Đề cương học kỳ I tiếng Anh 8

A. VOCABULARY
Getting started – Listen and read

1. friend
 friendly
2. to describe
 description
3. favorite
4. to seem

(n)
(adj)
(v)
(n)
(adj)
(v)

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bạn
thân thiện
mơ tả
sự mơ tả
ưa thích
có vẻ, dường như

seem + adjective
Ex : You seem happy.
You look happy.
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5. happy
≠ unhappy
 happily
≠ unhappily
 happiness
6. to receive
7. next-door
 next-door
8. neighbor
 neighborhood
9. beautiful
 beautifully
 beauty
10. photograph
11. lovely
 love
12. smile
 to smile at
13. enough

(adj)
(adj)
(adv)
(adv)

(n)
(v)
(adj)
(adv)
(n)
(n)
(adj)
(adv)
(n)
(n)
(adj)
(n / v)
(n)
(v)
(adv)

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sung sướng, hạnh phúc
bất hạnh, không vui

1 cách hạnh phúc
1 cách bất hạnh
sự hạnh phúc
nhận
kế bên, ngay bên cạnh
bên trong nhà bên cạnh
người hàng xóm
vùng lân cận, khu dân cư
đẹp

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hình
đáng yêu

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nụ cười
mỉm cười với
đủ
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14. short
15. tall
16. thin

17. fat
18. long
19. slim
20. blond
21. black
22. dark
23. fair
24. brown
25. straight
26. curly
27. bald

(adj)
(adj)
(adj)
(adj)
(adj)
(adj)
(adj)
(adj)
(adj)
(adj)
(adj)
(adj)
(adj)
(adj)

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thấp, ngắn
cao
ốm
mập
dài
mảnh mai, thon
vàng hoe (tóc)
màu đen
thẫm, sẫm
trắng (da) , vàng (tóc)
màu nâu
thẳng
xoăn, quăn (tóc)
hói, trụi

Hoa
Lan

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Listen
28. pleasure
(n)
 please
(v)
 pleasant
(adj)
To be pleased with
29. principal
(n)
30. certainly
(adv)
 certain
(adj)
31. ma’am = madam
32. sure
(adj)
33. dear
(adj)
 dearly
(adv)
 dearness
(n)

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niềm vui
làm vui lòng
thú vị

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hiệu trưởng
dĩ nhiên, chắc chắn

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bà
chắc chắn
thân mến, yêu quý

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may mắn
không may mắn
1 cách may mắn
1 cách không may mắn
sự may mắn
tuy nhiên
khác nhau
1 cách khác nhau
sự khác nhau
khác
tính cách, đặc điểm
dễ gần gũi, dễ hòa đồng

Read

34. lucky
≠ unlucky
 luckily
≠ unluckily
 luck
35. however
36. different from
 differently
 difference
 differ
37. character
38. sociable
 socialize

 sociability

(adj)
(adj)
(adv)
(adv)
(n)
(adj)
(adv)
(n)
(v)
(n)
(adj)
(v)
(n)

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39. extremely
(adv)
 extreme
(adj)
40. kind
(adj)
 kindly
(adv)
 kindness
(n)
41. generous

(adj)
 generosity
(n)
42. local
(adj)
 locality
(n)
 locate
(v)
43. orphanage
(n)
 orphan
(n)
44. hard-working
(adj)
45. like
(prep)
≠ unlike
(prep)
46. reserved
(adj)
47. public
(n)
48. peace
(n)
 peaceful
(adj)
 peacefully
(adv)
49. quiet

(adj)
 quietly
(adv)
50. outgoing
(adj)
51. joke
(n)
 tell a joke
52. humor
(n)
 humorous
(adj)
sense of humor
53. although = though
54. to annoy
(v)
55. to make friends
56. to cause
(v)
57. problem
(n)
58. to affect
(v)
59. to take up
60. to laugh at
61. to get tired of

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cực kỳ, rất

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tử tế, tốt bụng

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rộng lượng

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địa phương

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trại mồ côi
trẻ mồ côi
chăm chỉ, cần cù
giống như
không giống
kín đáo, dè dặt
cơng chúng, cơng cộng
sự thanh bình

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n tĩnh

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vui vẻ
trị đùa, lời nói đùa
nói đùa, kể chuyện tếu
sự khơi hài
khơi hài
óc khơi hài
mặc dù
làm bực mình
kết bạn
gây ra

vấn đề
ảnh hưởng
chiếm
cười nhạo
chán

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thơng tin
thơng báo
giúp ích
khơng giúp ích
sự giúp đỡ / giúp đỡ
khỏe mạnh
sức khỏe

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62. information
 to inform
63. helpful
≠ unhelpful
 help

64. healthy
 health

(n)
(v)
(adj)
(adj)
(n / v)
(adj)
(n)

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65. dynamic
66. handsome

(adj)
(adj)

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năng động
đẹp trai

67. overweight
(adj)
68. sportive
(adj)

