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ĐỀ CƯƠNG ÔN TẬP GIỮA HỌC KỲ I – MÔN TIẾNG ANH – KHỐI 8

NĂM HỌC 2020-2021

(From Unit 1 to Unit 3)

I. Vocabulary

- Words:        + Leisure activities

                        + Life in the countryside

                        + Different cultural groups of Viet Nam

II. Grammar

A.VERBS OF LIKING + V_ING / TO V:

1. Verbs + V-ing/ to V

Những động từ đi với cả danh động từ và động từ nguyên thể có “to” mà không đổi về nghĩa

Verbs

Verbs + V-ing

Verbs +to V

Like

I like skateboarding in my free time

I like to skateboard in my free time

Prefer

My mother  prefers going jogging

My mother  prefers to go jogging

Love

She loves training her dog

She loves to train her dog

Hate

He hates eating out

He hates  to eat out

 

2. Verbs + V-ing

Những động từ chỉ đi với danh động từ

Verbs

Verbs + V-ing

Enjoy

We enjoy playing basketball

Fancy

Do you fancy making crafts?

Adore

They adore eating ice-cream

Don’t mind

I don’t mind cooking

Dislike

Does he dislike swimming?

Detest

I detest doing housework

 

B. COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS (So sánh hơn của tính từ và trạng từ)

I. Comparative adjectives (So sánh hơn với tính từ)

Tính từ ngắn- Short Adjective

- có 1 âm tiết

- có 2 âm tiết kết thúc là –y, ow, -er, -et

Tính từ dài -Long Adjective

- có từ 2 âm tiết trở lên

S + be + ADJ - ER + than + Noun/ Pronoun

S + be + MORE/LESS + adj  than + Noun/ Pronoun

E.g: China is bigger than India.

E.g: Hanh is more beautiful than Hoa

 

2. Comparative adverbs (So sánh hơn với trạng từ):

Trạng từ ngắn- Short Adverb

- là trạng từ có hình thức giống hệt như tính từ: late, fast, hard, early, friendly

Trạng từ dài- Long Adverb

- là hầu hết tất cả các trạng từ thể cách có kết thúc là đuôi –ly

S + V + ADV-  ER+ than + Noun/ Pronoun

S + V + MORE/LESS + adv+ than+ Noun/ Pronoun

E.g:  They work harder than I do.

      = They work harder than me.

E.g: Nam did the test more carefully than I did

     = Nam did the test more carefully than me.

 

3. Một vài tính từ/ trạng từ bất quy tắc:

 Với một số tính từ sau, dạng so sánh hơn của chúng không theo quy tắc trên.

Tính từ/ trạng từ

So sánh hơn

good/well

Better

bad/badly

Worse

Much/ many

More

Little

Less

Old

Older/ elder

Far

Farther/ further

 

C. QUESTIONS WORDS: What, which, why, how, when ….

 

NOTE: “Which” is used instead of “what” or “who” to ask somebody to be exact about one or more people or things from a limited number.

 

D. AN ARTICLE: A/ AN/ THE

Mạo từ

Cách dùng và vị trí

•  

-a đứng trước danh từ đếm được số ít.

-a đứng trước danh từ bắt đầu bằng một phụ âm (consonant) hoặc một nguyên âm  nhưng được phát âm như phụ âm. E.g: a pencil, a student, a university, a uniform

-a được dùng với ý nghĩa “mỗi, bất cứ”. Ex: A lion lives in the jungle.

• an”

- an đứng trước danh đếm được số ít

- an đứng trước danh từ bắt đầu bằng một nguyên âm (u, e o, a, i) trong cách phát âmEx: an umbrella, an engineer, an orange, an apple, an ice- cream...

- an đứng trước một số danh từ bắt đầu bằng  âm “h”  câm. Ex: an hour (giờ), an honest man (người thật thà)

• the”

- “the” đứng trước bất cứ một danh từ nào (số ít, số nhiều, đếm được và không đếm được) khi người nói và người nghe đều biết về danh từ đang được nói tới, hoặc được đề cập trước đó, hoặc được xác định rõ ràng.

Ex: They went to a festival. The festival is unique.

       My mom is in the kitchen.

- Chỉ một vật dùng tượng trưng cho cả loài

Ex: The horse is a noble animal.

- “the” trước 1 tính từ được dùng làm danh từ đại diện cho một nhóm người ,

thường mang nghĩa số nhiều. Ex: The old in this village are very friendly.

- “the” trước danh từ về dân tộc, giáo phái để chỉ toàn thể.

 Ex: The Thai group often live in the northern of Viet Nam.

         The Vietnameses has rich culture.

        The Odu have a smallest number of people)

 

Ex: the sun goes around the earth

•  

Ex:  This is the youngest student in her class

 

III. Skills:Reading, Writing, language focus.

IV. Exercises

PART 1- LANGUAGE FOCUS

I. Choose the word that is stressed differently from that of the other words.

1.

A. behave

B. worship

C. belong

D. enjoy

2.

