Đề cương học kỳ I tiếng Anh 8

Đề cương học kỳ I tiếng Anh 8 (từ Unit 1 đến Unit 8) giúp học sinh tự học và luyện tập thêm Tiếng Anh tại nhà. Ngoài ra thầy cô cũng có thể tải về để dạy thêm chương trình tiếng Anh lớp 8 cho học sinh.

seem + adjective

Ex : You seem happy.

You look happy.

5 happy (adj) : sung sướng, hạnh phúc

Hoa

Lan

67 overweight (adj) : quá trọng lượng

 introductory (adj)

91 Mars (n) : sao hỏa

93 big (adj) : to lớn ≠ small (adj) : nhỏ

94 strong (adj) : mạnh ≠ weak (adj) : yếu

“ S + V (be) + Adj / Adv + enough + for + N / pro + to infinitive”

1 The house is large My family can live in it

=> The house is large enough for my family to live in

2 The restaurant is good He comes so often

6 Are you very tall ? Can you reach the ceiling ?

=> Are you tall enough to reach the ceiling?

7 My sister is old She can drive a car

II Rewrite the following sentences, using “ENOUGH”

1 He is too young to go to school

=> He isn’t old enough to go to school

2 She is too weak to carry that suitcase

5 The man is too old to walk

=>The man isn’t ………

6 The shirt is too small for him to wear

=> The shirt isn’t ………

* TOO + ADJECTIVE + TO INFINITIVE

III Rewrite the sentences : “Too + adjective + to infinitive”

1 I’m very tired I can’t go to school today

=> I am too tired to go to school today.

2 He is short He can’t reach the picture

=> He is too

3 They arrived very late They didn’t see the beginning of the film

=> They arrived too

4 I’m full I can’t eat anything more

IV Rewrite the following sentences, using “so + adjective + that + …”

1 The cake was too hot for her to eat

=> The cake was so hot that she couldn’t eat it

2 The bag was too heavy for Kenvin to carry

=> The bag was so ………

3 The weather was too bad for us to go for a picnic

=> The weather was so ………

4 The tree is too high for me to climb

=> The tree is so ………

5 The water was too cold for them to swim in

=> The water was so ………

* SUCH + (a / an) + ADECTIVE + noun + THAT

V Rewrite the following sentences, using “such + a / an + Adj + noun + that …”

1 The film was so interesting that we saw it twice

=> It was such an interesting film that we saw it twice

2 The car was so expensive that he couldn’t buy it

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE (thì hiện tại đơn)

Does + he, she, it + Verb (bare infinitive) ?

=> Diễn tả 1 thói quen ở hiện tại, hay 1 hành động thường được lặp đi lặp lại (always, often, usually, every)

Ex : She often goes to school on foot

I always get up early

=> Diễn tả 1 sự thật hiển nhiên

Ex : The sun rises in the east.

Bees make honey

Most rivers flow into the sea

You are = You’re

They are = They’re

Exercises

1 He always (go) to school every morning

2 They (be) often late for school

3 She often (have) bread and milk for breakfast

4 They usually (spend) their weekend on a farm

5 She (cry) because she (miss) her parents

6 He is not rich He (earn) his living by selling fruits

7 The man is a butcher He (sell) meat

8 It often (rain) in June

9 How many floors your school ? (have)

10 My school (have) four floors

11 Every morning, I (get) up at 5.30

12 She (brush) her teeth, (wash) her face

13 They (go) to school at 6.30 every day

14 Those lamps (be) small

15 She (watch) television every day

16 Nam (listen) to music every day

17 He (play) volleyball after school

18 She (do) the homework every evening

19 I (get) up at 5.00 every morning

20 .you sports? (play)

21 .she her face? (wash)

22 I (not / go) to school on Sunday

23 Lan (not / get) up at six

24 What time he (go) to schhol?

25 Where she ? (live)

26 What you (have) for lunch?

27 Nga often (read) books every evening

28 My father (work) in a factory

29 There (be) a store near my house

30 Lan (live) on Hung Vuong Street

SIMPLE PAST TENSE (thì quá khứ đơn)

- yesterday (ngày hôm qua)

- last week / month / year … (tuần / tháng / năm … trước)

- ago (cách đây)

Ex : I watched television last night

He went to Vung Tau two weeks ago

He didn’t come to the party yesterday

My parents didn’t buy any souvenirs

Did you listen to music last night?

