Đề thi giữa kì môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 (Global Success) - Unit 1, 2, 3

Name: __________________
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.
1. A. noodles	B. school	C. food	D. foot
2. A. soup	B. could	C. would	D. would
3. A. wolf	B. who	C. move	D. lose
4. A. orange 	B. village	C. buffalo	D. cabbage
5. A. combine	B. police	C. cover	D collect
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from stress.
1. A. frequently	B. teenagers	C. leisure	D. countryside 
2. A. rural	B. harvest	C. protect	D. orchard
3. A. situate	B. communicate	C. pagoda	D. exciting 
Complete the sentence with a correct word: 
faster - villages - account - coach - picturesque 
1. Horses can run _______ than buffaloes. 
2. Mary often logs on to an _____________ to see other’s posts. 
3. Their PE teacher ____________them after school every day. 
4. Duong Lam, one of the most ancient _____________ in Hanoi, is situated in Son Tay. 
5. The area around the village is famous for its ____________landscape. 
Multiple choice: 
1. Nam: “Do you fancy going out for a drink?” - Hoa: “ ___________” 
A. I usually drink tea.	B. Sure, thanks.	C. Why are you asking?	D. No, I prefer coffee
2. Tom: “What leisure activities do you usually do with your mum?” - Mai: “ ________” 
A. She enjoys doing yoga	B. She goes to work at 7a.m	
C. She watches TV in her leisure time. 	D. We cook, do DIY and cycle together.
3. Ann: “Ohh! What a nice dress you are wearing!” - You: “ _______” 
A. Don’t mention it	B. Yes, I like it very much	C. It’s very nice of you to say so	D. Good luck 
4. The worker are ____________ a truck with timber. 
A. unloading	B. loading	C. taking	D. filling 
5. He often ____________ holes in his garden to plant trees. 
A. ploughs	B. herds	C. digs	D. picks 
6. From the hilltop, we can see row after row of orange trees _________ to the horizon. 
A. running	B. expanding	C. enlarging	D. stretching 
7. It usually rains ___________in my country than in yours. 
A. heavy	B. heavier	C. heavily	D. more heavily 
8. This morning, I got up ________ than usual. 
A. early	B. more early	C. earlier	D. better early 
9. Many girls worry about their appearance, _________they often look at themselves in the mirror. 
A. so	B. for	C. or	D. but 
10. They spend a lot of time surfing the net; ________, they have little time to read books. 
A. however	B. therefore	C. although	D. otherwise 
11. It’s _________time, so the villagers are busy cutting and gathering their crops. 
A. festival	B. grow	C. harvest	D. planting 
12. How often do you __________notifications on Facebook? - Once a day. 
A. browse	B. check	C. unload	D. connect 
13. Why do you choose to participate in Soccer Club? 
A. connect	B. take part	C. upload	D. donate 
14. Nhi was chatting with her friends, so she couldn’t __________on the lesson. 
A. concentrate 	B. coach	C. advise	C. face
Writing these sentences: 
Put the correct form of these adverbs: 
1. I speak French _______________(fluently) now than I did last year. 
2. If you work ______________(hard), you will do ____________(well) in your exam. 
3. Every morning, Nick gets up ten minutes ______________(early) than his sister. 
Put the correct form of these verbs: 
4. I dislike ________________(hang) out with my friends. 
5. It took them an hour ____________(load) all the rice onto the truck. 
Combine these sentences with a conjunction (but, so, therefore, however, and, for.)
6. Tom felt stressed. He tried to finish his homework. 
à _______________________________________________________
7. I didn’t know her phone number. I couldn’t visit her last week. 
à _______________________________________________________
Choose A,B,C,D to complete the blanks: 
Dear Elena, 
Thanks for your email. Now I’ll tell you about my summer holiday in my hometown. I live in Hanoi, (1) _____my hometown is Ninh Binh. My grandparents live there, in a small house near a paddy field. Every morning, my grandma and I got up early and (2) ________the pigs and chickens. When we finished, we cooked breakfast. After that, I (3) ________fishing with my grandpa or helped my grandma with the gardening. In the afternoon, I went to the fields with some children. They taught me to(4) ______the buffaloes. I’m sending you a photo I took (5) my grandparents’ house. I hope you’ll like it. 
Love, Mi 
1. A. but	B. so	C. for	D. or
2. A. feed	B. is feeding	C. fed	D. will feed
3. A. could	B. went	C. did	D. played 
4. A. run	B. get	C. go	D. herd 
5. A. for	B. of 	C. on	D. next