Grade 8 THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAMChoose the word whose main stress is placed differently from that of the rest.. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that
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Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from that of the rest
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest
5. A enjoyed B helped C looked D worked
Choose the best answer by circling A, B, C or D
6. The photographs _during his trip are very pretty
7. My family _dinner when the phone rang
8. She _her homework yet
A has finished B haven’t finished C have finished D hasn’t finished
9. This project _at the end of this month
A will finish B finishing C will be finished D finished
10. I’d like _a house in the countryside
11. His new car _in Japan
12. She is not old enough _a car
13. _can I do for you ?
A What B When C Where D How
14. It is easier _ English than any other languages else
15. Would you mind _the washing up for me tonight ?
16. I prefer walking _riding a bicycle
A to B than C with D for
17. She used to _ her younger brother when her parents went out
18. Mr Lam asked me _you the dictionary
Put the verbs in bracket into correct tenses.
19 Nam _already _his homework (do)
20 I didn't know how to the city (get)
21 It heavily while my family were having dinner yesterday (rain)
22 They anywhere last summer vacation (not go)
23 They were watching The Eight O’clock News on T.V when I _last night (come)
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Rewrite the sentences as directed
24. The Chinese invented paper in the 1st century A.D
@ Paper
25. This factory produces thousands of cars each year
@ Thousands of cars
26. "My sister likes reading old folktales." said Nam
@ Nam said that
27. " Is Ha Long Bay in the North of Vietnam?" asked Mary
@ Mary asked me
28. The question is so difficult that I can't answer it
@ The question is too
Read the passage and then do the tasks that follow.
William Shakespeare was the greatest writer in the English literature He was born in 1564 in Stratford- upon- Avon At the age of eighteen he married Anne Hathaway, who was eight years older than himself A few years later he moved to London, where he worked as a actor and a
playwright Shakespeare wrote thirty seven plays and 154 sonnets (a kind of poem containing 14
lines) His most famous plays are the four great tragedies - Othelo, Macbeth, Hamlet, and King
Lear Shakespeare died in Stratford on 23 April 1616, but his plays are still very popular today They have been translated into different languages, and many of them have been made into films, both in English and other languages
Check True ( T ) or False ( F ).
29. William Shakespeare was the greatest writer
30. He married Anne Hathaway at the age of eighteen
31. wrote fifty seven plays and 451 sonnets
32. His plays are not very popular today
Answer the following questions
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33. When and where was he born?
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34. How many plays did he write?
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35. When did he die?
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36. Are his plays still popular today?
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