Yes, I did / No, I didn’t

Cách phát âm “ed”

/ id / : sau các động từ tận cùng là âm t và d

Ex : wanted , needed

/ t / : sau các động từ tận cùng bằng các âm : k , ss, sh, ch, p, f, ce, x

Ex : worked, missed, washed, watched, hoped, laughed, place d , fixed , used

/ d / : sau các động từ tận cùng bằng các âm còn lại (a,e,I,o,u, b,g,l,m,n,v,z,th …)

Ex : raised , tried , joined , failed , pleased , weighed

TO BE : was / were

I / He / She / It  was / wasn’t

We / You / they  were / weren’t

Exercises

Put the verbs in the simple past tense

1 The seafood (be) ……….very delicious

2 Hoa (receive) ……….a letter from her penpal Tim yesterday

3 I (go) ………to the movie theater last night

4 Liz (return) ……….to Nha Trang from Nha Trang two days ago

5 He (take) ……… his children to the zoo last Sunday

6 The children (be) ……….in the park five minutes ago

7 I (meet) ……….her at the movie theater last night

8 Yesterday he (go) ……….to school by bus

9 What …………you ………… (do) yesterday morning?

10 Two years ago, she (teach) ……….at a village school

11 My father (buy) ………a new car two months ago

12 He (not / come) ………to the meeting last week

13 ……….you ………… (watch) television last night?

14 She (live) ……… in Hue last year

15 They (perform) ………”Romeo and Juliet” last Sunday

Change into negative form and interrogative form

1 My father decorated the Christmas tree

TEST 1

I Choose the word / phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in each sentence

1 you like to go to the theater with us ?

2 Are you interested ancient monuments ?

3 Are you free Tuesday ?

4 He can speak English very well and can his sister

5 I received a letter your aunt last week

6 a nice dress !

7 We enjoy around the world

A travel B to travel C traveled D traveling

8 His idea is quite different mine

9 I live 101 Hung Dao Vuong street

10 He is not get married

A enough old to B enough old for C old enough to D old enough for

II Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage

Nien was Hoa’s next-door neighbor (11) Hue She is very beautiful She has big brown eyes and a lovely smile Last week, she (12) _ to Ha Noi to visit Hoa They traveled around the city and saw a lot (13) interesting places Nien thinks Ha Noi is (14) _ but so noisy

and busy, so she doesn’t like to live there

14 A beauty B beautiful C beautifully D beautify

III Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting

15 Mr Binh is a very carefully driver

IV Word form :

19 Lan always cycles to school (quick)

22 She plays the piano (beautiful)

23 The children are always _ (noise)

25 Steel is very for building (use)

26 When being a child, she received a good (educate)

V Use the correct tense or form of the verb given in each sentence

27 Hoa (live) _ in Hue last year

28 Last week, she (go) _ to Ha Noi

29 Would you like (go) to the movies ?

30 They enjoy (play) _ football for their school team

31 My sister is old enough (go) to school by herself

32 I (receive) a letter from my friend yesterday

33 Most rivers (flow) into the sea

34 Bees (make) _ honey

35 Don’t (talk) _ in class !

36 She (meet) her old friends tonight

VI Read the passage, then decide if the statements that follow it are True or False

Hang is fourteen years old She is a pretty girl with long black hair She goes to school

five days a week and usually goes swimming with some friends on Saturday mornings

She lives in a large house with her mother, father and younger brother at 2/34 Nguyen Trai Street.

