REVISION FOR 1 ST TERM – GRADE 8 I. Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one sentence, using (not) Adjective + enough + to –infinitive. 1. My sister is old. She can't drive car.  …………………………………………………………………………………. 2. The radio isn’t small. You can put it in your pocket.  …………………………………………………………………………………. 3. This coat isn’t warm. I don’t wear it in the winter.  …………………………………………………………………………………. 4. She is beautiful and intelligent. She can become Miss World  …………………………………………………………………………………. 5. The weather was fine. We could go camping.  …………………………………………………………………………………. II. Prepositions: 1. Children are fond ______ picture books. 2. My sister is good ______ Moths and English. 3. Why don't you get acquainted ______ them first? 4. Tom is different ______ his parents. 5. Are you interested ______ that topic? 6. It’s very kind ______ you to say so. 7. I'll see you . 7.00 .the morning 8. Mary was born .December 25. 9. What's . .lunch, Mom ? Chicken soup and bread, my dear. 10. Where is Nam ? - He is the cinema. 11. What subjects do you have Monday ? 12. They have to go home . 6 o'clock because there is the 6 o'clock news. 13. Please come here . 7 a.m and 8 a.m 14. She was born . 1980. 15. Dogs often bark night. 16. What do you often do the summer III. Fill the following words in the blanks: myself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves, herself, himself, themselves, itself. 1.We protect from the rain with an umbrella. 2.Both boys taught . to swim. 3.The children amuse with the kitten 4.You will cut with that knife if you are not careful. 5.She likes to look at in the mirror. 6.The boy is not old enough to get dressed . 7.The dog hurt …………… when it jumped over the fence. 8.John and I enjoyed very much at the party last night. 9.I must learn to control . 10.Did you do your tests .? Yes, we did. iV. Put the verbs into the right columns used,appeared,stayed,stopped,grazed,needed,fitted,tired,escaped,decided,asked, ,lived, owned, married, wanted. /d/ /t/ /id/ . . . V. Reported speech. S + ASKED/ TOLD + O + (not) + to + V +… E.g.: "Could you buy me an English exercise book, Ha?" Nam asked Ha Nam asked Ha to buy him an English exercise book. 1. "Can you put my books onto the bookshelf over there, Huy?" Lien asked Huy . 1. "Please turn off the radio." Phuong told Tuan . 3. "Can you help my son with his English?" Mai asked her friend. Mai asked her friend 4. "Get up early to learn your lesson, Toan," his father said. Toan's father told him 5. "Don’t talk in class, children?" Our teacher asked us 6. "Please remind Nam to practise speaking English, Mrs Hang." Nam's teacher told Mrs Hang . VI. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct forms. ( V-ing/ to –V/ V) 1. I'll lend you the book when I've finished (read) it. 2. Do you ever go (swim) .……… in the sea? 3. They suggested (have) .……… .dinner in an Indian restaurant. 4. Would you like (go) ………… out for a drink with me? 5. Would you mind (close) ………… the window? 6. I nearly missed (catch) …………… the bus. 7. Lan wants (become) .………….a teacher. 8. I normally try to avoid (borrow)……………money. 9. Robert gave up (play) …………football years ago. 10. I didn't feel like (go) ……….out last night, so I stayed at home. VII. Multiple choices: 1. The air is hot and __________ in summer. (warm / cool / cold / humid) 2. The residents in my __________ are very friendly. (neighbor / neighborhood / neighboring / neighborly) 3. This house is __________ from that one. (similar / same / different / difficult) 4. Do you want to send this letter airmail or _________? (mail / surface mail / e-mail / taste) 5. They __________ in this factory since last year. (work / are working / has worked / have worked) 6. When I was young, I __________ collecting stamps. (like, liked / have liked / will like) 7. My Dad told me _________ hard. (to learn / learn / learnt / learning) 8. _________ have you lived here? About 10 years. (How far / How long / How often / How) 9. She's bought a computer __________ a week. (for / since / at / in) 10. The garden is the same __________ the one I saw last week. (than / from / as /to) VIII. Supply "for" or "since" in the sentences 1. Tom's lived here __________ 10 years. 2. Have you waited for me _________ yesterday? 3. The boy has played the game __________ 3 pm. 4. I haven't seen her _________ a month. 5. They have kept in touch __________ they left school. 6. I haven't known about that __________ a long time. 7. Dad's worked this office __________1990 8. Peter has married ___________ half a month 9. We have finished the test __________ three hours. 10. Children have learned English __________ they were young Past Simple -> Present Perfect 1. I didn't call her up 2 days ago. I haven't_______________________________________________________ 2. Did you finish the test an hour ago? Have________________________________________________________? 