69. hot-tempered (adj)
70. honest
(adj)
≠ dishonest
(adj)
71. calm
(adj)
72. talkative
(adj)
73. messy
(adj)
74. lazy
(adj)
75. careful
(adj)
≠ careless
(adj)
76. nervous
(adj)
77. creative
(adj)
78. shy
(adj)
79. heart-shaped mouth

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q trọng lượng
thích thể thao
nóng tính
trung thực
khơng trung thực
bình tỉnh
nhiều chuyện
bừa bộn, bẩn thỉu
lười biếng
cẩn thận
bất cẩn
lo lắng, bồn chồn
sáng tạo
e thẹn, mắc cỡ
miệng hình trái tim

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giới thiệu
sự giới thiệu

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mọc
lặn
hướng đông
hướng tây
hướng nam
hướng bắc
mặt trời
mặt trăng

Language focus

80. introduce to
 introduction
 introductory
81. to rise
82. to set
83. east
84. west

85. south
86. north
87. sun
88. moon

(v)
(n)
(adj)
(v)
(v)
(n)
(n)
(n)
(n)
(n)
(n)

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89. planet
90. Earth
91. Mars

(n)
(n)
(n)

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hành tinh
trái đất
sao hỏa

92. Mercury
93. big
94. strong
95. appearance

(n)
(adj)
(adj)
(n)

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sao thủy
to lớn
≠ small
mạnh
≠
weak
bề ngoài, diện mạo

(adj) : nhỏ

(adj) : yếu

B. GRAMMAR
* ENOUGH
I. Combine the following sentences, using :
“ S + V (be) +Adj /Adv+ enough + to infinitive”
or
“ S + V (be) + Adj / Adv + enough + for + N / pro + to infinitive”
1. The house is large. My family can live in it.
=> The house is large enough for my family to live in.
2. The restaurant is good. He comes so often.
=> ........................................................................................................................................
3. The moon is very bright. I can read a newspaper by it.
=> ........................................................................................................................................
4. The pocket calculator is small. I can put it in my pocket.
=> ........................................................................................................................................
5. The film was interesting. He watched it.
=> ........................................................................................................................................
6. Are you very tall ? Can you reach the ceiling ?
=> Are you tall enough to reach the ceiling?
7. My sister is old. She can drive a car.
=> ........................................................................................................................................
8. The worker is clever. He can make fine things from wood.
=> ........................................................................................................................................
9. Mr. Robinson isn’t rich. He can’t buy a house.
=> ........................................................................................................................................
10. She is beautiful and intelligent. She can become Miss World.
=> ........................................................................................................................................
II. Rewrite the following sentences, using “ENOUGH”
1. He is too young to go to school.

=> He isn’t old enough to go to school.
2. She is too weak to carry that suitcase.
=> She isn’t …………………………………………………………………………………….
3. Long is too poor to buy that car.
=> Long isn’t ……………………………………………………………………………………
4. Dick is too short to reach the picture.
=> Dick isn’t ……………………………………………………………………………………
5. The man is too old to walk .
=>The man isn’t ………………………………………………………………………………
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6. The shirt is too small for him to wear.
=> The shirt isn’t ………………………………………………………………………………
* TOO + ADJECTIVE + TO INFINITIVE
III. Rewrite the sentences : “Too + adjective + to infinitive”
1. I’m very tired. I can’t go to school today.
=> I am too tired to go to school today.
2. He is short. He can’t reach the picture.
=> He is too ......................................................................................................................
3. They arrived very late. They didn’t see the beginning of the film.
=> They arrived too ..........................................................................................................
4. I’m full. I can’t eat anything more.
=> I’m too .........................................................................................................................
5. He is very short. He can’t marry that tall woman.
=> He is too ......................................................................................................................
6. My grandfather is old. He can’t drive a car.
=> My grandfather is too ..................................................................................................
* SO + ADECTIVE + THAT
IV. Rewrite the following sentences, using “so + adjective + that + …”

1. The cake was too hot for her to eat.
=> The cake was so hot that she couldn’t eat it.
2. The bag was too heavy for Kenvin to carry.
=> The bag was so ……………………………………………………………………………
3. The weather was too bad for us to go for a picnic.
=> The weather was so ………………………………………………………………………
4. The tree is too high for me to climb.
=> The tree is so ……………………………………………………………………………...
5. The water was too cold for them to swim in.
=> The water was so …………………………………………………………………………
* SUCH + (a / an) + ADECTIVE + noun + THAT
V. Rewrite the following sentences, using “such + a / an + Adj + noun + that …”
1. The film was so interesting that we saw it twice.
=> It was such an interesting film that we saw it twice.
2. The car was so expensive that he couldn’t buy it.
=> It was such …………………………………………………………………………………
3. The jacket is so small that I can’t wear it.
=> It is such ……………………………………………………………………………………
4. The weather is so lovely that we spend the whole day in the garden.
=> It is such ……………………………………………………………………………………
5. The room was so dark that I couldn’t see anything.
=> It was such …………………………………………………………………………………
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SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE (thì hiện tại đơn)
1) Affirmative form
I , you , we , they

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Verb (bare infinitive)

He, She , It

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Verb + s/es

2) Negative form
I, you , we , they

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do not
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(don’t)
+ does not +
(doesn’t)

He, She, It

Verb (bare infinitive)
Verb (bare infinitive)

3) Interrogative form
Do

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Does +

I , you , we , they
he, she, it

+ Verb (bare infinitive) ?
+ Verb (bare infinitive) ?

