BỘ bài LUYỆN tập KIẾN THỨC TIẾNG ANH lớp 8

BỘ BÀI LUYỆN TẬP KIẾN THỨC TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8

UNIT ONE : MY FRIENDS

A : GRAMMAR :
1.Presẹnt Simple Tense : thì hiện tại đơn
a) Affirmative – Negative - Interrogative: thể khẳng đònh, thể phủ đònh, thể nghi
vấn
S + V (s / es)
S + do / does + not + V (bare-inf)
Do / Does + S + V (inf) …… ?
[ V (s/es) : dạng động từ giữ nguyên hoặc thêm S hoặc ES ]
Ex: We live in a small house in the city . (live)
The Earth goes around the sun . (go)
They don’t often go swimming in the winter . (not go)
Ba doesn’t like movie . (not like)
Does she have any best friends ? (have)
• Note : Một số trạng từ hoặc cụm trạng từ thường đi kèm với thì hiện tại
đơn : always (luôn luôn); usually (thường thường); often (thường xuyên);
sometimes –occasionally (thỉnh thoảng); every day / week / month … on
Monday …… once a week (1 lần / tuần).
2.Attributive And Predicative Adjective : tính từ thuộc ngữ và tính từ vò ngữ
a) Attributive adjective : tính từ thuộc ngữ
thường đứng trước 1 danh từ để miêu tả danh từ đó :
Ex: She has long black hair .
Nguyen Du is a famous author .
b) Predicative adjective : tính từ vò ngữ
-Là các tính từ thường đứng sau các động từ sau :be, seem (dường như); look
(trong có vẻ); feel (cảm thấy)
sound (nghe có vẻ); become –get (trở nên) … được gọi là tính từ vò ngữ
Ex: You seem happy .

Bao is sociable and humorous .
3. ENOUGH (đủ …… để có thể) đứng sau tính từ
S + be + adj + enough + to –V (inf)
Ex: She wasn’t old enough to be in my class .
I am lucky enough to have many friends .
Note :ENOUGH có thể dùng như 1 từ hạn đònh dứng trước danh số nhiều đếm
được hoặc không đếm được
Ex : Are there enough potatoes to make potato soup ?
I didn’t have enough money to buy that car then .
B.EXERCISES :
I. GIVE THE CORRECT VERB FORM


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1. Peter ……………………………………………… a poscard from his friend in Paris yesterday .
(receive)
2.The moon ………………………………………. around the earth .(go)
3.What ………………… your teacher …………………………… like ? (look)
4.She wasn’t old enough ……………………………………. in my class .(be)
5.Hoa ……………………………………………….. in Hue last year .(live)
6.I enjoy …………………………………………….. jokes .(tell)
7.Would you like …………………………………………………. her ? (meet)
8. Bao is lucky enough …………………………………………. a lot of friends .(have)
II/MATCH THE QUESTIONS IN COLUMN A TO THE RIGHT ANSWER IN
COLUMN B :
1.What does your teacher look like ?

a.Actually, she is one of my sister’s
2.Is she your neighbor ?
friends
3.Would you like to make friends with
b.She’s tall and thin .
these students ?
c.Oh, I’d love to .
4.Is Ba going to drive his father’s car ?
d.Don’t be silly .He isn’t old
enough .
III / READING :
Read the passage carefully, then write true (T) or false (F) for each statement:
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, and then secondary school. We are also
neighbor so we spend most of our time in learning and playing together. Hanh is
a beautiful girl with big black eyes and an oval rosy face. She is an intelligent
student who is always at the top of the class. 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 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 die.
-at least : tối thiểu –intelligent (a) thông minh –top (n) đứng đầu –star (n) ngôi
sao –laugh (v) cười
– friendship (n) tình bạn –die (v) chết - a sense of humor :tính hài hước writer (n) tác giả
1. The writer formed her close friendship at Primary school
2. The writer lives far from her friends.
3. Hanh always spends her free time in the library
4. Mai is good at sport

5. Mai’s friends sometimes get tired of her jokes.
6. The writer hopes to have a lasting friendship.
IV / WRITE :


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a) Combine each of the following sentences into one, using ‘ (not) adj + enough
+ to V (inf)’
Ex :a/ He is tall . He can play volleyball .
 He is tall enough to play the volleyball .
b/ The fire isn’t very hot. It won’t boil a kettle
-> The fire isn’t hot enough to boil a kettle
1.She isn’t old. She can’t be in my class
-> She isn’t old enough ………………………………………………………
2.I am lucky. I have a lot of friends.
-> I am lucky enough ………………………………………………………………
3.The bag isn’t big. It can’t carry everything.
-> The bag isn’t big enough ……………………………………………………
4.Ba is not old. He can’t drive his father’s car.
-> Ba is not old enough ……………………………………………………………
5.My English isn’t good . I can’t be a member of the club .
-> My English is not good enough ……………………………………………………
b) Write a paragraph about Trung,using the information in the box :
Name : Nguyen Manh Trung
Age : 15
Address : 15 Quang Trung street, HCM City

Appearance : tall, fat, curly short hair
Characters : sociable, generous, kind
Family : mother, father and two younger sisters
Hobbies : swimming, reading
Friends : Nam,Thanh, Phong
His name’s ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------IV/ VOCABULARY and STRUCTURE:
1.I ______________ a letter from my old friend last week .
a.  sent
b.  gave
c.  received
d. 
took
2.He is not _______________ get married .
a.  enough old to b.  enough old for c.  old enough to d. old
enough for
3.She is wearing a _______________ dress .
a.  red new pretty b.  new pretty red c.  pretty red new d.
pretty new red
4.I find Peter is not communicative .He’s rather ________________ in public .


