Đề thi học kì I môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8

ENGLISH 8 
I/Circle the word that has different stress from the other. 
1. A. unite	B. leaner	C. language	D. paper
2. A. interest	B. position	C. recycle	D. resources
B.Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. (0.5pt)
1. A. classmate 	B. character	C. grade	D. place
2. A. enough 	B. extremely	C. generous	D. planet
II. Choose A, B, C, D for each gap in the following sentence. (2pts)
1. Where did you go last Sunday? I to my cousin’s birthday party 
A. to go	B. go	C. went	D. going
2. Hoa, my friend, speaks English 
A. good	B. well	C. better	D. best 
3. You should  more time on English .
A. spend	 	 B. spends	 	C. spending 	D. to spend
4. Her grandmotherto live on a farm when she was young. 
A. use	 	B. using	C. to use	D. used	
5. He was born..May 15th, 1993
A. at	B. on	C. for	D. of
6. “May I help you” - .
A. What can I do for you?	 	B. I’m afraid. I’m busy now.
C. How can I help you?	 	D. That’s very kind of you.
7. Most people enjoy..to different parts of the world.
A. to travel	B. traveling	C. traveled	D. travel
8. Playing soccer and going fishing are.. 
A. outside activities 	B. outdoor activity C. outdoor activities D. outside activity 
9. We __________go home because it’s too late.
A. must	B. must not	C. can’t	D. ought not to
10. Don’t let children__________with matches.
A. play	B. playing	C. to play	D. plays
11. She wasn’t old enough__________a car.
A. drives 	B. to drive	C. driving              D. drove
III. Find the mistake and correct it 
Could you do me a favor? Surely
 A B C 
He drove fastly last night . so he had a terrible accident.
	 A B C
They are used to live here. Everything will become easy soon.
 	 A B	 C
The teacher told her students to learn the new words with heart
 A B C 
IV. Read the passage below, choose the best word to fill in the blank or replace the underlined word and answer the questions below.(2.5 pts)
Lan is excited about the (1)__________activities she is going to do. The Y & Y is (2)______ a plan to help the community. She will participate in (3) its recycling programs. In this program, she will collect glass, used paper and empty cans. Then she will send them for(4)_________.
She hopes she can save natural resources and earn some money for her school Y &Y in these activities. She also thinks about (5)________ in either planting trees and flowers or helping the street children. It is really interesting, isn’t it?
Choose the best word to fill in the blank 
1. A. interesting	B. interest	C. interesed	D. interests
2. A. having	B. have	C. to have	D. has
3. A. take part in	B. took part in	C. get in	D. got in
4. A. recycle	B. recycling	C. to recycle	D. recycled
5. A. participating	B. participate	C. participated	D. to participate	
V /WRITING 
A. Choose the correct sentences which has the same meaning as the given one.(1pt)
1. It / take / me / long / make / mind /./
A. It took me a long time to make my mind.
B. It took me a long time to make up my mind.
C. It took me a long time make up my mind.
D. It took me a long time to make up mind.
2. You / show / me / way / nearest / bus stop / please?
A. Could you show me way to the nearest bus stop please?
B. You show me way to the nearest bus stop please?
C. Could you show me the way to nearest bus stop please?
D. Could you show me the way to the nearest bus stop please?
3. “ Finish your homework as soon as possible.” I said to her
A. I told her to finish her homework as soon as possible
B. I told her to finish your homework as soon as possible.
C. I warned her to finish her homework as soon as possible.
D. I advised her finished her home work as soon as possible.
4. She must stay in bed because of her illness.
A. She must stay in bed because she is ill.
B. She must stay in bed because she was ill.
C. She is staying in bed because she is ill.
D. Her illness made her stay in bed.
B. Write a letter with cues 
Dear Nam, 
1. Thank you/ letter/ I / glad/ hear/ you / have/ enjoyable/ Teacher’s day.
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2. I/ receive/ first semester report / last week.
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3. I / get/ good/ grades/ English and Chemistry/ Geography/ but / Math and History / be/ bad.
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4. My teacher/ ask/ improve/ Math and History.
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Write soon and tell me all your news.
Love,
VI/ Supply the correct form or tense:
1) My mother used __________ (tell) me stories.
2) They _____________________ (learn) English for three years.
3) Hoa asked her friend __________ (clean) the doors.
4) He (not visit) __________ Ha Noi 6 months ago.
VII/ Rewrite the second sentence so that it has the same meaning with the first sentence. 
1. This novel is interesting. I can read it. (enough)
→ This novel________________________________________________
2. “Please help me with the homework”, my friend said to me.
→My friend asked me________________________________________________.