English grade 8 Bai tp Trng THCS V Trng Ton

I. Choose the best answer to complete these sensences

1. ___________ a letter from my old friend last week. ( sent / gave / receive / took )
2. We must be there ____________ 7.30 and 10.30. ( at / before / between / after )
3. I find Peter is not communicative. Hes rather ____________ in public. ( kind / reserve / sociable / humorous )
4. She has ___________ over 30 pages since yesterday. ( writen / wrote / write / writing )
5. My father used __________ us to the park three years ago. ( took / taking / to take / take )
6. Can you fill __________ this form for me ?( out / on / at / to )
7. Would you _________ to go to the movie with me ? Id love to ( like / want / love / mind )
8. Deaf mute can ________speak _________ hear. ( both and / not only but also / neithernor / either or )
9. When I was a child, I _________ follow my mum to the market. ( used to / liked / hated / loved )
10. His parents are always proud _________ him . ( about / of / on / with )
11. __________ have you livedow in this town? For nearly 20 years. ( When / Where / How far / How long )
12. The new shopping mall is quite ________ the present shopping area. ( different from / the same / like to / similar )
13. I have studied _______six oclock. ( for / since / at / to )
14. __________? Its 20.000 dong ( How much is this parcel cost / How much does this parcel take / How much
does this parcel / How much does this parcel cost )
15. I ___________ the country life. ( like than / prefer to / like to / prefer than )
16. He does morning exercises regularly order to __________ his health. ( have / improve / get / take )
17. Dont let your child ________ with matches. ( playing / to play / plays / play )
18. They ________ from Canada to America to find work. ( started / demonstrated / delivered / migrated )
19. Last night, I watched the movie Romeo and Juliet. At last they killed _______ ( together / each other / themselves /
one another )
20. My mother is ________ tired __________ cook tonight. ( enough to / too to / so that / very to )
21. He went to school late because he was struct in the _________ this morning. ( rush- hour / traffic light / traffic
jam / cross road )
22. Airmail is ________ expensive than surface mail. ( The most / most / much / more )
23. She is studying hard _________ pass the final exams. ( for / in order to / so to / so that )
24. John came _________ an old school friend in street this morning. ( with / along / acroos / off )
25. She asked her children ___________( to stop playing / stop to play / stop playing / stopping to play )
26. He is not __________ ride a motorbike. ( enough old to / enough old for / old enough to / old enough for )
27. I dont talk much in public. I am rather. ( kind / sociable / reserved / humorus )
28. ( Novel / Frition / Folktale / Legend ) is a story passed on in spoken form from one generation to the next.
29. You must look in the ( advertisement / receation / diverson / participation ) section of the newspaper to find out
what films are showing.
30. During rush hours, ( traffic lights / crossroads / traffic jams ) often happen.
31. ( Would / Could / Do / Will ) you like to go to the movie?- Id love to.
32. Deaf mutes can ( both speak and hear / not only speak but aslo hear / neither speak nor hear / either speak or
hear )
33. They have waited for her ( for / since / at / from ) 6 oclock.
34. This neighborhood is ( different / the same / as / like ) from that one.
35. What does she look like? ( She look beautiful / She is beautiful / She looks like beautiful )
36. The calendar is ( on / under / behind / in ) the clock.
37. Minh and I didnt enjoy ( myself / ourselves / himself / themselves ) at the party.
38. When my father was young, he used to ( using / sang / sings / sing) very well.
39. You should work ( hardly / hard / good / badly ) in order to pass exams.
40. It is too dark ( to take / take / taking / took ) photograghers here.
41. Jim is not old enough ( read / reading / to read ) this book.
42. Could you do me a favor? ( What can I do for you / Thanks a lot / Its very kind of you / No, thanks you. Im fine )
43. I havent met / dont meet / didnt meet / wont ) him yet.
44. The doctor advised him ( go / to go / going / goes ) to bed earlier.
45. They got married and lived ( happy / happily / happiness )
II. Supply the correct tense of the verbs in brackets.
1. Mary and John ( be ) _____________ neighbors. They ( know ) __________each other for a long time. Mary
( move ) ___________ into her house in 1990, and John ( live ) __________ next door since he ( come ) ________ to
the area in 1988.
2. Today ( be ) __________ Sunday. Nga ( not go ) __________ to school. She ( stay ) _________ at home. She
( do ) ___________ her homework now. She ( do ) _________it for two hours.

