Đề cương ôn tập học kì 1 môn Tiếng Anh 8 năm 2019-2020 - Trường THCS Thanh Quan

ĐỀ CƯƠNG ÔN TẬP HK I MÔN TIẾNG ANH
Khối lớp 8-năm học 2019-2020
A. VOCABULARY: from unit 1 to unit 8 (sách cũ), from unit 1 to unit 6 (sách mới)
B. GRAMMAR
I. Tenses:
1. The present simple tense( Thì hiện tại đơn )
S + is /am /are + O
S + V1 / V- s /es + O
Adv: always / usually / often / sometimes / everyday / today
- Diễn tả một sự việc ở hiện tại, thói quen ,
- Diễn tả sự thật , các hiện tượng tự nhiên
- Diễn tả kế hoạch đã định sẵn trong tương lai ( lịch trình )
2. The past simple tense ( Thì quá khứ đơn)
S + was / were + O
S + V-ed / V2 + O
Adv : yesterday , last week , last Sunday , ago , in 2007 .....
- Diễn tả sự việc đã xảy ra và kết thúc ở quá khứ
3. Near future :Be going to (Tương lai gần )
S + am/is/are + going + to -V1 + O.
II. Modal verbs (động từ khuyết thiếu).
S + can/could/should/ought to/must/ have to/ has to +V1 + O.
III. Comparative forms:
1. Adjectives:
S1 + to be + adj-er + than + S2.
S1 + to be + more + adj + than + S2.
2. Adverbs:
S1 + V + adv-er + than + S2.
S1 + V + more + adv + than + S2.
* Các tính từ/trạng từ so sánh đặc biệt:
Good - better/well - the best
Bad

- worse
- the worst
Many / much - more
- the most
Little
- less
- the least
Far
- farther
- the farthest
- further
- the furthest
IV. Adjective & adverb:
Adjective +
ly
Adv
Ex: quick + ly
quickly
careful + ly
carefully
happy + ly
happily
*Irregular:
good -> well
late
late
fast
fast
early
early

hard
hard
V. Prepositions of time:(giới từ thời gian)
in : month, year, season (in May, in 2004. in summer……)
in the morning / afternoon / evening.
on: date +month (on May 1st,…..).
on Sunday, on Friday,…..
on my birthday , on Tet holiday , on the weekend
at: hour (at 7 o’clock ……….)
at day , at night , at weekend
between: between 7 and 8 o’clock
between Jun & July .


after/before: after 4 o’clock.
for: for 2 hours /5 days , for a long time.
since: since yesterday, since 2002.
VI. Preposition of place (giới từ nơi chốn)
in, on, at, in front of, behind, under, next to, to the left/ right of……….
VII. Adverb of place: (trạng từ nơi chốn)
Here , there , inside, outside, upstairs , downstairs
 adverb of place = preposition + N
ex: I live in An Lao = I live here
VIII. Asking for favors and respond:
-Could you help me, please?
* Yes, of course/ certainly.
-Could you do me a favor/ I need a favor?
* No problem
-Can/ Could you…
* How I can help you?

* What can I do for you?
* Sue./I’m sorry, I can’t/ I’m busy.
-Thank you very much. That’s very kind of you.
IX. Offering assistance & respond:
-May I help you?
+Yes, thanks.
-Do you need any help?
+Yes, that’s very kind of you.
-Let me help you?
+ No, thanks. I can manage.
X. Some structures:
S + be + adj + enough +to + V1
S+ be+ too+ adj + to-V1
S + like/love/ enjoy /dislike/ hate/….+ V-ing
S +used to /didn’t use to + V1
S+ asked/ told + O + to-V1
S+ said+ S+ should+ V1
XI. Wh – questions:
What/ Who/ Where/ When/ Why/ How/ How long/How often/ How long…..?
XII. Reflexive pronouns:
I
- myself
he
- himself
We - ourselves
She
- herself
You - yourself
It
- itself

They - themselves
XIII. Articles:
a : - dùng trước danh từ đếm được số ít (eg: I have a book)
- dùng với nghĩa là một (eg: A lion lives in the jungle)
an: - dùng như “a” nhưng chỉ đi trước danh từ bắt đầu bằng 1 nguyên âm (eg: There is an art gallery)
the: - dùng trước danh từ đã được nói đến trước đó (eg: There’s a festival in my village. The festival is
very old)
- dùng để nói đến danh từ có duy nhất (eg: The Kinh speak Vietnamese)
- dùng với so sánh nhất (eg: Hoa is the tallest girl in the class)
C. EXERCISES:
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Choose the word that is stressed differently from that of the other words..
1.
A. lunar
B. across
C. pronounce
D. report
2.
A. necessary
B. behavior
C. traditional
D. participate
3.
A. average
B. national
C. majority
D. friendliness
4.
A. organize
B. discussion

