Unit 2 Tiếng anh 8 chương trình mới

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Trên con đường thành công không bao giờ có dấu chân của kẻ lười biếng! 1

UNIT 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE (CUỘC SỐNG Ở MIỀN QUÊ)

I Phonetics: /bl/ and /cl/

II Vocabulary

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EX3: Choose the right phrase:

EX4: Fill each blank with a word/ phrase:

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EX4: Fill in the blanks with the correct words or phrases matching with the verbs Maybe some verbs can be used more than once.

1 ride:

2 collect:

3 pick:

4 herd:

5 put up:

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EX5: Match a word in column A with its definition in column B, writing the answer in each blank.

have to be done regularly at home

earning a living all the time

_ 9 dairy products I a field or land covered with grass, where cattle

can feed

EX6: Fill in each blank with the correct word from the box.

1 Several people were flying _ on the field

2 Russia is a _ country with a lot of natural resources

3 My brother is learning to a horse at the moment

4 Farmers often leave the rice in the sun to

5 They _ the buffalo-drawn cart with hay

6 Farmers always need extra help with the

7 Local people are turning _ into farmland

8 A is a type of box that people use for keeping bees in

9 Is it _ to meet you at the moment?

10 My uncle raises a herd of _ on his farm

III Speaking

TOPIC 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE

*Talk about the life in the countryside:

*I think, the countryside has benefits that a boring person would never discover.

There are so much space We can run around the vast field and shout out loud without disturbing anybody

We can swim in the river, go fishing or collec vegetables in the afternoon or in the summer Morever, we can enjoy the fresh air and peaceful space They bring us a good mental

Life in the countryside is intersting.

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*Câu hỏi gợi ý

1 Where do you live ?

Hello, my name is …… I live in ……… with my parents My father is a ……… My mother is

a …………

2 Do you like living in the city or in the countryside ?

I like living in the countryside I often visit my grandmother It is intersting to live there because there are so much space We can run around the vast field and shout out loud without disturbing anybody We can swim in the river, go fishing or collect vegetables in the afternoon or in the summer.

However, there is no internet to surf for my projects and studying There is no shops to buy somethings It takes a lot of time because shops are far away Besides, there’s almost nothing

to do at night No nightclubs, no bars and no amusement parks

3 Why do you like living there?

4 Talk about the things you like and dislike about life in the city

You should say :

The facilities there

The people there

The environment there

IV GRAMMAR: COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES and ADVERBS

A/ Equality :

S + V + AS +ADJ/ ADV +AS + S

B./ Inequality:

S + (NOT V) + AS +ADJ/ ADV +AS + S

S + V + LESS ADJ/ ADV + THAN + S

C/ Comparatives:

Tính từ ngắn: S + V + ADJ/ADV- ER + THAN + S2

Tính từ dài: S + V + MORE + ADJ/ ADV + THAN + S2

D/ Superlatives :

Tính từ ngắn:

S + V + THE ADJ –EST + N + in + Place

Tính từ dài:

S +V + THE MOST +ADJ + N + of + people/ things

Note:

- So sánh các tính từ đặc biệt: good → better/ the best;

bad → worse/ the worst;

little → less/ the least;

many → more/ the most;

far → farther/ further/

the farthest/ the furthest

- Tính từ phủ định:

good bad, interesting boring easy difficult, young old

big small,

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EX7: Complete the sentences, using the comparative form of the adjectives in the box.

1 An elephant is _ a mouse

2 The weather today is it was yesterday

3 A diamond costs a lot of money A diamond is a ruby

4 A lake is _ an ocean

5 A person can think logically A person is an animal

6 Good health is _ money

7 I can buy a bicycle, but not a motorbike A bicycle is _ a motorbike

8 The last question is _ the others

9 I think my second essay is the first There were many mistakes in the first essay

10 The food in a street market is than in a supermarket

EX8: Use the adjectives in brackets in their correct forms of comparison to complete the sentences.

1 Tea is _ coffee (cheap)

2 The new harvest machine is than the old one (effective)

3 The countryside is the town (beautiful)

4 A tractor is a buffalo (powerful)

5 My sister is me (tall)

6 Blue whales are _ elephants (heavy)

7 The Mekong River is the Red River (long)

8 Do you think English is French in grammar? (easy)

9 My new bed is my old bed (comfortable)

10 The film about my village town is than the book (interesting)

EX9: Complete the sentences with suitable forms of the adverbs given in the brackets.

1 I am faster worker than Tom is (fast)

I work

2 Mai’s singing is more beautiful than Mi’s (beautifully)

Mai sings

3 We were earlier at the party than the Smiths last night (early)

We arrived _

4 Phong’s voice is louder than Nick’s (loudly)

Phong speaks

5 My English is more fluent than my sister’s (fluently)

I speak English

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V READING

EX10: Choose the item among A, B, C or D that best answers the question about the passage.

