Bài tập môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Unit 1: My friends

UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS
TEST 1
I. choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. 
	1. a. planet 	b. character 	c. happy 	d. a classmate 
	2. a. letter 	b. twelve	c. person	d. sentence
	3. a. humor	b music in 	c. cucumber 	d. sun 
	4. a. enough 	b. young 	c. country 	d. mountain
	5. a. sociable 	b. ocean	c. receive 	d. special 
II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
	6. The sun in the east.
	 a. rise 	b. rose	c rises 	d. rising 
	7. ‘Which girl is Celia?’ ‘She's the one with.’
	 a. long curly black hair	b. curly long black hair 
	 c. long black curly hair 	d. curly black long hair 
	8. Tom is very shy but his sister is outgoing.
	 a. humorous 	b. reserved	c. hard-working 	d. sociable 
	9. She shouldn't get married yet; she .
	 a is not old enough	b. was not old enough	c. isn’t enough old	d. was not enough old
	10. No, you can't go on holiday by yourself! You aren't..!
	 a. very old 	b. too old 	c. old enough 	d. enough old 
	11. She was a very  child.
	 a. health 	b, healthy 	c. healthily 	d . healthiness 
	12. That man seems
	 a. happy 	b happily 	c. happiness 	d . be happy 
	13. What does your brother .? 
	 a look like 	b. look as 	c. be like	d. as 
	14. Will she be annoyed that you forgot to phone? 
	 a. displeased 	b. pleased 	c. please 	d. pleasure 
	15. Dave has a good.. of humor. 
	 a. sense 	b. scene 	c. scent 	d. cent 
III. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English. 
	16. She threw the bag of potato chips to James and he catches it with one hand.
	 Α 	 В 	 C 	D 
	17. Old Mr. MacGill had thick red hair when he is young but now he is completely bald.
	 A	 B	 C	 B
	18. He didn't get the job because he wasn't enough experienced.
	 A	 B	C	D
	19. It is annoyed when people don't listen to you.
	 A	B	C 	 D
	20. Generous is part of the American character. 
	 A	 B	 C D
IV. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
	My (21) . friend is Natalie. She (22)  intelligent, (23) , fun to be with, and honest. She's short and slim and she has (24) . and brown eyes. I think she is (25) 
	21 	a. best 	b. most 	c. closest 	d. nearest
 	22. 	a. was 	b. were 	c. is 	d. are 
	23. 	a. humor 	b. annoy 	c. kind 	d. peace 
	24. 	a. short curly brown hair 	b. short brown curly hair
	c. curly short brown hair 	d. curly brown short hair
	25. 	a. beautiful 	b. lovely 	c . pretty 	d. all are correct 
V. Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.
	Nick Johnson lives with his parents, and his sister. They live in Wembley, in north London. Nick's mum is called Sue. She works in a supermarket. His dad is called Jim and he works in a bank. Nick's sister is called Tracy. She is nine years old. There is also a dog in the family. His name is Fred. 
	26. How many people are there in Nick Johnson's family?
 	a. 2 	b. 3 . 	c. 4	d . 5 
	27. Where does Nick's family live?
	a. America 	b. England 	c. Scotland 	d. Australia 
	28. Which does the word 'his' in line 4 refer to?
	a. Nick's mother 	b. Nick's sister 	c. Nicks dog 	d. Nick's cousin 
	29. What's Nick's sister's name? 
	a. Sue 	b. Jim 	c. Tracy 	d. Fred 
	30. Which of the following is not true?
	a. Nick's family live in London. 	b. Nick's father works in a bank. 
	c. Nick's mother works in a supermarket. 	d. Nick's sister is five years old.
TEST 2
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. 
	1. 	a. dark 	b. father 	c . star 	d. principal 
	2. 	a. old 	b. sociable 	c. outgoing 	d: volunteer 
	3. 	a. my 	b. curly 	c. library 	d. lucky 
	4. 	a. fair 	b. straight 	c. train 	d. wait 
	5. 	a. spends 	b. laughs 	c. friends 	d. potatoes
II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase. 
