12 Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng anh lớp 8

TETS-1
I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differrently from the others.
1. A. rope B. household C. also D. history
2. A. computer B. some C. Geography D. other
3. A. study B. music C. fun D. subject
4. A. open B. close C. come D. old
5. A. clock B. city C. class D. come
6. A. waste B. stand C. bag D. that
7. A. ready B. teacher C. bed D. head
8. A. these B. brother C. thank D. that
II. Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. Hoa (get) up at 6 o’clock every morning.
2. Where is your mother ? – Maybe she (cook) in the kitchen.
3. She can’t answer the phone because she (take) a bath.
4. Be careful! The bus (come).
5. The moon (go) around the earth.
6. Lan (not have) many new friends in her new school.
8. Nam (come) from Vinh but he (stay) with his relatives in HCM city at the moment.
9. We (not drive) to work every day. We (go) by bus.
10. Trang (not be) in her room at the moment. She (watch) T.V in the livingroom.
11. You (like) your new school, Mai ? – Yes. But I’m unhappy because I (not have) many friends.
12. Let’s (meet) at 7 o’clock in front of the park.
III. Use these key words to write meaningful sentences.
How far/ it/ your house/ library?
I/ happy/ because/ have/ lot/ friends.
His/ date/ birth/ be/ October 2nd.
Refrigerator/ next/ closet/ and/ front/ dishwasher.
Uncle/ farmer/ and/ grow/ lot/ vegetables/ his farm.
It/ difficult/ find/ apartment/ HCM city ?
IV. Make questions for the underlined parts.
It’s two kilometers from my house to the movie theater.
My mother is talking to my teacher.
I often feel worried when I have a test.
My aunt works at a clothes shop.
A teaher teaches students at school.
 My brother writes for Hue newspaper.
 My new school is different from my old school.
 This apartment is good for us because it’s near the city center.
 I am talking to Mrs. Nga.
 Her family name is Tran.
V. There is one mistake in each sentence. Find and correct it.
My mother takes care for me when I’m sick.
My sister teacher at a high school.
What does your elder brother work ?
What a lovely flowers!
Would you like seeing a movie with me tonight?
Nhung’s bithday is in the ninth of March.
Today is Thursday, the two of November.
Would you like some orange juices ?
VI. Fill in each blank with one suitable preposition.
It’s 2.5 kmmy school..the movie theater.
I live ..Xuan Dieu street.my grandparents
She is talkingher students in the school yard.
My new house is different.my old house.
My father is a farmer. He works..a farm.
Does your aunt work .the central hospital? – Yes, she is a nurse there.
I’m always busy. I must work ..early morning until night.
Mr. Minh is a journalist. He writes ..Tuoi Tre newspaper.
This apartment is suitable.my family.
I often help my parents .the housework after school.
My sister walks ..school every day. Her classroom is .the second floor.
Viet lives his aunt and uncle..83 Hoang Van Thu street.
Her birthday is..October, 17th.
What’s your place..birth, Nam ?
 15. We have music class .8.40..Monday morning.
VII. Complete the conversation by making questions.
Nam : Hello. Are you a new student here ?
Mai : Yes, I am
Nam : ..(1).?
Mai : I’m from Da Lat.
Nam : (2)..?
Mai : I move here because my parents are living here.
Nam : ..(3)..?
Mai : I’m living on Mai Thuc Loan street. And you?
Nam : I live near here, on Nguyen Hue street.
Mai : (4)..?
Nam : I walk to school. It takes me only five minutes. 
 (5)?
Mai : My father takes me to school by motorbike.
Nam : Why ?
Mai : Because I don’t have a bike.
Nam : ..(6)?
Mai : My father works in Thai Hoa company near here.
TETS-2
I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differrently from the others.
1.A. my
B. sky
C. fry
D. sixty
2.A. habit
B. hour
C. honest
D. honor
3.A. meaning
B. bead
C. steamer
D. deaf
4.A. lunar
B. mark
C. arrange
D. sugar
5.A. comment
B. equipment
C. improvement
D. development
6.A. proud
B. should
C. sound
D. count
7. A. looked 	 B. watched 	C. carried 	 D. stopped
8. A. unite 	 B. underline 	C. university 	 D. uniform
9. A. danger 	 B. angry 	C. language 	 D. passage
10. A. character 	 B. children 	C. teacher 	 D. change
II. Fill in each gap with a suitable preposition
We are waiting _____________ the bus stop.
I’ll wait ______________ you are ready.
They came to visit me______________my birthday.
We arranged to meet you ______________seven______________the morning
Susan can come and see you______________lunch time.
The conference is ______________July.
Did you have a good time ______________Christmas?
