ĐỀ CƯƠNG ÔN THI HKI - LỚP 8

REVISION- 8 – The first term test
II. Complete the sentences with right prepositions:
1. That’s very kind ____ you to help me _____ this Math.
2. We hope to earn some money _____our school Y & Y.
3. What did you do _____ the ninth of April, 2002? (April 9
th
, 2002)
4. Well, let’s go ____ a walk ______ the weekend.
5. Minh has high marks ___ exam ___working very hard.
6. Are you interested _____ studying English?
7. When did you see him? _____ lunch today.
8. Does it rain _____ spring?
9. His birthday is ____ May 1
st
.
10. I am different ______ my sister.
11. I don’t know he is doing ___ the moment
12. She was interested ____ folktales.
13. I’ll be home ______ 7.00 because I want to see the seven o’clock news.
14. I go to school _____ Monday ______ Saturday.
15. We’ve not seen her _______ 2006.
16. The meeting will be held ______ January 1
st
.
17. We have learnt English _____ four years.
18. She studies hard ____ order to pass the exam.
19. I participate _____ the games.
20. I was born ____ in Hue____ March 8
th
.
21. The new shopping area is different ____ present one.

22. My sister usually listens to music on the radio______ Sunday evening.
23. Yesterday we finish work _______ 5 p.m
24. I never get up ______ 7 a.m _____ Sunday morning.
25. She likes jogging ____ the morning.
26. He started his new job _____ 5 July.
27. I often have a bath _____ dinner.
28. Well , let’s go for a walk ____ the weekend.
29. I don’t know what he is doing __ this moment.
30. She often hears some strange noise ____ midnight.
31. Does it rain ____ Spring?
32. Try to learn the meaning of the words ____ heart.
33. What are you going to do ____ 2009?
34. That’s very kind ___ you to help us.
35. There is a lightening fixture __ the table __ the room
III. Write the questions:
1. She was late because she missed the bus (why)
…………………………………………………
………
2. Ba is the most sociable. (what)
…………………………………………………
………………………
3. Mr. Lai is short and fat. (what)
…………………………………………………
…………………………
4. Alexander G. Bell was born in Scotland in 1847.
…………………………………………………
5. My close friend is so pretty with long black hair
and a round
face………………………………………
6. I have learnt English for a long time (How long)

…………………………………………………
……….
7. Tom and Mary went to France next summer.
(where)
…………………………………………………
8. Scouting began in England in 1970.
…………………………………………………
…………..
9. They help the community by participating in
recycling program.
…………………………………………
10. Nga failed her English exam because she didn’t
study hard.
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11. She stayed in bed because she was ill.
12. They used to live on the farm
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I. Use the correct tense of the verb in brackets:
1. They often (go) _______ for dinner on Saturday
afternoon.
2. The sun (rise) ____ in the east and (set) ______
in the west.
3. My class (start) ______ at 7.00 a.m and (finish)
________ at 11.15 a.m.
4. We (receive) ________ your letter two days ago.
5. My sister (start) ________ a new job since last
week.
6. Yesterday I (be) _____ busy so I (not / have)
_________ time to phone you.

7. We (live) ______ in London for ten years.
8. We (not / see) _________________ each other
since last week.
9. Our dad (start) _______ a new job since
yesterday.
10. They help the community by (participate)
__________ in the recycling program.
11. He enjoys (get) __________ up late on Sunday
morning.
12. When I (be) _______ young, I used to (love)
______ this book.
13. Last night, I (go) ________ to bed late.
Suddenly I (hear) ________ a noise.
14. Martha (phone) _______ me yesterday. She’s on
holiday in France.
15. What ____ you (use) _____ to do in your free
time? I used to go jogging.
16. My father used to (tell) ______________ us
stories when I was young.
17. What ____ you (do) _________ last night? I
(watch) ________TV.
18. I (read) _________ this book for two hours.
19. She likes (read) _______ comic books in the
library.
20. Lan (be) _________ to the USA for 2 years.
21. We (learn) ______________ since 1999.
22. They (eat / already) _______________________
Chinese food.
23. Mr. Nam (work) _________________________
in this factory for 10 years.

24. How long ______ you (live) _______ in Hanoi?
I (live) _________ there for 10 years.
25. Ba like sports, especially (play) _______
football and (swim) _______
26. You should (get) ________ up early in the
morning.
27. Sandra needs (improve) _________ her English
writing.
28. You should (underline) ______________ the
words you want (learn) ______ .
29. Can you help me (move) __________this table?
30. What _____ they (do) ______ next summer
vacation? They (visit) ____________ their
parents in HCMC.
31. Nga Likes (study) ______ English.
32. It is difficult (climb) _______ the mountain
33. The members in our club (collect) _______ used
paper to earn money last month.
34. She ought (practice) ________ her English more
frequently.
35. Everyone stopped (laugh) ________ when I
(come) ________
IV. Match A to B
A B
1. Could you do me favor?
2. I fail my English test
3. How long have you learnt French?
4. It’s very hot. Let’s go swimming.
5. May I help you?
6. What does the word ”orphanage” mean?

