Đề cương ôn tập học kỳ I môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Phạm Hồng Quân

 let’s go ____ a walk ______ the weekend.
Minh has high marks ___ exam ___working very hard.
Are you interested _____ studying English?
When did you see him? _____ lunch today.
Does it rain _____ spring?
His birthday is ____ May 1st.
I am different ______ my sister.
I don’t know he is doing ___ the moment
She was interested ____ folktales.
I’ll be home ______ 7.00 because I want to see the seven o’clock news.
I go to school _____ Monday ______ Saturday.
We’ve not seen her _______ 2006.
V. Combine each pair of sentences, using ENOUGH
He is intelligent. He can answer all the questions
He isn’t tall. He can’t reach the shelf
she is good. She’ll pass the exam
You aren’t well. Don’t go to school.
They are sociable. They can make a lot of friends
 6. Don’t sit in the garden. It isn’t warm
 7.He is intelligent. He can answer all the questions
 8. He is good. He will pass the examination.
 9. The book is small. I can put it in my pocket.
10. Those shoes are large. He can wear them.
VI. Turn into reported speech:
Their mother said to them, “Don’t make so much noise.”
2. The traffic policeman said, “Show me your driving license, please.”
3. Mrs. Jackson said to Tim, “Could you give me a hand, please?”
4. The lifeguard said, “Don’t swim out too far, boys.”
5. Nam said to the taxi driver, “Please turn left at the first traffic light.”
6. She said to her son, “Go straight upstairs and get into bed.”
7. The policeman said, “Don’t touch anything in the room.”
8. Mary said to John, “Can you carry my suitcase, please?”
9. The doctor said to him, “You should give up smoking.”
10. The dentist said to me, “You shouldn’t eat too much sugar.”
11. The teacher said to his students, “You should learn harder for the exam.”
12. “Please lend me your dictionary, Quang,” said Hoa.
13. “Can you help me with my homework?” Minh said to her sister.
14. “You should practise speaking English everyday,” the teacher said.
15. “You shouldn’t translate each sentence into Vietnamese,” my brother told me.
16. “Can you turn down the radio?” Miss Jackson said to Mary.
17. “ Can you explain this word to me?” Trang asked Hue.
18. Her teacher said: “You should revise the lessons carefully.”
19. “Check your answers carefully before handing in,” my father said.
20. “Don’t look out of the window,” Linh’s teacher said. 
VII. Correct the mistakes in the sentences:
He lived in this city since 2007. 	.
Her bag is different to mine. 	.
The meeting will be held in April 2nd. 	.
She speaks English quite good. 	.
They didn’t reported a book last week	 .
I have not seen him for last Sunday. 	.
She has went to the mountain. 	.
She has black long hair. 	.
She ought to staying in bed. 	.
She is as tall so her sister. 	.
We have attended this course since two weeks. 	.
He drives very careful. 	.
Our father used to smoking when he was young. 	.
She studies English so as to going abroad. 	.
He has hair short dark. 	.
He said that he is a doctor.	 .
She asked me keep silent. 	.
There are many differently ways of learning words 	...
They are interested in do something different at weekend. 
My book is the same of yours. 	.
Read the passage and choose whether the statements are true (T) or false (F):
 Last week, Mr and Mrs Lam took their children back to their home village about ten kilometers from Da Lat. The village lies at the foot of a hill where people plant a lot of vegetables . Their parents have lived there for nearly fifty years. Their house is in the center of the village .It’s a new house built of bricks, located in the middle of a large garden. Their bedrooms look out over the yard behind the house where various kinds of flowers are in full bloom all year round.
True / False statement:
1.Mr and Mrs Lam took their children back to their home village in Da Lat.
 2. People plant a lot of vegetables at the foots of a hill.
 3. Their parents have lived in Da Lat for nearly fifteen years.
 4. Their new house was built in the middle of a large city.
 Read the passage below and choose the best answer (A, B, C, D ) for each question: (2ms)
 Prague has the population of over one million people. It is not the biggest city in Europe, but it is certainly one of the most beautiful. People call Prague the “ Golden City” and the “Mother of City” because it has beautiful buildings and statues. Perhaps the most popular building is the Old Town Hall with its amazing 15th century clock. People also call Prague “Europe’s School of Music” . There are many concert halls and every May there is a famous music festival: ”Prague Spring” ,There are also twenty theaters and many old pubs, wine bar and restaurants. There is now a modern underground, but traffic is still a problem. It is often better to walk and feel the atmosphere of the pretty little streets.
