Đề kiểm tra 1 tiết môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Thành Nam

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I – Circle the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete each sentence

1. Hoa got used to………………in her new school after a month.

A. study B. studying C. studied D. is studying 2. Peter‟s not going to drive, ……… he?

A. does B. is C. isn‟t D. will 3. …………… the traffic was bad, they arrived on time.

A. Although B. In spite of C. Despite D. Even 4. If you want to get more ………………, please contact Mrs. Hoa.

A. inform B. informer C. informative D. information 5. Last Tuesday, my daughter was absent from school ………… of her illness.

A. because B. instead C. though D. but 6. The headmaster asked me ……….. for him outside his office.

A. wait B. waiting C. to wait D. waited 7. My father says that I …………. be home by 10 p.m.

8. ………… spring comes, many Vietnamese villages prepare for a new festival

season. A. While B. When C. Nevertheless D. However

9. We should ………….. our shoes when we go inside a pagoda.

A. take off B. give off C. turn off D. put on 10. Visitors make offerings of ……….. to worship Buddha at the pagoda.

A. incense B. fireword C. ancestors D. festival II – Circle the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:

1. A. cheap B. match C. chore D. machine

2. A. resource B. scout C. sound D. proud

3. A. recycle B. sky C. century D. why

A. has to B. have to C. have not to D. mustn‟t

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4. A. equiment B. comment C. improvement D. development

5. A. washed B. wanted C. cooked D. practiced

III – Supply the correct verb forms in brackets:

1. You ………………..………. (be) to Phong Nha before?

- Yes, we ………………… (spend) our holiday there last month.

2. My aunt ……………………… (not visit) us since she ……………….. (move) to

the town.

3. Look! Our train (come) …………………………

4. You should practice (speak) …………………….. English everyday.

5. My sister always (do)..……. the washing up, but I (do) ………………..it tonight

because she is sick.

6. He (cut) …………….. my hair too short.

- Don‟t worry, it (grow) ………………… again quickly.

IV – Rewrite the sentences, so that their meaning stays the same, using the given

words in brackets:

1. There is no building in the city higher than this. (HIGHEST)

 …………………………………………………………………………………….

2. Miss Lan likes gardening more than fishing. (PREFERS)

 …………………………………………………………………………………….

3. His car runs fast but a race car runs faster. (AS…AS)

 …………………………………………………………………………………….

4. Because Hoang was lazy, he failed the exam (BECAUSE OF)

 ……………………………………………………………………………………

5. In spite of her tiredness, she tried to complete all the homework. (ALTHOUGH)

=> …………………………………………………………………………………….

V. Read the following passage then answer the questions below:

The life of the Inuit people of North America have changed a lot in 30 years. First,

their name: people used to call them Eskimos, but now they are called Inuits, which means

“the people”. They used to live in igloos in the winter but today many of them live in

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