Hỏi đáp Unit 7 Tiếng Anh lớp 8 phần Language Focus

I. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to show the word having different stress. 

1.A. section 

B. biography 

C. thirteen 

D. possession 

2.A. emission 

B. convenient  

C. activity 

D. innovation 

3.A. .pollute 

B. typhoon  

C. logical 

D. career 

4.A. question 

B. guarantee 

C. education 

D. independence  

5.A. automatic  

B. independence  

C. occupation            

D. urbanization 

6.A. inspire  

B.  pollute                        

C. design  

D. section 

7.A. competition 

B. preservation 

C. reputation 

D. question 

8.A. adore 

B. detest 

C. nomad 

D. collect 

9.A. relax 

B. paddy 

C. pasture 

D. social 

10. A. significant   

B. minority 

C. complicated 

D. majority 

 

 

  II. Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. 

1. a. vast b. cart c. craft d.paddy 

2. a. terraced b. satisfied c. hooked d. relaxed 

3. a. ethnic b. unique c. basic d. diverse 

4. a. worked b. watched c. relaxed d. crowded 

5. a. visited b. recommended c. wanted d. hoped 

6.  a. ethnic b. gather c. though d. clothing 

7.   a. laughed                  b. washed                      c. wached            d. listened 

8. a. develops                   b.   takes                       c. laughs            d. volumes 

9. a. phones                   b.  streets                        c. looks              d. cakes 

10. a. appeared 

          b. frightened 

            c. arrived 

        d. reduced 

11. a. ethnic 

          b. breathing 

            c. either 

        d. paths 

12. a. volunteer b. committee c. guarantee d. degree 

 13. a. populated b. loaded c. harvested d. lived 

  14. a. architect b. church c. childhood d. change 

15.  a. crafts                            b. streets.                   c. stamps.                       d. plays  

 

III. Circle the option that best completes the sentence. .  

1. Jack is sociable. He can (do/ take/ get/ make) friends easily.  

2. You can relax in the countryside. It’s so (peace/ peaceful/ peacefully/ more peaceful).  

3. He provided us (for/ about/ by/ with) a lot of useful information.  

4. Country folk are (more friendly/ less friendly/ most friendly/ as friendly) than city folk. I know every boy in my village.  

5. Life in a remote area is (harder than that/ hard than/ less hard as/ so hard as that) in a modern town.  

6. If you want to stay slim, you have to eat (more healthily/ healthy/ healthier/ as healthily).  

7. Of the twin sisters, Kim is (the most beautiful/ most beautifully/ the more beautiful/ most beautiful).  

8. It usually snows (heavier / more heavily / heavilier / less heavily) in the mountains than in the lowlands.  

9. I think life in the city is faster than (that / it / this / it is) in the countryside.  

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

  1. There is a (collect) ………………………………… of books on the shelf.  

2. It is very (convenience) …………………………………for people in remote areas to get to hospitals.  

3. Iceland is considered the most (peace) …………………………………country in the world.  

4. My parents want to live in the countryside when they get older because of its ………… life. (peace )  

5. Sometimes it is  (convenient)… ………… for people to travel in rural areas because there are not many different means of transport. 

 

  

 

V Put the verbs in the brackets into infinitive (V/to V) or gerund (V-ing). 

1. John dislikes (work)   in front of a computer all day. 

2. I’d like (visit)   the Viet Nam Museum of Ethnology this weekend 

3. I’d rather (make)  crafts than listen to music. 

4. Minh loves (help)   her parents with DIY projects. 

5. Quang hates (take)   the dog for a walk. 

6. We all adored (do)   aerobics when we were young. 

7. You should (play)   sports to keep fit. 

8. They don’t need (watch)   that programme if they don’t like it. 

9. Do you fancy (socialize)   with friends? 

10. My brother prefers (surf)   the Internet. 

 

VI.  Rewrite the sentences in such a way that they mean the same as the original sentences.   

1. Her old house is bigger than her new one.  

• Her new house is not ………………………………………………… 

2. Peter is the tallest boy in my class.  

• No one ………………………………………………………………… 

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

• Phong ran …………………………………………………………… 

4. Nam prefers staying at home to going out. (than)   

• Nam likes …………………………………………………………… 

5. This is the first time I have read such an interesting story.  

• This is the …….……………………………………………………...  

6. We leave early. We will arrive soon. 

• The …………………………………………………………………… 

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. 