C. restaurant
D. neighbor
5.
A. happiness
B. pollution
C. attention
D. exciting
6.
A. unite
B. lender
C. study
D. poem
7.
A. sidewalk
B. garden
C. drawing
D. enroll
8.
A. reserved
B. annoy
C. enough
D. lucky
9.
A. patient
B. hospital
C. furniture
D. university
10.
A. effect
B. tasty

C. surface
D. market


11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

A. teacher
A. enjoy
A. ancestor
A. buffalo
A. festival

B. doctor
B. listen
B. curious
B. recognise
B. resource

C. expect
C. adore
C. heritage
C. convenient
C. station

D. father
D. detest

D. tradition
D. cultural
D. history

2. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others
1.
A. grape
B. general
C. global
D. growth
2.
A. which
B. whole
C. while
D. where
3.
A. academic
B. arrange
C. magic
D. habit
4.
A. fire
B. tiger
C. wife
D. wisdom
5.
A. flour
B. pour
C. resource
D. four

6.
A. house
B. heart
C. how
D. hour
7.
A. improve
B. postcard
C. notebook
D. code
8.
A. proud
B. sound
C. your
D. hour
9.
A. never
B. nervous
C. lender
D. separate
10.
A. washes
B. likes
C. watches
D. boxes
11.
A. end
B. pencil
C. open
D. bench

12.
A. wanted
B. washed
C. watched
D. stopped
13.
A. wanted
B. washed
C. decided
D. needed
14.
A. fun
B. sun
C. surf
D. cut
15.
A. leisure
B. eight
C. celebrate
D. penalty
16.
A. although
B. laugh
C. paragraph
D. enough
17.
A. mention
B. question
C. action
D. education

18.
A. populated
B. opened
C. played
D. lived
19.
A. community
B. computer
C. museum
D. customs
20.
A. who
B. when
C. where
D. what
3. Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.
Please hurry or you will be late ________ school.
1.
A. to
B. of
C. for
D. in
Did someone help you draw the picture? - No, I did it ________
2.
A. myself
B. with one
C. itself
D. by me
People ________ think that the world was flat.
3.

A. didn’t use to
B. are used to
C. get used to
D. used to
"________ I borrow your tennis racquet?”
4.
A. Could
B. Can
C. May
D. All are correct
I haven’t heard ________ Mike for more than a year.
5.
A. from
B. off
C. to
D. up
She grew up in Spain, so her ________ is Spanish
6.
A. b and c
B. first language
C. mother tongue
D. foreign language
7.
4.Teenagers enjoy listening to music and____________ out with friends.
A. hang
B. to hang
C. hanging
D. hangs
A
kitchen

is
not
a(n)
________
place
to
play.
8.
A. unsuitable
B. unsuitability
C. suitability
D. suitable
I
________
bacon
and
eggs
every
morning.
9.
A. used to eat
B. use to eat
C. am used to eating
D. am used to eat
10. “Could you please look ________ my children when we go for a picnic?” She said to her mother.
A. up
B. after
C. over
D. into
11. He spends most of his time ________ charity work.

A. did
B. to do
C. doing
D. Both B & C are correct
12. My mother always tells me that I ___________ be home by 9 p.m.
A. has to
B. have to
C. have not to
D. mustn’t


13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.

Let’s paint the house ________ It will be much cheaper.
A. yourself
B. themselves
C. ourselves
D. herself
It really ________ me when people forget to say thank you.
A. injures
B. destroys
C. annoys
D. appears
When I ________ a little girl, my grandmother used to tell me many folk tales.
A. have been
B. am
C. will be
D. was
You should ________ this medicine every four hours.
A. took
B. to take
C. takes
D. take
Do you ________ any help?
A. want
B. have
C. wish
D. need
The Amazon River ________ into the Atlantic Ocean.
A. flow
B. will flow
C. is flowing
D. flows