	6. The water in the lake seldom  in winter. 
	a. freeze 	b. freezes 	c. froze 	d. freezing 
	7. In Britain school always in September. 
	a. begin 	b. begins 	c. began 	d. beginning 
	8. I don't have enough money 
	a for a holiday 	b. to a holiday 	c. to go a holiday 	d. going on holiday 
	9. He wasn't experienced enough 
	a. for doing the job 	b. to do the job 	c. to the job 	d. doing the job 
	10. The wall was 
	a ten meters height 	b. ten meter height 	c. ten meters high 	d. high ten meters 
	11. Here are some books - take the ___ you want. 
	a. books 	b. things 	c. ones 	d. person 
	12. He's the boy  invited me to his party. 
	a. he 	b. who 	c. him 	d. Æ 
	13. Her new glasses change her 
	a. appear 	b. appears . 	c. appearance 	d. appearances 
	14. She is very generous - she often buys me presents.
 	a. sociable 	b. outgoing 	c. kind 	d. reserved 
	15. .. is something that you say or do to make people laugh. 
	a. Joke 	b. Novel . 	c. Poem 	d. Fairy tale 
III. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English. 
	16. He always eats eggs for breakfast and drink some milk.
	 A	B	 C	 D
	17. When he is four, Michael came to London with his parents. 
	 	 A B	 C	 D
	18. The instructions weren't clear enough for me understand.
	 A	 B	 C	D
	19. Last year, Tim comes to the school for the first time.
	 A	 B	 C	D
IV. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
Dear Juan, 
Hello! I'm your new pen friend. My name is Helen. That's my first name. My (20)  is Jones. I'm from Cardiff, in Wales, I'm fifteen years (21)  
The name of my school is the Central Cardiff Comprehensive. I am in Year 8. There (22) . twenty-seven students (23) . my class. 
My (24) . singer is Justin Timberlake. Who is your favorite!
Best wishes, 
Helen 
This is a (25) .. of me!
20. 	a. second name 	b. nickname	c. middle name	d. family name
21. 	a. age	b. ago 	c. ages	d. old 
22. 	a. is	b. are	c. was 	d. were 
23. 	a. in 	b. of	c. on	d. at
24.	a favorite 	b. interesting 	c. pleased	d. best
25. 	a. photo 	b. photograph 	c. book 	d. a & b 
V. Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.
My best friend's full name is Stuart Kenneth Young. His family call him Ken, for short, but his nickname at school is 'Sky! He was born in Manchester, but now he lives in Newcastle.
Sky is fifteen years old. He is 1.65 m tall and he weighs 50 kilos. hes 800 short brown hair and dark brown eyes.
He is interested in all kinds of sport and music. His favorite group is U2, but his favorite singer is Bryan Adams. Sports View is his favorite TV program. Sky's. favorite food is pizza. He hates people who smoke all the time.
I like Sky because he's got a good sense of humor. I also like him because he's a great dancer. 
26. Who is Stuart Kenneth Young? 
	a. my best friend 	b the author's best friend 
	c. Sky's classmate 	d. Sky's next-door neighbor 
27. Where does he live? 
	a. In Newcastle	b. In Manchester 	
	c. In the United State	d. a & b 
28. Stuart likes..
	a. all kinds of sport and music 	b. U2 	c. Bryan Adams	d. all are correct
29. Stuart is good at ..
	a. music 	b. sport 	c. dancing	d. all are correct 
30. Which of the following is not true?
	a. Stuart is fifteen years old." 	
	b) Stuart's eyes are dark brown.
	c. Stuart likes pizza and people who smoke all the time 
	d. Stuart has a good sense of humor.
TEST 3
I. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
1. 	a. annoy 	b. enough 	c. lucky 	d. reserved
2. 	a. humor 	b. orphan	c. receive 	d . curly
3. 	a. appearance 	b. annoyance	c. outgoing 	d. character
4. 	a. extremely 	b. generous	c. orphanage 	d. humorous 
5. 	a. sociable	b. volunteer	c. photograph 	d. beautiful
II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes, each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase. 