13. The population of Prague is .
 A. over one million people B. one million people 
 C. only two million people D. less than one million people
14. Prague is one of the most beautiful city in..
 A. Asia B. Europe C. Africa D. America
15. Which building in Prague has 15th century clock?
 A. The Golden City B. The Mother of City C. The Old Town Hall D. Europe’s School of Music
16.The famous music festival: “Prague Spring” is held 
 A. every year B. on June C. every May D. every July
III . Read the passage below and answer each question: 
 Once a farmer lived a comfortable life with his family. His chickens laid many eggs which the farmer used to buy food and clothing for his family. One day, he went to collect the eggs and discovered one of the chickens laid a gold egg. He shouted excitedly to his wife: “We are rich! We are rich! “ His wife ran to him and they both 
looked at the eggs in amazement. His wife wanted more, so her husband decided to cut open all the chickens and find more gold eggs. Unfortunately, he couldn’t find any eggs. When he finished, all the chickens were dead. There were no more eggs of any kind for the foolish farmer and his greedy wife.
1. What did the farmer do when he discovered one of his chickens laid a gold egg?
2. What did the farmer shout to his wife?
3. Why did the farmer decide to cut open all his chickens?
4. Did the farmer find any more gold eggs?
 Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. 
1A. generous	 B. reserve	C. festival	D. message	
2A. escape	B. equipment	C. excited	D. emigrate
3A. appear	B. annoy	C. agree	D. after 
4. A.hoped B.raised C.died D.appeared
5A. graze	B. magical	C. grandmother	D. rag
6A. match	B. catch	C. watch	D. math
7A. rug	B. cushion	C. cupboard	D. rule
8A. knife	B. wife	 C. nice	 D. children
9A. happy	B. try	C. candy	D. electricity
10A. character	 B. architect	C. chair	D. chemical
11. A. pancake 	B. surface 	 C. paper 	D. late 
12. A. wanted 	B. played 	C. learned 	D. returned
13. A. saucepan 	B. precaution 	C. caught 	D. laugh
14. A. answer 	 B. always C. wrong 	 D. write
15. A. injure 	B. knife C. kill 	 	D. sink
16. A. fun B. lunch C. run D. humor
17. A. mend	 B. semester	C. letter 	D. report
18. A. shout	 B. loud	C. group	D. about
19. A. promise	 B.revise	C. stick 	D. visit
20A. match 	B. pan 	C. transmit 	D. safety
21A. equipment 	B. upset 	C. end 	D. help
22A. folk 	B. hold 	C. photo 	D. neighbor
23A. fairy 	B. train 	C. afraid 	D. wait
24A. excited 	B. prince 	C. once 	D. escape
Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others 
1.A. equipment 	 B.farmer 	 C.grandma 	 D.story
2.A.tradition 	 B. equipment C. electricity 	 D.semester
3.A.servant 	 B.master 	 C.wisdom 	 D.escape
4.A.believe 	 B.improve 	 C.promise 	 D.prefer
5.A.language 	 B.learner 	C.meaning 	 D.revision
 6. A. escape B. unite C. wisdom D. appear
 7.A. comment B. upset C. habit D. cruel
 8.A. orphanage B. magically C. festival D. recycle
Test1
I. Choose the correct option to complete the following sentences. (3,0ms)
1. Lan is .. lift this box. 
A. enough strong to	B. enough strong for	C. strong enough to	D. strong enough for
2. The earth .. around the sun.
A. moves	B. is moving	C. moved	D. will move
3. Food is not . it was several years ago.
A. as cheap as	B. very cheaper as	C. the same cheap as	D. much cheaper than
4. Last night I watched the movie Romeo and Juliet. At last they killed .
A. herself	B. himself	C. ourselves	D. themselves.
5. Alexander Graham Bell was born  March 3, 1847.
A. in	B. on	C. at	D. during
6. I  him since last week
A. don’t see	B. haven’t seen	C. won’t see	D. didn’t see 
7. The boy is a  student. He always gets good grades. 
A. kind	B. generous	C. hard-working	D. reserved
8. He doesn’t enjoy ... basketball.
A. play 	B. to play	C. playing	D. to playing
9. When my mother was young, she used . very well.
A. sing	B. to sing	C. singing	D. sang
10. She is speaking .. because she has a sore throat.
A. soft	B. softly	C. fast	D. fastly
11. You’ll . cook dinner yourself.
A. ought to	B. must	C. may	D. have to
12. Which one is  , milk or orange juice?
A. good	B. the best	C. better	D. best
II/ Choose the sentence that has the same meaning with the given one. (2,0ms)
1. He moved to live in Binh Dinh 5 years ago. 
A. He has moved to live in Binh Dinh for 5 years . 	B. He has lived in Binh Dinh for 5 years 
C. He has to live in Binh Dinh 5 years ago. 	D. He has lived in Binh Dinh since 5 years
 2. “ Please come into my office.” The principal said to me.
