ĐỀ CƯƠNG ÔN TẬP ANH 8 - KHII

ENGLISH 8 - REVIEW FOR THE SECOND TERM
I. TOPIC
1. A first - aid course
2. Recycling
3. Traveling around Viet Nam
4. A vacation abroad
5. Festival
6. Wonders of the world
7. Computers
8. Inventions
II. SKILLS
1. Listening
- Listen to a monologue or a dialogue within 80 - 100 words for general or specific
information.
2. Speaking
- Make suggestions, predictions, reservations and plans.
- Make respond to formal requests, offers and promises.
- Give and respond to instructions.
- Express personal feelings, agreement, and disagreement.
- Describe past activities.
- Talk about the weather.
- Accept and decline an invitation.
- Talk about processes.
- Say what something was like.
3. Reading
- Read a dialogue or a passage within 110 - 140 words for general or specific
information.
4. Writing
- Write a thank-you note of 60 - 80 words using suggested questions or word cues.
- Write a set of instructions of 60 - 80 words using suggested questions or word
cues.

- Write a postcard of 60 - 80 words using suggested guidelines.
- Write a paragraph of 60 - 80 words about a festival using suggested questions of
guidelines.
- Write an informal letter to a friend within 60 - 80 words using suggested ideas or
word cues.
III. VOCABULARY
- Word concerning first aid (e.g. ambulance, bandage, burn, …)
- Word about healthy environment (recycle, garbage, wrap, …)
- Sequence makers (first, second, third, …)
- Words describing vacation (seaside, resort, temple, …)
- Name of resort (Ha Long Bay, Mount Rushmore, Napa Valley, …)
- Name of festival (Rice-cooking Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Village Festival,
…)
- Words related to technology (microwave, loudspeaker, …)
- Names of some wonders of the world / famous landmarks (Great Wall,
Stonehenge, …)
IV. GRAMMAR
- Future simple
- Passive form (Present, future, past, present perfect)
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- Modal will to make offers, requests, promises.
- Adjective + to infinitive
- Adjective + noun clause
- Would / Do you mind …?
- Past progressive tense
- Connectors (when, while)
- Reported speech
- Compound word (rice-cooling, fire-making, …)
- Present perfect with yet, already
- Indirect question with if / whether

- Verb + to infinitive
- Question word before to infinitive.
V. EXERCISES
Exercise 1:
Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
others.
1. a. overhead b. teammate c. speaker d. bean
2. a. challenging b. fetch c. brochure d. chocolate
3. a. arrive b. separate c. marine d. award
4. a. ranger b. sugar c. religious d. giant
5. a. jolly b. liquify c. army d. crystal
Exercise 2:
Listen to the conversation and choose the best option a, b, c or d to complete
each sentence.
1. Peter took a trip around Asia by ________.
a. train b. plane c. bike d. motorbike
2. He went with __________.
a. his sister b. girlfriend c. his classmates d. his schoolmates
3. How many countries did he visit?
a. one b. two c. three d. four
4. Which countries did he love visiting the most?
a. Laos b. India c. China d. Thailand
5. When did he come back home?
a. last week b. last month c. yesterday d. yesterday morning
Exercise 3:
Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that
of the others.
1. a. show b. follow c. how d. throw
2. a. factory b. liquify c. pretty d. candy
3. a. sugar b. crush c. button d. husk

4. a. pour b. touch c. bought d. thought
5. a. cooked b. washed c. faxed d. weighed
Exercise 4:
Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks with the missing words.
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The best way to protect our environment is to reduce the amount of garbage. We
can
recycle some (1) ____________ instead of putting them into the garbage. As you
know, this means that we need to use the old materials in the garbage to make (2)
____________. Already in many countries, people can recycle their newspapers,
bottles (3)____________ . But people are still thinking of new ways to recycle
things. For example, some companies are using the plastic in old soda bottles to
make clothing. Other companies are (4) ____________with the materials in old
tires. Some companies even make garbage cans from old (5)____________ . These
companies are trying to recycle the plastic we already have, instead of making a lot
of new plastic.
Exercise 5:
Read the letter and put a tick in the appropriate box for True (T), False (F), or
NM if the statement is not mentioned in the letter.
Dear Tuan,
I arrived in Australia a week ago and I think that my English is improving! I’m
living in a small flat near the centre of Sydney. It’s cheap and quite comfortable.
In your letter you ask what I’m going to do to improve my English. Well, tomorrow
I’m going to visit the language centre to see what English classes they offer there
in the evenings. Of course, I’m going to read a newspaper every day. I’m going to
spend a lot on cassettes because listening is so important! There are some good
bookshops here, so I’m also going to look for some other books to read before
bedtime. I’m going to write a diary in English – that’s a good way to learn
English.
How are you getting on? I was sorry I had to leave in the middle of the course. Are