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a.  kind
b.  reserved
c.  sociable
d.

humorous
5.That man seems ____________________
a.  happy
b.  happily
c.  happiness
d.  be
happy
6.What does your brother __________________ ?
a.  look like
b.  look as
c.  be like
d.  as
7.I am _____________ enough to have a lot of friends .
a.  luck
b.  luckily
c.  lucky
d. 
luckier
8. The girl has no parents, so she has to live in the _______________
a.  orphanage
b.  hospital
c.  school
d. 
kindergarten
9.He likes telling jokes. He has a good sense of ________________
a.  volunteer
b.  character
c.  member
d. 
public

10.The boy is a _______________ student. He always gets good grades
a.  kind
b.  generous
c.  hard-working d. 
reserved
VI/ GRAMMAR and STRUCTURE
1.The earth _______________ around the sun
a.  go
b.  goes
c.  is going
d. 
went
2.The sun ________________ in the east .
a.  rise
b.  rose
c.  rises
d. 
rising
3.Her mother _____________ this city two years ago .
a.  left
b.  leaves
c.  is leaving
d.  will
leave
4.They enjoy ________________to music while he’s studying.
a.  to listen
b.  listen
c.  telling
d.  to
listening

5.The River Amazon ___________ into the Atlantic Ocean .
a.  flow
b.  flows
c.  flowed
d.  is
flowing
6.We spend time ___________volunteer work.
a.  to do
b.  on doing
c.  doing
d.  for
doing
7.Would you _____________ to go to the movie with me ? “ I’d love to” .
a.  like
b.  want
c.  love
d. 
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8.Each of them ________________ a different character
a.  have
b.  has
c.  to have
d.  had

9.Hoa ________________ last year
a.  lives
b.  lived
c.  is living
d.  has
lived
10.Ba isn’t old enough ________________ his father’s car
a.  drive
b.  to drive
c.  driving
d. 
drove
VII/ FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH A SUITABLE PREPOSITION: IN, ON,
AT, OF,FROM …………
1. She will be here …………………………………Christmas.
2. I received a letter …………………………………my friend yasterday.
3. She usually goes swimming …………………………………Sunday morning.
4. He does volunteer work ……………………………………..a local hospital.
5. He lives …………………………26 Tran Phu Steet …………………………….Ha Noi.
VIII. CHOOSE THE WORD THAT HAS THE UNDERLINED PART
PRONOUNCED DIFFERENTLY:
1.
a.happy
b.character
c.fat
d.classmate
2
a.teacher
b.pleasure
c.please

d.meet
3
a.character
b.christmas
c.childern
d.school
4
a.tomorrow
b.brown
c.now
d.how
5
a.slim
b.thin
c.smile
d.visit
UNIT TWO : MAKING ARRANGEMENTS

A.GRAMMAR :
1.Be going to : sắp, sẽ
a/ Talk about intention : diễn tả dự đònh trong tương lai
S + am / is / are + going to + V (inf)
Ex: I am going to see a movie tonight . (see)
She is going to visit Paris next year .(visit)
Note : một số trạng từ đi kèm cho thì tương lai : tonight (tối nay); tomorrow
(ngày mai); next day/ week/ month/ year; one/ some day … soon ..
2.Adverbs of place : trạng từ chỉ nơi chốn
-Cho biết sự việc xảy ra ở đâu,thường đứng cuối câu
Here (ở đây); there (ở kia); outside (ở bên ngoài); inside (ở bên trong); upstairs
(ở tầng trên); downstairs (ở tầng dưới); around (quanh); out of the window (ở

ngoài cửa sổ) .
Ex: It isn’t your turn .Please wait outside .
3.NEITHER …… NOR … : không ……mà cũng không (nối 2 ý mang nghóa phủ


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ñònh)
Ex: Deaf-mute can neither speak nor hear
Neither she nor her husband was at home

B.EXERCISES :
I/ SUPPLY THE CORRECT VERB FORM
1.I ______________________________the movie Dream City at 6.45 this
evening .(see)
2.Let’s __________________________outside the theater .(meet)
3.Would you like __________________________ a message ? (leave)
4.The sun _________________________in the East .(rise)
5.Alexander Graham Bell ____________________ the telephone in 1876 .
(invent)
6.It has stopped ______________________________(rain).
7.Alexander G .Bell _______________________to the U.S.A in 1870s .
(emigrate)
8.Ba feels lucky enough _______________________many friends. (have)
9.Bell and Watson ______________________the telephone in 1877. (introduce)
10.They enjoy _________________jokes. (tell)
II/ MATCH EACH OBJECT WITH THEIR DEFINITION

1. …..an answering machine a.to send and receive copies of documents
b.to find someone’s telephone and
2……a mobile phone
addresses
3…...a fax machine
c.to write addresses and telephone number
4……a telephone directory
d.a telephone you can carry around with you
5……a public telephone
e.answer your phone and records messages
6……an address book
f.to make a phone call in a street telephone
box.
III.READING
1.Read the passage then then decided if the statements are true (T) or false(F) .


