Practice Test 3 – Grade 8

B. Lexico - grammar. (3pts)

I. Choose the underlined word that has different pronunciation.(0.5pt)
1. A. wisdom B. lit C. tiger D. festival
2. A. cleaned B. watched C. looked D. dropped
II. Circle the best answer (A,B,C or D) to complete the sentences(2.5pts)
1. ………………….help you? - Yes. Thank you.
A. Can you B. Please C. May I D. How I
2. She grew up in England, so her …………… is English.
A. mother tongue B. name language C. foreign language D. second language
3. He hates…………….up very much.
A. wash B. washes C. washed D. washing
4. The bank closes at 3p.m. If you arrive …………..3p.m, it will be closed.
A. at B. on C. after D. before
5. He used to…………up late but now he gets up early.
A. get B. gets C. getting D. got
6. I often learn ……………..my new words.
A. on heart B. by heart C. at heart D. aloud
7. The fairy……………..changed Little Pea’s rag into beautiful clothes.
A. magical B. magically C. bad D. good
8. I got good grades for English and Physics,………..my Math result was poor.
A. but B. so C. because D. for
9. Mrs. Mai: Can you help me carry my bag? - An:……………………….
A. Yes. Thank you B. Sure. I’ll help you. C. Certainly D. B and C are correct
10. My grandmother used to tell me the Lost Shoe. It was an old………………
A. song B. name C. subject D. folktale

C. Reading.
Read the letter. Then do the requests.
Dear mom,
I'm very happy to tell you that I'm going to join the Y & Y Green Group of my school.
The Green Group is holding an environment month. We are going to clean the banks of the lakes
on weekends. We are going to plant trees and flowers in the school garden and water them every
afternoon after class. We are planting young trees and plants to sell to other schools.
We hope that we can give more green color to the city and earn some money for our school Y&Y.
The program is very interesting and useful, isn't it ?
I will tell you more about the group activities later.
Love,
Hoa
I. Choose True or false.(1pt)
T F
1. Hoa is going to join the Y & Y Green Group of her school
2. The Green Group is holding a camping trip.
3. Hoa thinks the program is uninteresting.
4. Hoa and her friends are planting young trees and plants to sell to
other schools.
5. They want to earn money for themselves.
II.Answer ( 1.5pt )
1.What is the Green Group holding?
 ........................................................................................................................................
2. What are they going to do on weekends?
.........................................................................................................................................
3. What are they going to do in the school garden?
...................................................................................................................................
4. Do you want to join in these activities of the Y & Y Green Group of Hoa’s school?
……………………………………………………………..………………………….
5. What do you do to protect the environment?
……………………………………………………………....…………………………
D. Writing.
I. Rewrite the following sentences as requested. (1.5pt)
1. Mr. Lam said: “ You should spend more time on learning English, Hoa” (change into reported
speech)
………………………………………….…………………………………………
2. Nam said: “ Can you help me do my exercise, Nga?” (change into reported speech)
…………………………………………………..…………………………………
3. Bao studies very hard. He wants to pass the exam.(combine sentences using “so as to”).
…………………………………………………………………………………….
II. Put the words or phrases in the correct order to make sentences. (1pt)
1. the/ could/ me/ you/ way/ the/ to/ market/ show/?
………………..……………………………………………………………………
2. love/ music/ to/ listening/ I/.
…………………………………………………………………………………….

KEYS:

B. Lexico – grammar.
I. Choose the underlined word that has different pronunciation.(0.5pt)
(Mỗi câu 0,25 điểm)
1. C 2.A
II. Circle the correct answer(A,B,C or D) to complete the sentences(2,5pts)
(Mỗi câu 0,25 điểm)
1. C 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. A
6. B 7. B 8. A 9. D 10. D
C. Reading.
I. True or false. (1.5pts) (Mỗi câu 0,25 điểm)
1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. F
II. Answer the questions (1.5pts) (Mỗi câu 0,25 điểm)
1. The Green Group is holding an environment month.
2. We are going to clean the banks of the lakes on weekends.
3. We are going to plant trees and flowers in the school garden.
4, 5.(Students’answer)
D. Writing.
I. Rewrite the following sentences as requested (1,5pt)
 (Mỗi câu 0,5 điểm)
1. Mr. Lam said Hoa should spend more time on learning English.
2. Nam asked Nga to help him do his exercise.
3. Bao studies very hard so as to pass the exam.
II. Put the words or phrases in the correct order to make sentences. (1pt)
(Mỗi câu 0,5 điểm)
1. Could you show me the way to the market?
2. I love listening to music.