3. I started playing tennis last year. I've___________________________________________________________ 4. He began to use the computer when he was 19. He has IX. Supply the correct verbs form. 1. My computer (not work) __________________since last week. 2. She (come) ________________________to France two years ago. 3. My father told me (not stay) ____________________up too late. 4. Would you like (go)________________________ to the cinema with me tonight? 5.Hoa (visit) _______________________her parents once a year. 6. Mai is still in her room. She (iron) __________________ her clothes for the next week. 7. The students often collect waste paper for (recycle)__________________. 8. They intend to move to Nha Trang, so they (sell)_______________________ their house. X. Adjectives and adverbs. 1/ Our team won the game because we play very _______. (well/ good) 2/ I tried on the shoes and they fitted me _______ . (perfect/ perfectly) 3/ He had an accident because he was driving too _______. (fast/ fastly) 4/ Tom drove _______ along the narrow road. (careful/ carefully) 5/ Do you usually feel _______ before examination? (nervous/ nervously) 6/ Her English is quite _______ . (fluent/ fluently) 7/ You look _______ ! Are you all tight? (terrible/ terribly) 8/ I always feel _______ when the sun is shining. (happy/ happily) XI- Phonetics: Odd one out 1. a. loved b. learned c. played d. finished 2. a. complained b. smiled c. laughed d. gathered. 3. a. migrant b. resident c. equipment d. comment 4. a. countless b. drought c. encourage d. overcrowding 5. a. deaf-mute b. steamer c. meaning d. peaceful 6. a. loved b. learned c. played d. finished 7. a. complained b. smiled c. laughed d. gathered. 8. a. migrant b. resident c. equipment d. comment 9. a. countless b. drought c. encourage d. overcrowding 10. a. deaf-mute b. steamer c. meaning d. peaceful REVISION I. Choose the best answer: 1. The weather nice yesterday. a. is b. was c. will be d. has been 2. I am going the movie at 8 this evening. a. see b. seeing c. saw d. to see 3. The theatre is a bit far .your house. a. from b. in c. away d. at 4. Let’s .outside the movie theatre. a. to meet b. meeting c. met d. meet 5. I’m sorry but I can’t chess tonight. a. to play b. playing c. play d. played 6. Alexander. G. Bell born on March 3, 1847. a. was b. is c. are d. is going to 7. Would you like her a message? a. leave b. to leave c. leaving d. left 8. We two new fishing rods yesterday. a. would buy b. buy c. bought d. to buy 9. Where is mum? She’s . a. upstairs b. downstairs c. of the house d. out the house 10. There’s movie on TV tonight. a. an action b. action c. a action d. actions 11. You have to cook dinner . a. alone you b. yourself c. herself d. himself 12. I think I will do the homework a. myself b. yourself c. herself d. himself 13.Where .Nien .? a. do/live b. does/live c. do/ lives d. does/lives 14 .does Hoa look like? a. what b. where c. which d. who 15.My brother isn’t old enough . to school alone.a. go b. goes c. to go d. went 16.The earth around the sun. a. moves b. rises c. gets d. gets 17.Look! They up the fence. a. climb b. to climb c. climbing d. are climbing 18.Last year, Hoa and Lan .to the same school. a. go b. went c. going d. to go 19 moves around the Earth. a. The sun b. the moon c. Mars d. Venus 20.She usually up early. a. gets b. get c. to get d. got 21.Mai often .badminton in the afternoon. a. play b. to play c. plays d. playing 22.Ba usually to school by bus. a. go b. goes c. to play d. playing 23.Lien’s mother Math in our school. a. teach b. taught c. to teach d. teaches 24 Nga .any water ? a. does/want b. does/wants c. do/want d. do/wants 25.They sometime go with their friends in the river. a. shopping b. fish c. shop d. fishing 26.Hoa enjoys book in the library. a. read b. reads c. reading d. to read 27.Tam English every Thursday. a. study b. studies c. to study d. studying 28.Ba is a new bicycle next week. a. to buy b. buy c. buying d. going to buy 29.I think you should .to school by bus.a. go b. went c. goes d. to go 30.Nam ought to .his mother do the housework . a. to help b. helped c. help d. helping II. Reflexive pronoun ( đại từ phản thân) 1. My sister often looks at ___________________ in the mirror. 2. Peter ate ____________________this sandwich. 3. This refrigerator defrosts __________________. 4. Hoa and I _____________________ saw that accident yesterday. 5. Did you pay for ______________________? 6. The children can look after _____________________ for a few days. 7. Please help me. I can’t do it _____________________ . 8. Take care of __________________. 9. Hung and Nam repaired the toys ______________________ 10. His brother teaches English _____________________. III. Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one sentence. Using (not) adjective + enough + (for-object) + to infinitive 1. He isn’t tall. He can not play volleyball. __________________________________________________________________ 2. Mr Brown is rich. He can buy a new car. __________________________________________________________________ 3. The weather is warm. We can go out. __________________________________________________________________ 4. This bag isn’t big. You can’t put this cassette into it __________________________________________________________________ V. Fill in the blanks with a suitable preposition. in, on, at ,to, from, before, after, between 1. She was born (1) ____________ May 16 th , 2002 in Bac Lieu hospital. 2. He emigrated (2) ____________ Canada (3) ___________ 1870s. 3. Mr Phong said you could reach him (4) ______________ 0988137675 4. I’m usually free(5) _______________ 8pm and 10pm 5. I’ll be home (6)__________7.00 because I want to see the seven o’clock news VI. Read the passage carefully, then answer the questions. 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. We are also neighbors so we spend most of our time in learning and playing together. Hand is a beautiful girl with big black eyes and an oval rosy face. She likes reading, and she often goes to the library whenever she has free time. Mai isn’t as beautiful as Hanh, but she has a lovely smile and looks very healthy. Mai is very sporty. She spends most of her free time playing sports. Mai is a volleyball star of our school. She is also very sociable and has a good sense of humor. Her jokes always make us laugh. I love both of my friends and I always hope our friendship will never died. 1.Does the author have any close friends? What are their name? 2.What does Hanh look like? ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 3.What does she often do in her free time? .…………………………………………… 4.Is Mai more beautiful than Hanh? ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 5.What’s Mai’s hobby? ………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6.Which sport does Mai play in the school team? . …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 7.What’s Mai’s character ? ………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 8.What does Hanh often do in her free time? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… G. 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 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. 1.Where was G. Bell born? ………………………………………………………………………… 2.When did he emigrate to Canada? . ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3.When did he go to Boston? ………………………………………………………………………… 4.Who did G. Bell work with in Boston? . …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5.What did he experiment with in Boston University?……………………………………………… . 6.Who invented the telephone?……………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. I. Fill in the blank with a suitale preposition. 1. The post office is not far ____ my house. 2. Let’s meet ______ the Blue Sky Theater tonight. 3. She was born _____ May 4 th , 1990 ____ Dalat. 4. He worked ______ deaf – mutes _____ Boston University. 5. Mrs. Lien said you could reach her ______ 340450458 6. Snow is falling all ______ the country. 7. Will you pick me ______ after the party? 8. The secrectary took a message ______ her boss. 9. They got married ______December 2000. 10. I’ll see you ______ Sunday, April 4. 11. We’ll arrive _____ 5 o’clock ____ 12 February. 12. What do you usually do ______ the weekend. 13. It’s often rain ______ May. 14. Do you give each other presents ____ Christmas Day? 15. I haven’t seen him for ages. I last saw him ____ 1985. 16. They often go out for dinner ______Saturday evenings. II. Choose the best answer. 1. I find Peter is not communicative. He’s rather _______ in public. a. kind b. reserved c. sociable d. humorous 2. Nam is an _______because his parents died last year. a. child b. orphanage c. boy d. volunteer 3. I _______ a letter from my old friend last week. a. sent b. gave c. received d. volunteer 4. What is your new classmate like? – She’s not very beautiful, but she’s ______. a. ugly b. lucky c. my cousin d. a sociable girl 5. I have many friends, and all of them have different ___________. a. moods b. feelings c. characters d. voices 6. Tom has a good sence of ___ a. humorous b. humor c. humored d. humourist 7. Lan is Hoa’s ____friend. a. best b. better c. the best d. bestest 9. I enjoy ______ jokes. a. talking b. speaking c. saying d. telling 10. Don’s speak ___ him now. He is not feeling very well. a. at b. to c. with d. about Unit 2 1. What is your new phone ___? – 112 638312. a. dial b. letter c. figure d. number 2. I’d lide to make a ____ to 25555634, please. a. dial b. call c. ring d. phone 3. Can I _____a message for Daisy? a. let b. ask c. leave d. make 4. They ______ from Canada to American to find work. a. started b. demonstrated c. delivered d. emigrated 5. He’ll come _____ to pick you _____ a. on/ in b. over/ in c. in/ up d. over/ up 6. Deaf-mutes can _____ speak ____ hear. a. both…and b. not only…but also c. neither…nord. either…or 7. A. G. Bell _______ the telephone a. conducted b. invented c. worked d. demonstrated 8. We’re going to the drama club. Would you like to ____ us? a. join b. see c. meet d. watch 9. ____ I speak to Mr. John, please? a. Can b . Do c. Will d. Shall 10. You can____him at 343047599. a. see b. come c. reach d. meet Unit 3 1. The children are old enough to look after ________. a. themselves b. ourselves c. herself d. for themselves 2. Did you succeed ____ the problem? a. to solve b. on solving c. in solving d. solving 3. You must not let children play in the kitchen. The kitchen is a _______ place. a. suitable b. interesting c. dangerous d. quite 4. The rice ______ is next to the stove. a. steamer b. frying pan c. pan d. cooker 5. You have to keep all dangerous objects out of children’s ________. a. eye b. reach c. hand d. arm 6. You must cover __________ so that children do not try to put anything into them. a. scissors b. electrical sockets c. knives d. beads 7. Don’t let your child ____ with matches. a. play b. hold c. see d. do 8. Last night I watched the movie Romeo and Juliet. At last they killed _____. a. together b. each other c. themselves d. them 9. You’ll ____ cook dinner yourself. a. ought to b. must c. should d. have to 10. We ought _____ the wardrobe in the corner opposite the bed. a. put b. to put c. putting d. puts Unit 4 1. When I was a child, I _______ follow my Mom to the market. a. used to b. like c. get used to d. usually 2. Cam’s mother was very ____. a. beautiful b. ugly c. cruel d. happy 3. When did the prince fall in love_____ the princess ? a. to b. at c. with d. for 4. Do you know John is marred ____ Ann? a. with b. at c. on d. to 5. We must be there ______7.30 and 8.00. a. from b. between c. before d. at 6. I used to_____ my younger brothers and sisters. a. see b. have c. look after d. visit 7. Her grandfather used to be a ______ during the Revolutionary War. a. nurse b. doctor c. soldier d. firefighter 8. Little Pea had to do ______ all day. a. chores b. homework c. exercises 9. I used to live ___ a farm. a. in b. at c. on d. with III. Use the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets. 1.The sun (set) …………in the West. The earth (circle) …………… the Sun once every 365days. 2.They (often build) ………… hotels, but this year they (build) ………………… hospitals. My friends (be) ………… students two days ago. 3.The children (play)……………………… ………. in the park at the moment. 4.…………………….you (go)………………………… to school tomorrow? 5.My mother (cook) ……………a meal now. She ( cook)……………… everyday 6.- What………… your mother (do)…………………… next week? - She (make)………………………a dress 7.They (build) …………………………a house by June last year. 8.I (give) …………………………him your message two days ago. 9.I (meet) …………………………Jane next week. 10. What…………your mother (do) ……last week ? - She (make)…………………a dress. 11. The students (not go ) …………………………on a trip last week. 12. they ( buy) ……………………… a new house last year. 13. She (visit) …………………… her friends last night. IV. Write the sentences, using the cue words. 1.We/ not go/ school/ Saturdays. ____________________________________________________________ 2.They/ usually/ hold/ party/ New Year’s Eve. ____________________________________________________________ 3.I/ going/ see/ Jane/ lunchtime. ____________________________________________________________ 4.Last night/ she/ come home/ 10.30 and 11 o’clock. ____________________________________________________________ 5.Jazz/ become/ popular/ United States/ the 1920s. ____________________________________________________________ 6.I/ call/ you/ Friday afternoon/ about 2.30. ____________________________________________________________ 7.The first man/ walk/ moon/ 21 July 1969. ____________________________________________________________ 8.We/ often/ have/ short holiday/ Christmas. ____________________________________________________________ I. Choose the best answer ( A, B, C or D ): 1. They have organized a community meeting _________ discuss the situation A. so B. so as to C. so that D. order to 2. I used to _____________ on a farm when I ___________a child. A. live / am B. lived / was C. live / was D. lived / am 3. I like ____________ to English music. A. listens B. listened C. Listen D. listening 4. I taught English in this school ____1997. A. in B. since C. for D. from 5. They have a meeting ____________ 7.30 and 8.00. A. from B. between C. before D. at 6. I usually underline the only words __________ remember important words A. so B. as so to C. so that D. in order to 7. Don’t worry about us. We can ____________ ourselves A. look B. look for C. look after D. look at 8. Most people enjoy ________________ to different parts of the world. A. to travel B. travel C. traveled D. traveling 9. She asked me ______________ you this dictionary A. give B. to give C. giving D. gave 10. May I help you? - __________________________________________ A. What can I do for you ? B. Yes. That’s very kind of you. C. How can I help? D. Do you need any help ? 