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Graham 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 the Boston .Though Bell was
a dreamer,he was 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 .
move :rời ; dreamer : người mơ ước ; practical : thực dụng ; transmission :

truyền ; sound : âm thanh ; lead to : dẫn đến
1. ………Alexander G. Bell was born in England .
2. ………He emigrated to Canada in 1865 .
3. ………He went to Boston when he was twenty-three .
4. ………Graham Bell worked with the deaf in Boston .
5. ………He experimented with the electrical tranmission of the sound by day .
6. ………Graham Bell invented the telephone .
2.Read the message below. Write the telephone message.
A customer telephoned the Vietravel Tourist Company on April 20th at 10.30
a.m. his name was Mr.Tan and he wanted to speak to Mr. Thanh, the manager.
Mr.Thanh was out. So Mr.Son took a message. Mr Tan call about his family’s
tour to Singapore and Malaysia. He said Mr.Thanh could reach hin at
08883445632 in the afternoon.
Date: _________________________________
Time: ________________________________
For: _________________________________
Message:
__________________________________________________________________
________
__________________________________________________________________
______________________
Taken by: ___________________________
IV/ VACABULARY and STRUCTURE
1.Deaf-mutes can ___________ speak ___________ hear .
a.  both … and
b.  not only… but also
c. 
Neither … nor
d.  either … or
2.Alexander Graham Bell was born _______________ March 3, 1874 .

a.  in
b.  on
c.  at
d. 
during
3.They ____________ from Canada to America to find work .
a.  started
b.  demontrated c.  delivered
d. 
emigrated
4.Would you like ______________ a message ?


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a.  to leave
b.  leave
c.  leaving
d.  left
5.Don’t come in .Please wait _____________ for your turn .
a.  inside
b.  downstairs
c. 
outsides
d.  upstairs
6.Our friends _________________ meet us at the airport tonight .
a.  are

b.  are going to
c.  go to
d.  will
be to
7.Could you __________ a message ? I want to leave your mom a message ?
a.  give
b.  take
c.  like
d. 
want
8.Bell started _____________ with rays of transmitting speech .
a.  experiment
b.  to experimenting
c. 
experimenting
d.  experimented
9.A person who can’t speak or hear is called a___________
a.  character
b.  deaf
c.  blind
d. 
deaf-mute
10.It is more expensive to use a .____________than a public phone.
a.  mobile phone b.  home phone c.  office phone
d.  paper
11.You can see a lot of his paintings (tranh) in the next _____________
a.  service
b.  exhibition
c.  demonstrate
d. 

invention
12.I am going ______________the movie at 8 this evening
a.  see
b.  seeing
c.  to seeing
d.  to
see
13.It’s difficult for old people to walk _______________
a.  upstairs
b.  inside
c.  outside
d. here
14.Let’s ___________ outside the movie theater.
a.  meet
b.  to meet
c.  meeting
d.  be
meet
15.The earth ________________ around the sun
a.  went
b.  is going
c.  goes
d. 
will go
16. Hoa isn’t old__________________ be in my class .
a.  enough
b.  too
c.  so
d.  for
17.We _____________ two new fishing rods yesterday.

a.  buy
b.  would buy
c.  bought
d. 
buyed
18.You can use a (n) ________________ to record message when you are out
a.  telephone directory
b.  mobile phone
c.  fax machine
d.  answering machine


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19.The match was ________________ live all over the world
a.  traveled
b.  demontrated c.  transmitted
arranged

d. 

V.WRITING
a) Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first :
1.Peter isn’t old so he can’t see the horror film .
-> Peter isn’t old enough …………………………………………………………………….
2.I intend to come over to pick you up . (intend to = be going to)
-> I am ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

3.Let’s play chess tonight.
-> What about ………………………………………………………………………………………..
4.Her hair is long and black .
-> She has ………………………………………………………………………………………………
5.You ought to go to the market yourself.
-> You should …………………………………………………………………………………………
6.How about going to the movie theater tonight?
-> Let’s ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
7.The children liked to walk in the rain .
-> The children enjoyed …………………………………………………………………………
b) Write a paragraph about Trung,using the information in the box :
Name : Nguyen Son Nam
Age : 14
Address : 70 Pham Ngu Lao Street, District 1, HCM City
Appearance : tall, slim, straight hair
Characters : sociable, outgoing, helpful
Family : father, mother, younger sister - Lan
Hobbies : swimming, tables-tennis
Friends : Ba,Thanh, Quang
His name’s -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------VI/ FILL IN EACH BLANK WITH A PROPER PREPOSITION:in, on, at, of,
with, from ….
1. The post office is not far ………………………………………….. my house
2. Let’s meet ……………………………………the City Theater ……………………………………… 7
o’clock.
3. I was born ……………………………………… may 16th, 1997 …………………………………Dong Nai.
4. He worked …………………………………… deaf-mutes ……………………………………Boston
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5. Mrs.Lien said you could reach her …………………………………… 8 603 423.
VIII. CHOOSE THE WORD THAT HAS THE UNDERLINED PART
PRONOUNCED DIFFERENTLY:
1.
a.machine
b.mobile
c.movie
d.theater
2
a.arrange
b.demontrate
c.transmit
d.answer
3
a.funiture
b.university
c.patient
d.hospital
4
a.directory
b.telephone
c.invention
d.experiment
5
a.delivery
b.assistant