=> Diễn tả 1 thói quen ở hiện tại, hay 1 hành động thường được lặp đi lặp lại
(always, often, usually, every)
Ex :

She often goes to school on foot.
I always get up early.

=> Diễn tả 1 sự thật hiển nhiên
Ex :

The sun rises in the east.
Bees make honey.
Most rivers flow into the sea.

Lưu ý :
Các động từ phải thêm “es” là các động từ tận cùng bằng : o, s, sh, ch, z, x,
phụ âm + y (đổi y  i + es)
go
do
miss
wash
brush

watch
fix

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goes
does
misses
washes
brushes
watches
fixes
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try
carry
worry

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tries

carries
worries

TO BE : am, is, are
I am
You are
He is
She is
It is
We are
You are
They are

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I’m
You’re
He’s
She’s
It’s
We’re
You’re
They’re

Exercises
1. He always (go) ........................to school every morning.
2. They (be) .....................often late for school.
3. She often (have) .....................bread and milk for breakfast.
4. They usually (spend) ..........................their weekend on a farm.
5. She (cry) ......................because she (miss) ............................her parents.
6. He is not rich. He (earn) .........................his living by selling fruits.
7. The man is a butcher. He (sell) ......................meat.
8. It often (rain) ........................in June.
9. How many floors .....................your school ...................? (have)
10. My school (have) ....................four floors.
11. Every morning, I (get) ....................up at 5.30.
12. She (brush) ...............................her teeth, (wash) ........................her face.
13. They (go) ...................to school at 6.30 every day.
14. Those lamps (be) ..................small.
15. She (watch) ..........................television every day.
16. Nam (listen) ...........................to music every day.
17. He (play) ....................volleyball after school.
18. She (do) ......................the homework every evening.
19. I (get) ................up at 5.00 every morning.
20. ..............you ................sports? (play)
21. ..............she ................her face? (wash)
22. I (not / go) .................................to school on Sunday.
23. Lan (not / get) .................................up at six.
24. What time .................he ................. (go) to schhol?
25. Where ...............she ................ ? (live)
26. What ................you ................. (have) for lunch?
27. Nga often (read) ........................books every evening.
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28. My father (work) ...........................in a factory.
29. There (be) ...................a store near my house.
30. Lan (live) ......................on Hung Vuong Street.

SIMPLE PAST TENSE (thì quá khứ đơn)
1) Affirmative form
Subject

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V+ ed (regular verbs)

Subject

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V2

(irregular verbs)

2) Negative form
Subject

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did not
(didn’t)

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Verb (bare infinitive)

3) Interrogative form
Did

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Subject

+ Verb (bare infinitive) ?

 Diễn tả hành động hoặc sự việc đã xảy ra và hoàn tất tại một thời điểm xác định
trong quá khứ. Thường được đi kèm với các trạng từ chỉ thời gian quá khứ như:
- yesterday (ngày hôm qua)
- last week / month / year … (tuần / tháng / năm … trước)
- ago (cách đây)
Ex : I watched television last night.
He went to Vung Tau two weeks ago.
He didn’t come to the party yesterday.
My parents didn’t buy any souvenirs.
Did you listen to music last night?
Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t.

Cách phát âm “ed”
/ id / : sau các động từ tận cùng là âm t và d
Ex : wanted , needed
/ t / : sau các động từ tận cùng bằng các âm : k , ss, sh, ch, p, f, ce, x
Ex : worked, missed, washed, watched, hoped, laughed, placed, fixed , used

/ d / : sau các động từ tận cùng bằng các âm còn lại (a,e,I,o,u, b,g,l,m,n,v,z,th …)
Ex : raised , tried , joined , failed , pleased , weighed
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TO BE : was / were
I / He / She / It
We / You / they

 was / wasn’t
 were / weren’t

Exercises
Put the verbs in the simple past tense
1. The seafood (be) ……………….very delicious.
2. Hoa (receive) ……………………….a letter from her penpal Tim yesterday.
3. I (go) ………………to the movie theater last night.
4. Liz (return) …………………….to Nha Trang from Nha Trang two days ago.
5. He (take) ………………..his children to the zoo last Sunday.
6. The children (be) …………….in the park five minutes ago.
7. I (meet) …………….her at the movie theater last night.
8. Yesterday he (go) …………….to school by bus.
9. What …………you ………… (do) yesterday morning?
10. Two years ago, she (teach) ………………….at a village school.
11. My father (buy) …………………a new car two months ago.
12. He (not / come) …………………………to the meeting last week.
13. ……….you ………….. .. (watch) television last night?
14. She (live) ……………..in Hue last year.
15. They (perform) …………………………”Romeo and Juliet” last Sunday.
Change into negative form and interrogative form