Hang has a lot of friends Of all her friends, Nga and Thuy are the ones she spends most of her time with They are all like listening to music and playing sports in their free time

38 She goes to school 7 days a week

39 She lives at 2/34 Nguyen Trai Street

40 She lives with her parents in a small house

VII Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as the sentence printed before it

41 Let’s play badminton

=> He is a _

TEST 2

I Choose the word / phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in each sentence

1 How _ is it from Hue to Da Nang ?

2 Are you scared _ seeing the dentist ?

3 His wife is _ than his sister

A very pretty B prettier C most pretty D more prettier

4 _ handsome he is !

5 It’s very nice _ you to say so

6 How much time did you _ on your homework ?

7 He was born _15th January

8 My family will be at home _ Christmas

9 It’s _ to meet you

A a pleasure B please C pleasure D All are correct

10 I _ a letter from my old friend last week

II Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting

11 What about goes to the movies ?

IV Word form :

23 Everybody works _ in the local library (quiet)

24 Song is a school’s star soccer _ (play)

V Use the correct tense or form of the verb given in each sentence

25 The sun (rise) in the east

26 It (be) _ often hot in the summer

27 He enjoys (listen) _ to music

28 Lan is fond of (read) _ story book

29 Ba (clean) _ the room yesterday

30 I (go) _ to Hue last year

31 Nam is old enough (drive) _ a car

32 I would like (eat) fish and chicken

33 Ly (play) _ badminton at the moment

34 My father (buy) _ a new car next week

VI Read the passage, then decide if the statements that follow it are True or False

Do you have any close friends? I think everybody at least has one close friend in their life And so do I I have two close friends, Hanh and Mai We are in the same class at the primary school, and then secondary school We are also neighbors so we spend most of our time in learning and playing together Hanh is a beautiful girl with big black eyes and an oval rosy face She is an intelligent student who is always at the top of the class She likes reading, and sheoften goes to the library whenever she has free time

35 Everybody at least has one close friend in their life _

38 Hanh often goes to the library in her free time _

VII Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as the sentence printed before it

39 I like drinking orange juice

=> Your hair _

TEST 3

I Choose the word / phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in each sentence

1 I prefer tea coffee

2 I live _ Le Loi street

3 Jakarta is the capital of _

A Indonesia B Malaysia C Thailand D Singapore

4 Summer is than Fall, isn’t it ?

5 Susan and I were home six o’clock yesterday evening

6 is it from Ha Noi to Ho Chi Minh City ?

A How often B How far C How long D How much

7 I find Peter is not communicative He’s rather in public

8 My parents always stay with us Christmas Day

9 What does your friend look _?

10 We spend time volunteer work

II Word form :

11 People in my country are very warm and (friend)

12 She looks more _ than her sister (beauty)

14 I love the _ of summer evenings in the countryside (peaceful)

15 Nam is very _ in picture books (interest)

III Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting

17 He is strong enough to can play football

IV Use the correct tense or form of the verb given in each sentence

21 Lan enjoys (play) ……… the piano

22 Can you help me (do) ………this exercise ?

23 My younger sister likes (watch) ……… TV

24 Nga hates (read) ……….novels

25 Let me (do) ……….it for you

26 She told me (take) ……….these books to her house

27 At present they (travel) ……… in London

28 Look ! The cat (try) ……….to climb that tall tree

V Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage

I am lucky enough (29) have a lot of friends Of all my friends, Bao, Khai, and Song are the ones I (30) _ most of my time with Each of us, however, has a different character.