c.introduce
d.device
IX. SENTENCE BUIDING
1.I / received / letter / my old friend / last week.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
2.Ba / be / lucky enough / have / many firiends
-…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3.I / going / see / movie / this evening
-……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
4.Alexandra Gram bell / born / 3rd March / 1847
-……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
UNIT THREE : AT HOME
A.GRAMMAR :



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1) Reflexive Pronouns : đại từ phản thân
-Làm tân ngữ của động từ khi chủ ngử và tân ngữ là cùng 1 người hay 1 vật .
I -----------> myself : chính tôi
-> I cut ……………………….
You ------ > yourself : chính anh / chò -> You have to cook dinner
/ bạn
……………………..
He -------- > himself :chính anh ấy / -> The boy killed ………………………..
ông ấy

-> The girl killed ……………………………
She ------- > herself : chính cô ấy /
-> The cat ……………………. eats .
bà ấy
-> We’ll have to try and do it
It ---------- > itself : chính nó
…………………………
We ------- > ourselves : chính chúng -> But you’ll have to do it
tôi
…………………………….
You ----- > yourselves : chính các
-> Why did they kill
anh / chò / bạn
……………………………. ?
They ----- > themselves : chính họ
2.Modal verbs : must, have to, ought to …
a) Must : phải, cần (đưa ra lời khuyên hay 1 đề nghò hay sự cấm đoán)
S + must + V (bare inf: động từ nguyên
mẫu)
S + must not / mustn’t + V (bare inf)
Must + S + V(bare inf) …… ?
Ex: You must take more exercises .
You mustn’t see that film
You must be here before eight o’clock tomorrow .
b) Have to :phải(chỉ sự bắt buộc đến từ bên ngoài)
Ex: I have to stop smoking
You have to wear uniform on duty .
c) Ought to = should : nên, phải (dùng để khuyên hay đề nghò)
S + ought to + V(bare inf)
S + ought not to / oughtn’t to + V(bare inf)

Ought + S + to + V(bare inf) …… ?
Ex: You ought to study harder .
What time ought I to arrive ?
3)Why …… (tại sao) ? -------> Because :bởi vì …… (hỏi nguyên nhân hay lý do)
Ex: Why were you late for class this morning ?
a. Because I watched TV late last night .
Why did Hoa fail her English exam ?
b. Because she didn’t learn for her exam .
B/ EXERCISES :
I/SUPPLY THE CORRECT VERB FORM :


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1.It is safe …………………………………………medicine in locked cupboard .(keep)
2.The Earth …………………………… around the sun .(go)
3.You ought …………………………… to the market and buy some fish . (go)
4.Let’s ……………………………………………the armchair opposite the couch .(put)
5.I have to …………………………………………..my chores. (do)
6.I enjoy ……………………………………………… jokes .(tell)
7.Would you like …………………………… her ? (meet)
8. You must ………………………………………… all chemicals and drugs in locked cupboard.
(put)
9.I …………………………………………………..home late tonight.(be)
10.We ……………………………………………………………our first semester report a few days a go.
(receive)
II/ READING

Read the passage and fill in each blank with a suitable word from the list:
Students – reach – are – should – as – for – hear –
the
If you see a fire, you should drink the school bell ……………………………….(1) one
munite. When they …………………………….(2) the bell, students should quickly leave
……………………………………(3) classrooms. The monitor should take the register with him
on leaving the class. The ………………………………………(4) should line up outside tha
classroom as soon ……………………(5) every has left the room. Then the class should
walk quickly along the path to the main entrance. When they ………………………………….
(6) the main entrance, the students should stand quietly in the play ground. While
they ………………………………………(7) waiting there, one of the students ……………………………(8)
look for the class teacher in the playground. On finding him, he should give him
the class register.
Take the register: điểm danh ; main entrance: lối đi chính ; playground: sân
trường ; monitor: lớp trưởng
III. WRITING:
a) Write a paragragh,using the information in the box :
Name : Tran Thi Mai ..........................................................................................
Phuong
age : 15
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Appearance : short,
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
slim, long straight
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
hair
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Character : reserved, ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
kind, hard-working
Address : 26 Hoang