3. I ( be ) ________ in New York. I ( come ) ___________here two years ago. My friend, Nancy ( live )_______ here
since 1982. So she ( know )____________ the area very well.
4. Trung usually ( go ) ___________ to the library three times a week.
5. Yesterday, I ( be ) __________ busy, so I ( not have ) ____________ time to phone you.
6. Mrs. Trang ( not go ) _____________ to work last week. She ( not be ) ____________ feeling well.
7. I ( do ) _______________ all the housework. The flat is really clean now.
8. How long ____ you ( live ) ______here? Sine 1997.
9. Mr. Quang ( teach ) ___________ in his school since he ( graduate ) ___________ from the university in 1989.
10. My brother ( leave ) ___________ home 10 years ago. I ( never meet ) ___________ him since then.
11. Where ________ you ( spend ) _________ your summer holiday last year, Tam?
12. When We ( be ) _______ young, our family ( live ) _____________ in the countryside.
13. I (read ) __________ an interesting book at the moment.
14. How long _________ you ( know ) __________ Mrs. Chi? I ( know ) _____________here for five years.
15. We ( not see ) _____________her since we ( be ) _______ on holiday in Ha Long bay.
16. Phuong ( not finish ) ____________ her homework yet.
17. Its three years since I last ( see ) ____________ Nam.
18. You ( be) ______________ away? Yes, I ( go ) ______________ to the country last Sunday.
19. I ( not eat ) ________________ anything for two days.
20. They ( move ) _____________ to Ho Chi Minh City in 1990 and ( live ) ________ there since then.

Reading Comprehension
III. Complete the following passage with the words given in the box.
Is feed people lot work lived- so - it
Many ( 1 ) _________ believed that life on the farm is very quiet and easy, but ( 2 ) _______ is very hard. I my self
have ( 3 ) __________ on a farm for nearly twenty years and I know what farm work ( 4 ) ___________. You must get
up early, ( 5 ) _____________ the chickens and the cows, water the flowers, vegetables, do ( 6 ) __________ of
gardening and then ( 7 ) ______________ in the fields. But my aunt likes this ways of life and ( 8 ) ____________
do all her children.
Enjoy like walk beautiful friendly in facilities - summer
Dear Mai,
Im having a lovely time here in Kim Lien. Its a ( 1 ) _______________ village. Im staying at my uncles house.
I have a nice view of the paddy field from my bedroom. Things are changing (2 ) ____________ the countryside.
People can now have things (3 ) ________________ refrigerators and televisions . Medical ( 4 ) ___________ are
more accessible. Today Im going for a long (5 ) _____________by the lake. The air is clean and the people are very
( 6 ) ____________________. Would you like to come here next( 7 ) ________________ holiday? I hope youll ( 8 )
_________________ it.
reach in telephoned message service stationary name - speak
A customer ( 1 ) _________________ the Thang Loi Delivery ( 2 ) _______________ on June 16 just after midday.
The customers ( 3 ) ____________ was Mr. Nam, he wanted to ( 4 ) ______________ to Mrs. Van. Mrs Van was
( 5 ) _______________ meeting and could not come to the phone. So Mr. Toan took a ( 6 ) _______________.
Mr. Nam called about his ( 7 ) _______________ order. He said Mrs. Van could ( 8 ) _______________ him at
8 634 082.
A. Rewrite these sentences.
1. Could you help me with my English speaking, Ba?
- Minh asked.
2. You shouldnt make noise in class, Trung
- The teacher said
3. Can you wait for me here ,Jerry?
- Tom asked.
4. Could you buy me an English exercise book, Ha?