Bao is the most (31) _ He is also extremely kind and generous He spends his free time (32) _volunteer work at a local orphanage, and he is a hard-working student who always gets good (33) _ Unlike Bao, Khai and Song are quite (34) _in public Both boys enjoy school, but they prefer to be (35) _ the classroom Song is our school’s star soccer player, and Khai likes the peace and (36) _ of the local library I am not as outgoing as Bao, but I enjoy telling jokes My friends usually enjoy my sense of (37) _ However, sometimes

my jokes annoy them

_ (38) we have quite different characters, the four of us are very close friends

31 A selfish B happy C worried D sociable

34 A kept B selfish C generous D reserved

38 A But B No matter C Although D Despite

VI Read the passage, then decide if the statements that follow it are True or False

This is my close-friends’ picture They are Tuong, Hanh, Ha and Nghia

Only Tuong is from Ha Noi He has curly black hair and a square face with a wide mouth He is very generous and humorous Nghia is not as tall as Tuong but very sporty and helpful He has been the badminton champion for years at his school Ha is the oldest but the smallest She is Hanh’s relative sister She is kind and hard-working Thus, she is good at both Mathematic and English She often goes to English club every Sunday The last one is Hanh She has long hair with beautiful eyes but a little bit reserved and shy in public However, she sings very well I took this picture when we were singing karaoke at my home last weeekend

41 Hanh has long hair with beautiful eyes

VII Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as the sentence printed before it

43 She is too young to drive a car

=> She isn’t _ (enough)

44 That horse will never win a race because it doesn’t run fast

=> That horse doesn’t _ (enough)

45 The gate is too high for me to reach

=> I am not _ (enough)

46 I am not as tall as my brother

 to make arrangements : sắp xếp, thu xếp

3 public telephone (n) : điện thoại công cộng

4 address book (n) : sổ ghi địa chỉ

5 mobile phone (n) : điện thoại di động

= hand phone = cell phone

6 telephone directory (n) : danh bạ điện thoại

7 answering machine (n) : máy tự động trả lời điện thoại

10 downstairs (adv) : ở tầng dưới, ở dưới lầu

11 upstairs (adv) : ở tầng trên, ở trên lầu

13 I’m afraid (exp) : tôi e rằng

24 conversation (n) : cuộc nói chuyện, bài hội thoại

32 junior high school (n) : trường THCS

 to leave a message : để lại tin nhắn

41 to experiment (v) : làm thí nghiệm

42 to transmit (v) : truyền, phát (thanh, hình)

 transmission (n) : sự truyền hình, sự phát thanh

45 lead – led – led (v) : dẫn dắt

49 to come up with (exp) : nghĩ ra, nãy ra …

51 to introduce (v) : giới thiệu

 introduction (n)

 introductory (adj)

52 to demonstrate (v) : trình bày, trình diễn

 demonstrative (adj)

54 exhibition (n) : cuộc triển lãm, trưng bày

 to exhibit (v) : triển lãm, trưng bày

55 commercial (adj) : thuộc về thương mại, buôn bán

58 successfully (adv) : một cách thành công

59 to be in use (exp) : được dùng

Write

62 delivery service (n) : dịch vụ giao hàng

64 delivery (n) : sự phân phát, việc giao hàng

69 stationery order (n) : hàng văn phòng phẩm đặt trước

71 to come over (exp) : ghé qua

72 to pick someone up (exp) : đón ai

Language focus

77 action movies (n) : phim hành động

81 outside (adv) : bên ngoài

B GRAMMAR

* NEITHER ….NOR (không ……mà cũng không)

Ex : The hotel is neither spacious nor comfortable

(Khách sạn đó không rộng rãi mà cũng không tiện nghi.)

She neither smiled, spoke, nor looked at me

(Cô ta chẳng cười, chẳng nói và cũng chẳng nhìn tôi.)

Deaf-mute can neither speak nor hear

( Người vừa câm vừa điếc không thể nói mà cũng không thể nghe.)

* FUTURE INTENTION WITH “ Be going to…”

Diễn tả một dự định trong tương lai, một việc đã có sự sắp xếp sẳn

BE GOING TO + VERB

1 Affirmative form

Subject + am / is / are + going to + verb (bare infinitive)

Ex : I am going to study English ( = I will study English.)

( = I intend to study English.)

2 Negative form

Subject + am / is / are + not + going to + verb (bare infinitive)

Ex : He is not going to study Spanish

3 Interrogative form

Am / Is / Are + subject + going to + verb (bare infinitive) + ?

