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g/ My grandparents, my parents and my brother 8/ Which one do you prefer: the country h/ Twice a year or the city?. The teacher said to Susan, “go to the black board, please?” 2.. She s

Class: 8

EXERCISES FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER

I/ Put the verbs in the correct tenses:

1 A new hospital (build) in my neighborhood since last month

2 We (learn) _ English grammar right now

3 Nam always (get) _ grade A for Physics, but last semester he (get) B So Nam’s teacher asked him (study) _ harder this semester

4 In England the Sun (not shine) _ every day

5 I (go) _ to London next week for a wedding My sister (get) married

6 It (often, rain) _ in the Summer, but it (not, rain) _ now

7 Mr Quang (teach) _ Math in this school since he (graduate) _ from the university in 1989

8 _ you (hear) _ of Argtha Christie? She (be) _ a writer who (die) _in 1976 She (write) more than 70 detective novels you (read) _ any of them?

9 Mai (buy) a new dress last month but she (not wear) _ it yet

10 He (write) a novel for two years, but he (finish) it yet

11 I like your car How long _ you (have) _it?

12 Last night I (go) to bed late Suddenly I (hear) a noise I (get)

up to see what it (be) but I(not see) anything

13 What you (do) _ every evening?

14 Although I (have) a car, I prefer (travel) _ by train, especially if I have to (make) _ a long journey As the train (travel) _ at full speed through the countryside, I can (relax) _, drink a coffee, read a book, or just (look) _ out of the window, sometimes the movement of the train (keep) _me asleep, something you couldn’t

do while (drive) _ a car The trouble (be) that I hate (wait) _

in cold stations, and I (get) angry when I have to waste time on (look) _ for a taxi or a bus at the beginning or the end of my journey

15 She (not drink) beer, but she (drink) a lot now

16 I (do) all the housework The flat is really clean now

17 The Browns (visit) their relatives for two weeks?

18 We (not, meet) together since last month

19 What _ you (do) _ last weekend? You (play) _ golf?

20 Alexander Graham Bell (introduce) the telephone in 1876

II/ Choose the correct letter for each sentence:

1 They enjoy _ jokes

2 “Would you like _ a message?

3 He is make his mother happy

c intelligent enough to d intelligent enough for

4 He’ll come to pick you

5 The children are old enough to look after _

6 I like folktale and does my sister

7 When I was a child, I follow my mom to the market

8 They wanted to know _ she left early?

9 My father used _ us to the zoo when he was alive

10 People think that the world was flat

11 She is studying hard pass the final exams

12 Minh hates to the market

13 They have studied six o’clock

14 My mother is _ tired _ cook tonight

15 Living in the country is not expensive And it isn’t complex _

16 There is nothing exciting in the countryside

III/ Fill in the blank with suitable prepositions:

1

in on to of at with

Hang is fourteen years old She is pretty girl (1) _ long black hair She goes (2) school five days a week and usually goes swimming (3) some friends (4) _ Saturday mornings She lives (5) _ a large house (6) _ her mother, father and younger brother (7) 2/34 Nguyen Trai Street Hang ha a lot (8) _ friends (9) all her friends, Nga and Thuy are the ones she spends most of her time (10) _ They are all like listening (11) music and playing sports (12) _ their free time

3 There is a bus station the end of this road

4 I’m usually free 8 p m to 10 p.m

6 Peter is very proud _ his new motorbike

7 The girl was very interested _ folktales

8 You can reach her 8963087

9 My mother used to live a farm when she was a young girl

10 Please wait me a few minutes

11 My sister is not good _ Math

12 I finish my work _ 5:00 so you can meet me 5:00

13 It’s very kind _ you to say like that

14 Are you going to take part _ this contest?

15 Would you like _ come?

IV/ Complete the passage with the suitable words in the box:

after should for needn’t taking mustn’t can stay

Your temperature has gone down now, so you (1) _stay in bed any longer You (2) _ eat whatever you like, but you (3) not drink any alcohol until you have finished (4) the tablets and you must (5) indoors for at least three days (6) that you can go out (7) _ short walk, but you (8) _ do anything too energetic

In the twentieth century with the remarkable (1) _ scientific and other knowledge, (2) _ dictionaries have to be made for a group of (3) There are some very large dictionaries (4) contain all the words in the English language, but they are (5) _ convenient to use: They are too heavy and (6) up too much room

Students of a foreign language (7) a dictionary which contains all the words in common use in their (8) language and the ones they are trying to learn

V/ Match the questions in column A to the answers in column B:

1/ What are you doing on your vacation? a/ I usually travel by train

2/ What is your hometown like? b/ I’m not sure I think it’s about 850 Km

3/ Who live there? c/ I’m going home

4/ How far is it from here to your home? d/ I prefer the country

5/ How do you usually get to your home? e/ Oh, yes I really love it

6/ How often do you go to your home? f/ It’s a small beautiful village

7/ Do you love your home town? g/ My grandparents, my parents and my brother 8/ Which one do you prefer: the country h/ Twice a year

or the city?

VI/ Put these sentences into reported speech:

1 The teacher said to Susan, “go to the black board, please?”

2 She said the boy, “You should have a little milk before sleeping”

3 He said to me, “Don’t leave the door open”

4 His mother said, “You ought to keep your body warm”

5 The policeman said, “Don’t touch anything in the room”

6 The doctor said to her, “You shouldn’t drink alcohol or smoke”

7 The customers said to the waiter, “Can we take some photograph?

8 Hoa’ s aunt advised her, “You ride your bike carefully”

9 My sister said to me, “can you explain my exercises, please?”

10 The woman said to the man, “Don’t worry about me”

VII/ Complete these following sentences:

1 He/ go to work/ five days a week

2 Tam/ have good marks/ every day

3 Jane/ isn’t/ enough/ at home/ alone

4 She/ long/ straight/ black

5 Was/ large/ round/ wooden/ table/ kitchen

6 We/ not go/ school/ Sunday

7 Last night/ she/ come home/ 10.30 and 11.00

8 I/ going/ see/ Donna/ lunchtime

9 It/ interesting/ useful/ isn’t it?

10 This watch/ one/ cheap/ you can buy

11 They/ not see/ each other/ 10 year

12 Mr Clark/ go/ work/ France/ last summer

13 My sister/start/ new job/ yesterday

14 This stadium/ modern/ Europe

15 As you know/ we/ buy/ new house/ September

16 The boy/ young/ go/ the cinema/ himself

17 She/ speak/ English/ well/ sister

18 Tim/ the same/ age/ Hoa

19 This painting/ important/ the gallery

20 The notebook/ not/ thick/ book

VIII/ Write the completed passage about Nam, using the information in the box:

Name: Pham Trung Nam

Age: 13

School: Le Quy Don

Class: 8B

Home address: 12/45 An Duong Vuong street

Phone number: 9204631

Date of birth: 5/11/1990

Interests: reading, playing video games, swimming