8. Could I help you ______________ your bag?
9. I’m looking forward ____________ seeing you in June.
10. In the competition, everyone fell ______________ the deep and dangerous water.
11. They have a meeting ___________ 6.30 and 9.30.
12. My mother often picks me ___________ from the school.
13. I’m going to invite my friends to come over ___________ dinner tonight.
14. Next summer, my family will have a vacation __________ Thailand and stay there ________ one week. 
III. There is one error in each sentence. Find and correct it.
Peter studied very hardly but his result in the last semester was not good.
Peter’s teacher asked his mother pay more attention to his study at home.
She buys him an alarm clock last week.
I’m going to being home late tonight.
The bookself is opposite to the picture.
There are some milk in the fridge.
These colour televisions are too expensive for we to buy at this time.
I don’t know what is he doing at the moment.
The shopkeeper asked the boys don’t lean their bikes against his window.
 Let’s stop to work for a while. I’m getting tired.
The armchair is in the living room, among the TV and the sofa.
Mr Nam used to travel a lot but now he didn’t.
IV. Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech, beginning as shown.
He is too young to go to school.
à He is not.
2. Her hair is long, straight and black.
à She has
3. He’d rather play soccer than tennis.
à He prefers
4. We have quite different characters.
à Our characters..
5. The water is so dirty that he can’t bathe his eyes.
à The water is not
6. I gave up smoking ten years ago.
à I used
7. John used to go on bare foot when he was a little boy.
à John often went.
8. He doesn’t play tennis as well as he used to.
à He used.
9. I walked to school in 20 minutes
à It took
10. When I was a child, I was afraid of ghost.
à I used.
11. It took him an hour to solve that exercise
à He solved...
12. Kate took two aspirins and then she felt a lot better.
à After taking
V. Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
I’ll lend you the book when I’ve finished (read) it.
Do you ever go (swim) in the sea?
They suggested (have) dinner in a Indian restaurant.
Would you like (go) out for a drink with me?
Would you mind (close) the window?
I nearly missed (catch) the bus.
Lan wants (become) a teacher
I normally try to avoid (borrow) money.
Robert gave up (play) football years ago.
I didn’t feel like (go) out last night, so I stayed at home
VI. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets.
I’ll make (arrange) for you to meet him at the airport.
Tuan (invitation) his friends to his house on Christmas Day
My (assist) will call you later.
What led to the (invent) of the telephone?
Mr. Pike runs his business very (success). His friends admire him.
My brother bought a new (fish) rod yesterday.
Their children have quite (difference) characters.
“Ao dai” is a (tradition) dress of Vietnam
My car has given me excellent (serve).
Who is the (own) of this black Merced?
VII. Make up sentences using the given words
Nam/ spend/ most/ free time/play soccer.
When/ we/ children/we/ used/ listen/ grandma’s old folktales/ dinner.
You/ tell me/ best ways/ learn new word?
Lan/ like/ cook/ meals/ but/ not like/ washing up.
Brother/ very good/ repair/ household/ appliances.
TETS-3
I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differrently from the others.
1. A. size B. sister C. sure D. see
2. A. shine B. time C. kind D. thin
3. A. we B. who C. weather D. warm
4. A. read B. ready C. beach D. speak
5. A. poor B. soon C. tooth D. school
6. A. butcher B. watch C. earache D. chest
II. Circle the best answer to complete the following sentences.
1. Please, hurry up, .you will be late.
A. and B. so C. or D. because
2. Mary is a student and Peter is, 
A. too B. not C. either D. so
3. All they have to do now ..to listen to the teacher
A. are B. is C. be D. will
4. Shall I bring you a glass of water ?
A. No B. No, thanks C. Let’s D. Let’s not
5. My mother ..she’s very busy.
A. says B. speaks C. talks D. tells
6. Buy a pair of glasses .., please.
A. me B. with me C. to me D. for me
III. Rewrite the following sentences using the cues.
1. Do you want me to help you ? (shall)
2. Shall we go to the zoo ? (Let’s)
3. My father will have dinner. After that he will watch T.V. (..first, then..)
4. Is there a garden in your house ? (have).
5. We must go now. (time)
6. My friend doesn’t have any stamps. (no)
7. Nam can speak English well. (able)
8. The sun is shining today. (sunny)
IV. Find and correct the mistakes in the following sentences.
1. Let’s going to the library at break
2. Nam never play games after school.
3. Would you like come over for dinner with me tonight.
4. There an interesting movie on at the moment in Sao Mai theater.
5. Minh often practices guitar in his free time.
6. I ofen watch the news on T.V after dinner meal.
7. Are you free tomorrow night?
8. Playing computer games are one of the most popular after-school activities of students now.
9. Don’t talk, please. I learn English now.
10. How are you feeling now ? – Very good.
11. Hurry up. I don’t want to lose the bus.
12. How much are a pair of scissors ?
13. The wall is wide 5 meters.
14. How high is Peter ?
15. The doctor says I have to drink an aspirin
V. Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. It’s a lovely day. The sun (shine) and the birds (sing).