Ex : Are you going to study English?

TEST 1

I Choose the word / phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in each sentence

1 The final examination will be held June 12th, 2006

2 The boy looks very proud his success at school

3 Did your children enjoy in the sea ?

4 Egypt is famous ancient pyramids

5 Would you like a message ?

6 Our friends meet us at the airport tonight

7 You can call me when you are out by using

A public telephone B address book C answering machine D telephone directory

8 You can use a to receive message when you are out

A public phone B automobile C telephone directory D answering machine

9 I want to talk to Tony in England, I am going to

10 I am going the movie at 8 this evening

II Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting

11 I strongly believe that friends plays a very important role in our life

III Word form :

15 I have to use an machine to receive messages while I’m out (answer)

16 I made to play chess with Minh this afternoon (arrange)

17 She is going to stay home to watch TV tonight because there is a/an _ (interest) movie on

18 There was still no _ on what to do next (agree)

IV Use the correct tense or form of the verb given in each sentence

19 They (visit) _ us next weekend

20 Let’s _ (go) to the movies tonight

21 She is going (meet) us in the supermarket

22 We usually (go) _ to the library three times a week

23 Would you like (come) to dinner tomorrow ?

24 Alexander Graham Bell (introduce) _ the telephone in 1876

25 I have to (help) _ my parents

26 Can I (speak) to Hoa, please?

V Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space

Tom : Hello, Sam What (27) ?

Sam : I am (28) _TV Do you want to go out?

Tom : I can’t I am going to a (29) _ party tonight

Sam : Are you? Usually, we go out together (30) _Saturday nights.

Tom : I know That’s (31) I’m phoning I invite you (32) the party Can you come?Sam : Hmm I’m not (33) _ I’m really tired I need some sleep

Tom : Oh, come on I (34) _like going to parties on my own

27 A doing B you doing C do you doing D are you doing

28 A seeing B looking C watching D hearing

29 A a birth B birthday C birthdate D All are correct

VI Read the passage, then decide if the statements that follow it are True or False

Nowadays, you don’t need to be at home or at the office to use the phone You can carry

a mobile phone in your pocket or keep one in your car With a mobile phone, anyone who can talk and walk can also phone and walk You don’t have to look for a pay phone to make a call anymore Now you can take your calls with you everywhere

36 Nowadays, you have to be at home or at the office to use the phone

37 If you have a mobile phone, you can phone and walk

38 Now you can take your calls with you everywhere

VII Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as the sentence printed before it

39 His hair is short and black

46 She is so short that she can’t reach the top of the wardrobe

=> She is not _ (enough)

TEST 2

I Choose the word / phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in each sentence

1 You had better not go out _ a walk It’s very cold

2 I go to school _ foot every day

3 We _ two new fishing rods yesterday

4 Can I speak _ Hoa, please ?

5 He is a wonderful He has broken two records so far

6 The woman asks her children not to go because of the cold weather

A outside B upstairs C inside D downstairs

7 Would you like a message ?

A to leave B leave C leaving D left

8 I’d like to make a _ to 856943, please ?

9 David’s in the bathroom He can’t _ the phone

10 She _ arrangements with her doctors to have a check

II Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting

11 Nowadays some parents think that their children spend too many time with friends

16 Mai looks more than Lan (beauty)

17 I am very _ to have a lot of friends (luck)

18 An is a child whose parents are dead (orphanage)

19 Each of my friends has a _ character (differ)

20 Can I leave the of the tables to you ? (arrange)

IV Use the correct tense or form of the verb given in each sentence

21 Alexander Graham Bell (be) _ born in Edinburgh

22 Can I (speak) _ to Lan, please ? – Sorry, she’s out Would you like (leave) _

a message ?