Dieu, Da Lat City
Family : uncle, aunt,
three cousins


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Friends : Hong,
Diem, Chi
b) Complete the following sentences :
1. You should drink a lot of milk every day .
-> You ought ………………………………………………………………………………..
2.Hoa went to school late because she watched TV late last night .
-> Why …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3.Shall we go to the cinema tonight?
-> Let’s …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4.You have to cook dinner yourself .
-> You must …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5.You ought to learn English hard
-> You should ……………………………………………………………………………………………………
6.I am lucky enough because I have many friends .
-> I am lucky enough …………………………………………………………………………
7.Why don’t we go to Huong pagoda?
->How about …………………………………………………………………………………………
IV/ VOCABULARY and STRUCTURE
1.The children are old enough to look after ________________ .
a.  themselves

b.  ourselves
c.  herself
d. 
himself
2.I am sorry but you have to cook dinner ____________ .
a.  yourself
b.  myself
c.  herself
d. 
himself
3. You use a ________________ to cook rice.
a.  steamer
b.  rice cooker
c.  saucepan
d. 
frying-pan
4.You have to go to the _______________ yourself to buy some vegetables.
a.  cooker
b.  market
c.  cupboard
d.  sink
5.You must _______________ the sockets so that children won’t be killed.
a.  put
b.  cover
c.  include
d. reach
6. What is she doing ? She’s ____________________ the floor .
a.  doing
b.  sweeping
c.  dusting

d. 
feeding
7. It’s safe _________________ medicine in locked cupboard .
a.  keep
b.  to keep
c.  keeping
d.  to
keeping
8.The calendar is ________ the clock, __________the picture and the lamp
a.  on/next to
b.  under/between c.  behind/between d. 
above/on
9.He had to stay at home _____________ he was ill.


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a.  because

b.  as soon

c.  before

d. 

until
10.What is Mary doing, mom ? She is looking at ___________ in the mirror.

a.  her
b.  hers
c.  she herself
d. 
hershelf
11.I think I do that work ______________
a.  meself
b.  mineself
c.  myself
d.  I
myself
12.Our team played well ____________ to win the gold metal.
a.  too
b.  that
c.  so
d. 
enough
13.Let’s paint the house __________________ It will be much cheaper.
a.  yourself
b.  herself
c.  ourselves
d. 
themselves
V/ GRAMMAR and STRUCTURE
1.We ought _________________ the wardrobe in the corner opposite the bed .
a.  put
b.  push
c.  to put
d.  to
push

2.What was wrong with you ? Why __________________________ go to
hospital ?
a.  had you to
b.  did you have to c.  must you
d.  did
you must
3.Don’t let the child ________________ with matches.
a.  play
b.  playing
c.  to play
d. 
plays
4.I __________________ work every day from 8.30 to 5.30
a.  ought to
b.  must
c.  should
d. 
have to
5.She worked hard ______________ she could pass the final exam.
a.  so that
b.  in order to
c.  as result
d.  so
as to
6.Why mustn’t children __________________ with matches.
a.  to play
b.  play
c.  playing
d. 
have to play

7.Why did Hoa go to school late this morning? Because she
_______________TV late last night
a.  watch
b.  watches
c.  watched
d.  is
watchin
VI MATCH THE QUESTIONS IN COLUMN A TO THE RIGHT ANSWER IN
COLUMN B :
1……Why didn’t Nam come to the party ?
a.Because it is a dangerous play .


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2……Why were you late ?
3……Why don’t you take a taxi ?
4……Why couldn’t Jane pass the final
exam ?
5……Why mustn’t we let children play in
the kitchen ?
6……Why wasn’t Mary at work yesterday?

b.Because she didn’t study hard
enough .
c.Because I don’t have enough
money .

d.Because we missed the first
train .
e.Because he had a lot of
homework to do
f.Because she didn’t feel well
VII. CHOOSE THE WORD THAT HAS THE UNDERLINED PART
PRONOUNCED DIFFERENTLY:
1.
a.feed
b.clean
c.sweep
d.head
2
a.floor
b.four
c.room
d.door
3
a.sink
b.knife
c.fire
d.rice
4
a.house
b.couch
c.ought
d.counter
5
a.candy
b.fry

c.many
d.happy

A.GRAMMAR:



UNIT FOUR : OUR PAST

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1) Past simple tense : thì quá khứ đơn
a/ Affirmative : thể khẳng đònh
S + V2 / V-ed (past tense)
b / Negative : thể phủ đònh
S + did not / didn’t +
V(inf)
c/ Interrogative : thể nghi vấn
Did (not) + S + V(inf)
………… ?
*Cách chia :
+ Động từ có quy tắc : thêm ED vào động từ nguyên mẫu : watched ; finished ;
arrived …
+ Động từ có quy tắc : động từ ở cột 2 (V2 –past tense) trong bảng động từ bất
quy tắc
* Công dụng : diễn tả 1 hành động hay sự việc xảy ra và kết thúc tại 1 thời
điểm xác đònh ở quá khứ

Ex: He went to London last month .
I worked in that company in 2002 .
He didn’t go fishing with us yesterday .
Did you eat rice for lunch last night ?
Note : thì quá khứ thường đi kèm với 1 số trạng từ : yesterday (hôm qua); last
night / week / year … tối qua / tuần trước / năm trước … ; ago (trước đây) ; in 199…
vào năm
2) Prepositions of time : các giới từ chỉ thời gian
• In :(trong, vào) dùng trước thế kỷ, năm, tháng, mùa và các buổi trong
ngày .
In the 20th century ; in 1999 ; in June ; in summer, in the morning, in October
2006
• On : (vào) trước các ngày trong tuần, ngày tháng và ngày cụ thề .
On Monday, on May 24th, on Christmas day, on my birthday .
• At : (lúc, vào lúc) trước giờ, ban đêm và các ngày lể .
At 5 o’clock, at 7.30 pm, at night, at Christmas, at Tet .
• After : (sau, sau khi) after six, after lunch
• Before : (trước, trước khi) before dinner, two days before Christmas .
• Between : (ở giữa :2 khoảng thời gian, ngày, năm …) between 6pm and
8pm,between Mon &Tues
4) USED TO : thường, đã từng
- Diễn tả 1 thói quen trong quá khứ hay 1 điều gì chỉ tồn tại trong quá (hiện
nay không còn nữa)
S + used to + V(bare - inf)


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…
Ex: I used to live on a farm when I was a child .
That hotel used to be a cinema .
Did you use to go there ?
She didn’t use to like opera .