Living in the country is something that people from the city often dream about However, in reality, it has both advantages and disadvantages

There are certainly many advantages to living in the country First, you can enjoy peace and quietness Moreover, people tend t be friendlier A further advantage is that there is less traffic, so it

is safer for young children

However, there are certain disadvantages or drawbacks to life outside the city First, because there are fewer people, you are likely to have few friends In addition, entertainment is difficult to find, particularly in the evening Furthermore, the fact that there are fewer shops and services means that it is hard to find jobs

In short, it can be seen that the country is more suitable for some people than others On the whole, it is often the best for those who are retired or who have young children In contrast, young people who have a career are better provided in the city

1 According to the passage, living in the country has _

2 How many advantages does living in the country have?

3 Living in the country is safer for young children because _

4 Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A.People in the country tend to be friendlier than people in the city

B It’s hard to find entertainment in the country

C There are fewer shops and services in the country

D The country is only suitable for retired people

5 Having few friends is _

A one of drawbacks to life in the country

B the only disadvantage to living in the country

C one of certain drawbacks to life outside the city

D one of certain advantages to life outside the city

EX11: Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word.

The country is (1) beautiful than a town and pleasant to live in Many people think

so, and go to the country (2) _ the summer holiday although they can’t live (3) _ all the year round Some have a cottage built in a village (4) _ that they can go there whenever they (5) find the time

English villages are not all alike, but (6) some ways they are not very different

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from (7) _ other Almost every village (8) a church, the round or square tower of which can (9) seen from many miles around Surrounding the church is the church yard, (10) _ people are buried

VI Writing

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I) Choose the words/ phrases that do not go with the verb.

II) Complete the following sentences with the correct words with the cluster /bl/ or /kl/ from the table, and then read aloud the sentences.

1 She often dressed in _

2 Her hands were with cold

3 on the mouse to choose the correct answers

4 Some people the changes in the climate on pollution

5 The heart pumps _ around the body

6 We are working in an office _

7 Are you a member of the football _?

8 The _ is five minutes fast

9 They invited only friends to the party

10 She was wearing new

III) Fill in each blank with the correct adjective from the box.

11 Nick looks very funny – today he is wearing a _ shirt

12 It will be very for me to have no bicycle

13 Last Sunday our class visited a _ village near our school

14 The dentist asked me to try to be because it might hurt me a little

15 People have cut down trees in a/an area of forest this year

16 On the Gobi Highland we can find several tribes living on raising cattle

17 The life is usually and quiet in the countryside

18 Is it to drink water from this river?

19 After he retired, he leads a _ life in his home village

20 Many years ago my village was very poor and the living conditions were so _

REVISION

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IV) Fill in each blank with the appropriate form of the word in brackets.

21 There is a of books on the shelf (collect)

22 It is very for people in remote areas to get to hospitals (convenience)

23 He is very _ with his hands (skill)

24 It is said that water collected from the local stream is to drink (safe)

25 We want _ relations with all countries (friend)

26 I like to eat , so I eat a lot of fruits and vegetables every day (health)

V) Complete the sentences, using the comparative form of the adverbs from the correspondent adjectives in the brackets.

32 It usually rains _ in Central Viet Nam than in other regions (heavy)

33 I will have to try a bit than this (hard)

34 The hall was lighted than the corridors (bright)

35 Times goes by _ when we are busy (quick)

36 Our family has lived in the country than in the town since last year (happy)

37 The boys were playing the game than the girls (noisy)

38 This task can be completed _ than that one (easy)

39 A tractor can plough than a buffalo or a horse (good)

VI) Complete the sentences, using the comparative form of the adverbs from the correspondent adjectives in the box.

40 A baby can sleep than an adult

41 People in the country eat _ than people in the city

42 Our grandparents got dressed _ than we do nowadays

43 Nick speaks English _ than I do

44 That old lady donates _ than her family members

45 City people seem to apply modern techniques _ than country people

46 The scientist talked about the future of young people in the country than local

people

47 The paddy fields in my village were _ affected by the floods than the next

village

VII)Complete the sentences with suitable forms of the adverbs given in the brackets.

48 Nick is a careful writer than Phuc (carefully)

Nick writes essays

49 A snail is slower than a crab (slowly)

A snail moves _

50 My father’s explanation about the subject was clearer than my brother’s (clearly)

My father explained the subject

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51 My cousin is a better singer than I am (well)

My cousin sings

52 Phong is a faster swimmer than Phuc (fast)

Phong swims

VIII) Choose the item among A, B, C or D that best answers the question about the passage.

The country is more beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in Many people think so, and go to the country for the summer holidays though they cannot live there all the year round Some have a cottage built in a village so that they can go there whenever they can find the time English villages are not all alike, but in some ways they are not very different from one another Almost every village has a church, the round or square tower of which can be seen from many miles around Surrounding the church is the church yard, where people are buried

The village green is a wide stretch of grass, and houses or cottages are built round it Country life

is now fairly comfortable and many villages have running water brought through pipes into each house Most villages are so close to some small towns that people can go there to buy what they can’t find in the village shops

53 When do city people often go to the country?

54 What is the advantage of city people when they have a cottage built in the village?

A They can have their houses rented

B They can go to the country at weekends

C They can go to the country whenever they can find the time

D All are correct

55 What is the common feature of English villages?

A They have a church

B They have a church with a tall tower, and a village green

C They have a village green

D They have running water

56 What is NOT mentioned in the life of English villages?

A The village

green

water

D The Internet

57 What can villagers do when their villages are close to small towns?

A They can go there to buy whatever they want

B They can go there to buy cheaper things

C They can go there to buy what is not found in the village shops

D They can go there to buy luxury goods

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