1. My father decorated the Christmas tree.
=> …………………………………………………………………………
=> …………………………………………………………………………?
2. She bought a new dress yesterday.
=> …………………………………………………………………………
=> …………………………………………………………………………?
3. They were late for school.
=> ………………………………………………………………………….
=> ………………………………………………………………………….?
4. Mr. Tam took his children to the museum last Sunday.
=> …………………………………………………………………………..
=> …………………………………………………………………………..?
5. They painted their house yellow.
=> ……………………………………………………………………………
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TEST 1
I. Choose the word / phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in each sentence
1. ____ you like to go to the theater with us ?
A. Will
B. Are
C. Could
D. Would
2. Are you interested ____ ancient monuments ?
A. in
B. to
C. of

D. with
3. Are you free ____ Tuesday ?
A. in
B. with
C. on
D. at
4. He can speak English very well and ____ can his sister.
A. so
B. too
C. either
D. neither
5. I received a letter ____ your aunt last week.
A. of
B. in
C. from
D. on
6. ____ a nice dress !
A. How
B. Where
C. What
D. Which
7. We enjoy ____ around the world.
A. travel
B. to travel
C. traveled
D. traveling
8. His idea is quite different ____ mine.
A. with
B. of
C. from

D. on
9. I live ____ 101 Hung Dao Vuong street.
A. on
B. in
C. to
D. at
10. He is not ____________ get married.
A. enough old to
B. enough old for C. old enough to
D. old enough for
II. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following
passage
Nien was Hoa’s next-door neighbor (11) ____ Hue. She is very beautiful. She has big brown
eyes and a lovely smile. Last week, she (12) _____ to Ha Noi to visit Hoa. They traveled around
the city and saw a lot (13) ____ interesting places. Nien thinks Ha Noi is (14) _____ but so noisy
and busy, so she doesn’t like to live there.
11.
A. on
B. in
C. at
D. of
12.
A. go
B. going
C. will go
D. went
13.
A. of
B. to
C. for

D. off
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A. beauty
B. beautiful
C. beautifully
D. beautify
III. Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting
15. Mr. Binh is a very carefully driver.
A
B
C
D
16. Would you like going to the movies with us tonight ?
A
B
C
D
17. You look tired. You’d better staying inside at recess.
A
B
C
D
18. Hoa playing the piano in her room at the moment.
A
B
C
D
IV. Word form :
19. Lan always cycles __________________to school.
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20. Long plays badminton __________________
21. What a __________________ dress !
22. She plays the piano ____________________

(good)
(love)
(beautiful)

23. The children are always _________________
24. What a _________________ party !
25. Steel is very __________________ for building.
26. When being a child, she received a good ________________ .

(noise)
(bore)
(use)
(educate)

V. Use the correct tense or form of the verb given in each sentence
27. Hoa (live) _______________ in Hue last year.
28. Last week, she (go) ___________ to Ha Noi.
29. Would you like (go) ____________ to the movies ?
30. They enjoy (play) _________________ football for their school team.
31. My sister is old enough (go) ______________ to school by herself.
32. I (receive) ______________ a letter from my friend yesterday.
33. Most rivers (flow) ______________ into the sea.
34. Bees (make) _____________ honey.

35. Don’t (talk) _____________ in class !
36. She (meet) __________________her old friends tonight.
VI. Read the passage, then decide if the statements that follow it are True or False
Hang is fourteen years old. She is a pretty girl with long black hair. She goes to school
five days a week and usually goes swimming with some friends on Saturday mornings.
She lives in a large house with her mother, father and younger brother at 2/34 Nguyen Trai Street.
Hang has a lot of friends. Of all her friends, Nga and Thuy are the ones she spends most of
her time with. They are all like listening to music and playing sports in their free time.
37. Hang is 14 years old.
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38. She goes to school 7 days a week.
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39. She lives at 2/34 Nguyen Trai Street.
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40. She lives with her parents in a small house.
________
VII. Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the
same as the sentence printed before it
41. Let’s play badminton.
=> What about _____________________________________?
42. Hoa is younger than Hong.
=> Hong is not _____________________________________
43. What’s your address ?
=> Where _________________________________________ ?
44. He is strong. He can carry that suitcase.
=> He is strong enough ______________________________
45. Long is taller than Hung.
=> Hung is ________________________________________
46. Let’s go out tonight.
=> Why don’t ______________________________________ ?