A. The principal asked me to come into his office.	B. The principal asked me to come into my office.
C. The principal told me came into his office.	D. The principal told me coming into his office
3. He intends to invite me to his party tonight.
A. He invited me to his party tonight.	B. He is going to invite me to his party tonight.
C. He has to me to his party tonight.	D. He invites me to his party tonight.
4. The house is cheaper than the villa.
A. The villa is the most expensive home.B. The villa is more expensive than the house.
C. The villa is as expensive as the house.	D. The villa is different from the house
III.Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others. 
 1. A. curly	B. directory	C. memory	D. recycle
 2.A. parcels	B. discounts	C. selections	D. festivals
 3.A attend	B. devide	C. ending	D. recommend
IV. Identify the mistakes. 
1. Did you use to go to the movies every Sunday last year? 
 2. My father asked me not eat apples before washing them. 	
3. That’s very kind for you to do me a favor. 
4. My brother is going to studying in New York next month.
V.Complete the second sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the first. 
 “ Please help me with my exercise,” Mai said to Lan.
 =>Mai asked Lan ..............
2. Nam is very strong .He can lift this table .
 =>Nam is strong ...............
VI.Read. Then check True (T) or False (F). 
Miss Lien lives in Phan Thiet city now. When she was young, she used to livein the countryside.
 At that time, life was so hard. She had to do a lot of things.She had to do the housework  and  helped 
 her  farther  on  the  farm  after  school.Therewasn’t  any  electricity  and  entertainmentIn  her  free  time, she  played  outdoor activities. It was very fun. Food used to seem delicious. Now, Miss Lien sometimes returns to her home village to visit her relatives. She misses her childhood.
Miss Lien used to live in Phan Thiet in the past.	
She lived  in the country when she was youn	g.	
At her time, there wasn’t any electricity.	
Miss Lien never misses her childhood.	
VII. Read. Then answer the questions. 
Living in the country is something that people from the city often dream about. However,  in  reality  it  has  both  advantages  and  disadvantages  of  living  in  thecountryside. First, youcan enjoy peace and quiet. Second, there is less traffic, so it is safer for young children. Third, everything
is cheaper than in the city. However, childrencan’t get better entertainment in the countryside. It is also 
difficult to have good conditions for health care and education here. Besides, people in the countryside have to work very hard to earn a living. That is the reason why more and more young people leave the 
country for the town to find better jobs.
What do the people from the city often dream about? 
A. Living in the country.	B. Living in the islands.
C. Living in the prisons.	D. living in the sea.
Is there less traffic in the country, so it is safer for young children?
A. Yes, it is.	B. Yes, there is.	C. No, it isn’t.	D. No, there isn’t.
How do people in the countryside have to work to earn a living?
A. easy	B. fun	C. hard	D. dangerous
Test 2
I.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
A. how 	B. now 	C. know 	D. cow
A. what 	B. where 	C. when 	D. who
A. please 	B. teach 	C. head 	D. meet
A. talked 	B. stopped 	C. noted 	D. laughed
A. books 	B. cats 	C. stamps 	D. weeds
II.Choose the best option to complete the following sentences.
_________ were you last Sunday? - I went to Ha Long Bay. 
	A. What	B. Who	C. When	D. Where
Don’t get up so late! You ought _________ earlier. 
	A. get up 	B. gets up	C. to get up	D. to get
Nam’s father _________ him how to ride a bike when he was seven. 
 	A. teach 	B. taught 	C. teacher 	D. to teach
I’ve studied English _________ 3 years. 
	A. at	 B. for 	C. since 	D. on
Mrs. Lan asked me _________ her the truth. 
 	A. tell 	B. told 	C. telling 	D. to tell
They used _________ on a farm when they were young. 
 	A. to live 	B. live 	C. lived 	D. living
Mai often _________ badminton in the afternoon. 
 	A. to play 	B. play 	C. plays 	D. played
______ is the study of the earth and its countries, mountains, rivers, weather, etc. 
	A. Geography	B. Physics	C. Chemistry	D. Math
They _________ a new bike three years ago. 
 	A. bought 	B. buy 	C. buyed 	D. to buy
Vietnamese language is different _________ English language. 
 	A. as 	B. from 	C. like 	D. with
Would you like ___________a message?
 	A. leave 	B. leaving 	C. to leave 	D. left
The children are old enough to look after__________
 	A. ourselves 	B. themselves 	C. herself 	D. himself
My father used_________us to the zoo when he was alive. 
 	A. taking 	B. took 	C. take 	D. to take 
They’ll arrive_________Monday, 14 July. 
 	A. during 	B. in 	C. on 	D. at
The new shopping mall is quite_________the present shopping area. 
 	A. the same 	B. different from 	C. like to 	D. similar
III.Choose the underlined part that needs correcting
I strongly believe that friends plays a very important role in our life. 
	A	 B	C	 D 
We are having a birthday party in Saturday night. Would you like to come?
 	A 	 B 	 C 	 D 
There are a lot of books in the library but you ought buy some more from the bookshop. 