There is a computer ________ the middle ________ the room.
A. on / of
B. in / in
C. on / in
D. in / of
We can raise funds by ________ glass and waste paper.
A. collected
B. collect
C. collects
D. collecting
The farmer rides the buffalo -____________ carts loaded full of rice home.
A. draw
B. drawing
C. drew
D. drawn
My dad doesn’t mind…………… my mom from work every day
A. pick up
B. picked up
C. picking up
D. picks up
People in the countryside live ___________ than those in the city.
A. happier
B. happily
C. happy
D. more happily
Does she fancy …………… a book to the younger children?
A. reads
B. reading
C. to read
D. read

I love the people in my village. They are so ________ and hospitable
A. friendly
B. vast
C. slow
D. inconvenient
I’ve been kind of _____________ to the net.
A. addict
B. addictive
C. addicted
D. addiction
Viet Nam is …………. Multicultural country with 54 ethnic groups
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. A and C
________ ethnic group has a larger population, the Tay or the Ede?
A. What
B. Which
C. Why
D. Who
He is surprised __________that there are 54 ethnic groups in our country.
A. to understand
B. to study
C. to know
D. find
When you eating in India, you_______ use the right hand. Never use the left hand.
A. must
B. should
C. shouldn’t
D. mustn’t

4. Choose the most suitable response to fill in the blank.
- “ ________ you?”
1.
- “Yes, please get my luggage from the car.”
A. Can I help
B. Do I help
C. Have I help
D. Am I helping
2.
“Could you do me a favor?” –“________”.
A. I’m sorry. I’m really busy.
B. Both B & C are correct.
C. What can I do for you?
D. Why?
3.
“How can I help you?”- “________ “.
A. You should carry all these bags for me.
B. Shall you carry all these bags for me?
C. Could you carry all these bags for me?
D. You have to carry all these bags for me.
4.
“Can you do me a favour?” –“ ________”.
A. I’m sorry but I can't.
B. I don't like, sorry.
C. I don’t bother.
D. No, I can't.
5.
“May I help you?” – “________”
A. What can I do for you?

6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

B. Yes. That’s very kind of you.
C. How can I help?
D. I’m afraid I’m busy now
“Do you need any help?” – “________”.
A. No,I don't need.
B. Yes. I'm fine.
C. Yes. That's very kind of you.
D. Thank you, I don’t need.
“Could you help me, please?” – “________”.
A. No. Thank you
B. No. I’m fine
C. No problem
D. No way
“I think computer games train my mind and my memory” – “________”.
A. I’m afraid I don’t agree
B. That’s not true
C. Hmm. You’re telling lie
D. Really?
“Some groups live in mountainous regions” – “________”.
A. I see.
B. I’ve already known it.
C. How interesting!

D. That’s funny.
“Your dress is beautiful!” – “________”.
A. Thank you. That’s very nice of you to say so.
B. You’re welcome
C. Really?
D. I hope you have one like me.

5. Choose the word(s) that have CLOSET in meaning to the underlined word(s).
1.
I love this food. It’s so tasty
A. delicious
B. tasteless
C. unpleasant
D. beautiful
2.
Some people learn a foreign language easily. Others have trouble learning a new language.
A. causes
B. reasons
C. matter
D. difficulty
3.
I can’t reach him by phone.
A. achieve
B. arrive at
C. come to
D. contact
4.
My mother is not home today. I have to look after my baby sister
A. care for
B. raise

C. look at
D. care
5.
Hoa has long black curly hair.
A. straight
B. blond
C. wavy
D. fair
6.
Hang likes hanging out with her best friend Helen in her spare time
A. detests
B. hates
C. enjoys
D. dislikes
7.
For most of the year, we are surrounded by vast pastures, rivers and mountains
A. large
B. small
C. many
D. beautiful

6. Choose the word(s) that have OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined
word(s).
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

We won the game because we played very well.
A. badly
B. excellent
C. skillfully
D. good
Unfortunately, the new wife was very cruel to Little Pea.
A. heartless
B. kind
C. unkind
D. mean
Bell demonstrated his invention to the public at countless exxhibitions.
A. few
B. uncountable
C. limited
D. countable
Little Pea had to do chores all day. This made Little Pea’s father very upset.
A. bored
B. exciting
C. sad
D. happy
The majority of students in my class is the Kinh.
A. main
B. large number
C. most
D. minority
People in some far-away mountainous regions still keep their traditional way of life.
A. rich
B. modern
C. poor

