English 8 U5 (at home) TEST 3

I. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others. 1. a. across b. report c. lunar d. pronounce 2. a. aloud b. comment c. believe d. improve 3. a. meaning b. mother c. promise d. revise 4. a. excellent b. memory c. festival d. semester 5. a. behavior b. participate c. necessary d. traditional II. Choose the best answer. 6. I went to bed _____ last night. a. late b. lately c. latest d. latter 7. She works very______ . a. hard b. hardly c. studious d. careful 8. You _____ drink and drive. a. shouldnt b. oughtnt c. dont have to d. neednt 9. The teacher told us______ talk. a. not to b. not c. dont d. do not to 10. She ____ some old photographs in a drawer. a. came down b. came on c. came across d. came over 11. Can you ____what time the train leaves? a. find out b. find in c. find up d. find on 12. He spent a lot of time and effort______ that project. a. for b. with c. to d. on 13. He promised _____ me. a. to help b. helping c. help d. to helping 14. ______ is the study of the life of animals and plants. a. Biology b. Physics c. Chemistry d. Literature 15. She got very good grades in all her exams. a. scores b. goals c. marks d. points III. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English. 16. It doesnt matter if you dont win just try your most. 17. Its all right to borrow money occasional, but dont let it become a habit. 18. It didnt take her long to learn her lines with heart. 19. Tim promised trying his best in learning Spanish. 20. They didnt try learning all new words they came across. VI. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces. Our classes take place (21) __three hours every morning (22) __Monday to Friday. The maximum class size (23)______twelve and the average is ten. We use modern methods of teaching and (24) __, and the school (25) ___ a language laboratory, a video camera and recorder. You will only be (26) _____ in improving your English, however, if you work (27)_______ and practice speaking English as (28) _____ as you can! 21. a. for b. since c. at d. on 22. a. between b. on c. at d. from 23. a. is b. are c. has d. have 24. a. learn b. learning c. learns d. learnt 25. a. has b. have c. there is d. there are 26. a. succeed b. success c. successful d. successfully 27. a. hard b. hardly c. quick d. intelligent 28. a. many b. a lot c. lots d. much VII. Read the following passage and choose the best answer. Experts think that it is a good idea for children to learn not just one, but two foreign languages. They say that leaning two foreign languages develops childrens minds and increases their knowledge of other cultures. The experts also believe that the two foreign languages children learn should be completely different from one another, for example English and Chinese, or French and Japanese. In addition, they say that children should start to learn foreign languages as early as possible, from the age of about six. expert (n): chuyn gia increase (v) : tng thm 29. According to experts, children _____ . a. shouldnt learn more than two foreign languages b. should learn just one foreign language c. should learn two foreign languages d. shouldnt learn foreign languages 30. What does the word they in line 2 refer to? a. experts b. children c. languages d. cultures 31. Children should learn ______ . a. English and Chinese b. French and Japanese d. all are correct c. two foreign languages which are completely different from one another 32. We could replace the word believe with_____ a. think b. say d. know d. describe 33. Which of the following is not true? a. Children should start to learn foreign languages early. b. Children should start to learn foreign languages from the age of about six.

c. Learning foreign language is good for children. d. Experts think that children should learn only foreign languages.

English 8 U5 (at home) TEST 3 - KEYS

I. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others. 1. a. across b. report c. lunar d. pronounce 2. a. aloud b. comment c. believe d. improve 3. a. meaning b. mother c. promise d. revise 4. a. excellent b. memory c. festival d. semester 5. a. behavior b. participate c. necessary d. traditional II. Choose the best answer. 6. I went to bed _____ last night. a. late b. lately c. latest d. latter 7. She works very______ . a. hard b. hardly c. studious d. careful 8. You _____ drink and drive. a. shouldnt b. oughtnt c. dont have to d. neednt 9. The teacher told us______ talk. a. not to b. not c. dont d. do not to 10. She ____ some old photographs in a drawer. a. came down b. came on c. came across d. came over 11. Can you ____what time the train leaves? a. find out b. find in c. find up d. find on 12. He spent a lot of time and effort______ that project. a. for b. with c. to d. on 13. He promised _____ me. a. to help b. helping c. help d. to helping 14. ______ is the study of the life of animals and plants. a. Biology b. Physics c. Chemistry d. Literature 15. She got very good grades in all her exams. a. scores b. goals c. marks d. points III. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English. 16. It doesnt matter if you dont win just try your most. (best) 17. Its all right to borrow money occasional, but dont let it become a habit. ( occasionally) 18. It didnt take her long to learn her lines with heart. (by) 19. Tim promised trying his best in learning Spanish. ( to try) 20. They didnt try learning all new words they came across. ( to learn) VI. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces. Our classes take place (21) __three hours every morning (22) __Monday to Friday. The maximum class size (23)______twelve and the average is ten. We use modern methods of teaching and (24) __, and the school (25) ___ a language laboratory, a video camera and recorder. You will only be (26) _____ in improving your English, however, if you work (27)_______ and practice speaking English as (28) _____ as you can! 21. a. for b. since c. at d. on 22. a. between b. on c. at d. from 23. a. is b. are c. has d. have 24. a. learn b. learning c. learns d. learnt 25. a. has b. have c. there is d. there are 26. a. succeed b. success c. successful d. successfully 27. a. hard b. hardly c. quick d. intelligent 28. a. many b. a lot c. lots d. much VII. Read the following passage and choose the best answer. Experts think that it is a good idea for children to learn not just one, but two foreign languages. They say that leaning two foreign languages develops childrens minds and increases their knowledge of other cultures. The experts also believe that the two foreign languages children learn should be completely different from one another, for example English and Chinese, or French and Japanese. In addition, they say that children should start to learn foreign languages as early as possible, from the age of about six. expert (n): chuyn gia increase (v) : tng thm 29. According to experts, children _____ . a. shouldnt learn more than two foreign languages b. should learn just one foreign language c. should learn two foreign languages d. shouldnt learn foreign languages 30. What does the word they in line 2 refer to? a. experts b. children c. languages d. cultures 31. Children should learn ______ . a. English and Chinese b. French and Japanese d. all are correct c. two foreign languages which are completely different from one another 32. We could replace the word believe with_____ a. think b. say d. know d. describe 33. Which of the following is not true? a. Children should start to learn foreign languages early. b. Children should start to learn foreign languages from the age of about six. c. Learning foreign language is good for children.

d. Experts think that children should learn only foreign languages.