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Unit 2 – English 8

Teacher: Bùi Mến

UNIT 2. LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE – CUỘC SỐNG Ở VÙNG QUÊ
I. Vocabulary:
1. beehive /ˈbiːhaɪv/ (n) : tổ ong
2. brave /breɪv/ (adj) : can đảm
3. buffalo-drawn cart /ˈbʌfələʊ-drɔːn kɑːt/ (n) : xe trâu kéo
4. cattle /ˈkætl/ (n) : gia súc
5. collect /kəˈlekt/ (v) : thu gom, lấy
6. convenient /kənˈviːniənt/ (adj) : thuận tiện
7. disturb /dɪˈstɜːb/ (v) : làm phiền
8. electrical appliance /ɪˈlektrɪkl əˈplaɪəns/ (n) : đồ điện
9. generous /ˈdʒenərəs/ (adj) : hào phóng
10. ger /ger/ (n) : lều của dân du mục Mông Cổ
11. Gobi Highlands /ˈgəʊbi ˈhaɪləndz/ : Cao nguyên Gobi
12. grassland /ˈɡrɑːslænd/ (n) : đồng cỏ
13. harvest time /ˈhɑːvɪst taɪm/ (n) : mùa gặt
14. herd /hɜːd/ (v) : chăn dắt
15. local /ˈləʊkl/ (adj, n) : địa phương, dân địa phương
16. Mongolia /mɒŋˈɡəʊliə/ (n) : Mơng cổ
17. nomad /ˈnəʊmỉd/ (n) : dân du mục
18. nomadic /nəʊˈmædɪk/ (adj) : thuộc về du mục
19. paddy field /ˈpædi fiːld/ (n) : đồng lúa
20. pasture /ˈpɑːstʃə(r)/ (n) : đồng cỏ
21. pick /pɪk/ (v) : hái (hoa, quả…)
22. racing motorist /ˈreɪsɪŋ məʊtərɪst/ (n) : người lái ô tô đua
23. vast /vɑːst/ (adj) : rộng lớn, bát ngát
II. Exercises:
Ex1. Choose the best answers.

1. She is ....... singer I’ve ever met.
A. worse
B. bad
C. the worst
D. badly
2. Mary is ....... responsible as Peter.
A. more
B. the most
C. much
D. as
3. It is ....... in the city than it is in the country.
A. noisily
B. more noisier
C. noisier
D. noisy
4. She sings ……….. among the singers I have known.
A. the most beautiful B. the more beautiful C. the most beautifully D. the more beautifully
5. She is ....... student in my class.
A. most hard-working
B. more hard-working
C. the most hard-working
D. as hard-working
6. The English test was ....... than I thought it would be.
A. the easier
B. more easy
C. easiest
D. easier
7. English is thought to be ....... than Math.
A. harder
B. the more hard

C. hardest
D. the hardest
8. Jupiter is ....... planet in the solar system.
A. the biggest
B. the bigger
C. bigger
D. biggest
9. She runs …… in my class.
A. the slowest
B. the most slow
C. the slowly
D. the most slowly
10. My house is ....... hers.
A. cheap than
B. cheaper
C. more cheap than D. cheaper than
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11. Her office is ....... away than mine.
A. father
B . more far
C. farther
D. farer
12. Tom is ....... than David.
A. handsome

B. the more handsome C. more handsome D. the most handsome
13. He did the test ……….. I did.
A. as bad as
B. badder than
C. more badly than D. worse than
14. A boat is ....... than a plane.
A. slower
B. slowest
C. more slow
D. more slower
15. My new sofa is ....... than the old one.
A. more comfortable
B. comfortably C. more comfortabler D. comfortable
16. My sister dances ……….. than me.
A. gooder
B. weller
C. better
D. more good
17. My bedroom is ....... room in my house.
A. tidier than
B. the tidiest
C. the most tidy
D. more tidier
18. This road is ....... than that road.
A. narrower
B. narrow
C. the most narrow
D. more narrower
19. He drives ……. his brother.
A. more careful than

B. more carefully
C. more carefully than D. as careful as
20. It was ....... day of the year.
A. the colder
B. the coldest
C. coldest
D. colder
21. Teenagers enjoy ............... to music and ............... out with friends.
A. listen – hang
B. to listen – to hang
C. listening – hang
D. listening – hanging
22. Don’t worry. It is ............... to travel to that village even at night.
A. safe
B. unsafe
C. difficult
D. inconvenient
23. Life in a small town is ............... than that in a big city.
A. peaceful
B. much peaceful
C. less peaceful
D. much more peaceful
24. The boys often help their parents to ............... water from the village well.
A. gather
B. collect
C. absorb
D. give
25. ............... month is the Hoa Ban festival of the Thai people held in?
A. When
B. Which