7. When did you start to learn English?
8.
You ought to study hard
That’s a good idea.
What can I do for you?
For ten years
It’s a place where children without parents live
Last year
That’s very kind of you
V. .Fill in the blanks with reflexive pronouns: myself, ourselves, himself, herself, themselves, itself,
1. The computer can turn ____ off if we don’t use it
2. Don’t work too hard. Enjoy ________
3. Why didn’t she buy _____ a book?
4. He is looking at ____ in the mirror
5. Last week I fell and hurt ______.
6. They ______ helped that man.
7. I and my friend, Ba draws this poster by ________.
8. Don’t worry about them. They are old enough to
look after ________.
9. You should do your homework ………………..
10. She can’t help _______, so we need to help her.
11. Make _________ at home.
12. I think the movie is interesting. Do you like
_______?
13. My sister is looking at ____ in the mirror
14. Ba did Math exercises_____.
15. I think the movie is interesting. Do you like
_______?
16. Last night I watched the movie Romeo and Juliet. As
last they killed _____.

VI. Turn into reported speech:
1. He said to me, “Keep silent, please”
…………………………………………………………
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2. The teacher told the students, “Please study harder”
……………………………………………………
3. “Please wait for me out my room”, she said to me.
……………………………………………………
4. He said to me, “Can you me meet me next week”
………………………………………………………
5. She told me, ‘Could you open the door, please”
………………………………………………………..
6. He said to her, “You should stay in bed.
“………………………………………………………
7.he said to him, “You should not stay up late”
………………………………………………………..
8. She said to me, “Bring me a cup of tea”
………………………………………………………..
9. She said to her students, “Don’t talk in class.”
…………………………………………………………
10. She told me, “Could you help me with doing that
work?” ………………………………………………
11. I said to her, “I must go now.”
…………,,……………………………….………
12. Nam said,” I will come to visit her tomorrow.”
………………………………..
13. She said, “I can do this test”
………………………………………………….
VII. Choose the best answer:
1. Would you (like / love / want) to go with me? I’d love to.

2. Her mother left / leave / is leaving) this city two years ago
3. They enjoy (tell / telling / told) jokes.
4. The children are old enough to look after (themselves / herself / ourselves)
5. We ought (put / putting / to put) the wardrobe opposite the bed.
6. You’ll have to cook dinner (yourself / myself / ourselves)
7. They’ll arrive (in / on / at) Monday, 11
th
July
8. We must be there (at / after / between) 7.30 and 9.30.
9. They want to know (why / where / what) she left early.
10. Don’t go (outside / inside / into). It is too dark.
11. Our team won the game because they played very (well / good / bad)
12. His parents are always proud (on / of / about) him.
13. She asked her children (stop / to stop / stopping) playing.
14. I know you worked really (hard / hardly / good) this semester.
15. Mary was born in France. French is her (foreign language / mother tongue / second language)
16. Do you want (become / to become / becoming) a singer.
17. They have studied (to / for / since) six o’clock.
18. She has (written / write / writen) over 50 pages since yesterday.
19. Airmail is (like / as / more) expensive than surface mail.
20. (How / How long / When) have you lived in this town? For 20 years.
21. He does exercises every day(so as to / in order / so that) improve his Math.
22. I’m going to Hanoi (at / in / on) January.
23. What are you doing? I’m looking at (myself / herself / himself)
VIII. Combine each pair of sentences, using ENOUGH
1. He is intelligent. He can answer all the questions
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2. He isn’t tall. He can’t reach the shelf
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3. she is good. She’ll pass the exam

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4. You aren’t well. Don’t go to school.
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5. They are sociable. They can make a lot of friends
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6. Don’t sit in the garden. It isn’t warm
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7.He is intelligent. He can answer all the questions
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8. He is good. He will pass the examination.
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9. The book is small. I can put it in my pocket.
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10. Those shoes are large. He can wear them.
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11. Mr. Brown isn’t rich. He can’t buy a car.
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12. My sister wasn’t well . She didn’t go to work.
…………………………………………………….
13. This bag isn’t big. It can’t carry everything
. …………………………………………………..
14. You aren’t old. You can’t drive a car.
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15. The weather was fine. We could go camping.
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16. These oranges are ripe. You can eat them
……………………………………………………
17. This English book is easy. You can read it.
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I: Pick out the word that has the sound pronounced differently from the others.
1. a. we b. she c. ten d. he
2. a. country b. by c. history d. city
3. a. what b. who c. where d. when
4. a. live b. time c. fine d. five
5. a. wanted b. looked c. needed d. painted
6. a. watched b. liked c. loved d. laughed
II. Arrange these verbs into columns /id/; /t/; /d/: wanted, played, helped, fitted, liked, watched, visited, looked,
needed, remembered, stopped, loved, talked, rented, missed, studied, started, used, learned, awarded, divided,
decided, brushed, dressed, fined, cried, begged, climbed, planted, covered, washed
/id/…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
/t//…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
/d//…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
III. Turn into reported speech:
1. He said to me, “Keep silent, please” ……………………………………………………………………
2. The teacher told the students, “Please study harder” ……………………………………………………
3. “Please wait for me outside my room”, she said to me. ……………………………………………………
4. He said to me, “Can you me meet me next week” ………………………………………………………
5. She told Nam, ‘Could you help me with my English” …………………………………………………
6. He said to her, “You should stay in bed. “…………………………………………………………….
7. I said to her, “You should not stay up late” ………………………………………………………..
8. Minh asked his father,” Can you carry this suitcase for me?” …………………………………………………
9. She said to her son “Go straight upstairs and get into bed.” ……………………………………………………
IV. Put in at, in, on, after, before, between, since, for
1. There are many different ways ______ learning
words the same number of words.
2. The new shopping area is different ____ present
one.
3. My dad usually watches news on TV______
Sunday evening.