47. He can’t lift all those suitcases because he’s too weak.
=> He is not _______________________________________ (enough)
48. Minh drives carefully.
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=> Minh is a _______________________________________
49. He studies well.
=> He is a _________________________________________

TEST 2
I. Choose the word / phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in each sentence
1. How _____ is it from Hue to Da Nang ?
A. many
B. much
C. far
D. long
2. Are you scared _____ seeing the dentist ?
A. of
B. in
C. at
D. for
3. His wife is _____ than his sister.
A. very pretty
B. prettier
C. most pretty
D. more prettier
4. _____ handsome he is !
A. How
B. What

C. Where
D. When
5. It’s very nice _____ you to say so.
A. on
B. for
C. to
D. of
6. How much time did you _____ on your homework ?
A. give
B. pass
C. bring
D. spend
th
7. He was born _____15 January.
A. in
B. of
C. at
D. on
8. My family will be at home _____ Christmas.
A. in
B. on
C. with
D. at
9. It’s _____ to meet you.
A. a pleasure
B. please
C. pleasure
D. All are correct
10. I _____ a letter from my old friend last week.
A. sent

B. gave
C. received
D. took
II. Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting
11. What about goes to the movies ?
A
B C
D
12. She is a beauty girl in her class.
A
B
C
D
13. She lived in America on 1990.
A B
C
D
14. Do you enjoy to read picture books ?
A
B
C
D
III. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following
passage
Susan is 15 years old. She is a pretty girl (15) ____ long black hair. She goes to school every
day and usually goes out with her friends (16) ____ Saturday evenings. She likes (17) _____ to
pop music. She lives with her parents in a large apartment. She has a lot (18) ____ interesting
pictures and books. She enjoys (19) ____ at her pictures and reading books (20) ____ her free
time.
15.

A. at
B. with
C. for
D. in
16.
A. at
B. in
C. on
D. of
17.
A. listen
B. listening
C. listened
D. listens
18.
A. off
B. of
C. on
D. in
19.
A. look
B. looks
C. to look
D. looking
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20.

A. in

B. at

C. on

IV. Word form :
21. He is a _______________ driver.
22. They look _______________ .
23. Everybody works _______________ in the local library.
24. Song is a school’s star soccer _____________ .

D. for

(care)
(happily)
(quiet)
(play)

V. Use the correct tense or form of the verb given in each sentence
25. The sun (rise) ________ in the east.
26. It (be) _____ often hot in the summer.
27. He enjoys (listen) _________________ to music.
28. Lan is fond of (read) _________________ story book.
29. Ba (clean) ___________ the room yesterday.
30. I (go) _______ to Hue last year.
31. Nam is old enough (drive) _____________ a car.
32. I would like (eat) ____________ fish and chicken.
33. Ly (play) ___________________ badminton at the moment.
34. My father (buy) _______________ a new car next week.
VI. Read the passage, then decide if the statements that follow it are True or False

Do you have any close friends? I think everybody at least has one close friend in their life.
And so do I. I have two close friends, Hanh and Mai. We are in the same class at the primary
school, and then secondary school. We are also neighbors so we spend most of our time in
learning and playing together. Hanh is a beautiful girl with big black eyes and an oval rosy face.
She is an intelligent student who is always at the top of the class. She likes reading, and she
often goes to the library whenever she has free time.
35. Everybody at least has one close friend in their life.
_______
36. Hanh has big brown eyes.
_______
37. Hanh is intelligent.
_______
38. Hanh often goes to the library in her free time.
_______
VII. Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the
same as the sentence printed before it
39. I like drinking orange juice.
=> I enjoy _____________________________________ .
40. The room is very dirty.
=> What ______________________________________ !
41. My house has four rooms.
=> There are ___________________________________.
42. He is young. He can’t go to school.
=> He is not ____________________________________ . (enough)
43. We climbed Chau Thoi Mountain in four hours.
=> It took _______________________________________ .
44. His hair is curly.
=> He has ______________________________________
45. The tables are big.
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=> They’re ______________________________________
46. You have beautiful hair.
=> Your hair _____________________________________

TEST 3
I. Choose the word / phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in each sentence
1. I prefer tea ______ coffee.
A. to
B. from
C. with
D. of
2. I live _____ Le Loi street.
A. on
B. in
C. at
D. to
3. Jakarta is the capital of _________ .
A. Indonesia
B. Malaysia
C. Thailand
D. Singapore
4. Summer is ______ than Fall, isn’t it ?
A. hotter
B. the hotter
C. hot
D. more hot
5. Susan and I were home ______ six o’clock yesterday evening.
A. at

B. for
C. on
D. in
6. ______ is it from Ha Noi to Ho Chi Minh City ?
A. How often
B. How far
C. How long
D. How much
7. I find Peter is not communicative. He’s rather ________ in public.
A. kind
B. reserved
C. sociable
D. humorous
8. My parents always stay with us ________ Christmas Day.
A. in
B. on
C. at
D. to
9. What does your friend look _______?
A. like
B. likes
C. liked
D. likely
10. We spend time ________ volunteer work.
A. to do
B. did
C. doing
D. do
II. Word form :
11. People in my country are very warm and __________________

12. She looks more _________________ than her sister.
13. Those cats look _______________
14. I love the _______________ of summer evenings in the countryside.
15. Nam is very _________________ in picture books.
16. You seem _______________ today.

