: present perfect
(with forand since),
- Ask you four questions about your friends.

1

1
1
1
1
4

8 items
2.0 points

20%

4

4

8items
2.0 points
20%

4

4


Making arangements
At home
Our past
Study habits
The young pioneers club
9 items 2.0 points 20%
Total
47 items
10 marks
100%

-Each of you will now receive a card. On the
card there is a picture and clues for five
questions. You should use the words to make
questions and ask your friend. Your friend

will answer the questions based on the picture
he/she has

5

26items
5 points
50%

4items
1points
10%

4items
1points
10%

13 items
3.0 point
30%

9items
2.0 points
20%

47 items
10 marks
100%