2. What she usually (do) in the evening ? – She (play) games or (watch) T.V
3. My brother (be) 15 years old next Sunday.
4. Look! What they (do) ? – They (play) blindman’s bluff.
5 . Where (be) Minh? – He (practice) the piano in the classroom.
6. Let’s (go) to the movies tomorrow.
7. It’s Sunday tomorrow. What (you/do) ? – I (stay) at home and (listen) to music.
8. He often (study) in the school library.
9. We (not go) to the movies very often.
10. I (see) a movie next Saturday. You (go) with me ?
VI. Make questions for the underlined parts.
1. Vietnamese teenagers help old people by cleaning their yards or painting their houses.
2. Viet doesn’t want to go to my house because he has too many assignments.
3. It is Thursday tomorrow.
4. Lien’s brother is practicing the guitar now.
5. My uncle and I go to the tennis club once a week.
6. They will fly to Brazil next month.
7. We are going to visit the Natural Science Museum next weekend.
8. You should invite our former classmates to your birthday party.
9. Trung usually borrows his brother’s motorbike.
10. Our children have to do a lot of homework every day.
VII. Make sentences with the given words.
1. Let/ go/ cafeteria/ and/ get/ cold drink.
2. Lam/ be/ music room/ now/ and/ learn/ play/ guitar.
3. How often/ sister/ pratice/ piano/ Youth club ?
4. Tom/ spend/ most/ time/ lie/ couch/ front/ T.V.
5. If/ you/ tired/ watch/ TV/ come/ me.
6. You/ going/ sell/ house/ and/ move/ cappital ?
7. You/ like/ go/ movies/ me/ tonight ?
8. How/ father/ always/ travel/ work/ every day ?
9. Students/ learn/ present/ past/ events/ the world/ History.
10. Nam/ usually/ do/ experiments/ free time.
TETS-4
I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differrently from the others.
1. A. fun 
B. run 
C. sun 
D. music
2. A. orchestra 
B. chat
C. lunch
D. teacher
3. A. celebration
B. collection
C. education
D. question
4. A. relax
B. snack
C. area
D. atlas
5. A. receive 
B. score
C. scout
D. comics
6. A. rehearse
B. hour
C. household
D. horrible
II. Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Look! That plane (fly) toward the airport. It (land).
How often Lien (practice) the piano in the club ? – She (go) there twice a week.
I (not like) volleyball, so I (not learn) (play) it.
At present we (rehearse) a play. Nam (play) a flute (cay sao).
We (see) a movie tomorrow. You (join) us ?
What you (do) now ? – I (practice) (speak) English.
Children should (go) to bed early.
My brother enjoys (play) volleyball after school.
I’m reading books while my mother (cook).
 Take an umbrella. It (rain).
III. Fill in each blank a suitable word to complete the following passage.
	On Mother’s Day sons and daughters visit their mothers and bring (1). Flowers and little presents. The eldest son must .(2)..his mother a good cake. If sons and daughters can not be (3).. their mother on that day, they usually ..(4).. her presents.
	Mother’s Day must be a day of rest (5). the mother of the family, so her daughters ..(6)... the dinner on that day and lay the (7).. and the sons help to .(8).. the plates and dishes after dinner.
	In United States and Canada, Mother’s Day is the second Sunday in May. They have a .(9) beautiful stamp for Mother’s Day in the United States. It shows the portrait (buc chan dung) of the ..(10).. of James Whistler, one of the greatest American painters.
IV. Find and correct the mistakes in the following sentences.
Mrs. Brown eats a few fruit for breakfast.
I have less books in English than my classmates.
We are going to have a two-weeks summer vacation in Hue next month.
My uncle is a architect and he works in HCM City.
Do American students have more vacations a year than Vietnamese one ?
Long usually stays up lately to do his homwork.
How much hours does Hoa’s brother work a week ?
In the future robots do all the housework for me and you.
A farmer needs feeding the animals every day of the year.
 Mr. Thanh doesn’t live in the country, and we don’t, too.
 V. Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
My brother is a (study) at Vietnam National University, Ha Noi.
That (art) paints beautiful pictures
Ask the (library) if youcan borrow this book.
That (music) plays a lot of different instruments.
Lan’s brother is a (piano). He plays it very well.
I find working on the farm very (interest) I love it.
She works very (good) at school and at home.