 	A 	B 	C 	 D 
We have learnt to play the piano for 2005.
 	A 	B 	C 	D
I used to working for this company when I was young.
 	A 	B 	 C 	D
IV.Read the passage and choose the best option to complete the gaps.
Once a farmer (26)______ a comfortable life with his family. His chickens laid many eggs which the farmer used to (27)______ to buy food and clothing for his family. 
One day, he (28)______ to collect the eggs and discovered one of the chickens laid a gold egg. He shouted excitedly to his wife, “We’re rich! We’re rich!”
His wife (29)______ to him and they both looked at the egg in amazement. The wife wanted more, so her husband decided (30)______ open all the chickens and find more gold eggs. Unfortunately he couldn’t find any eggs. When he finished all the chickens were dead. 
There were no more eggs of any kind for the foolish farmer and his greedy wife.
A. lived	B. live	C. lives	D. living
A. selling	B. sell	C. sells	D. sold
A. go	B. goes	C. went	D. is going
A. run	B. runs	C. is running	D. ran
A. cutting	B. to cut	C. cut	D. A&B
V.Read the passage and answer the following questions.
I have twin brothers, Tim and Tom. They are very similar and a lot of people don’t know which is which. They both have blond hair and blue eyes, and they always wear jeans and T-shirts. They like doing the same things, too. For example, they both like jazz and they’re crazy about football. They go to a football match once a week. Tim doesn’t like dancing or discos and Tom doesn’t like them, either. Although they’re twins, they’re not exactly the same at everything. Tim works hard at school because he wants to go to university, but Tom is a bit lazy. Our mother is often away from home because of her job, so we all work together in the house. Most of the time it’s fine, but sometimes we fight a bit! 
What do Tim and Tom always wear?
How often do they go to a football match?
What don’t they like?
Why does Tim work hard at school?
Why is their mother often out?
VI.Rewrite the following sentences as directed.
Mai / enjoy / learn English. 
She often went to school by bike but now she doesn’t any more. (use used to)
 “ Don’t go out and put on warm clothes” said the doctor. ( use reported speech)
Minh is too young. He can’t drive a car. ( use enough)	
I started playing tennis last year.
Test 3
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. 
A. late	B. half	C. after	D. hard
A. close	B. no	C. one	D. so
A. reach	B. teacher	C. meat	D. weather
Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
A. improve	B. children	C. shopping	D. mountain
A. expensive	B. geography	C. assistant	D. national
Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentence.
What do you have_____________lunch ?
	A. to	B. for	C. in 	D. of
I’ll try my best_____________my English. 
	A improving	B. improve	C. improved	D. to improve
He is not tall enough_____________the top of the shelf. 
	A. reach 	B. reaching 	C. reached	D to. reach 
They are going_____________their homework tonight. 
	A. to do	B. doing	C. do 	D. does
They bought new fishing rods to go_____________.
	A. swimming 	B. shopping	C. sailing 	D. fishing
She has to_____________the room twice a week. 
	A. cleaning 	B. clean 	C cleaned 	D. cleans
I can ride to school by_____________.
	A. myself	B. himself	C. herself	D. themselves
This book is_____________expensive than that one.
	A. the most 	B. the same 	C. more 	D. as
The children are old enough to look after_____________.
 	A. ourselves 	B. themselves 	C. herself 	D. himself
_____________ is the study of the earth and its countries, mountains, rivers, weather, etc.
	A. Geography	B. Physics	C. Chemistry	D. Math
Which underlined part is incorrect?
In many ways, I always prefer country life than city life.
 	A 	B 	C 	D
T.V is bringing not only informations but also entertainment.
 	A	B	C	D
The countryside is too quite for me to live and work in.
 	A 	B 	 C 	D
We are going to held a summer camp this July.
 	A 	B 	C 	 D
How long do you and your classmates known each other?
 	 A 	 B 	C 	D
Read and choose the best option.
Great Britain is not a large country, It is much smaller (21)________ French. It (22)________ four parts: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. England is the largest part of the country and has always been the strongest. English is the national (23)________ in all parts of Britain. All the people (24)________ live in Briatin can speak (25)________, but not all the people are English in that country.
A. to 	B. more 	C. than 	D. less
A. have 	B. having 	C. to have 	D. has
A. tounge 	B. words 	C. language 	D. writing
A. what 	B. who 	C. he 	D. which
A. French 	B. English 	C. Chinese 	D. Vietnamese
Arrange these words to make sentences. 
homework/ the / to / students / ought / their / carefully /do/. /
has / the chores / to / today / Mai / do / himself /. /
 clean/ the/ teacher/ me/ told/ to/ blackboard/the/./
She / my class / is / enough / old / in/ not/ to be/./
 how/ English/ to/ me/ tell/ study/ you/ Could/?/
Read the following passage and answer the qu