4. What can I do _____ you?
5. He never gest up ______ 7 a.m _____ Sunday
morning.
6. She likes jogging ____ the morning.
7. He started his new job _____ 5 July.
8. Children often have a bath _____ going to school
9. He soon died ____ a broken heart
10. Scouting began ____ England _____ 1907
11. She often hears some strange noise ____
midnight.
12. Does it rain ____ Spring?
13. Try to learn the meaning of the words ____ heart.
14. What are you going to do ____ 2009?
15. That’s very kind ___ you to help us.
16. You can participate ____ other programs
17. We have waited for you ____ an hour.
18. Her parents are proud ____ her.
19. We must be there ____ 7.30 and 8.30.
20. We have known each other _____ January
21. We have learnt English ____ four years.
22. We have not seen her _________ last Christmas
23. You should learn these words ____ heart
24. The goods in the new stores will be the same
_____ the ones in the small shops.
V. Choose the correct answer:
1. The woman sings the song (beautiful / beautifully)
2. You did very (good / well)
3. Our team won the games because we played
(well / good)
4. They are (good/well) students.

5. She speaks English very (quick / quickly)
6. Her English is quite (fluent / fluently)
7. She fell and hurt herself (bad / badly)
8. He speaks English (good / well)
9. Run (fast / fastly) and we catch the bus.
10. I’m sorry. I know I behave (bad / badly)
11. It is an (interesting / interestingly) film.
12. She looks (happy / happily).
13. He is a ________ player. He plays _______(good
/ well)
14. She is a _______ worker. She works _____.
(hard / hardly)
16. She looks ______(beautiful / beautifully)
17. This is an (interesting / interestingly) book
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REPORTED SPEECH
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Cách đổi sang câu tường thuật:
I. Đổi đại từ:
1. Ngôi thứ nhất đổi sang ngôi thứ ba tương ứng với chủ ngữ trong mệnh đề chính:
I  he / she; my  his / her; me  him / her; myself  himself / herself; we  they; our  their; us  them; ourselves  themselves
2. Ngôi thứ hai đổi ra một ngôi nào đó để cùng một ngôi với tân ngữ trong mệnh đề
chính:
3. Ngôi thứ ba giữ nguyên không đổi:
Ex: - She said, “he is my English teacher.”
- She said he was her English teacher.
II. Đổi thì của động từ:
Trực tiếp Gián tiếp Ví dụ
1. Simple present: 1. Simple past:
He said, “I feel sick.”

He said he felt sick.
2. Present continuous: 2. Past continuous:
He said, “I am writing a letter.”
He said he was writing a letter.
3. Present perfect: 3. Past perfect:
He said, “I have seen that film”.
He said he had seen that film.
4. Simple past: 4. Past perfect:

She said,” I bought it in 1980.”
She said she had bought it in 1980.
6. Will
Can
May
Must
Must not
6. Would
Could
Might
Had to
Was not to / Were not to
He said, “I will go to Japan in July.”
He said he would go to Japan ….
III. Đổi trạng từ chỉ thời gian và nơi chốn và từ chỉ định:
Trực tiếp Gián tiếp
Today
Tonight
Yesterday
Last night / week / year / month …
Next week / year …

Now
Ago
Here
This
These
Tomorrow
That day
That night
The day before
The night before / the week before …
The following week / the following year …
Then
Before
There
That
Those
The following day
Turn into Reported Speech:
1. Mary said, “I like oranges better than bananas.”
__________________________________________________________________
2. He said, “I have finished our work.”
__________________________________________________________________
3. The boy said, “I can’t do it.”
__________________________________________________________________
4. The secretary said, “I will answer the phone.”
__________________________________________________________________
5. Farmers said, “It may rain.”
__________________________________________________________________
6. My mother said, “I will take you to hospital tomorrow”.
__________________________________________________________________

7. Mary said to John, “I can’t go to the movie with you.”
__________________________________________________________________
8. Peter told me, “They went to London last year.”
__________________________________________________________________
9. They said, “She is going to go to America for 6 months.”
__________________________________________________________________
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S + V
1
, Vs, Ves…..S + V
2
, Ved…….
S + V
2
, Ved ……S + had + V
3
, Ved
S + am, is , are + Ving….S + was, were + Ving...
S + have, has + V
3
, Ved
S + had + V
3
,Ved