11. When I was a child, I ______________ follow my Mom to the market. A. used to B. like C. get used to D. usually 12. She asked her children ______________________________ A. to not playing B. to not play C. not playing D. not to play 13. Oh, that’s nice. Where ______________it ? A. do you buy B. are you buy C. did you buy D. you buy 14. I was born___________Danang._____________February 14 th 1990 A. in / at B. in / on C. at / in D. on / in 15. Maryam a good time last summer. A.has B. is having C. had D. will had 16.The teacher said to us: “Copy these exercises in your notebooks.” A.The teacher told us copy these exercises in your notebooks. B. The teacher told us to copy those exercises in our notebooks . C.The teacher told us to copy these exercises in our notebooks . D.The teacher told us to copy these exercises in your notebooks . 17.My mother said to me, “Don’t spend much time on playing games.” A.My mother told me to spend much time on playing games. B.My mother told me not spend much time on playing games. C.My mother told me not to spend much time on playing games. D.My mother told me to spending much time on playing games. 18.The old woman said to the boy, “ Can you help me?” A. The old woman asked the boy to help me. B. The old woman asked the boy to help her. C. The old woman asked if she could help the boy. D. The old woman asked if you could help her. 19.Mrs Tuyet said to her son , “Give the book to me,please.” A. Mrs Tuyet told her son give the book to me. B. Mrs Tuyet told her son to give the book to me. C .Mrs Tuyet told her son to give the book to her D. Mrs Tuyet told her son give the book to her. 20. Mary said to John, “ Can you carry my suitcase, please ?” A. Mary asked John to carry my suitcase. B. Mary asked John to carry his suitcase. C. Mary asked John to carry her suitcase. D. Mary asked John can you carry my suitcase II. Gerunds ( V-ing) / to infinitive / bare infinitive: 1. Ba enjoys ……………………(go) to the circus. 2. Where do you want ……………… … (go) ? 3. Before ………………(go) to bed, my brother often reads a newspaper. 4. They are thinking of ………………… (move) to America. 5. My sister hates ………………… …(do) the ironing. 6. We should …………….……( get) up early. 7. Ask Nam ………………………( come) in. 8. Maradona used ………………… (be) a soccer player. 9. Let me ……………………( help) you. 10. I’m glad …………………(tell) you that I’m going …………… ( have) intersesting activities. III. Write a letter, using the following cues: Dear Peter, 1. Thank / letter………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. glad / hear / you / pass / exam ………………………………………………………………………… 3. I / finish / first semester / last week …………………………………………………………………… 4. I / good grades / English / Math ………………………………………………………………………… 5. History / not very good. …………………………………………………………………………… 6. I / try harder / next semester …………………………………………………………………………… 7. I / visit / grandparents / last Sunday ………………………………………………………………………… 8. They / happy / see / me.……………………………………………………………………………… 9. Write / me / soon. ……………………………………………………………………………………… 10. tell / school / family …………………………………………………………………… IV. Put the following commands and requests into reported speech : 1. Mr. Nam aske his son “ Can you help me ” ⇒Mr. Nam aske his son 2. The man asked them “ Don’t swim too far ” ⇒The man asked them 3. Lan said to Tuan “ Could you give me a favor, please?” ⇒Lan asked Tuan . 4. Miss Jackson said, “ Try your best to improve your pronunciation, Tim ” ⇒Miss Jackson asked Tim 5. Mr. Phong said , “ Learn the new words by heart , class” ⇒Mr. Phong asked us …… 6. She asked me, “ Can you take me to school ?” ⇒She asked me 7.The police man asked me: “ Stop ! ”⇒The police man asked me……………………. 8. Hoa said to her brother:” Please help me with my homework.” [...]... ……………………………………………………… 17 I/ look/ forward/ see/ you/ again ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 18 It/ not/ easy/ learn/ English ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 19 You/ should/ learn/ heart/ all/ new words ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 20 Lan/ like/ cook/ meals/ but/ not/ like/ do/ washing-up… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ... learning/ to learn) English? It’s not difficult to answer that question Many boys and girls learn English at school because (7 there/ these/ it/ here) is one of their subjects Many adults learn English (8 because at/ because/ because of/ because on) it is useful for their work Teenagers often learn English for their higher studies, because some of their books are in English (9 at/ on/ in/ of) college . Canada (3) ___________ 187 0s. 3. Mr Phong said you could reach him (4) ______________ 0 988 137675 4. I’m usually free(5) _______________ 8pm and 10pm 5. I’ll. everyday 6 .- What………… your mother (do)…………………… next week? - She (make)………………………a dress 7.They (build) …………………………a house by June last year. 8. I (give)