ENGLISH 8 TEST FOR UNIT 1

Put the words or phrases in correct order to make sentences1. Write a paragraph about Trung, using the information in the box.[r]

ENGLISH – TEST FOR UNIT 1 I Choose the most suitable word or phrase to fill in the blanks.

1 I ………… a letter from my old friend last week

A sent B gave C received D took

2 “Would you …………to go to the movies with me?” – “I’d love to.”

A like B want C love D mind

3 He is not …………get married

A enough old to B enough old for C old enough to D old enough for She is wearing a ………… dress

A red new pretty B new pretty red C pretty red new D pretty new red Her mother …………this city two years ago

A left B leaves C is leaving D will leave

6 I find Peter is not communicative He’s rather …………in public

A kind B reserved C sociable D humorous

7 They enjoy …………jokes

A to tell B tell C telling D told

8 The River Amazon …………into the Atlantic Ocean

A flow B flows C flowed D is flowing

II Complete the paragraph Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form or tense.

Nien (be) …………Hoa’s next-door neighbor in Hue She (be) …………very beautiful She (have) …………big brown eyes and lovely smile Last week, she (go) …………to Ha Noi (visit) …………Hoa They (travel) …………around the city and (see) …………a lot of interesting places Nien (think) …………Ha Noi (be) …………beautiful but so noisy and busy, so she (not like) …………(live) …………there

III Supply the correct word form.

1 People in my country are very warm and ……… (friend) An ……….is a child whose parents are dead (orphanage) L.A Hill is a ……….writer (humor)

4 I’m ……….sorry for the delay (extreme)

5 She looks more ……….than her sister (beautifully) They were very ……….to survive a shipwreck (luck)

7 I love the ……….of summer evenings in the countryside (peaceful) Those cats look ……… (love)

IV Make questions for the answers.

1 ……… - Nguyen Bao Quoc

2 ……… - Fifteen

3 ……… - Tall, thin, short curly hair

4 ……… - At 2/16A Tran Hung Dao Street

5 ……… - Humorous, kind and helpful

6 ……… - His parents and elder sister

7 ……… - Swimming, reading and fishing

V Read the passage carefully, then answer the questions.

Do you have any close friends? I think everybody at least has one close friend in their life And so I I have two close friends, Hanh and Mai We are in the same class at the primary school, and then secondary school We are also neighbors so we spend most of our time in learning and playing together Hanh is a beautiful girl with big black eyes and an oval rosy face She is an intelligent student who is always at the top of the class She likes reading, and she often goes to the library whenever she has free time Mai isn’t as beautiful as Hanh, but she has a lovely smile and looks very healthy Mai is very sporty She spends most of her free time playing sports Mai is a volleyball star of our school She is also very sociable and has a good sense of humor Her jokes always make us laugh I love both of my friends and I always hope our friendship will never die

1 Does the author have any close friends? If yes, what are their names?

……… What does Hanh look like?

……… What does she like?

……… What does she often in her free time?

……… Is Mai more beautiful than Hanh?

……… What is Mai’s hobby?

……… Which sport does Mai play in the school team?

……… What is Mai’s character?

……… VI Put the words or phrases in correct order to make sentences.

1 enough/ Jane/ stay/ to/ alone/ old/ isn’t/ at home

……… you/ going/ to/ are/ what/ do/ next weekend?

……… she/ hair/ black/ has/ long/ straight

……… in the east/ rises/ sun/ the/ in the west/ sets/ and

……… table/ large/ was/ in the kitchen/ there/ a/ wooden/ round

……… awful/ an/ what/ house!

……… VII Write a paragraph about Trung, using the information in the box.

……… ……… ………

Name: Nguyen Manh Trung Age: 15

Appearance: tall, fat, short curly hair

Characters: sociable, generous, kind

Address: 24 Nguyen Du Street, Ho Chi Minh City

Family: mother, father and two younger sisters

Hobbies: swimming, reading

……… ……… ……… ……… ……… ………

VIII Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one sentence, using (not) Adjective + enough + to infinitive.

1 My sister is old She can drive a car

……… The radio isn’t small You can’t put it in your pocket

……… This coat isn’t warm I don’t wear it in winter

……… She is beautiful and intelligent She can become Miss World

……… The weather was fine We could go camping

……… Those apples aren’t ripe We can’t eat them

……… Mr Robinson isn’t rich He can’t buy a house

……… The worker is clever He can make fine things from wood

IX Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form or tense.

1 She (not drink) ………coffee She (drink) ………Coca Cola It (be) ……… often hot in the summer

3 What ………you (do) ………every evening? The earth (circle) ……… the sun once every 365 days I (see) ………her very often

6 Most rivers (flow) ………into the sea Vegeterians (not eat) ………meat Bees (make) ………honey

9 Rice (not grow) ………in cold climates

10 Where ………Martin (come) ………from? -He (be) ………Scottish

X Fill in the blanks with correct prepositions.