23 She’s going (stay) home to do homework tonight

24 I (buy) a ticket yesterday I and my friends (be) going (see)

a movie tomorrow

25 Alexander Graham Bell first (introduce) _ the telephone in 1876

26 My grandfather (die) _ when I (be) _ only 2 years old

V Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage

The Telephone

You may use the telephone every day but how much do you know about it? The telephone was

(27) _ by Alexander Bell in 1876 Bell was born in Scotland in 1847 Later he went (28) _ in the USA Alexander Bell was always interested (29) _ sound He wanted to be able

to send sound through a wire He had a workshop in his house and did many (30) _ there

One day, while he was doing an experiment in his workshop, he was careless and spilt some

burning liquid onto his clothes (31) _ into his telephone, Bell said : “Mr Watson, I want you

to come over here immediately, please” His assistant, Watson, was in another room far away

(32) _ the workshop However, he heard Bell clearly on his own telephone Quickly he ran

to Bell’s workshop

“Mr Bell, I heard every (33) _ you said!”, Watson shouted (34) Bell succeeded He

invented the first telephone Later, other inventors made better ones

27 A invent B inventing C invented D to invent

30 A examples B samples C work D experiments

34 A excited B exciting C excitedly D excitingly

VI Read the passage, then decide if the statements that follow it are True or False

Graham Bell was born in Scotland in 1847, but when he was a young man of twenty-three he moved with his parents to Canada Before the year was over, young Graham had left his family and gone to Boston Though Bell was a dreamer, he was also a practical thinker and a man of action In Boston, where he worked by day as a teacher of the deaf, he worked far into the night experimenting with the electrical transmission of the sound This led to the invention of the

telephone

39 He experimented with the electrical transmission of the sound by day

VII Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as the sentence printed before it

44 He is very tired He can’t go out

=> He is too _

45 I don’t know the way to the post office Can you help me?

=> Would you like _?

TEST 3

I Choose the word / phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in each sentence

1 Deaf-mute can _speak _ hear

A both and B neither nor C either or D not only but also

2 Alexander Graham Bell was born _ March 3rd , 1847

3 They _ from Canada to America to find work

A started B demonstrated C delivered D emigrated

4 She came _ with a new idea for increasing sale

5 Would you like _ a message ?

A to leave B leave C leaving D left

6 Can I speak _ Nga, please ?

7 I’m sorry My mother is out Would you like to _ her a message ?

8 After conducting many , Bell and his assistant finally invented the telephone

A experiments B exhibitions C devices D stories

9 She arrangements with her doctors to have a check

10 He’ll come _ to pick you _

A on / in B over / on C in / up D over / up

II Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting

11 Quang buy a fishing rod yesterday because he likes going fishing

III Word form :

15 I’ll make for the meeting tonight (arrange)

16 They were very _ to survive a shipwreck (luck)

17 Nam is always very _ to his mother (help)

18 Can you give me some _ about trains, please ? (inform)

19 Lan felt _ because she failed the examination (sadly)

20 We had a very evening with Phong’s family (love)

IV Use the correct tense or form of the verb given in each sentence

21 Children shouldn’t (stay) up late

22 Let’s (go) to the English club

23 He enjoys (collect) stamps and coins

24 The boys stopped (play) soccer

25 Nga and Hoa (see) a movie tonight

26 She is not old enough (drive) _ a car

27 Her mother (give) her a new novel yesterday

28 He (start) his job 2 years ago

V Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage

On March, 3, 1847, Alexander Graham Bell was _(29) in Edinburgh He was a Scotman although he later _ (30), first to Canada and then to the USA in the 1870s

In America, he worked with (31) at Boston University Soon, Bell started experimenting with ways of _ (32) speech over a long distance This led to the _ (33) of the telephone Bell and assistant, Thomas Watson, conducted many _ (34) and finally came up with a _(35) which they first introduced in 1876 Bell said on the telephone :” Mr Watson, come here I want you.” This was the first telephone _ (36)