A. activity

B. popular

C. minority

D. experience

3.

A. countryside

B. colorful

C. generous

D. convenient

4.

A. procession

B. culture

C. nomadic

D. tradition

5.

A. Harvest

B. collect

C. peaceful

D. rural

II. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others

1.

A. fun

B. cut

C. surf

D. sun

2.         A.minority                B.ethnic                         C.tradition                     D.religion

3.         A.recognised            B.designed                   C.performed                  D.entered

4.         A.education             B.question                    C.pollution                     D.collection

5.         A. populated            B. loaded                      C. harvested                    D. lived

III. Choose the best option to complete each sentence. Circle A, B or C.

1.

Which is ___________, flying a kite or riding a cart?

A. interesting

B. more interesting

C. most interesting

 

2.

This is the ___________ paddy field I’ve ever seen.

A. bigger

B. bigest

C. biggest

 

3.

People make specialties only ______ special occasions.

A. in

B. at

C. on

 

4. She runs __________ than her son

A. the slowest                  B. slowly                C. more slowly              D. slowlier

5. The US is a ______ country with over 80 ethnic groups.

A. multi-cultural                   B. bi-lingual             C. rich            D. ethnic

6.

______ ethnic groups live in the northwest region of Viet Nam? The Viet, the Hmong and the Lao.

A. When

B. Which

C. What

 

7. Nick would like to know something about the_______ groups of Viet Nam when he visited the Museum of Ethnology.

A. culture                              B. cultural                 C. cultured   

8. Gong is a special musical _____ that is made of the mixture of brass, gold, silver, and bronze.

A. instrument           

B. tool

C. object

 

9. During the festival, they fly many __________ kites in different shapes and sizes.

         A. colour                     B. colourless            C. colourful             

10. You can find many kinds of ___________ in the shed such as cows, sheep, and buffalos.

A. crop

B. poultry

C. cattle

 

11

Today Peter gets up_____________than he did yesterday.

 

 

A.

earlier

B. more early

C. more earlily

 

 

12. Spending too much time in the ___________ world may negatively affect your life.

 

A. real

B. present

C. virtual

 

 

 

 13. Life in a small town is ___________ than that in a big city.

A. peaceful

B. less peaceful

C. much more peaceful

D. much peaceful

14. ________ ethnic Khmer live in ________ Mekong Delta of Vietnam.

      a. The / -                    b.The / a                    c.A / the                    d. The / the

15. Don’t worry. It is ________ to travel that villagee even at night

    A. safe                          B. unsafe                    C. difficult                        D. inconvenient

16 When my family goes camping, the most interesting thing is to ___________the tent.

1. make up                    B. take up                              C. get up                                d. put up

 

IV. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct response to each of the following exchanges.

1.   ‘Children in my village often fly their kites in dry rice fields.’ ‘_______’

      a. It’s right up my street!                           b. That’s awesome.

      c. Exactly what I want.                               d. How interesting!

2.   ‘Is it true that Y Moan was the greatest pop singer of the Ede?’ ‘_________’

      a. Really?                   b. How beautiful!    c. Come on!               d. Exactly.

3.   ‘Look at this dish, Nick. It has five colours.’ ‘_________’

      a. How nice!              b. What a shame!    c. Sounds bad.          d. Okay.

4.   ‘Let’s go to the local open-air market’ ‘_________’

      a. Good idea.             b.I’d love to.              c. Not at all.               d. Yes, of course.

5/ Mary: “Would you like to join our volunteer group this summer?”- Peter: “…………………….”

1. Yes, you are a good friend                        C.  Do you think I would?
2. Yes, I’d love to. Thanks.                             D. Thanh you so much!

V.  Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

1. There are a number of drawbacks of living in the city.

A. advantages                                   B. benefits                             C. disadvantages     D. difficulties

2.  Ethnic people in the mountain have simple way of farming. They use basic tools to do the farm work.

     A. easy                       B. difficult                         C. complicated                 D. special

VI. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

1. Do you adore skateboarding in the park this Sunday?

1.  dislike                       B. fancy                      C. enjoy                      D. love

2. Thanks to the guide, we’ve learnt a lot of interesting information about the ethnic groups in Viet nam.

A. exciting                 B. challenging                                  C. boring                   D. fascinating

 

VII. Read the sentences. Each has three underlined parts, A, B and C. Which part has an error? Circle A, B or C.

1. Today we play more badly than we did yesterday, so we need to practise more.     

                         A                                         B                                                   C

2.  In the countryside, houses are often little furnished and bigger than those in the city

                                                                        A         B                                      C

3. Flying kites on the paddle field with other kids is very excited to him.

     A                    B                                                                 C             D

4. She doesn’t like communicating through emails, she prefers meet people in person.

                                                A              B                                              C

5.  I prefer living in the countryside than in the city.

            A         B                                 C

6.  50 years ago, farmers depended more heavy on the weather than at present.

