The first term test class: 8

His chickens laid many eggs which the farmer used to sell to buy food and clothing for his family.. One day, he went to collect the eggs and discovered one of the chickens laid a gold eg[r]

Name: _ Class: THE FIRST TERM TEST Time allowed: 45 minutes I Listen and fill in the blanks: (1p) Before Mai moved to the city, she lived in a village near Haiphong She knew all the people in her (1) The village was (2) and there was only a little traffic She hates the (3) and the busy roads in the city Sometimes, the noise keeps her (4) at night II Choose the best answer: (2.5ps) She likes (eating / to eat / eat) more vegetable than meat My family (has live / have lived / has lived) here since last week Tim’s mother (met / talked / said) his teacher at school yesterday morning Mary (have to / has to / must) study Literature harder next semester Minh always ( get/ to get / gets ) up at six in the morning Tom cut ( himselves / himself / hisself ) shaving this morning Can I speak (to / with / for) Miss Black, please? He ought (practice / to practice / practicing) her English every day Peter sometimes spends his free time (walk / to walk / walking) around Hoan Kiem lake 10 Would you like ( to cook / cooking / cook) dinner with me at my home? III Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets: (2.5ps) Yesterday I ( travel ) to Hai Phong with my father And today We ( travel) to Cua Lo Beach The sky is full of clouds I think it (rain) We used (play) _ skip rope when we (be) _ younger She (buy) a new house last year, but she (not/sell) her old one yet; so now she (have) two houses Before (have) breakfast, Chien often (do) _ morning exercises IV Rewrite the sentences, using the words in brackets: (2ps) They are not young They couldn’t climb on the hill (enough) _ 2.My brother often did housework when he was younger ( used to) My brother used _ “Please turn on the television” She asked Tom (She asked Tom…) _ He studied English at this school years ago ( using the perfect present tense - for) _ V Read the passage then answer the questions: (2ps) Once a farmer lived a comfortable life with his family His chickens laid many eggs which the farmer used to sell to buy food and clothing for his family One day, he went to collect the eggs and discovered one of the chickens laid a gold egg He shouted excitedly to his wife, “we’re rich, we’re rich!” His wife ran to him and they both looked at the egg in amazement The wife wanted more, so her husband decided to cut open all the chickens and find more gold eggs Unfortunately, he couldn’t find any eggs When he finished all, the chickens were dead There were no more eggs of any kinds for the foolish farmer and his greedy wife Answer the questions: a) How was the farmer’s life? …………………………………………………………………………………………… b) What did the farmer use to sell eggs to buy? …………………………………………………………………………………………… c) What did he discover? …………………………………………………………………………………………… d) Why did the farmer and his wife decide to cut open all the chickens? …………………………………………………………………………………………… Lop11.com ANSWER KEY I Listen and fill in the blanks: (1p) Neighbourhood quiet noise awake II Choose the best answer: (2.5ps) eating met gets has lived must himself to to practice walking 10 to cook III Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets: (2.5ps) traveled – are going to travel is going to rain to play - were bought - hasn’t sold - has having -does IV Combine these pairs of sentences, using the words in brackets: (2ps) They are not young enough to climb on the hill My brother used to housework when he was younger She asked Tom to turn on the television He has studied English at this school for years V Read the passage then answer the questions: (2ps) A farmer lived a comfortable life with his family./ The farmer’s life was comfortable The farmer used to sell to buy food and clothing for his family He discovered one of the chickens laid a gold egg Because they wanted to find more gold eggs Lop11.com