Bài tập môn tiếng anh lớp 8 (1)

BÀI TẬP BỔ TRỢ TIẾNG ANH 8 UNIT 4
I. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets ( Hãy cung cấp hình thức đúng
của từ trong ngoặc ) :
1. That boy has a ( girl ) ………………………………………… face.
2. The worst part is being ( help ) …………………… to change anything.
3. Helen, where is the vacuum ( clean ) …………………………………?
4. Have you got a ( wash ) …………....... machine at home ?
5. Don’t just sit watching television-make yourshelf (use )………………….?
6. The group shared their ( remember ) …………………….. of life at school.
7. We always get ( love ) …………………….. in London.
8. People’s reaction to the film has varied ( great ) ……………………….. .
9. It’s ( tradition ) …………………. in American to eat turkey on Thanks-giving Day.
10. All of her children ( marry ) …………………… ended in divorce.
II. Complete these sentences with “use(d) to…. + a suitable verb” ( Hãy hoàn thành
những câu này với “use(d) to”+ một động từ phù hợp ):
1. Tom gave up smoking two years ago. He ……………………………… 40 cigarettes a
day.
2. Pter …………………………. A motorbike, but last year he sold it and bought a car.
3. They came to live in Paris a few years ago. They ………………… in Lion.
4. We realy eat ice cream now but we ……………………….. it when we were small
boys.
5. Lan ……………………… my best friend but we aren’t friends any longer.
6. It only takes me about 30 minutes to get to work since the new row was opened. It
………………. more than an hour .
7. There ………………. a hotel opposite the train station but it closed a long time ago.
8. When you lived in Ho Chi minh city, ……………………… to the cinema very often?
9. They ……………….. boating when they came back to their village.


10. I ……………….. coffee but now I don’t drink it ant more.
III. Practise writing sentences ( Luyện tập viết câu ):

Kaka changed his lifestyle. He stpped doing some things and started doing other
things:
- He stopped studying hard / going to bed early / running three miles every
morning / reading books / listening to the radio
- He started smoking / going out in the evening / spending a lot of money / playing
computer games / watching films
Write sentences about Kaka with “used to” and “didn’t use to”
Ex: 1. ( He stopped studying hard ) He used to study hard.
2. ( He started smoking ) He didn’t use to smoke.
3. He stopped going to bed early 
4. He started going out in the evening 
5. He stopped running three miles evry morning 
6. He started spending a lot of money 
7. He stopped reading books 
8. He started playing computer games 
9. He stopped listening to the radio 
10. He started watching films 
VI. Compare what Tommy said five years ago and what he says today ( Hãy so sánh
những gì Tommy đã nói cách đây 5 năm với những gì anh ta nói nagỳ nay ):
FIVE YEARS AGO
I travel a lot. / I play the piano. / I’m very lazy. / I don’t like cheese. / I’ve got a dog. /
I’m a hotel receptionist. / I’ve got lot of friends. / I never read newspapers. / I don’t drink
tea. / I go to a lot of parties.
TODAY
I eat lots of cheese now. / I work very hard these days. / I don’t know many people
these days. / I work in a bookshop now. / I don’t go away much these days. / My dog died
two years ago. / I read a newspaper every day now. / I haven’t been to a party for ages. / I
haven’t played the piano for years. / Tea’s great! I like it now.

Now write sentences about how Tommy has changed. Use “used to / didn’t use to /
never used to” in the first part of your sentence.
1. He used to travel a lot but she doesn’t go away much these days.
2. He ………………………………… but …………………………………………….
3. He…………………………………..but …………………………………………….
4. He ………………………………….but ………………………………………….....
5. He
……………………………………………..

…………………………………..but

6. He
…………………………………..but……………………………………………..
7. He
…………………………………..but……………………………………………..
8. He …………………………………..but…………………………………………….
9. He …………………………………..but…………………………………………….
10.
He
…………………………………..but……………………………………………
V. Translate into Vietnamese ( Hãy dịch sang tiếng Việt ):
1. My brother’s wedding party will be on May 28th.
2. We didn’t use to eat fried fish.
3. What did they do at home last night?
4. Do/ Can you see Minh sitting between two girls over there?
5. In the past they didn’t have a happy life.
6. In ( the ) Summer it’s often very hot and rainy.
7. We used to learn / study Enghlish, Geography and Maths on Monday.
8. He used to play table-tennis very well, didn’t he ?
9. Remember to come back home before 8 p.m !

10. His sister used to be a good pupil.


VI. Put the following sentences in their correct order to make a meaningful passage
( Hãy sắp xếp những câu sau thao đúng thứ tự để thành lập một đoạn văn có nghĩa):
YOUR SCHOOL LIFE
1. They long to be grow ups.
2. At home they have to obey their parents.
3. But the students generally hold quite a different view.
4. They think that they have to follow some hard and fast rules in schools.
5. They have to work hard to pass examinations, if not they get scoldings………..
6. School life is the most interesting in one’s intire life.
7. This, they greatly dislike.
8. They’re tried of the cares and worries of their life.
VII. Complete the following selection ( Hãy hoàn thành bài đọc sau ) : duty, me,
proud, love, angle, behaviour, have, take, and, teachers.
YOUR SCHOOL LIFE (cont.)
…. But I look at things from quite a different (1) ………………. . I’m a student and as
such (2) ……………….. some duties and responsibilities. I have to do as my parents bid
(3) …………. to do. I hve to learn something and to read (4) ……………….. write a lot.
I have to please my teachers by conduct and (5) …………………. I have to work hard. If
I do my (6) …………….. diligently I have nothing to be afraid of. I know that my parents
at home and the (7) ………… at school are all my wishers.
I feel very (8) …………… of myshelf when I see that my parents (9)
…………………. Care of me. The love of teachers is a rate ting I know all (10)
……………….. be very much.
XV. pick out the words that should not be in the letter below ( Hãy chọn ra những
từ không nên có trong lá thơ sau ):
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The letter
10, Newcome Road,

The word


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Kians, Selangor,

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2nd May, 2004

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Dear Sam,

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We both have a holiday on next

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Friday. If you have not made any

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other plans, what do you say of your

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spending together with the day in the

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jungle near by my aunt’s house? I
feel I want to get away from the
noise and smoke of the town, and to
breathe some fresh country air.

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Do not come if you possibly can.
There is an early bus at six o’clock
p.m. in the morning: and we could
get back to before eight o’clock at
night. I have been written to my aunt
telling her that we might pay for her
a visit. Drop me a line to say you
will go, and that I will make all the
preparations.

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Yours sincerely,

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Tom

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