Unit 3 Tiếng anh 8 chương trình mới

EX1: Translate into Vietnamese
1. Costume:
3. Open-air market:
5. Musical instrument:
7. Fice-coloured sticky rice:
9. Heritage site:

VOCABULARY EXERCISES
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10.

Stilt house:
Festival:
Folk dance:
Terraced fields:
Ethnic:

EX2: Complete the following sentences with the words and phrases in the box:
Heritage site
Stilt house
Terraced fields member
ethnic
festival
1. In our country, it is against the law to discriminate against any ___________or religious group.
2. My Son in Quang Nam province has been recognised by UNESCO as a world_____________.
3. __________have been popular among many of Viet Nam’s ethnic groups for a long time.
4. Lunar January is the time for important __________in the whole country, especially in the north.
5. The exhibition building of the Museum of Ethnology was designed by the architect Ha Duc Linh, a

________of the Tay ethnic group.
6. The__________of Sa Pa have entered in the Top 11 most beautiful terraces in the world, according to
Touropia.
EX3: Match the adjectives in A with their opposites in B.
A
B
major
written
simple
insignificant
modern
complicated
spoken
minor
rich
basic
developed
poor
important
traditional
1. Many ethnic groups have their own languages, and some even have _________languages.
2. People in some far-away mountainous regions still keep their__________way of life.
3. Gathering and hunting still play a(n)__________role in the economy of the Laha.
4. Ethnic peoples in the mountains have a________way of farming. They use________tools to do the farm
work.
5. The Muong in Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa are well-known for their_______folk literature and their
traditional songs.
EX4: Complete the sentences with the words/ phrases from the box.
costumes
activities

ethnic
diverse
unique

Cultural
groups
1. At the Museum of Ethnology, you can see many ways of life of different___________in our country.
2. In each village of the Bahnar there is a__________house, where public__________are held.
3. Young women of each ethnic group in Viet Nam have their own characteristics and __________,
making the beauty of the 54 ethnic groups more_________and attractive.
4. Many special schools have been built to improve the education standards of _________people.
5. Although ethnic groups have their own________culture, they have established good relations and
cooperation with each other.
EX5: Make question for underlined words.
1. Hoa went to school late this morning because her bike broke down
2. I have to tidy the living room everyday
3. She’ll be home after dinner
4. Lan used to live on the farm when she was young
5. My mother gave me a new bike on my 14th birthday
6. Nam often walks to school

communal


7. I need to improve Math and English
8. Nga studied well this semester
9. We have studied English for 4 years
10. My best friend is very helpful and friendly
V. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct verb tense: The Present Perfect or Past Simple.
1. I (visit) _____________________ our form teacher in the hospital already.

2. John (read) _____________________ the letter from Mary already.
3. We (not begin) _____________________ to learn for the test yet.
4. I (meet) _____________________ Robert at the supermarket this morning.
5. Nancy (be) _____________________ to Vietnam several times.
6. They (not start) _____________________ the project yet.
7. When (your father/ give up) _____________________ smoking?
8. The motorbike looks clean. (you/ wash) _____________________ it?
9. Tom (call) _____________________ his boss yesterday.
10. My uncle (move) _____________________ to Da Lat in 2005.
11. The Greens (be) _____________________ to many countries in the world so far.
12. We (go) _____________________ to that village to do volunteer work several times.
13. We (spend) _____________________ our summer vacation in Ha Long Bay last July.
14. Our teacher (explain) _____________________ to us how to use the printer already.
15. My pen isn’t here any more. Someone (take) _____________________ it already.
16. The postman (deliver) _____________________ the letter half an hour ago.
17. Mai (not finish) _____________________ her homework yet.
18. They (not see) _____________________ the film Titanic yet.
19. I (hear) _____________________ the good news from Mary a few minutes ago.
20. I (not see) _____________________ your brother yet.