• Give the past form of the following verbs.
Run - ………………… ; take ………………… ; go ……………… ; have …………………; do ………………… ;
be ………………… ; eat ……
Come ………………... ; ride ………………… ; leave …………………… ; hold ………………… ; light
………………… ; make ……………
Fit ……………………; appear ………………………; send …………………………; sit …………………; fly
………………………; drop ……………
B.EXERCISES:
I/ SUPPLY THE CORRECT VERB FORM :
1.I used to ________________on a farm when I was young .(live)
2.That is Loan. She used ______________ my next-door neighbor. (be)
3.Where ________________ you last night ? (be)


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4.I ___________________math and English yesterday. (have)
5.A lion ________________from its cage yesterday morning. (escape)
6.Stout Nut’s mother _____________new clothes for her that year. (make)
7.I _______________noodles for lunch yesterday morning. (eat)

8.Let’s _________________some games. (play)
9.The Earth _______________ around the sun .(go)
10.Do you enjoy __________________sports programs? (watch)
II. MATCH THE QUESTIONS IN COLUMN A TO THE RIGHT ANSWER IN
COLUMN B :
1.What was life like then?
a.I had English and Math .
2.When did you start work ?
b.No. I ate noodles .
3.Why did you leave home ?
c.Because I was afraid of my step4.Did you eat rice for lunch ?
mother.
5.Which subjects did you have
d.In June, 1966 .
yesterday ?
e.There was no electricity.
III.READING:
Lived – find – so – gold – wife – no – eggs – lived – for –
his
Once a poor famer …………………………..(1) a comfortable life with his family. His
chikens laid many eggs which the famer used to buy food and clothing
………………………………(2) his family. One day, he went to collect the ……………………(3) and
discovered one of his chiken laid a gold egg. He shouted excitedly to ……………………
(4) wife, “ We are rich! We are rich!”. His wife ran to him and they both
……………………(5) at the egg in amazement. The wife wanted more, ……………………………(6)
her husband decided to cut open all the chickens and find more ……………………(7)
eggs. Unfortunately, he couldn’t ……………………..(8) any eggs. When he finished, all
the chikens were dead. There were …………………………(9) more eggs of any kind for
the foolish farmer and his greedy ……………………(10)
IV.WRITING :

Example: I lived on a farm once, but I don’t any more
-> I used to live on a farm.
1.I often played marbles when I was a child.
-> I used to ……………………………………………………………………………………
2.Hoa often had long hair when she was in Hue .
-> Hoa used to ………………………………………………………………………………
3.She doesn’t live with her parents any more
-> She used ………………………………………………………………………………………………
4.They didn’t often go to the cinema every Sunady last year
-> They didn’t use ……………………………………………………………………………………
5.Nga plans to see the movie Dream City tonight.
-> Nga is ……………………………………………………………………………………….


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6.Peter liked to look at stars in the sky at night .
-> Peter enjoyed …………………………………………………………………………
7.He isn’t strong, he can’t lift the case .
-> He isn’t strong enough ………………………………………………………
8.Following your direction is difficult
-> It’s difficult ……………………………………………………………………………………………
9.Shall we go out for dinner tonight?
-> What about …………………………………………………………………………………………
10.You ought to study harder this semester.
-> You should ………………………………………………………………………………………………
b) Fill in each blank with a proper preposition: on/ in/ at / between/ after /

before ………
1. I’ll see you ………………………… Monday.
2. I’m going to Laos ……………………………January.
3. We must be there …………………………… 8.30 and 9.15
4. The bank closes ……………………3pm. If you arrive ……………………3pm, the bank
will be closed.
5. I’ll be home ……………………………… seven because I want to see the seven
o’clock news.
6. I used to live ………………………… a farm when I was young.
7. The prince immediately fell ……………………………love with the girl.
8. I used to look …………………………… my younger sisters and brothers.
V/ VOCABULARY and STRUCTURE
1.____________ is a story passed on in spoken form from one generation to the
next .
a.  Novel
b.  Fiction
c.  Folktale
d. 
Legend
2.We must be there ____________ 7.30 and 10.30 .
a.  at
b.  before
c.  between
d. 
after
3.They’ll arrive _____________ Monday, 14 July .
a.  in
b.  at
c.  during
d.  on

4.I like folktale and _____________ does my sister .
a.  neither
b.  so
c.  too
d. 
either
5.My grandma _____________ us when my parents were awAy from home.
a.  looked at
b.  looked for
c.  looked after
d. 
looked in
6.My father used _________________ us to the zoo when he was alive .
a.  took
b.  taking
c.  to take
d.  take
7.Oh, that’s nice. Where ___________________________ it ?


