I did not know that only one year later I would win the first prize in the English speaking contest held for secondary school students in my hometown?. A/ Choose the sentences true or fa[r]
(1)School year 2010- 2011
Name: ……… ENGLISH TEST 2
Class: 8… Time: 45 minutes
I/ Phonetics
- Circle the wordwhich has the underlined parts pronounced diferrently.
1/ a graze b rag c escape d safe 2/ a excited b needed c played d wanted
-Circle the word with a different stress pattern from the others
3/ a traditional b electricity c semester d community 4/ a enroll b fitness c natural d register II/ Grammar
- Circle the right answer (a, b, c, d)
5/ I think that……….stories are great
a tradition b traditional c traditionally d traditions
6/ When I was young, my father used to ……… me to the zoo on the weekends a took b taking c take d takes
7/ Mrs Nga speaks English quite ………, she can help us speak with those men a better b goodly c good d well
8/ Mr Hao should ……… his roof repaired before the rainy season comes a have b had c has d having
9/ Could you me a favor please? -……… a Sure What can I help you? b No, thank you
c Can you help me carry my bag? d Yes, that’s very kind of you 10/ Ba loves……….soccer, but his brother doesn’t
a plays b to play c play d playing 11/ Some language learners try to learn all the new words…………heart a in b on c by d at
12/ Mrs Nga asked me ………you this dictionary
a give b to give c gives d giving
III/ Reading
In the first year of lower secondary school, I had some difficulties in learning English My pronunciation of English words was really bad and my English grammar was worse I did not know how to improve them One afternoon, after the lesson, my teacher of English told me to wait for her outside the classroom She took me to the library and showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills kept in a glass bookcase She also told me how to use an English-English dictionary to improve my English grammar “Now, I think you know what you should do”, said she I did not know that only one year later I would win the first prize in the English speaking contest held for secondary school students in my hometown
A/ Choose the sentences true or false
(2)………3.The writer doesn’t know how to learn English and he is still very bad at English now
………4.With the help of his teacher, the writer improves his English a lot now
B/ Answer the questions
5 When did the writer have difficulties in learning English?
……… What did his teacher of English to help him improve his English?
………
IV/ Writing: Rewrite the sentences as suggested
1 “Please wait for me outside the classroom”,The teacher said to me (change in to reported speech)
The teacher told me……… ……… Tam is very good at speaking English (Use adverb “well” )
Tam speaks… ……… “You should work harder on Math” Miss Lien said to Lan (change in to reported speech)
Miss Lien said to Lan.……… I need your favor Can you help me carry my bags, please? (write the respond)
……….………
5 I/ glad/ tell/ you/ I/ going/ have/ interesting activities/ this month (use the words to make a meaningful sentence)
……… bad/ the exam/ because/ Minh/ marks/ was/sad/ got/he/in (arrange to make a meaningful sentence)
………
V/ Listen and fill in the gaps
Hoa lived in Hue last year.but now she (1) in Ha Noi Yesterday, Hoa’s friend Thu (2) Hoa a letter.Thu (3) Hoa’s neighbor when Hoa lived in Hue.She (4) younger than Hoa,but Trang is Hoa’s friend.The two girls (5) in the same class at Quang Trung school.Last year, Hoa (6) to the school for the first time.Lan (7) her around and (8) her to many new friends
-GOOD LUCK TO
Date of planning:15/11/09
(3)CORRECTING THE TEST I/ Objectives:
After this period the students will be able to reconize mistakes in their test
II/ Teaching aids:
-Teacher:Textbook,lesson plan,the test -Stuents:The test,notebooks
III/ Answer keys: I (1m)
1 b c b a
II (2ms)
1 b a c 10 d d 11 c a 12 b
III (2ms)
A 1 T F F T
B In the first year of lower secondary school
4 She told him how to use an E- E dictionary to improve his E grammarand she showed him cassettes of pronunciation drill
IV (3ms)
1 The teacher told me to wait for her outside the classroom Tam speaks English well
3 Miss Lien said to Lan she should work harder on Math Allright
5 I am glad to tell you that I am going to have interesting activities this month Minh was sad because he got bad marks in the exam
V/ Listen and fill in the gaps (2ms).
Hoa lived in Hue last year.but now she (1) lives in Ha Noi
Yesterday,Hoa’s friend Thu (2) sent Hoa a letter.Thu (3) was Hoa’s neighbor when Hoa lived in Hue.She (4) is younger than Hoa,but Trang is Hoa’s friend.The two girls (5) are in the same class at Quang Trung school.Last year, Hoa (6) came to the school for the first time.Lan
(7) showed her around and (8) introduced her to many new friends * Result of the test:
(4)TS % TS % TS % TS % TS % 8b