Traveling over America, Bell _ (37) his invention to the public at countless (38),

and by 1877 the first telephone was in commercial use

31 A deaf-mutes B deaf-limbs C mutes-limbs D deaf-limb-mutes

32 A translating B transforming C transmitting D transferring

33 A work B making C invention D knowledge

34 A experiments B experiences C exports D excitement

36 A text B notice C information D message

37 A gave B demonstrated C reported D said

38 A shows b exhibitions C galleries D games

VI Read the passage, then decide if the statements that follow it are True or False

Thomas Alva Edison was a famous American inventor When he was a boy at school,

Edison asked a lot of questions The teacher thought he was stupid and she sent him home.Edison’s mother taught her son at home and he began to do a lot of experiments He earned money for his experiments by gardening Later he worked on a train and continued to experiment there Unfortunately, in one of his experiments, he set fire to the train !

39 Thomas Alva Edison was a famous French inventor

40 When Edison was a boy, he had to leave school

42 He did gardening to earn money for his experiments

VII Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as the sentence printed before it

43 Alexander Graham Bell invented telephone

=> Alexander Graham Bell was _

44 Let’s meet inside the center, at the café corner

=> They are

48 Mai types quickly

=> Mai is

A VOCABULARY

Getting started – Listen and read

= to do the washing-up

 sweep – swept – swept

 feed – fed – fed

Speak

18 refrigerator (n) : tủ lạnh

36 Special Chinese Fried Rice : Cơm chiên Dương Châu

36 Special Chinese Fried Rice : Cơm chiên Dương Châu

Read

72 to start a fire : bắt lửa

Write

Ex : He himself went to London

She wanted to talk to the manager himself

Ex : Lan always does her homework by herself

I don’t like to live by myself

B GRAMMAR

* MODAL VERBS

Must – Have to – Ought to – Should

Must : phải

Ex : You must give up smoking

Children must not drink beer or wine

Ex : I have to wear uniform to school

Ann’s eyes are not very good She has to wear glasses for reading

Have to / has to + verb (bare infinitive)

Ought to = should : nên

Ex : You ought to be careful when crossing the street

Ought to / should + verb (bare infinitive)

Negative form : Subject + ought not to + verb (bare infinitive)

should not Interrogative form : Ought + subject + to + verb (bare infinitive) + ?

Should + subject + verb (bare infinitive) + ?

* WHY – BECAUSE

Why must we put all chemicals and drugs in locked cupboards?

Because children often try to eat and drink them

* STRUCTURE

It + is (not) + Adjective + to infintive

Ex : To find the notice board in the hall is easy

=> It is easy to find the notice board in the hall

Ex : Learning English is not difficult

=> It is not difficult to learn English

1.To meet hime at this time of the day is difficult

11 To understand different cultures and ways of life is interesting

=> It ………

12 To advertise on the radio is wasteful

=> It ………

TEST 1

I Choose the word / phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in each sentence

1 Can I speak _ Mai, please ?

2 My friend will pick me at 3 p.m to go to the movies

3 You don’t look _ than your brother

4 _ did you eat at the cafeteria ? – Because I hated cooking

5 Deaf-mutes can _ speak _ hear

A either or B both and C not only but also D neither nor

6 The children are old enough to look after

A themselves B ourselves C herself D for themselves

7 We ought _ the wardrobe in the corner opposite the bed

8 You’ll _ cook dinner yourself

9 He often the washing-up on Sundays

10 Did you succeed _ the problem ?

A to solve B on solving C in solving D solving

II Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting

11 The concert starts on 7.45 Let’s meet inside the center, at the café corner

III Word form :

15 She’s always worried about the of her family (safe)

16 This river is very _ for swimmers (danger)

17 The _ of atom bomb is very terrible (destroy)

19 Those clothes are _ for cold weather (suit)

20 You must all medicines in _ cupboards (lock)

IV Use the correct tense or form of the verb given in each sentence

23 It’s difficult (find) a comfortable flat here

24 They stopped (talk) _ when the teacher came in

25 The weather (be) nice yesterday

26 You must (learn) _ your lessons before you go to school every day

27 Let’s (put) _ the couch opposite the armchair in the living room

28 Would you like (leave) her a message ?

V Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage

I’m a student (29) Bristol University I share a house with three other students It’s a (30) house We all have our own (31) There (32) _ a bed, a desk, a chair, and a

wardrobe in the room It has a washbasin and a mirror in the corner, too

We all share the kitchen, the living room, and the bathroom We sometimes have arguments

about things, like when someone spends too long (33) _the bathroom, but we have a lot of fun, (34)