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a.  do you buy

b.  are you buy

c.  did you buy

d.  you

buy
8. The step-mother was very ________________ the little poor girl .
a.  cruel with
b.  cruel to
c.  upset of
d. 
upset to
9.My father used to lived _____________ a farm not far from London
a.  in
b.  on
c.  at
d. 
above
10.After the dinner, mom ______________ the lamp and dad used to tell us
stories
a.  light
b.  lighted
c.  lighting
d.  lit
11.Where was you born ? I was born _________________ November 1980 .
a.  in
b.  on
c.  at
d. 
none
12.When I was a child, I _____________ follow my Mom to the market .
a.  used to

b.  like
c.  get used to
d. 
usually
13.Ian _____________ In Scotland for ten year. Now he lives in London
a.  lived
b.  used to live
c.  was living
d.  has
lived
14.She feels _____________ that we didn’t tell her the truth.
a.  cruel
b.  greedy
c.  upset
d. 
happy
VI. CHOOSE THE WORD THAT HAS THE UNDERLINED PART
PRONOUNCED DIFFERENTLY:
1 a.tiger
b.wife
c.wisdom
d.fire
2 a.named
b.lived
c.used
d.washed
3 a.great
b.please
c.greedy
d.reach

4 a.floor
b.choose
c.chore
d.saw
5 a.young
b.lunch
c.enough
d.humor

A.GRAMMAR :



UNIT FIVE : STUDY HABIT

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1) Adverbs of manner : trạng từ chỉ thể cách (cách thức của 1 sự việc diễn ra
như thế nào)
Formation : cách thành lập .
Adjective (tính từ) + ly ---------> Adverbs (trạng
từ)
Bad (tệ, xấu) --> badly (1 cách tệ / xấu) ; soft (nhẹ,nhỏ)--> softly (một cách nhỏ
/nhẹ nhàng)
Fast (nhanh) ---- > fast (1 cách nhanh chống); hard (chăm, khó) --- > hard (1
cách chăm chỉ /)
Good (tốt, giỏi) --- > well (giỏi, tốt) ;

Note : Trạng từ thường bổ nghóa cho động từ
Ex: She speaks English well .
I know I
behaved badly .
2) Commands, requests and advice in reported speech :câu mệnh lệnh, yêu
cầu, lời khuyên trong câu nói gián tiếp :
a/ Commands and requests in reported speech :câu mệnh lệnh và yêu cầu trong
câu nói gián tiếp :
general form : công thức chung
Subject + asked / told + Object (tân ngữ) +(not) + to +
V(inf)
-Dùng các động từ mở đầu : asked (yêu cầu) ; told (bảo) ; ordered (ra lệnh) ;
advised (khuyên)
-Thêm ‘To’ trước động từ nguyên mẫu của câu trực tiếp hoặc “ not to” nếu là
câu mệnh lệnh phủ đònh
-Thay đổi đại từ (nhân xưng, sở hữu)sao cho phù hợp .:
+ I, my, me, we, us, our -> đồi theo chủ ngữ (người ra lệnh)
+ you, your -> đổi theo người nghe (người bò ra lệnh)
-Bỏ dấu ngoặc kép và từ ‘please’ (nếu có) .
Ex: a/ He said “ Can you meet me after class ?”
=> He asked me to meet him after class .
b/ “Don’t leave your room,Tom” she said .
=> She told Tom not to leave his room .
c/ The policeman said : “ Please show me your driving licence.”
=>The policeman ordered me to show him my driving licence .
b)Advice in reported speech :lời khuyên trong câu gián tiếp (trần thuật)
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Ex: a/ “ You should stop smoking” he said
=> He said / told that I should stop smoking .(He advised me to stop smoking)
“ You shouldn’t drive so fast,John .” he said
b/ He said / told that John shouldn’t drive so fast .(He advised John not to drive
too fast)

• Put the following commands and requests into reported speech.
1.The teacher said to Tim, “ Come into my office, please.”
=> The teacher asked Tim ………………………………………………………………………………………
2.The mother said to her children.” Have breakfast, please”
-> The mother told her children
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3.Miss Jackson said to me, “ Can you give Tim this dictionary?”
->Miss Jackson asked me ………………………………………………………………………………………………..
4.Mrs.Jackson said to Tim, “ Could you give me a hand ?”
-> Mrs. Jackson told Tim ------------------------------------------------------------------5.The policeman said, “ Don’t touch anything in the room.”
-> The police told me ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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6.The lifeguard said, “ Don’t swim out too far, boys.”
=>The lifeguard asked/ told ………………………………………………………………………..
7.” Don’t make so much noise.” My father said