- Nam asked.
5. Get up early to learn your lesson, Toan
- Toans father told him
6. You should stay in bed for a few days, Mr Hoang
- The doctor said
7. You should improve your English pronunciation, Nga
- Ngas teacher said
8. Hung is strong . He can carry that heavy box. ( enough )
- Hung is
9. The fire isnt very hot . It wont boil the kettle. ( enough )
- The fire
10. The weather wasnt warm. We couldnt go swimming. ( enough )
- The weather
11. Jane is skillful swimmer.
-Jane
12. Lan learns English very well.
- Lan is
13. Tom is a good soccer player.
- Tom plays.
14. Loan is a good swimmer.
- Loan..
15. Hung runs very fast.
- Hung is.
16. Plays are not as interesting as films.
- Films
17. English isnt as difficult as French.
- French is .
18. Jill is more intelligent than Bill.
- Bill isnt
19. Nga doesnt speak English as well as Trang.
- Trang speaks.
20. Mrs. Thanh drives more carefully than Mrs. Hong.
- Mrs. Hong doesnt

I. A. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others:
1.
A. Pancake
B. stadium
C. tasty
D. change
2.
A. grocery
B. money
C. month
D. comfort
3.
A. effect
B. delicious
C. resident
D. selection
4.
A. just
B. summer
C. much
D. humid
5.
A. wristwatch
B. notice
C. tired
D. speacialty
B. Find the word which has different stress from the rest :
6.
A. humid
B. airmail
C. discuss
D. pancake
7.
A. notice
B. effect
C. contact
D. surface
8.
A. concern
B. comfort
C. product
D. market
9.
A. customer
B. grocery
C. resident
D. delicious
10.
A. organize
B. community
C. restaurant
D. neighborhood
II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentences :
1.
Do you want to sent this letter airmail or ______________?
A. normal
B. ordinary mail
C. surface mail
D. usual mail
2.
When he was young, he _______________ that primary school.
A. arrived
B. attended
C. collected
D. destroyed
3.
The area is hot and _______________ in summer.
A. cold
B. cool
C. warm
D. humid
4.
The residents in my _______________ are not happy about the changes.
A. neighbor
B. neighborhood
C. neighborly
D. neighboring
5.
From this bridge, you can see the ____________ of my house.
A. foot
B. floor
C. roof
D. stairs
6.
This famous restaurant ______________ food from every part of the world.
A. serves
B. cooks
C. boils
D. stews
7.
He gave the _____________ answer as I did.
A. different
B. same
C. far
D. convenient
8.
The pocket watch is very ________________from the wristwatch.
A. same
B. similar
C. different
D. difficult
9.
Airmail is ________________ expensive than surface mail.
A. more
B. like
C. as
D. the most
10.
What have you done ________________ you said goodbye to us ?
A. for
B. since
C. when
D. before
III. Supply the correct form of the word in the brackets :
1. Hoa and Nien used to be next door _____________. ( neighborhood )
2. Surface mail is much ________________ than airmail. ( cheap )
3. The shoes were nice, but they were _________________ ( comfort )
4. A new ________________ mall is opening in this district today. ( shop )
5. The stores offer a wider _______________of products. ( select )
6. He thinks the pancakes are _________________. ( taste )
7. They are looking at the _______________ of Whats on this week?. ( advertise )
8. This man is a store _________________. ( own )
9. The _________________ are going to hold a community meeting. ( reside )
10. We cant see him now; its ___________________. ( convenience )
IV. Complete the sentences with for / since
1. Shes been in Ha Noi _________________ June.
2. Hes lived in Ho Chi Minh ________________ ten years.
3. They havent seen each other ______________ a long time.
4. She has read this novel __________________ two hours.
5. Weve played football ________________ two oclock.
6. I have known her ________________ a few years.
7. My father has worked for that company _________________ 1990.
8. They have been at my house ___________________ 8 oclock.
9. We have been waiting _________________ an hour.
10. They have studied __________________ seven oclock.
V. Rewrite these sentences so that they have the same meaning.:
1.
The examination was easier than we expected.

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The examination wasnt ___________________________________________________

Your hair is dark but her hair is blond.
Her hair color is different ___________________________________________________
Im 14 years old and hes 14 years old.
Hes the same _____________________________________________________________
He is wearing a red cap, and she is wearing a red cap, too.
He is wearing _____________________________________________________________
A dog is bigger than a cat.
A cat is _________________________________________________________________
No one in this class is as tall as Ba.
Ba is the ________________________________________________________________
The coffee is so strong that I cant drink it.
The coffee is too _________________________________________________________
The suitcase is too heavy for the boy to lift up.
The suitcase isnt _________________________________________________________
They were too late to see the first film.
They didnt _______________________________________________________________
We began to study here five years ago.
We have _________________________________________________________________