Tài liệu ôn tập anh 8

Practice writing skill – class 8
Test 1
(From Unit one to Unit 4)
I. Rewite the following sentences without changing the meaning:
1. My family has 4 people.
→ There ………………………………………………………………………………………...
2. She is too young to drive a car.
→ She isn’t ……………………………………………………………………………………..
3. I received some money from my mother this morning.
→ My mother …………………………………………………………………………………..
4. How beautiful she is !
→ What ………………………………………………………………………………………...
5. It takes Mai thirty minutes to go to school by bike.
→ Mai …………………………………………………………………………………………..
6. What is your son’s age ?
→ How …………………………………………………………………………………….......?
7. Who does this notebook belong to ?
→ Who ………………………………………………………………………………………...?
8. They had lots of friends when they lived in the country.
→ They used ……………………………………………………………………………………
9. You should look after your daughter carefully.
→ You should take ……………………………………………………………………………..
10. February 16
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is my son’s birthday.
→ My son ………………………………………………………………………………………
11. Miss Luyen rides a motorbike to work everyday.
→ Miss Luyen gets …………………………………………………………………………......
12. We were late for school because of the heavy rain.
→ Because it ……………………………………………………………………………………
13. The ladder is too short to reach the window.

→The ladder isn't ……………………………………………………………………………….
14. Is it necessary for him to clean this table?
→ Does he …………………….……………………………………………………………….
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15. Riding a bicycle so fast is dangerous.
→ It's …………………………………………………………………………………………...
16. When we were small, our family lived in Hai Phong.
→ Our family used ……………………………………………………………………………..
17. Bac couldn't lift the box because he was weak.
→ Bac couldn't lift the box because of ……………………………………………….............
18. How about buying another armchair ?
→ Let's ………………………………………………………………………………………..
19. This exercise is too difficult for me to do.
→ This exercise isn’t ……………………………….…………………………………………..
20. What is your age?
→ How ………………………………………………………………………………………..?
21. In spite of having different characters, we are close friends.
→ We are close friends although ………………………………………………………………
22. We won't be able to come on Sunday.
→ It will be ………………………………………………………………………..…….
23. Huyen arrived too late to see the first film.
→ Huyen didn't …………………………………………………………………………………
24. When is Thanh and Yen’s wedding?
→ When are ……………………………………………………………………………………
25. She remembered, and so did he.
→ He didn't …………………………………………………………………………………….
26. Duc Anh needs to study harder.
→ Duc Anh doesn’t study ……………………………………………………………………..
27. It’s very important for us to revise this lesson carefully.
→ We have …………………………………………………………………………………….

28. May I borrow your pen ?
→ Would you mind………………………………………………………………………........?
29. Getting a good job doesn’t interest her.
→ She isn’t …………………………………………………………………………………...
30. No one in the group is more intelligent than Mai.
→ Mai is the ……………………………………………………………………………………
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Homework
VII
. Rewrite the folowing sentences so that the meaning stays the same, using the words
given :
1. She is too young to see this horror film.
→ She is not …………………………………………………………………………………….
2. Huyen’s hair is long, straight and black.
→ Huyen has ……………………………………………………………………………….......
3. What is your mother’s job ?
→ What does …………………………………………………………………………………..
4. He'd rather play football than tennis.
→ He prefers …………………………………………………………………………………...
5. We have quite different characters.
→ Our characters ………………………………………………………………………………
6. Nga is not as intelligent as Tam.
→Tam is ......................................................................................................................................
7. The water is too dirty for him to bathe his eyes.
→The water is not………………………………………………………………………………
8. No one in my class is more handsome than Nguyen.
→ Nguyen is the ……………………………………………………………………………….
9. Cuong gave up playing games 2 years ago.
→ Cuong used ………………………………………………………………………………….
10. I used to cry when I was small.

→ I often ………………………………………………………………………………………..
11. I did my homework in thirty minutes.
→ It took………………………………………………………………………………………..
Or → I spent ……………………………………………………………………………………
12. My sister used to go out with her friends in the evening.
→ My sister no longer ………………………………………………………………………….
Or → My sister doesn’t ...………………………………………………………………………
13. Who is the owner of this house ?
→ Who does ………………………………………………………………………………..?
→ Who owns ………………………………………………………………………………..?
→ Whose ……………………………………………………………………………………?
14. Let’s listen to music.
→ How about ………………………………………………………………………………..?
15. You are a sudent, aren’t you ?
→ Are …………………………………………………………………………………………..
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Test 2
(From Unit five to Unit eight)
I. Rewite the following sentences without changing the meaning:
1. I last saw Minh six months ago.
→ I haven’t …………………………………………………………………………………….
→ The last time I ……………………………………………………………………………….
→ It’s six months since I last ………………………………………………………………….
2. It’s three years since I last spoke to her.
→ ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
→ ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
→ ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. The last time Tom visited his uncle was two years ago.
→ It’s ……………………………………………………………………………………........
→ ……………………………………………………………………………………………….

→ ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
4. Hoa hasn’t written to her parents for three months.
→ The last ……………………………………………………………………………………...
→ ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
→ ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
5. He has never seen such a wonderful computer before.
→ This is the ……………………………………………………………………………………
6. The last time we ate this kind of food was in January.
→ We haven’t ………………………………………………………………………………….
→ ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
7. He hasn’t chatted with his classmates through the Internet for ages.
→ It’s ages since ……………………………………………………………………………….
8. We haven’t seen her since we left university
→ The last time ………………………………………………………………………………...
→ ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
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9. This is the highest building I have ever seen.
→ I have never ………………………………………………………………………………….
10. No cars in the country are bigger than Mr Ba’s.
→ Mr Ba’s car is ………………………………………………………………………………
11. It’s three years since we last met Uncle Tam.
→ We haven’t ………………………………………………………………………………….
12. Do you intend to fly to Ho Chi Minh City next Monday.
→ Are you …………………………………………………………………………………….?
13. We started living here in 1995.
→ We have …………………………………………………………………………………….
14. It’s un nesscessary for them to drive so fast.
→ We don’t …………………………………………………………………………………….
15. Trung is the most intelligent student in my class.
→ No one ……………………………………………………………………………………….

16. The coffee was too weak to keep us awake.
→ The coffee wasn’t …………………………………………………………………………...
17. Huong last wrote to her parents two months ago.
→ Huong hasn’t ………………………………………………………………………………..
18. Lan is better at Math than Nga.
→ Nga isn’t …………………………………………………………………………………….
19. This is the best computer I have ever used.
→ I’ve never …………………………………………………………………………………...
20. How long is it since you used the car ?
→ When ………………………………………………………………………………………..
→ How long have ………………………………………………………………………..……?
21. This is the highest building I have ever seen.
→ I have never…………………………………………………………………………………..
22. Linh likes the country life more than the city life.
→ Linh prefers …………………………………………………………………………………
23. No cars in the company are bigger than Mr Ba’s.
→ Mr Ba’s car ………………………………………………………………………………….
24. It’s three years since we last met Uncle Tam.
→ We haven’t ………………………………………………………………………………….
25. Do you intend to fly to Ho Chi Minh next Monda?
→ Are you …………………………………………………………………………………….?
26. We started living here in 1995.
→ We have ……………………………………………………………………………………..
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