D. simple
Ethnic peoples in the mountains have a simple way of farming.
A. special
B. basic
C. hard
D. complicated

7. Identify the mistake in each sentence
1.
Can I help you by your luggage?
A
B C
D


2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

I don't know how to play the game when I was ten.
A
B
C
D
Could you help me how solve this problem?
A
B
C
D
Do you like working with other people or do you prefer working, yourself?
A
B
C
D
Your idea is very interested, tell me more about it.
A
B
C
D
Patrick doesn’t run quickly as Lee, but he can run farther.
A
B
C
D
When Jane was younger, she used to singing in a jazz band.
A
B
C
D

This software isn’t good enough for children use.
A
B
C
D
If you don’t feel well, you ought to not go to school today.
A
B
C
D
She told me to wait to her a few minutes.
A
B
C
D
In Australia, you mustn’t to comment on a person’s accent.
A
B
C
D
In my family, children has to get permission before leaving the dining table.
A
B
C
D
When I come, the whole family was having dinner around a big dining table.
A
B
C
D

Lang Lieu couldn’t bought any special food because he was very poor.
A
B
C
D
We speak English more fluent now than last year.
A
B
C
D

8. Read the passage and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space
a. People from the (1)________ are leaving their home to go and live in the city. Farming can
sometimes (2)________ a difficult life and these people (3)________ urban areas feel the city offers more
(4) ________ However, many people (5)________ to the city create problems. There may not be
(6)________ schools or hospitals, while water and electricity supplies may (7)________ adequate. This is
a problem (8)________ governments around the world.
1.
A. country
B. city
C. countryside
D. town
2.
A. was
B. are
C. is
D. be
3.
A. in
B. at

C. from
D. near
4.
A. job
B. chance
C. opportunities
D. opportunity
5.
A. comes
B. came
C. coming
D. come
6.
A. much
B. enough
C. lacking
D. much more
7.
A. no be
B. not be
C. be not
D. be
8.
A. taking
B. facing
C. face
D. take
b. The customs of Tet holiday in Vietnam
Vietnamese people have many customs on Tet holiday, below are three customs on this
(1)________ holiday. In Vietnamese conception, Tet is the second birthday of each person in the year.

(2)________, the word of mouth on Tet holiday is “best wishes for the new age”. On Tet holiday, adult
gives lucky money to children wishing them a new year of obeying their parents and studying well.
Lucky money is also given to the (3)________ with a wish for a long life and good health. Tet holiday is
the time to decorate the house. The most important part of the house - the altar, is decorated by a five fruit tray, flowers and cakes. Vietnamese people have the custom of decorating the house with peach,
apricot blossoms and kumquat trees on Tet holiday. They are symbols (4)________ luck and prosperity.
One of Tet’s most special foods is banh chung, which is made from sticky rice, green beans and fatty
pork. Mut – dried sweetened is also popular on Tet holiday. Tet holiday presents beautiful cultural


tradition of the country. Vietnamese people must (5)________ these traditions as an important culture
value.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

A. traditional
A. Therefore
A. elderly
A. in
A. preserve

B. costume
B. However
B. members
B. of
B. get

C. tradition

C. Moreover
C. offspring
C. on
C. hold

D. custom
D. Nevertheless
D. generations
D. with
D. provide

9. Read the following text and choose the best answer for the questions below.
a. We don't live in a house or a flat. We live on a houseboat. The boat looks small, but it's quite
big inside. Apart from the bathroom, it's only got one room, so we have to do everything there - eat, cook,
sleep and watch TV. We usually keep our houseboat at Little Venice in London. We're almost in the center
of the city there. That's great for clubs, pubs, the theater and so on. But the best thing about a houseboat
is that you can move and take your home with you.
1.
The writer lives ________ .
A. in a house
B. on a houseboat
C. in a building
D. in a flat
2.
Which sentence is not true?
A. The boat is small.
B. The boat is not big
C. The boat is quite big.
D. The boat looks small
3.

How many rooms does the houseboat have?
A. four rooms
B. two rooms
C. one room
D. three rooms
4.
Which sentence is true?
A. They eat, cook, sleep and watch TV in different rooms.
B. They bath, cook, sleep and watch TV in the same room
C. They eat, cook, sleep and watch TV in the same room.
D. They eat, cook, bath and watch TV in the same room.
5.
Which sentence is true?
A. you can't move and take the houseboat with you.
B. There are clubs, pubs and the theater in the houseboat.
C. The houseboat is always at Little Venice in London.
D. you can move and take the houseboat with you.
b. The Tay live mainly in the Northeastern part of Viet Nam. They live in large and crowded villages
with hundreds of houses. They live in houses built on stilts. They are mainly farmers and they grow rice
on terraced fields. They also raise cattles and poultry.
Tay traditional dress is made from homegrown cotton. There is usually not much embroidery or other
decorations. Women wear skirts or trousers, with short shirts inside and long one on the outside.
They have many festivals and holidays in a year. The Lunar New Year and the mid-July festivals are
the most lavishly organized. During festivals, people in many places play con throwing, badminton, tugof-war, dragon dancing, or chess.
The Tay eat mainly sticky rice. On festival occasions, they make many kinds of cakes, such as banh
chung (sticky rice square cakes), banh day (sticky rice round cakes) or banh khao (cakes made of white
rice flour).
1.
Which of the following best describes the main idea of the passage?
A. The Tay have many festivals and holidays in a year.