                                                A                     B       C

 

III. Put the words in brackets into the right forms to complete the sentences.

1. I'm so_________ about your trip. It's going to be amazing. (EXCITE)

2. You can taste some ________of the local people sold right there at the open-air market    SPECIAL

3.  Who lives more happily, ______________ or city dwellers? (NOMADIC)

4.

The dancers were wearing ____________ Hungarian costume.

TRADITION

5.  He spoke ____________about the life in the countryside in Viet Nam. (OPTIMISTIC)

 

PART 2 – READING

I. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank in the following passage.

I live in a small village called Northville. There are about 2000 people here. I love the village (1)__________ it is very quiet and life is slowly and easy. The village is always clean; people look (2)_____________ it with great care. The air is always clean, too. People are much more friendly here than in city because everyone (3)_________ the others, and if someone has a problem, there are always people who can help.

There are only a few things that I don’t like about Northville. One thing is that we have not got many things to do in the evening; we haven’t got (4)___________ cinemas or theaters. The other thing is that people always talk about (5)___________, and everyone knows what everyone is doing. But I still prefer village life to life in a big city.

1.

A.

so

B.

although

C.

because

D.

but

2.

A.

for

B.

at

C.

up

D.

after

3.

A.

knows

B.

know

C.

is knowing

D.

knew

4.

A.

little

B.

some

C.

any

D.

few

5.

A.

others

B.

other

C.

another

D.

one another

II. Read the following text about a world heritage items and then choose correct answer A, B, C or D

              Gong culture in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam has been recognised by UNESCO as a Masterpiece of the Intangible Heritage of Humanity.

            Gong culture covers five provinces of the Central Highlands: Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong, and Lam Dong. The masters of gong culture are the ethnic groups of Bahnar, Sedang, Mnong, Coho, Ede,Giarai … The Gong Festival is held annually in the Central Highlands. In the festival, artists from these provinces give gong performances, highlighting the gong culture of their own province.

            For the ethnic groups of the Central Highlands, gongs are musical instruments of special power. It is believed that every gong is the symbol of a god who grows more powerful as the gong gets older. Therefore, gongs are associated with special occasions in people’s lives, such as the building of new houses, funerals, crop praying ceremonies, a new harvest, victory celebrations, etc. The gong sound is a way to communicate with the gods.

16. The text tells us about __________.

A. a world cultural heritage                                              B. the artists of the Central Highlands

C. life in the Central Highlands                            D. musical instruments of ethnic groups

17. How often is the Gong Festival celebrated?

A. every month                    B. every year                        C. all the year round        D. on special occasions

 18.The gongs are __________.

A. a kind of art work                                                           B. musical instruments

C. pieces of folk music                                            D. cultural heritages

19.The ethnic peoples in the Central Highlands believe that __________.

A. special powers like their gongs                                  B. gongs are associated with new houses

C. their gongs are the symbols of gods               D. the gong is older than themselves

20. For people in the Central Highlands, the gong sound is __________.

A. a way to entertain themselves                                    B. a sound of victory

C. a form of festival                                                             D. a means of communication

PART 3 – WRITING

I.  Rewrite these sentences starting with the words given:

1. Phong was a quicker runner than his friends. (quickly)

=> Phong ………………………................................................................................................

2. Life in the countryside isn’t as stressful as life in the city. (more)

=> Life in the city ……………………...............................................................

3. He likes to listen to pop music than to watch TV after school.

=> He prefers.......................................................................................................

4. She loves to hang out with friends on Saturday evening.

=> She’s interested............................................................................................

5. Mr. Quynh is the happiest person in the village. (than)

=> No one in the village …………………........................................................

6. Houses in the city are much more expensive than those in the countryside.

=>Houses in the countryside ……………….........................................................

II. Make complete sentences based on the given words.

1. Jonny/ like/ play/ drum/ room/ whereas/ Kenny/ enjoy/ do/gymnastic/ fitness center/ weekends.

................................................................................................................................................

1. Drive/ city/ be/ much/ stressful/ drive/ countryside.

................................................................................................................................................

 

 

 

III. Choose the sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first one.

1. DIY skills aren’t as hard to learn as I think.
2. DIY skills are easier to learn than I think.
3. DIY skills are easier to learn.
4. DIY skills are easier to learn as I think.
5. I think DIY skills are easier to learn.

2 How about going window-shopping this afternoon?

A. Will we go window-shopping this afternoon?

B. Shall we going window-shopping this afternoon?

C. Shall we go window-shopping this afternoon?

D. What about to go window-shopping this afternoon?

3. Mai’s singing is more beautiful than Mi does.

A. Mai sings more beautifully than Mi does.

B. Mai sings more beautiful than Mi does

C. Mai sing more beautifully than Mi does.

D. Mai sings less beautifully than Mi does.

4. People/ countryside/ seem/ have to/ work/ hard/ people/ city.

A. People in the countryside seem have to work harder than people in the city.

B. People in the countryside seem to have to work more hardly than people in the city.

C. People in the countryside seem have to work more hardly than people in the city.

D. People in the countryside seem to have to work more harder than people in the city.