6. It seems you often . up very early. 
	a. get 	b. got 	c. getting 	d . getted 
7. Water . at 100°C. 
	a. boil 	b.boils 	c. boiled 	d. is boiling 
8. In the kitchen, there was . a table.
	a. beautiful large wooden round 	b. beautiful large round wooden
	c. large wooden beautiful round. 	d. round wooden beautiful large 
9. He wasn't  the job. 
	a. experienced enough to	b. enough experienced to 
	c. experienced enough for	d. enough experienced for 
10. Is there enough room  in the car? 
	a. for me 	b. to me 	c . for I 	d. to I 	
11. That was one of the  days of my life.
	a. gladdest 	b. most glad 	c. happiest	d. most happy 
12. Jane wants to go to the cinema but I would prefer  at home. 
	a. stay 	b. to stay 	c. to staying 	d. for staying 
13. I live  20 Oxford Street. 
	a. in 	b. at 	c . on 	d. from 
14. It was generous  you to share your food with me.
	a. of 	b. to 	c. for	d. about 
15. I was late, but . they waited for me.
	a. lovely 	b. Luckily 	c. extremely 	d. silly 
III. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English. 
16. Harry went to Disneyland and has a good time. 
	 A	B C	 D
17. Her grandmother has a big beautiful old brown table.
	А	 B	C	D
18. Some of us had to sit on the floor because there weren't enough chair. 
	A	B	 C	D
19. I washed my hands, although they still looked dirty. 
	 A 	 B	 C	 D
20. Each of the rooms have a color television.
	 A 	B 	C	D 
IV. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
My sister and I like each other very much although we are very (21) . She's six years (22).. me and she works in a bank. I'm still (23)  school, so I don't have a job. My sister (24). her job, and she earns a lot of money, so she can go out and enjoy herself. She's very (25)........ and often invites me to go with her, but I'm studying very (26). at the moment because I want to pass my exams. I usually say no when she asks me, (27) . last night I was tired (28)  work so I went with her to a dance. We had a great time!
21.	 a. similar 	b. the same 	c. alike 	d. different
22. 	a. old than	b. the oldest	c. older than	d. oldest
23. 	a. in	b. at 	c. on 	d. of
24. 	a. like 	b. likes	c. is liking 	d. are liking 
25. 	a. kind 	b. helpful 	c. reserved 	d. hard-working 
26. 	a. hard	b. hardly	c. hard-working 	d. busy 
27. 	a. so 	b. but 	c. because 	d. and 
28. 	a. by	b. with 	c. of	d. to 
V. Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.
My name's Ellen and my husband's name is Peter. We've got three children - two sons and a daughter. Our sons' names are Ian and Ben. They're twins, but they aren't identical (giống hệt). Ian's got dark hair, but Ben's hair is fair. Our daughter's name is Tracy. She's eight years old. The boys are four.
29. How many people are there in Ellen's family? 
	a. 3	b. 4	c. 5 	d. 6 
30. What does the word 'twins' in line 2 mean? 
	a. two children who were born at the same time to the same mother 
	b. the child of somebody's aunt or uncle
	c. a girl or woman who is somebody's child
	d. a boy or man who is somebody's child 
31. How old is Ben? 
	a. He's four years old.	b. He's eight years old. 
	c. He's two years old.	d. no information 
32. What's Ellen's daughter's name? 
	a. Ian 	b. Ben 	c. Tracy	d. Peter 
33. Which of the following is not true?
	a. Ellen's husband's name is Peter. 
	b. Tracy is eight years old.
	c. Ian and Ben are twins. 
	d. Jan's got black hair and Ben's hair is blond.
TEST 4
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced different from the others. 
1. 	a. classmate 	b. character 	c. grade	d. place 
2. 	a. enough 	b. extremely 	c. generous	d. planet 
3. 	a. lucky 	b. volunteer 	c. sun 	d. public 
4. 	a. brown 	b. however 	c. know 	d. town 
5. 	a. reserved	b. received 	c. booked 	d. annoyed
II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase. 