I am (please) to hear good news about you.
We should help (home) people because they don’t have their home.
 I always (food) my dog and cat before my meals.
VI. Put one suitable preposition in each blank.
How many days.a week do you have ? – Only one-Sunday. I can stay home.Sunday.
My classes always start ..7.00 a.m. and finish11.30 a.m.
American students celebrate the New YearJanuary 1.
I always get up early.............the morning, so I’m never late ..............school
My mother retired. Now she stays home and takes care .......the family.
Students don’t have an easy life. They must work hard ...........school and .......home.
My father works all day. He has time to rest only........12..........1.p.m.
My mom likes doing social work. She and some women cook dinner..........homeless people once a week.
He always tries to spend time...............his children when he’s free.
What do you often do ..............Christmas Day ?
VII. Complete the second sentence so that it has te same meaning as the first one.
My dad works 40 hours a week and my mom works 45 hours a week.
à My dad works.............................................................................................
Lan has longer vacations than her uncle.
à Lan’s uncle..................................................................................................
Farmers don’t have as many days off as student.
à Farmers have...............................................................................................
Susan is freer than her husband.
à Her husband is ............................................................................................
I have more time off than my brother.
à My brother has .............................................................................................
No one in my class works as hard as Ba.
à Ba works.........................................................................................................
TETS-5
I. Complete the sentences with the best word in brackets.
1. Farmers have ..(few/ fewer/ more few) vacations than students.
2. I will have three days (of/ up/ off) next week.
3. I like to go to other cities .(in/ on/ at) holidays.
4. Farmers have to work .(hard/ hardly/ hardy) on their farms.
5. Independence day is a .(individual/ public/ common) holiday.
6. Our summer vacation .(last/ long/ lasts) for 3 months.
7. Vietnamese people always (spend/ use/ live) Tet holiday with their families, relatives, friends and also neighbors.
8. I often help my uncle clean his buffalo .(house/ cage/ shed).
9. My father works ten hours .(a day/ in a day/ in one day).
10. I have two pigs at home. I often .(food/ feed/ feeding) them in the morning and in the afternoon.
II. Make questions for the underlined parts.
Daisy’s father may travel to Spain on his holiday.
He likes to travel because he wants to go and see new places.
The weather is fine today.
The children can sing and dance well.
The shoes are fifty pence.
If she learns well, she will be able to have a good job.
My mother is 40 kilos heavy.
Mr and Mrs John are going to buy another house.
The buses to the city center run every fifteen minutes.
I’d like to go to Ha Long Bay for a holiday.
III. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets.
Coffee is not good for (grow) children.
This desk is 4 (foot) and two (inch) wide.
Mary has some (stamp) envelopes.
Tom ask his mother’s (permit) to go to the movies.
He’s (sleep), so he goes to bed.
I’m (worry) about my exam.
The students are always very (noise), they always do things (noise).
Look out! That crazy (drive) is going too fast!
I hope we have (sun) weather for our holidays.
I’d like a nice (juice) lemon.
IV. Use these words to make sentences.
He/ usually/ start/ work/ six o’clock/ morning/ and/ finish/ noon.
Farmers/ have/ little/ time off/ workers.
We/ often/ go/ country/ vacations.
What/ you/ do/ Thanksgiving Day?
We/ usually/ have/ party/ home.
She/ will/ travel/ the North/ because/ she/ have/ three-week vacation.
Our working day/ last/ eight hours.
How many/ public/ vacations/ year/ Vietnamese students/ have?
How many/ hours/ day/ he/ spend/ homework?
It/ take/ him/ three/ hours/ day.
Mai/ often/ help/ mother/ housework/ free time.
After/ work/ farm/ he/ always/ clean/ chicken coop/ and/ collect/ eggs.
V. Correct the mistakes in the following sentences.
1. My neighbors must having a lot of money because they’re always taking expensive trips.
2. We like to swim in the pool, and Henry does so.
3. I think I go out for a walk soon.
4. Hurry up! We don’t have many times before the train starts.
5. I don’t know what I’m doing tomorrow. I may don’t stay at home, I may go to the beach.
6. My younger sister always keeps her hands are clean.
7. Parents are always want their children learn well.
8. she doesn’t have something to do.
9. What beautiful your Christmas tree is!
10. You look very tiredly. Would you like me to make you a glass of lemon juice ?
VI. Complete the second sentence so that it has te same meaning as the first one.
I get to work in half an hour.
à It takes.
Do you have a cheaper coputer than this ?
 à Is this .?
How much is this dictionary ?
 à How much does ..?
It isn’t important for you to finish the work today.
à You don’t ...
There are over eight hundred stamps in Tim’s collection.
à T