(friend)
(beauty)
(love)
(peaceful)
(interest)
(happily)

III. Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting
17. He is strong enough to can play football.
A
B
C
D
18. What an lovely cat !
A B
C D
19. She’ll visit me on Christmas.
A
B C D
20. Would you like to meeting her ?
A
B
C
D

IV. Use the correct tense or form of the verb given in each sentence
21. Lan enjoys (play) …………………………..the piano.
22. Can you help me (do) ……………………this exercise ?
23. My younger sister likes (watch) ……………………..TV.
24. Nga hates (read) …………………….novels.
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25. Let me (do) ……………….it for you.
26. She told me (take) …………………….these books to her house.
27. At present they (travel) …………………………………..in London.
28. Look ! The cat (try) …………………………….to climb that tall tree.
V. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following
passage
I am lucky enough (29) ____have a lot of friends. Of all my friends, Bao, Khai, and Song are the
ones I (30) ___ most of my time with. Each of us, however, has a different character.
Bao is the most (31) _____ . He is also extremely kind and generous. He spends his free time
(32) _____volunteer work at a local orphanage, and he is a hard-working student who always
gets good (33) _____. Unlike Bao, Khai and Song are quite (34) _____in public. Both boys
enjoy school, but they prefer to be (35) _____ the classroom. Song is our school’s star soccer
player, and Khai likes the peace and (36) _____ of the local library. I am not as outgoing as Bao,
but I enjoy telling jokes. My friends usually enjoy my sense of (37) _____. However, sometimes
my jokes annoy them.
_______ (38) we have quite different characters, the four of us are very close friends.
29.
A. with
B. on
C. to
D. for
30.

A. waste
B. spend
C. have
D. tell
31.
A. selfish
B. happy
C. worried
D. sociable
32.
A. doing
B. making
C. having
D. taking
33.
A. grades
B. classes
C. rooms
D. spots
34.
A. kept
B. selfish
C. generous
D. reserved
35.
A. inside
B. into
C. outside
D. out of
36.

A. quiet
B. noisy
C. fighting
D. crowded
37.
A. humor
B. anger
C. thinking
D. singing
38.
A. But
B. No matter
C. Although
D. Despite
VI. Read the passage, then decide if the statements that follow it are True or False
This is my close-friends’ picture. They are Tuong, Hanh, Ha and Nghia.
Only Tuong is from Ha Noi. He has curly black hair and a square face with a wide mouth. He is
very generous and humorous. Nghia is not as tall as Tuong but very sporty and helpful. He has
been the badminton champion for years at his school. Ha is the oldest but the smallest. She is
Hanh’s relative sister. She is kind and hard-working. Thus, she is good at both Mathematic and
English. She often goes to English club every Sunday. The last one is Hanh. She has long hair
with beautiful eyes but a little bit reserved and shy in public. However, she sings very well. I took
this picture when we were singing karaoke at my home last weeekend.
39. Nghia is sporty and helpful.
40. Tuong is the smallest.
41. Hanh has long hair with beautiful eyes.
42. Ha is the youngest but the biggest.

______
______

______
______

VII. Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the
same as the sentence printed before it
43. She is too young to drive a car.
=> She isn’t _________________________________________________ (enough)
44. That horse will never win a race because it doesn’t run fast.
=> That horse doesn’t _________________________________________ (enough)
45. The gate is too high for me to reach.
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=> I am not _________________________________________________ (enough)
46. I am not as tall as my brother.
=> My brother _______________________________________________

A. VOCABULARY
Getting started – Listen and read

1. to arrange
(v)
 arrangement
(n)
 to make arrangements
2. fax machine
(n)
3. public telephone
(n)
4. address book

(n)
5. mobile phone
(n)
= hand phone = cell phone

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sắp xếp, sắp đặt, thu xếp
sự sắp xếp
sắp xếp, thu xếp
máy fax
điện thoại công cộng
sổ ghi địa chỉ
điện thoại di động
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6. telephone directory
7. answering machine

8. of course
9. wait a minute
10. downstairs
11. upstairs

12. Hold on
13. I’m afraid
14. cousin
15. to decide
 dicision
16. make a call
17. to invite
 invitation
18. to agree
 agreement
 agreeable
19. neither …nor

(n)
(n)

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danh bạ điện thoại
máy tự động trả lời điện thoại

(adv)
(adv)
(exp)
(exp)
(n)
(v)
(n)
(exp)

(v)
(n)
(v)
(n)

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dĩ nhiên
đợi một lát
ở tầng dưới, ở dưới lầu
ở tầng trên, ở trên lầu
chờ, giữ máy
tôi e rằng
anh, chị, em họ
quyết định
sự quyết định

gọi điện thoại
mời
lời mời, sự mời
đồng ý
sự đồng ý
:
dễ chịu
khơng …mà cũng khơng