6. The River Amazon  into the Atlantic Ocean. 
	a. flow 	b. flows 	c. flewd	d. is flowing 
7. My sister and I  the cartoons on TV every Saturday last summer. 
	a. watch	b. watched 	c. watches 	d. watching 
8. I don't have enough money . for a taxi.
	a. to pay 	b. for paying 	c. for pay 	d. paying 
9. Surely 15 minutes is enough time 
	a. for you to have a bath . 	b. to you for having a bath
	c. to you to have a bath 	d. for you for having a bath
10. This is my .. ear. _ I'm rather deaf in the other one. 
	a. best 	b. well 	c. perfectly 	d. good . 
11. He prefers .
	a. go for a swim to study.	b. going for a swim to study. 
	c. going for a swim to studying .	d. go for a swim to studying 
12. Each of the rooms  a different color. 
	a. has 	b. have	c. have had 	d. are having 
13. He rarely shows his feelings. He's rather 
	a reserved . 	b. sociable	c. humorous 	d. helpful 
14. The audience didn't laugh .. his joke. 
	a. at	b. on 	c . to	d. for 
15. He worked as a volunteer Oxfarm. 
	a. at 	b. for	c. to	d. with 
III. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English. 
16. Once when I was ten, I used to get sick and went to the hospital.
	A	B	 C	 D 
17. Mike doesn't go to the cinema with us last Saturday.
 	 A 	 B	 C D
18. I would like to go away on holiday but I don't have money enough. 
	А	 B	 C	 D
19. He lives on 26 Tran Phu Street in Ha Noi with his family.
	 A B	 C	 D
20. Every morning I spend about an hour to read the newspaper.
	 A	 B	C D
IV. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
Dear Luis,
I'm your new pen friend! My first name is Andy and my (21) . Wong. I'm from Cheadle, in the north of England, and I'm sixteen (22) . old. I'm fairly tall, with (23). And I wear glasses. I enjoy (24)  jokes and my friends usually enjoy my sense of (25)..
The name of my school is Cheadle Comprehensive School, and I'm (26)  Year 8. There (27) thirty-one students in my class. My favorite subject is Geography and my (28) __ sport is tennis.
Best wishes,
Andy 
21. 	a. second name 	b. middle name 	c. family name 	d. nickname 
22. 	a. year 	b. years 	c. Ø 	d. a & b are correct 
23. 	a. short curly black hair 	b. black short curly hair 
	c. short black curly hair 	d. black curly short hair 
24. 	a. tell 	b. to tell 	c. telling	d. to telling 
25. 	a. humor 	b. humorous 	c. humorously	d. humorousness 
26.	a. in 	b.on	c. at 	d. of
27. 	a. is	b. are 	c. has	d. have 
28. 	a. favorite 	b. good	c. most	d. lucky 
V. Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.
I have twin brothers, Tim and Tom. They are very similar and a lot of people don't know which is which. They both have blond hair and blue eyes, and they always wear jeans and T-shirts.
They like doing the same things, too. For example, they both like jazz and they're crazy about football. They go to a football match once a week. Tim doesn't like dancing or discos and Tom doesn't like them, either. Although they're twins, they're not exactly the same as everything. Tim works hard at school because he wants to go to university, but Tom is a bit lazy.
Our mother is often away from home because of her job, so we all work together in the house. Most of the time it's fine, but sometimes we fight a bit! 
29. What does the word ‘similar’ in line 1 mean? 
	a the same in some ways 	b. completely the same 
	c. completely different 	d. liked by many people 
30. Tim and Tom .
	a. are the author's twin brothers 	b. have blond hair and blue eyes
	c. always wear jeans and T-shirts 	d. all are correct 
31. What does the word 'them' in line 6 refer to? 
	a. things 	b. jazz. 	c. jeans and T-shirts 	 d. dancing or discos 
32. Which of the following is not true?
	a. Tim is hard-working. 	b. Tom is a bit lazy. 
	c. Their mother is often away from home. 
d. Tim doesn't like dancing or discos but Tom likes them. 
33. The passage is written about the author's  
	a. brothers 	b. pen pals. 	c. cousins 	d. a & c