My teacher of English told me to wait for her outside the classroom and then took me to the school library.. She showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills.[r]
(1)Name: ……… FORTY – FIVE MINUTETEST
Class: 8… English ( No 2)
A Language Focus
I/ Choose the best answer: (2ms)
1/ They planned to have the trip ………….January
a in b on c at d from
2/ When I was young, my father used to ……… me to the zoo on the weekends
a took b taking c take d takes
3/ Linh speaks English quite ………, she can help us speak with those men
a better b goodly c good d well
4/ Mr Hao should ……… his roof repaired before the rainy season comes
a have b had c has d having
5/ She said to him “Please help me fix my bike ”
a She told him to help her fix my bike. c She said him to help her fix his bike
b She told him to help her fix her bike. d She said he should fix her bike.
6/ The train ……….here at 8.45 am Please arrive at the station on time a is leaving b leaves c leave d will leave 7/ Ba loves……….soccer, but his brother doesn’t
a plays b to play c play d playing
8/ The teacher said to his students, “You should practice your pronunciation more often a The teacher said his students should practice your pronunciation more often.
b The teacher said his students should practice their pronunciation more often.
c The teacher told his students should practice their pronunciation more often.
d Both b & c are correct
II/ Complete the dialogue (1m) :
Your mother is tired so you want to help her cook dinner
Make the dialogue between you and your mom. You: Do you need (1) _, mom ?
Mom: Yes Can you (2) _? I’m too (3) _ You : Sure I’ll help you
Mom: Thank (4) _ B Reading
III/ Read the passage carefully Then the exercises below.
How Nam has improved his English.
“ … In the first semester of grade , 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 day after the lesson My teacher of English told me to wait for her outside the classroom and then took me to the school library She showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills She also told me how to use an English- English dictionary to improve my English grammar I made much progress and only short time later, I got excellent grades in English Now my English is very good, and I have just won the first prize in the English Speaking Contest this year.”
1 True or false? (1 m)
(2)True False a He used to learn English well
b Both his English pronunciation and grammar were bad c He improved his English himself
d He won the second prize in the English Speaking Contest this year
…… …… …… ……
…… …… …… …… 2. Answer the questions (1.5 ms)
a Who did help him how to improve his English? ………
b Did she give him cassettes of pronunciation drills to help him improve his English pronunciation? ………
c Is he still bad at English now? ……… C/ Writing
1 / Read these details about Lan and write a short passage about her.(1m) Full name: Duong Quynh Lan
Date of birth: June 12th , 1997 Home address: 68 Le Loi Street Phone number: not available
Interests: drawing , playing the piano, caring for pets
Her full name is Duong Quynh Lan. ……… ……… ……… ……… ………
2/ Help Hang write a letter to Tommy in London to tell about Hang’s studying result after the first semester: (1.5 m)
6 Hang Bong St Ha Noi
December 28th, 2009 Dear Tommy,
1 Thanks / your letter
I / pleased / hear / you / enjoyable Christmas vacation
We / receive / first semester / report / a week ago
I / get / good grades / Chemistry / Physics / but / English result / rather bad
My English teacher / tell / me / spend / more time / it
I / study harder / next semester
How about / result?
Write / soon / tell / me / all your news Your friend,
Hang