=>My father asked told me ……………………………………………………………………………
8.” Try your best to improve your pronunciation, Tim.” Miss Jackson said
=>Miss Jacson asked ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
9.The teacher said to me: “ You should spend more time on Spain prnunciation”
-> The teacher said ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
10.” You should practice speaking English every day.” said my teacher
=>my teacher said ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
B.EXERCISES:
I/ SUPPLY THE CORRECT VERB FORM :
1. Miss Jackson asked me _________________ harder this semester . (study)
2. The doctor said you should ______________ in bed . (stay)
3. Some learners write words on pieces of paper in order to______________
them better. (remember)
4.She advised me ___________________ late .(not be)
5.The teacher told us _______________ our best this year. (try)
6.I used ________________ on a farm ten years ago. (live)
7. We _________________ our first semester report few days ago . (receive)
8. Tom isn’t old enough ______________ a car. (drive)
9.You must _________________ your room every day. (tidy)
II/ READING
1.Fill in each blank with a proper word from the box :
dictionary –held – improve – should – took – after – year – pronunciation –
bookcase – school
……In the first year of lower secondary (1)………………… I had some difficulties in
learning English .My (2)…………………… of English words was really bad and my
English grammar was worse .I did not know how to (3)…………………them .One
afternoon (4) …………………the lesson, my teacher of English told me to wait for her
outside the classroom .She (5)…………. me to the school library and showed me
cassette of pronunciation drills kept in a glass (6)………………… She also told me how
to use an English-English (7) …………………………to improve my English grammar .”

now I think you know what you (8) ………………………do” said she .I did not know that
only ane (9) ……………………later I won the first prize in the English speaking contest
(10) ……………………for secondary school students in my hometown .
lower secondary : THCS ;
difficulty : khó khăn ;
hold-held : tổ chức ;
pronunciation : phát âm ; keep-kept : cất,giữ ; win-won : đạt giải ; worse : tệ
hơn ; English speaking contest : thi hùng biện tiếng Anh
2.Read the way this schoolgirl stdies English vocabulary and asnwer the
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I have a little notebook. I always have it with. I try to fill one pape a day.
Sometimes I put words in groups, like fruit – all kind of fruit. You know ? Or
colors, or clothes, or things and the shop where you buy them. I have some
grammar papes, where I write regular verbs or irregular verbs, or a pape of
prepositions. I think prepositions are difficulty, you know – on Sunday, in the
morning, listen to a concert – but you say phone someone. In my language we
say “ phone to someone” .
regular verb :động từ có quy tắc ; irregular verb :động từ bấtù quy tắc ;
preposition : giới từ
1.What does she always have with her ?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2.How many papes does she try to fill a day ?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3.In what way does she put words ?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4.What does she write on grammar papes ?

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5.Why does she have a pape for prepositions ?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------III/ CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD IN THE PARENTHESES:
1. Oh, yes . She speaks English …………………………………… (good / well)
2. Ba always gets excellent grades because he studies ………………………………………
(hard / hardly)
3. That bus runs ……………………………… and we might catch it. (fast / fastly)
4. I’m very sorry. I know I behave …………………………………(bad / badly)
5. Sorry, but I’m speaking ……………………………… because I have a sore throat.
(soft / softly)
6. Your report card is ……………………………………(excellent / excellently)
IV/MULTIPLE CHOICE
1.She asked her children _________________ ____________ .
a.  to stop playing b.  stop to play
c.  stop playing
d. 
stopping to play
2.People ____________ think that the world was flat .
a.  get used to
b.  didn’t use to c.  used to
d.  are
used to
3.His parents are always proud __________________ him .
a.  about
b.  of
c.  on
d.  with
4.I know you worked really ________________ this semester .
a.  hardly
b.  good
c.  bad

d.  hard
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a.  mother tongue b.  first language c.  foreign language
d.  a
and b
6.John came ___________________ an old school friend in the street this
morning.
a.  with
b.  along
c.  across
d.  off
7.She advised me _______________ late.
a.  not
b.  not to be
c.  not be
d.  not
being
8.He does morning exercises regularly ______________ improve his health.
a.  in order for
b.  so as to
c.  so that
d.  b and c
9.Yesterday she received Tim’s_______________ from his teacher

a.  report call
b.  call report
c.  report card
d.  card
report
10.Tim’s Spanish pronunciation is not good so he should _________________ it
a.  believe
b.  make
c.  improve
d.  need
11.His doctor said he _________________ in bed that week
a.  will stay
b.  has to stay
c.  can stay
d.  should
stay
12.Miss Jackson asked me ______________ you this dictionary
a.  give
b.  to give
c.  to give
d.  to
giving
13.We should this poem ________________________
a.  by heart
b.  by soul
c.  by many times d.  by
millions
14.He told me ______________ harder.
a.  study
b.  to study

c.  studying
d.  studied
V/ FILL IN EACH BLANK WITH A CORRECT PREPOSITION:IN, ON, AT,
FOR, FROM ….
1.They are very proud ………………………………………………… their new clothes.
2.You should work harder …………………………………………your Spanish pronunciation.
3.How much time do you spend ……………………………… English?
4.Try to learn the meaning of the new words ………………………………… heart
5.I got good grade ………………………………………English and history
6.Please wait ……………………………………………me a few minutes.
VI. CHOOSE THE WORD THAT HAS THE UNDERLINED PART
PRONOUNCED DIFFERENTLY:
1 a.proud
b.hour
c.your
d.sound
2 a.tongue
b.word
c.come
d.love
3 a.hour
b.house
c.heart
d.how
4 a.promise
b.revise
c.stick
d.visit
5 a.need
b.read

c.really
d.teach


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