Đề cương ôn tập ky I - anh 8

PHÒNG GD&ĐT VÕ NHAI ĐỀ CƯƠNG ÔN TẬP TIẾNG ANH 8
TRƯỜNG THCS CÚC ĐƯỜNG TIẾT 49 - 53 HỌC KỲ I
Năm học 2010 – 2011
I/ GRAMMAR:
1. Tenses: Simple Present; Simple Past; Used to; Simple Future, Be going to;
Present simple with future meaning; present perfect.
• Simple present tense : S + V(-s/-es)  To talk about general truths.
Examples: The earth is round. The earth goes round the Sun. The moon doesn’t go
round the Sun.
• Simple past : S + V-ed / V
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 To express an action happened and finished in
the definite past time. (yesterday; ago; in May; in 2005; last Sunday/ week/
month/ year…)
Examples: What did you do last night? – I did my homework and then I went to
bed.
• Used to : often happened in the past and now no longer occurs. (đã thường)
Examples: I used to go fishing when I was a child.
In the past there used to be a school here. Now they build a shopping
mall here.
• Simple future : S + will + bare infinitive  To express an action that will
happen in the future. (tonight; tomorrow; in 5 minutes; in 2012; next week/
month/ year..)
Examples: He will come to visit us next Saturday.
• Be going to: future of intention
Examples: What are you going to do this weekend? – I am going to visit my home
village.
Compare: I bought some food. I am going to have a party tomorrow. Would you
like to come?
Yes. I will come if I finish my report.
• Present simple: Thì hiện tại đơn mang nghĩa tương lai. (Xem bài tập 1 trang

60 SGK)
Examples: A: What are you going to do tonight?
B: I’m going to see a movie at Sao Mai movie theater?
A: When does it start?
B: It starts at 6.45
• Present perfect: S + have / has + PP … + since / for…  to express an
action happened in the past and has continued to the present time.
Examples: I’ve leaned English for nearly 3 years.
How long has she lived there? – She has lived there since she got married.
(She still lives there now.)
Compare with: She lived in Da Nang for 5 years and then she moved to HCM
city in 2005.
(She doesn’t live in Da Nang any longer.)
Exercises: Complete the sentences, using the correct tense.
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1) The sun____________(rise) in the east and___________(set) in the west.
2) Where ___________you__________(go) last Sunday? – I_________(go) to the
countryside.
3) Nga has a movie ticket. She_____________(see) a movie.
4) What time________the train____________(leave) for Ha Noi. – At 6 a.m.
5) Where__________they ___________(collect) garbage? – At Dong Xuan Market.
6) My grandmother___________(live) on a farm when she was young.
7) She_________(arrive) here last week. She __________(be) here for a week.
8) How long__________you__________(have) your computer? – Since I was in
grade 7.
9) The world _________(change) rapidly. Things ___________(never/ stay) the
same.
10) What time__________this train ___________(get) to London?
11) My brother__________(leave) home 10 years ago. I __________(never/ meet)
him again since then.

12) What________you __________(do) last weekend? – I__________(play) golf.
13) Next Friday_________(be) thirteenth. (S. present)
14) The art exhibition_________(open) at 3 May and ___________(end) on 15
July.
15) I promise I ___________(try) my best next semester.
16) Nam always _________(get) grade A for Physics, but last semester he
________(get) B.
17) I____________(come) home next week. My sister__________(get) married
then.
18) Look! Someone____________(follow) her.
2. Structures:
• (not) adjective + enough + to- infinitive : (không) đủ……..để…
Examples: Nối 2 câu thành một, dung “enough”
a) He is not old. He can’t drive a car.  He is not old enough to drive a car.
b) This coat isn’t warm. I don’t wear it in winter.  This coat isn’t warm enough
for me to wear in winter. (Chú ý 2 câu khác chủ ngữ, dùng …adj. + enough + for +
O + to-infinitive)
c) I don’t have money. I can’t buy that house.  I don’t have enough money to buy
that house.
(Chú ý “enough” đứng trước danh từ)
• Reflexive pronouns: - selves and –self
I  myself you  yourself / yourselves
He  himself we  ourselves
She  herself they  themselves
It  itself
Examples: He cut himself. (object)
Who helps you with your homework? – Nobody. I do it by myself.
Who will do that work? – I myself do it. (emphasis)
• Modals: must / have to / ought to / should / may / can + bare infinitive
Examples: I have to / must do my chores. (obligation / duty)

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You ought to / should eat vegetables. You are too fat. (advice)
May I help you? (offer assistant)
Can you help me? (ask for favor)
• Why – Because
Examples: Why did Hoa go to school late? (asking for reason)
Because she watched TV late last night.
• Prepositions of time: on; in; at; before; after; between; until; during
Examples: on Monday, at five o’clock, in June, on June 6; in summer, in 2008,
between 9 and 10 p.m, before dinner, after breakfast, during the summer
vacation, until midnight
In the morning/ afternoon/ evening, at night, at midnight, at noon, at Christmas, on
Christmas Eve, on the weekend
Exercises: Fill out the blanks with the suitable prepositions of time.
1) He arrived in Ha Noi_________six,_________the morning,_______Tuesday.
2) She was born _______ April 20 and died _________1998.
3) We must be there__________6.30 and 6.45.
4) They were talking___________the meal.
5) The movie won’t finish _________midnight.
• Adverbs of manner: Adjective + -ly  adverds
Slow + -ly = slowly
Careful + -ly = carefully
Good  well
Exceptions: fast / hard: both adj. & adv.
• Reported speech (Command/ Request/ Advice)
Examples:
“Do your homework, Tim” – said Mrs. Chen.  Mrs. Chen told Tim to do his
homework.
“Can you give me a hand, Tim” – said Mrs. Chen.  Mrs. Chen asked Tim to give
her a hand.