B. The Tay make many kinds of cakes on festival occasions.
C. The life of the Tay in Viet Nam.
D. The Tay live in the Northeastern part of Viet Nam.
2.
What do the Tay mainly eat?
A. sticky rice
B. cakes made of white rice flour
C. sticky rice square cakes
D. sticky rice round cakes
3.
Which of the following is NOT true of the Tay?
A. They eat sticky rice.
B. They grow rice on terraced fields.
C. They live on stilt houses.


4.

5.

D. They wear clothes with much embroidery.
Which is true of the Tay’s life?
A. They work in industry.
B. They mainly work in agriculture.
C. They have one very important festival a year.
D. They buy cotton to make dress.
The word "lavishly" is closest in meaning to ________.
A. carefully
B. luxuriously
C. lengthily

D. seriously

II. WRITING
1. Complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first one.
1.
“Don’t sit too long in front of the computer”, My mother said
My mother told_______________________________________________________.
2.

My teacher said to me “You should listen to your father more carefully”.
My teacher said that_______________________________________________________.

3.

Mr Tuan was a careless driver.
Mr Tuan____________________________________________________________

4.

She runs faster than me.
I don’t run___________________________________________________________

5.

Why don't you phone her to make the final arrangements? (ought)
You_______________________________________________________________

6.

Rock music is loud, but pop music is much softer. (different from)
Rock music is________________________________________________________

7.

"Can you help me with my exercise?" Mai said to Lan. (asked)
_____________________________________________________________

8.

He no longer comes late for class. (used)
_____________________________________________________________

9.

He uses all his free time to look after his garden
He spends_______________________________________________________.

10.

The black dress is more expensive than the white one.
The white dress_______________________________________________________.

11.

No one in my group is more intelligent than Mary
Mary_______________________________________________________.

12.

I adore listening to music every day.
I enjoy_______________________________________________________.

13.

I moved to Ha Noi five years ago
I have_______________________________________________________.

14.

Playing beach games is very interesting.
It is_______________________________________________________.

15.

Minh really loves to hang out with friends
Minh really enjoys_______________________________________________________.

2. Complete each of the following sentences with the words or phrases given


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

Could/ you/ turn on/ TV/ please?
____________________________________________________________________
He / run / fast / but / not catch /bus.
____________________________________________________________________
He / be / friendly / kind / everyone.
_____________________________________________________________
Tonight's concert / begin / 8:00 / and / not end / until / 11:00.
_____________________________________________________________
I love / tell / jokes / my friends / like me / my sense / humor.
____________________________________________________________________
My bicycle / not / same / yours
_____________________________________________________________
Bao / always get good marks / because / he / be / hard-working.
____________________________________________________________________
Bill/ play/ piano/ very well/.
____________________________________________________________________
Mr. Clark/ work/ in the bank/ a long time
____________________________________________________________________
I / help / parents / work / farm / afternoon.
____________________________________________________________________
Tippping/ not/ custom/ Viet Nam/ so/ you/ not/ have/ tip/ if/ don’t want.
____________________________________________________________________
In Brazil/ standard/ tip/ in/ restaurant/ be 10 percent.

____________________________________________________________________
We/ have/take/ shoes/ when/ we/ inside/pagoda.
____________________________________________________________________
Nowadays/ teenagers/ rely/ technology/ than/ the/ past.
____________________________________________________________________
Life/ the countryside/ changed/ a lot/ the/ ten /years.
____________________________________________________________________

3. Rearrange the following words and punctuation marks to complete the sentences.
1.
She / my class / is / enough / old / in/ not/ to be
____________________________________________________________________
2.

homework/ the / to / students / ought / their / carefully /do/.

3.

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You/ best/ try/ should/ your/ hard/ learning/ pass/ the/ to/ exam.

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