(n)
(prep)
(n)
(v)
(adj)
(adv)
(n)
(n)
(n)
(n)
(adj)
(n)
(n)
(n)
(adj)
(n)

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câu
bên dưới
thứ tự, trật tự
hồn thành
đầy đủ

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cuộc nói chuyện, bài hội thoại
buổi hịa nhạc
trung tâm

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đứa trẻ con, dê con
ban nhạc
góc
tương tự, giống nhau

(n)
(v)
(n)
(n)

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thơng tin
thơng báo
trường THCS
tin nhắn, lời nhắn
để lại tin nhắn

(adj)

Speak
20. sentence
21. below
22. order
23. to complete
 complete
 completely
 completion
24. conversation
25. concert
26. center
 central
27. kid
28. band
29. corner

30. similar to
 similarity

Listen
31. information
 to inform
32. junior high school
33. message
 to leave a message

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 to take a message
34. secretary
(n)
35. appointment
(n)
 to appoint
(v)
 to make an appointment
36. available
(adj)

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lấy tin nhắn
thư ký
cuộc hẹn
hẹn

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di cư

sự di cư
người vừa câm vừa điếc
điếc
làm điếc tai
trường đại học
làm thí nghiệm
cuộc thí nghiệm
truyền, phát (thanh, hình)
sự truyền hình, sự phát thanh
lời nói
nói
người nói
khoảng cách
xa, xa cách
dẫn dắt
sự phát minh
phát minh
nhà phát minh
người giúp đỡ, người phụ tá
giúp đỡ, cộng sự
thực hiện, tiến hành

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nghĩ ra, nãy ra …

có sẳn

Read

37. to emigrate
 emigration
38. deaf-mute
39. deaf
 to deafen
40. university
41. to experiment
 experiment
42. to transmit
 transmission
43. speech
 to speak
 speaker
44. distance
 distant
45. lead – led – led
46. invention
 to invent
 inventor
47. assistant
 to assist
48. to conduct
 conduction
 conductive
49. to come up with

(v)
(n)
(n)
(adj)

(v)
(n)
(v)
(n)
(v)
(n)
(n)
(v)
(n)
(n)
(adj)
(v)
(n)
(v)
(n)
(n)
(v)
(v)
(n)
(adj)
(exp)

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50. device
51. to introduce
 introduction
 introductory
52. to demonstrate

 demonstration
 demonstrative
53. countless
54. exhibition
 to exhibit
55. commercial
 commerce
56. patient
57. hospital
58. successfully
 successful
 success
 succeed in
59. to be in use
60. public
≠ private

(n)
(v)
(n)
(adj)
(v)
(n)
(adj)
(adj)
(n)
(v)
(adj)
(n)
(n)

(n)
(adv)
(adj)
(n)
(v)
(exp)
(adj)
(adj)

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thiết bị, dụng cụ, máy móc
giới thiệu

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trình bày, trình diễn
sự trình bày

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vơ số
cuộc triển lãm, trưng bày
triển lãm, trưng bày
thuộc về thương mại, buôn bán
sự buôn bán
bệnh nhân
bệnh viện
một cách thành công
thành công
sự thành công
thành công
được dùng
công cộng
tư nhân, riêng tư

(n)
(n)
(n)
(n)
(v)
(n)
(n)
(n)
(v)

(n)
(n)
(exp)
(exp)
(n)
(n)

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đoạn văn
dịch vụ giao hàng
dịch vụ, sự phục vụ
sự phân phát, việc giao hàng
phân phát, giao hàng
đồ đạc (trong nhà)
khách hàng

buổi trưa, trưa
liên lạc với ai
hàng văn phòng phẩm đặt trước
văn phòng phẩm
ghé qua
đón ai
cây vợt
vợt tennis

(n)
(n)
(n)
(n)
(v)

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vé xem phim
cần câu
tiểu thuyết
phim hành động
thêm

Write
61. passage
62. delivery service

63. service
64. delivery
 to deliver
65. furniture
66. customer
67. midday
68. to reach
69. stationery order
70. stationery
71. to come over
72. to pick someone up
73. racket
 tennis racket

Language focus
74. movie ticket
75. fishing rod
76. novel
77. action movies
78. to add

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 addition
 additional
79. bubble
80. hide and seek
81. outside
82. inside

83. there
84. here
85. perhaps

(n)
(adj)
(n)
(adv)
(adv)
(adv)
(adv)

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câu nói, ảo tưởng
trốn và tìm
bên ngồi
bên trong
ở đó
ở đây
có lẽ

B. GRAMMAR
* NEITHER ….NOR

(khơng ……mà cũng khơng)

Ex : The hotel is neither spacious nor comfortable.
(Khách sạn đó khơng rộng rãi mà cũng không tiện nghi.)
She neither smiled, spoke, nor looked at me.
(Cơ ta chẳng cười, chẳng nói và cũng chẳng nhìn tơi.)
Deaf-mute can neither speak nor hear.
( Người vừa câm vừa điếc khơng thể nói mà cũng khơng thể nghe.)

