PLACEMENT TEST - 8TH GRADE

1. Choose the word that has the underlined (letters) pronounced differently from the
others.
1. a. famous b. nervous c. dangerous d. mountain
2. a. town b. cow c. snow d. brown
3. a. spread b. disease c. health d. pleasure
4. a. flood b. good c. foot d. look
5. a. crop b. export c. shortage d. resort
2. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
1. a. community b. villagers c. diseases d. important
2. a. electricity b. instead c. decided d. enclose
3. a. shortage b. product c. technology d. manage
4. a. resurface b. knowledge c. technical d. export
5. a. suburb b. entertainment c. medical d. atmosphere
3. Fill in the blank with only ONE suitable word.
Mr. John gets up very early (1) .................... day. He washes his face and takes a quick
shower (2) .................... the mornings. His best friend, Bobby, also wakes up very early.
Mr. John (3) .................... the breakfast for both. They both (4) .................... like drinking
milk but they love eating meat. Then, Mr. John (5) .................... Bobby out to the park.
Mr. John (6) .................... a graphic designer. He (7) .................... an office worker. He (8)
.................... from home. He designs beautiful images for an advertising company. He (9)
.................... lunch (10) .................... half past twelve. Then he (11) .................... start
work immediately. He (12) .................... with Bobby instead. After Bobby’s favorite time,
he starts work again and (13) .................... in the evening. They both (14) ....................
meat for dinner and rest in the front of the TV. He always (15) .................... his favorite
TV show after dinner. He never misses it. They both go to bed late (16) ....................
night.
4. Choose the best answer.
1. He …… trying to pass his driving test but fails every time.
A. keeps B. kept C. is keeping D. had kept
2. He wonders why I never …… abroad by plane.
A. has traveled B. have been traveling
C. travel D. will have traveled
3. Kate …… her dog for a walk. Her brother …… it.
A. never takes/ always does B. never doesn’t take/ always does
C. never take/ does always D. never don’t take/ always do
4. (have) …… the car keys? - No.
A. You do have B. Are you having C. Have you D. Do you have
5. I suppose as we live in a very rural area, we are lucky that a train service actually ……
here.
A. takes B. works C. functions D. operates

5. Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct tense.

1. The train (arrive) ……………………………. at 12:30.

2. We (have) ……………………………. dinner at a seaside restaurant on Sunday.

3. It (snow) ……………………………. in Brighton tomorrow evening.

4. On Friday at 8 o’clock I (meet) ……………………………. my friend.

5. John (fly) ……………………………. to London on Monday morning.

6. Wait! I (drive) ……………………………. you to the station.

7. The English lesson (start) ……………………………. at 8:45.

8. Are you still writing your essay? If you (finish) ……………………………. by 4 pm,
we can go for a walk.

9. You’re carrying too much. I (open) ……………………………. the door for you.

10. Look at the clouds – it (rain) ……………………………. in a few minutes.

6. Choose the best options to complete the following sentences.

1. The man __________ in the accident was taken to the hospital.
A. was injured B. injures C. injured D. injuring
2. This Temple was built 100 years ago to __________ a Hindu God.
A. present B. explain C. express D. honor
3. Vietnam is __________ country.
A. an exporting-rubber B. a rubber-exported
C. a rubber-exporting D. an exported-rubber
4. Are you free to __________ for dinner this evening?
A. come across B. come over C. go over D. go across
5. While we __________ to school, we __________ an accident.
A. were walking / saw B. walking / seeing
C. were walking/ were seeing D. walked/ were seeing
6. Compose is a wonderful natural __________. It helps plants grow.
A. sandal B. fertilizer C. glassware D. metal
7. This book __________ to the library today.
A. has to return B. has to been returned C. has to be returned D. has is returned
8. Mai is talking about her __________ for Tet holiday.
A. prepare B. prepared C. preparing D. preparation
9. Angkor Wat should really be known __________ a wonder of the world.
A. like B. so C. as D. alive
10. Simon __________ in class for 3 days.
A. isn't B. won't be C. wasn't D. hasn't been
11. These beautiful pictures __________ from recycle paper,
A. made B. make C. are made D. is made
7. Use FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) to write one compound sentence
using the two simple sentences.

1. Mark drove to visit his friend. They went out for dinner. (Show a sequence of events)

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2. Linda thinks she should go to school. She wants to get qualifications for a new
profession. (Provide a reason)

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3. David invested a lot of money in the business. The business went bankrupt.

- Show an unexpected result

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4. John didn't understand the homework assignment. He asked the teacher for help. (Show
an action taken based on a reason)

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5. The students didn't prepare for the test.They didn't realize how important the test was.
(Give a reason)

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6. Sue thinks she should stay home and relax. She also thinks she should go on vacation.
(Show additional information)

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7. The doctors looked at the x-rays. They decided to operate on the patient. (Show an
action taken based on a reason)

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8. We went out on the town. We came home late. (Show a sequence of events)

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9. Tim flew to London to visit his Uncle. He also wanted to visit the National Museum.
(Show addition)

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10. It is sunny. It is very cold. (Show a contrast)

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8. Choose the one option - a, b, c or d - that best completes the passage.

The world is divided (1)............... two main parts: one part is poor and the (2)...............is
rich. The poor countries (3).............. 'the developing countries'. The big problem that they
have to (4)..................is lack of food and medical care. A lot of people do not have
(5).................food to eat and medicine to cure illnesses. In some parts, children are
(6).................. starving. The land of those countries is (7)............ cultivate anything on.
They do not know (8)................new farming Methods as well as inventions and
discoveries of science and technology. (9)..................,they do not have enough money to
do it. They certainly need help from (10)...............countries.

1 . a. into b. to c. in d. from

2. a. another b. other c. others d. one

3. a. call b. have called c. called d. are called

4. a. meet b. discuss c. encounter d. do

5. a. very b. too c. many d. enough

6. a. even b. also c. such d. all

7. a. poor enough to b. so poor as to c. enough poor to d. too poor to

8. a. applying b. to apply c. how to apply d. how applying

9. a. However b. Moreover c. Therefore d. As a result

10. a. rich b. the rich c. another rich d. a rich