Grade 8 THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION-006
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.
1. A. between B. green C. thirteen D. volunteer
2. A. enough B. cough C. night D. laugh
3. A. wanted B. started C. helped D. needed
Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
4. A. between B. report C. happy D. enough
5. A. enjoy B. uncle C. Sunday D. different
Circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences.
6. We must be there _____ 7.30 and 8.15.
A. at B. before C. between D. after
7. Dad stayed at the office _____ he finished the report.
A. between B. until C. for D. at
8. Vietnamese language is different _____ English language.
A. as B. like C. from D. with
9. Tom is 16. He isn’t _____ to drive a car.
A. enough young B. young enough C. enough old D. old enough
10. When my uncle was young, he used _____ fishing on Sundays.
A. go B. went C. going D. to go
11. Mary likes _____ the piano.
A. playing B. plays C. played D. play
12. She told me _____ you that present.
A. giving B. to give C. gave D. given
13. Last night I watched the movie “Romeo and Juliet”. In the end, they killed______.
A. himself B. herself C. themselves D. ourselves
14. Jane is _____ beautiful than her sister.
A. as B. like C. the most D. more
15. London is _____ capital city in Europe.
A. large B. larger C. most large D. the largest
Choose the word or phrase that needs correcting.
16. My uncle and aunt lived in this village for over twenty years

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28. Where does he usually work?
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29. Is he working in the road department this month?
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30. Why does he normally spend a lot of time outdoors?
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Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
31. There ____________________12 months in a year. (be)
32. At the moment, my mother ____________________in the office. (work)
33. My sister ____________________this place last year. (not visit)
34. Minh is a doctor. He ____________________in a hospital for 5 years. (work)
35. She enjoys____________________ T.V after dinner. (watch)
Rewrite these following sentences as directed.
36. Mai / enjoy / learn English. (make sentence)
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37. She often went to school by bike but now she doesn’t any more. (use used to)
 She________________________________________________________________________
38. “ Don’t go out and put on warm clothes” said the doctor ( use reported speech)
 The doctor___________________________________________________________________
39. Minh is young. He can’t drive a car ( use enough)
 Minh ______________________________________________________________________
40. Nam is not old enough to be in my class. (use too…to…)
 Nam _______________________________________________________________________
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