* FUTURE INTENTION WITH “ Be going to…”
Diễn tả một dự định trong tương lai, một việc đã có sự sắp xếp sẳn.
BE GOING TO + VERB
1. Affirmative form
Subject

+ am / is / are + going to + verb (bare infinitive)

Ex :

I am going to study English. ( = I will study English.)
( = I intend to study English.)
2. Negative form
Subject + am / is / are + not + going to + verb (bare infinitive)
Ex :

He is not going to study Spanish.

3. Interrogative form
Am / Is / Are + subject + going to + verb (bare infinitive) + ?

Ex : Are you going to study English?

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TEST 1
I. Choose the word / phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in each sentence
1. The final examination will be held ............... June 12 th, 2006.
A. in
B. on
C. at
D. to
2. The boy looks very proud ............ his success at school.
A. on
B. of
C. at
D. in
3. Did your children enjoy .............. in the sea ?
A. swimming
B. swim
C. to swim
D. swam
4. Egypt is famous .............. ancient pyramids.
A. on
B. to
C. from
D. for
5. Would you like .............. a message ?
A. to leave
B. leave

C. leaving
D. left
6. Our friends ............. meet us at the airport tonight.
A. are
B. are going to
C. go to
D. will be to
7. You can call me when you are out by using ...................
A. public telephone B. address book
C. answering machine
D. telephone directory
8. You can use a .............. to receive message when you are out.
A. public phone
B. automobile
C. telephone directory
D. answering machine
9. I want to talk to Tony in England, I am going to .............
A. make a call
B. do a call
C. take
D. bring
10. I am going ........... the movie at 8 this evening.
A. see
B. seeing
C. to seeing
D. to see
II. Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting
11. I strongly believe that friends plays a very important role in our life.
A
B

C
D
12. We are having a birthday party in Saturday night. Would you like to come ?
A
B
C
D
13. Do you want go to the museum with us this Friday ?
A
B
C
D
14. I am going to travelling around the world with my family this summer.
A
B
C
D
III. Word form :
15. I have to use an ______________ machine to receive messages while I’m out.
(answer)
16. I made ________________ to play chess with Minh this afternoon.
(arrange)
17. She is going to stay home to watch TV tonight because there is a/an ___________ (interest)
movie on.
18. There was still no _________________ on what to do next.
(agree)
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IV. Use the correct tense or form of the verb given in each sentence

19. They (visit) ___________________ us next weekend.
20. Let’s _______ (go) to the movies tonight.
21. She is going (meet) ____________ us in the supermarket.
22. We usually (go) _________ to the library three times a week.
23. Would you like (come) ____________ to dinner tomorrow ?
24. Alexander Graham Bell (introduce) ___________________ the telephone in 1876.
25. I have to (help) ___________ my parents.
26. Can I (speak) ____________ to Hoa, please?
V. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space
Tom
Sam
Tom
Sam
Tom
Sam
Tom

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Hello, Sam. What (27) ______?
I am (28) _____TV. Do you want to go out?
I can’t. I am going to a (29) _____ party tonight.
Are you? Usually, we go out together (30) _____Saturday nights.
I know. That’s (31) ____I’m phoning. I invite you (32) ____ the party. Can you come?

Hmm. I’m not (33) _____. I’m really tired. I need some sleep.
Oh, come on. I (34) _____like going to parties on my own.

27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.

A. doing
A. seeing
A. a birth
A. in
A. what
A. on
A. sure
A. am not

B. you doing
B. looking
B. birthday
B. at
B. how
B. to
B. worried
B. are not

C. do you doing
C. watching
C. birthdate
C. on
C. when
C. of
C. nervous
C. don’t

D. are you doing
D. hearing
D. All are correct
D. X
D. why
D. about
D. happy
D. doesn’t

VI. Read the passage, then decide if the statements that follow it are True or False
Nowadays, you don’t need to be at home or at the office to use the phone. You can carry
a mobile phone in your pocket or keep one in your car. With a mobile phone, anyone who can
talk and walk can also phone and walk. You don’t have to look for a pay phone to make a call
anymore. Now you can take your calls with you everywhere.
35. The passage is written about mobile phone.
______
36. Nowadays, you have to be at home or at the office to use the phone.
______
37. If you have a mobile phone, you can phone and walk.
______
38. Now you can take your calls with you everywhere.

______
VII. Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the
same as the sentence printed before it
39. His hair is short and black.
=> He has ___________________________________________
40. He intends to come over to pick you up.
=> He is _____________________________________________
41. Ba is too young to drive a car.
=> Ba is not __________________________________________ (enough)
42. Nam drives carefully.
=> Nam is a __________________________________________
43. Remember to turn off the light before going out.
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