you going to write to me again?
Hope to hear from you all soon.
Nam
1. Nam came to Australia last week.
2. He is staying in a small house near the centre of Sydney.
3. He is not pleased with his accommodation.
4. He is going to visit a language centre tomorrow.
5. He is going to have a lesson tomorrow evening.
6. He is going to talk with Australian students.
7. Every day he is going to read a newspaper.
8. Listening is less important to him.
9. There are many bookshops in the neighborhood.
10. He is going to read books and write a diary in English
Exercise 6:
Write a report on a festival you joined recently. Use the following suggestions.
- Name of the festival
- Time and the place where it was held
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- Activities you saw or took part in
- Number of people joining in each activity
- Feeling about the festival
Exercise 7:
Read the following passage then answer the questions
Every day of the year throughout the world about twenty million paper bags and
newspapers are thrown away.
Making paper requires a lot of wood pulp and the work of millions of workers.
Many countries have had plans to recycle waste paper to save money and labor. In
countries where there is the cooperation of the public, paper mills recycle as much
as 60% of waste paper. Their simple work is to take away the ink, crush it up and
make it into pulp again.

For every ton of recycled newsprint, twelve trees can be saved. The more paper
people save, the more trees are preserved.
1. How many paper bags and newspapers are thrown away ever day?
2. What material do paper mills need to make paper?
3. What do the paper mills do to reuse waste paper?
4. How many trees can be saved for every ton of recycled newsprint?
5. What have many countries done to save money and labor in making paper?
Exercise 8:
Choose the underlined word or phrase A, B, C or D in each sentence that needs
correcting.
1. The girl sit next to Lan is Ba.
A B C D
2. Would you mind although I used your computer?
A B C D
3. The electric light was invented in Edison.
A B C D
4. Could you show me what to use the calculator, please?
A B C D
5. He intends for taking part in the competition.
A B C D
6. They happily looked at the children play in the yard.
A B C D
7. This is the second time I took part in the rice-cooking contest.
A B C D
8. When Andrew saw the question, he was knowing the answer immediately.
A B C D
9. We have not decided how to deal with the new problem already.
A B C D
10. Lots of information are stored in the computer.
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A B C D
Exercise 9:
Do as directed in the brackets.
1. “Is the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco?” Hoa said to Tim. (Change into
the reported speech)
2. Mrs. Thu is going to ask a plumber to fix the faucets. (Use the causative form
with “have” instead of “ask”)
3. Nam gets up early every morning. He doesn’t want to be late for school.
(Combine into one sentence, using “in order to”)
4. They built their house over 50 years ago. (Change into the passive form)
5. “Could you take me home?” (Rewrite the sentence, using “Would you mind”)
6. Christmas songs were first performed eight hundred years ago. (Make question
with “When”)

KEY
Exercise 1
1a; 2c; 3d; 4b; 5b
* Exercise 2
1a; 2c; 3c; 4c; 5b
Tape transcript:
Jane: What did you do in the summer?
Peter:I took a trip around Asia by train.
Jane: Did you go on your own or with your friends?
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Peter:I went with my classmates.
Jane: How many countries did you visit?
Peter:I went to three countries: China, India and Thailand.
Jane: Which one did you love the most?
Peter:China
Jane: Why?

Peter:Because I walked on The Great Wall and took a lot of photographs there.
Jane: You didn’t visit the Taj Mahal in India, did you?
Peter:No, I didn’t. That day I stayed in a hotel because I was too tired to go.
Jane: When did you come back home?
Peter:Last month.
Exercise 3
1c; 2b; 3a; 4b; 5d
* Exercise 4:
1. materials 2. new things 3. and cans 4. making shoes 5. plastic bottles
* Exercise 5
1T; 2F; 3NM; 4T; 5F; 6NM; 7T; 8F; 9F; 10T
* Exercise 7:
1. About twenty million.
2. Wood pulp.
3. Take away the ink, crush it up and make it into pulp again.
4. Twelve.
5. They have had plans to recycle waste paper.
* Exercise 8:
1B => sitting 2C => if 3D => by 4C => how 5B => to
6C => playing 7B => have taken 8C => knew 9D => yet 10 C => is stored
* Exercise 9
1. Hoa asked Tim if the Golden Gate Bridge was in San Francisco.
2. Mrs. Thu is going to have a plumber fix the faucets.
3. Nam gets up early every morning in order not to be late for school.
4. The house was built over 50 years ago.
5. Would you mind taking me home?
6. When was the Christmas songs first performed?
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