34 A too B either C neither D A & B

VI Read the passage, then decide if the statements that follow it are True or False

It’s a modern kitchen, nice and clean with a lot of things There is a washing machine, a

refrigerator, and an electric stove, but there isn’t a dishwasher There are some lovely pictures

on the walls, but there aren’t any photographs There’s a radio near the stove There are some flowers, but there aren’t any plants On the table, there are some apples and oranges Ah ! And there are some glasses and plates next to the sink

35 The kitchen is modern, nice and clean _

36 It has a washing machine, a refrigerator, and a dishwasher _

37 There isn’t any stove in the kitchen _

VII Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as the sentence printed before it

39 She is bad at cooking

=> She is not _ (enough)

46 The boys are stronger than the girls

=> The girls are _

47 His hair is short and brown

=> He has _

TEST 2

I Choose the word / phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in each sentence

1 She sometimes helps her mother _ the table

2 My little daughter likes her bird

A feeding B doing C sweeping D fishing

3 Why does she like him ? - _ he is an honest boy

4 Can you help me with this exercise ? – You must try to solve it _

A yourself B ourselves C myself D himself

5 It isn’t to leave medicine around the house

A interesting B hard C safe D interested

6 Can you come to the movies ? – No, I have to _ my chores

7 The bag was full expensive objects of different kinds

8 You must put all dangerous objects out of children’s _

9 You to go to the market yourself and buy some food

10 People stopped fighting for three months to participate _ the Games

II Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting

11 You must not let children to play in the kitchen because it is a dangerous place

III Word form :

15 Be careful with that knife or you’ll cut (you)

16 Don’t leave the light on It wastes (electric)

17 Many people are very concerned about the _ of the rainforests (destroy)

18 Please tell me the importance of his _ (invent)

19 Nam is running , and seems tired (slow)

20 Could you load the machine, please ? (wash)

21 The rice _ is next to the stove (cook)

22 Be _ ! The car is coming (care)

IV Use the correct tense or form of the verb given in each sentence

23 He enjoys (listen) _ to music

24 You should (tidy) _ your room tidy

25 We (travel) to Hue next month

26 The weather is warm enough for us (go) _ out

27 I (meet) _ her at the movie theater last night

28 They have to (do) _ their homework after class

29 It’s dangerous (play) football in the street

30 You ought (get) up early

V Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage

We don’t live (31) a house or a flat We live on houseboat The boat (32) small, but it’s quite big inside Apart from the bathroom, it has only one room, so we (33) do everything there – eat, cook, sleep and watch TV We usually keep our houseboat at Little Venice (34)

London We’re almost in the center of the city there That’s great for clubs, pubs, the theater, and

so on But the (35) _ thing about a houseboat is that you can move and take your home (36)

_ you

VI Read the passage, then decide if the statements that follow it are True or False

In Lan’s house, there’s a big living room There are two bedrooms and two bathrooms There’s

no yard, but there’s a balcony She has a lot of books, so there are bookcases in the living room and bedrooms There’s a big table with chairs on the right of the dining room Next to the

refrigerator, there’s a microwave oven There are two televisions in Lan’s house – there’s one television in the middle of the living room and one television beside the bookcase in the bedroom

38 There aren’t any tables in the dining room

39 The microwave oven is next to the refrigerator

40 The bookcase is opposite the television in the bedroom

41 In the middle of the living room, there’s a television

VII Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as the sentence printed before it

42 Putting a knife into an electrical socket is dangerous

=> It is

43 That horse will never win a race because it doesn’t run fast

=> That horse doesn’t

44 Let’s play badminton