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GRADE VIII ENGLISH MID TERM TEST

Instruction!Write your Identity below!

NAME DATE OCTOBER 3rd, 2015

CLASS DAY SATURDAY

ST. NUMBER TIMESCORE

09 : 00 WIB – 10 : 00 WIB

A. Read this text carefully and then change the verbs below with the right form and answer the questions follow!

Peter (1...............to be) the youngest in our family. He (2...............to be) fourteen years old and four years younger than me. Our family consists of four members, my father, mother, I and my younger brother, Peter. He (3................have) long, straight hair, bright eyes and a friendly smile.

Sometimes he (4......................to be) rather naughty at home, but he usually (5......................do) what someone asks to do.Peter is interested in sports very much, and at school, he (6......................play) football and tennis. He can (7.....................play) volley ball and tennis well. He is the best badminton player in our family. He often (8.....................get) some rewards as the best badminton player in Junior High School level.

 (sumber: title descriptive, pegangan guru untuk SMP/MTS oleh Bachtiar Bima Mustriana, 2009, PT Intan Pariwara)

Vocabularies: Young: muda, long: panjang, straight: lurus, hair: rambut, bright: cerah, friendly: ramah, rather: agak, naughty: nakal, interested: tertarik, player: pemain.

Answer these questions below according to the text above!

1.      How old is Peter? He is …............. years old.2.      The writer is ….................... years old.3.      Based on the text, who is older “Peter or Writer”?

I think I am .....................(old) than Peter.4.      He is the . . . . . . . . (good) badminton player at school.5.      According to the text, the type of the text is . . . . . . . . . .. 6.      He gets some . . . . . . . . . . . . as the best volley ball and badminton player.7. The generic structures of the text are:

a. ............................................... b. ...............................................

B. Read   the text carefully and then choose the verbs form in brackets with the right form by circle it in each number!

MY VACATION

The holiday had (1. came/comed/come), it was a few weeks ago. At first, I (2. have/had/has) no ideas how to (3. spent/spended/spend) my free time. I had no plan because I (4. know/known/knew) my parents (5. was/is/were) very busy. My father was finishing his project, while my mother had to take care my little sister. She was just five months.

  Luckily, one of my friends, Zaki, didn’t (6. has/have/had) any plans either. So he (7. come/comes/came) to my house nearly every day during the holiday. We (8. do/does/did) a lot of things.

On the first day, we (9. go/went/gone) around the city by motorcycle. We stopped by at some malls in the city and enjoyed window shopping.

  The next day I (10. think/thinked/thought) Zaki how to play volleyball. It took three days for him to be able to do the service well.

We spent the last two days by visiting museum in our city: Ronggowarsito and Mandala Bakti museum. We learnt a lot of from the things displayed in the museum.

Answer the questions based on its text correctly!

1. The type of the text above is .............................. text.2. The writer had no idea to spend his holiday because his parents ..................... too busy.

3. They spent their holiday on the last two days in ...........................................

4. Zaki can play volley ball ...........................(good) than the writer.

C. Write the sentences below into Indonesian correctly!

1. Excuse me. Can you help me to lift this table to my bedroom?

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2. Don’t worry. I will help you to clean up this room.

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D. Write the sentences below into English correctly!

1. Jika Kezea dibandingkan dengan John, maka Kezealah yang lebih tinggi darinya.

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2. Valencia itu sama cantiknya dengan Valeria.

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