1. a. ride b. Excited                   c. ridden d. beehive 

2. a. pasture b. vast c. brave d. farm 

3. a. cattle b. circular c. country d. collect 

4. a. generous b. ger c. grassland d. guess 

5. a. worked b. watched c. relaxed d. crowded 

6. a. visited b. recommended c. wanted d. hoped 

7. a. community b. custom c. costume d. museum 

8.  a. ethnic b. gather c. though d. clothing 

II. Complete the passage with the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets. 

Is life better now than it was in the past? Of course in many ways life is (1)_________ (easy) now. We live in the world which is (2)_________ (clean) and safer. It is generally (3)_________ (healthy) as well, and because of improvements in medical care, both men and women can expect to live (4)________ (long) lives. Our day-to-day existence is (5)________ (comfortable), but are we (6)_________ (happy)? 

The rhythm of life is faster, and (7)_________ (stressful). People are always in a hurry. In the end it is hard to say things were (8)_________ (good) or (9)_________ (bad) before. As the saying goes ‘the grass is always (10)_________ (green) on theother side of the fence’. 

III. Write the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets. 

1. We ___________(play) football this afternoon. Do you want to play too? 

2. Could you meet me at the airport tomorrow? My flight___________(arrive) at six. 

3. Last summer, my friends and I ___________(spend) our holiday on a farm. 

4. Nick ___________(not ride) a buffalo drawn cart before. 

5. The cattle ___________(graze) on the green pastures right now. 

6. Millions of Mongolians ___________(be) semi-nomadic herders for thousands of years. 

7. My family ___________(live) in a small town for ten years before moving to Boston. 

8. Country life ___________(not excite) me at all. It’s so boring. 

9. Nick would like ___________(visit) the countryside at the harvest time. 

10. I don’t mind ___________(drive) for 1.5 hours on the weekend to get out to the countryside. 

IV. Write the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. Use the words in brackets. 

1. This supermarket isn’t as expensive as the one across the street. (less) 

 

2. The English teacher started teaching at our school three years ago. (for) 

 

3. My doctor advised me not to eat in front of the television. (said) 

 

4. You won’t pass the exam unless you study harder. (if) 

5. Hanoi urban districts are noisier than its suburban areas. (as) 

 

6. Why don’t we go to uncle Huan’s farm this weekend? (going) 

 

7. Sarah found it difficult to learn to read in Japanese. (difficulty) 

 

8. The book was so complicated that we couldn’t understand it. (too) 

 

9. Sandy now doesn’t study so diligently as she did in the past. (more) 

 

10. The Chinese printed the first books more than a thousand years ago. (by) 

 

Imagine you are Andy.You have taken part in"Save the earth",an environmental organization.Write an email(about 100-120 words) to Mary. I your email, you should:

- Explain the reasons why you want to take part in this organization

- Tell what you have done and your future plan

- Recommend Mary to join this organization

From: Andy.Nguyen@email.com

To: Mary.Tran@email.com

Which of these phrases could you use instead of the ones in italics in the sentences below? There are two phrases which cannot be used.

as well as - because of-except for in common with - in place of- owing to

1. Due to unforeseen circumstances, the film "Nostradamus" will not open until January.

2. Thanks to the good weather, most of my friends have left the city for the weekend.

3. Apart from dogs and cats, fish are Britain's favourite pets.

4. Together with most of my friends, I love spending time in the country

Fill the gaps in the sentences below with a suitable compound preposition from the list. In some cases there may be more than one possible answer:

according to - apart from - as well as - because of except for - instead of - on behalf of - owing to

1. Our flight was cancelled because of the fog.

2. Hello. I'm phoning ...... Mr Brown. He asked me to give you a message.

3. Tropical forests are being destroyed ..... the demand for hard-wood for furniture.

4. People should protect the trees ..... cutting them down.

5. They have two cats ...... four pet rabbits.

6. Last week we had marvellous weather every day ..... Sunday.

7. I love dogs ..... those very fierce brown and black ones.

8. ..... the weather forecast, it's going to snow. 

He doesn’t apply for the job because he doesn’t have enough qualifications.

→ If he ………………………………………………………………

I don’t want them to be upset, so I’ve decided not to tell them what happened.

→ They …………………………………………………

If you________________ (buy) that big car, you would need a lot of money.

If it rained , the streets ____________________(be) wet.

If Sasha__________________ (go) home now he would meet his own brother.

We ______________(catch) the train earlier if Mary had found her purse.

Where will Tim do the work?

Mr.Pike bought a new car yesterday.

Have the thieves stolen the most valuable painting in the national museum?

Some drunk drivers caused the accident in this city.

on/ is/ grass/ the/ prohibited./ Walking   

She bought a diamond necklace.

These boys made that noise.

How did the police find the lost man?