“You should stay in bed, Tim” – said the doctor.  The doctor said Tim should stay
in bed.
Exercises: Put the following commands and requests and advice into reported
speech:
1) Their mother said to them, “Don’t make so much noise.”
2) Mrs. Jackson said to Tim, “Could you give me a hand, please?”
3) She said to her son, “Go straight upstairs and get into bed.”
4) Mary said to John, “Can you carry my suitcase, please?”
5) “You should stay in bed for a few days.” – said the doctor to Tim.
6) “You ought to keep your body warm.” – said the doctor to Tim.
• Gerund: (V-ing)
After prepositions or some verbs such as: like/ love/ enjoy/ hate/ dislike/ avoid…+
V-ing.
Examples: He likes playing soccer, but he hates washing up.
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• Asking for favor/ Offering assistance and responses to them.(Xin giúp đỡ/
Ngõ ý giúp đỡ người khác và đáp lại đề nghị giúp đỡ) (see textbooks/ page
65)
Examples: Could you help me, please? – Certainly/ Of course/ Sure/ No problem
May I help you? – Yes, please./ No, thanks.
• Comparison with: like, (not) as…as; (not) the same as; different from
Examples Your hair is black; mine is black, too (the same)
Your hair is the same color as_mine
Exercises: Read the situations and complete the sentences.
1) I am tall, but you are taller. (as______as)
I am not_____________________
2) Your hair is black; mine is black, too. (the same)
Your hair is…………………..color as………………..
3) Cats aren’t friendly, but dogs are friendly. (different from)
Cats are_____________________________________

4) My bike is nice, but yours is nicer. (as…as)
My bike is__________________________________
5) I arrived here at 7 a.m; they arrived here at 7 a.m, too. (the same)
I arrived here________________time as__________________
6) The film was so boring, but I thought it was interesting. (different from)
The film was quite_________________what__________________
• Be + getting / becoming  To show changes
Examples: The town is becoming noisier.
The air is getting more polluted.
People are getting more unfriendly.
• Comparative and superlative adjectives
Examples: a) Nam is 1.5m tall. Ba is 1.6m tall. Minh is 1.8m tall.
Ba is taller than Nam.
Minh is taller than Ba. Minh is the tallest of all.
b) The apartment is expensive. The house is more expensive than the
apartment. The villa is the most expensive.
Make comparisons between the city and the country about these things.
food entertainment
traffic medical facilities
transport schools
air electricity
Examples: There are more entertainments in the city than in the country.
Food in the country is cheaper than food in the city.
II/ READ (Unit 1 to Unit 8)
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busy easy expensive cheap good bad poor big accessible fresh
Read the passages and answer the questions/ tick (T) true (F) false/ fill out the gaps/
choose the best answer/ find the words from the passage that has the same meaning
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III/ WRITE

- Write a paragraph about your partner.
- Write a telephone message. (Date, Time, For, Message, Taken by)
- Write the description of a room in your house.
- Use the given words to write the story.
- Write a letter to your parents/ a pen pal/ a friend about your neighborhood. (4
sections: - - -------- Heading/ Opening/ Body and Closing)
- Write a (community) notice about your class meeting/ or your Sports Club
meeting
IV/ LISTEN
- Listen to the tape (or teacher) and fill in the missing words.
- Listen to the story and choose the most suitable title.
- Listen and fill out a report card or a song.
- Listen and choose the best answer.
SAMPLE TEST
I/ Chọn từ/ cụm từ trong ngoặc để hoàn thành câu. (4.0 đ)
1. My younger brother isn’t old enough to feed____________(myself/ herself/
himself/ yourself)
2. Lan went to class late this morning because she_______up late.(gets/ got/ getting/
get)
3. _________have you lived here? – We’ve lived here since 1997. (When/ Where/
How often/ How long)
4. Our grandmother used to________us stories. (tell/ tells/ telling/ told)
5. She has learned English_________three years. (about/ in/ during/ for)
6. My brother hates________soccer. (playing/ played/ to play/ plays)
7. _______did Tim study this semester? – Very well. (What/ How/Why/ Who)
8. A black and white TV is not________a color TV. (as modern than/ more modern
than/ as modern as/ more modern as)
II/ Tìm tự/ cụm từ không cùng chủ điểm với 3 từ còn lại trong nhóm (1,5 đ)
1. a refrigerator a disk rack a wardrobe an electric stove
2. watching TV washing the dishes sweeping the floor feeding the pigs

3. tall buildings traffic jam beautiful views shopping malls
III/ Đọc đoạn văn sau và làm bài tập A, B bên dưới
My name is Linh. I am a student of grade 8. I go to school in the afternoon from
Monday to Saturday. I often do my homework in the evening. At home nobody can
help me with my homework. I am good at Math and Physics, but I am not very good
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