C. How many
D. How often
26. Vietnamese people have many ............... customs and crafts.
A. tradition
B. traditional
C. culture
D. cultural
Ex2. Give the correct form of adjectives and adverbs in brackets.
1. He is (clever) ……………………………………………….. student in my group.
2. She can’t stay (long) …………………………………………….than 30 minutes.
3. It’s (good) ………………………………………..…. holiday I’ve had.
4. Well, the place looks (clean) …………………………………………….now.
5. The red shirt is better but it’s (expensive) …………………………………. than the white one.
6. I’ll try to finish the job (quick).………………………………………….….
7. Being a firefighter is (dangerous) …………………………………….…. than being a builder.
8. Lan sings (sweet) ………………………………………..than Hoa.
9. This is (exciting) ………………………………..………. film I’ve ever seen.
10. He runs (fast)………………………….……….of all.
11. My Tam is one of (popular) ……………………………………. singers in my country.
12. Which planet is (close) ………………………………..………. to the Sun?
13. Carol sings as (beautiful) …………… as Mary, but Cindy sings the (beautiful) ……………
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14. The weather this summer is even (hot) ……………………………..……. than last summer.
15. Your accent is (bad) ………………………….………..than mine.

16. Hot dogs are (good) …………………………..……….than hamburgers.
17. They live in a (big) ……………………… house, but Fred lives in a (big) ……………… one.
18. It’s the (large)……………………………….. company in the country.
Ex3. Rewrite the following sentences using the give words or phrases.
1. Her old house is bigger than her new one.
-> Her new house…………………………………….........
2. No one in my class is taller than Peter.
-> Peter ……………………………………………….
3. The black dress is more expensive than the white one.
-> The white dress ……………………………………………
4. According to me, English is easier than Maths.
-> According to me, Maths ………………………………….
5. No one in my group is more intelligent than Mary.
-> Mary ……………………………………………………….
6. No river in the world is longer than the Nile.
-> The Nile …………………………………………………..
7. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
-> No mountain ……………………………………………...
8. This is the first time I have ever met such a pretty girl.
-> She is ……………………………………………………..
9. This computer works better than that one.
-> That computer ……………………………………………..
10. A horse can run 80km/h while a camel can only run 12km/h.
-> A camel can run …………………………………………….
11. Tim is older than Sarah.
-> Sarah ....................................................................................................
12. Our house is large than yours.
-> Your house is .......................................................................................
13. Bill is not as tall as David.
-> Bill is ...................................................................................................

14. Jack’s marks are worse than mine.
-> My marks ............................................................................................
15. Your bike is slower than mine.
-> My bike ..............................................................................................
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Ex4. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form or tense.
1. Bad driving (cause) ………………………….. many accidents.
2. Nga and Hoa (see) ………………………….…….. this movie for 5 times.
3. Vietnamese (can /speak) ……………………………..by Sue very well.
4. Mozart (compose) ……………………….…….. more than 600 pieces of music.
5. How ………………you (learn) …………… to ride a bike?
– My father (teach) ……………….. me since I (be) …………………………..5 years old .
6. We usually (go) ……….to the library three times a week, but last week we (go) …… twice.
7. Alexander Graham Bell (introduce) …………….………….. the telephone in 1876.
8. Yesterday I (be) ……………….. busy, so I (not have) ……………….. time to phone you.
9. “What ……………………..you (do) ……………….. next summer vacation?”
- “I (visit) ……………………... my grandparents in Nha Trang.”
10. Would you like (come) ………………………….. to dinner tomorrow?
Ex5. Complete the sentences with the correct verb form.
1. John adores
(play) badminton in the winter
2. My father sometimes goes
(hunt) in the forests. He’d like to find some
more food for our family.

3. The boy
(pick) up a stone and threw it in to the river.
4. He
(collect) stamps from many countries since he
(be) eight.
5. Which sports do you like
(play)?
6. Hoa’s teacher wants her (spend)
more time on math.
7. I promise I (try)
my best next semester.
8. Sandra needs (improve)
her English writing.
9. You should (underline)
the word you want (learn)
.
10. Can you help me (move)
this table?
11. Nam always (get)
grade A in Physics, but last semester he
(get)
B.
12. They were proud of (be)
so successful.
Ex6. Choose the word (A, B, c or D) which is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. fun
B. sun
C. surf
D. cut
2. A. leisure

B. eight
C. celebrate
D. penalty
3. A. populated
B. loaded
C. harvested
D. lived
4. A. fields
B. flowers
C. lemons
D. parks
5. A. neighbor
B. cough
C. although
D. drought
6. A. entertain
B. rain
C. air
D. strain
7. A. try
B. facility
C. typhoon
D. supply
8. A. supermarket
B. ruler
C. pollution
D. urban
9. A. nature
B. migrant
C. facility

D. away
10. A. traffic
B. relative
C. tragedy
D. jam
11. A. apartment
B. offer
C. prefer
D. another
12. A. nature
B. pressure
C. urban
D. supply
13. A. create
B. peaceful
C. increase
D. easily
14. A. accessible
B. pressure
C. illness
D. success

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