Bài tập bồi dưỡng học sinh giỏi Tiếng anh lớp 8

Week 1
I. Use the correct form of verbs:
a. The sun ( rise).......................... in the east and (set) ......................in the west.
b. The Moon (move)................................ around the Earth
c. They (make)................................. things from metal
d. I (visit) .................................our village every week 
e. She (study) ...................................in the university twice a year
f. Nam and Hoa always (work)................................... hard for the exams
g. We often( travel)...................................... around the city on Sundays
h. Lan's sister (see) .................................a lot of interesting places in Ha Noi
i. Jet engines ( make) ..............................a lot of noise
j. The sea ( cover) .................................two- thirds of the world
k. She usually ( finish)........................... her work at 5.30
l. It ( snow)................................... a lot during the Witer in our country
m. The River Amazon (flow)................................into the Atlantic Ocean
n. Loud music ( give).....................................me a headache
o. Oranges ( be).................................... rich in vitamin C
II. Choose the correct answer:
a. The sun ( rise/ rose/ rises/ rising) in the east
b. She sometimes ( visit/ visits/ visited/ visiting) our village
c. They ( not/ don't/ doesn't/ aren't) annoy that you forget the phone
d. The water in the lake seldom ( freeze/freezes/freezing/froze) in Winter
e. In britain, school always ( begin/ begins/ began/ beginning) in september
f. (Is/ do/ does/ will) you invite her to the party every year?
g. (Nam / you/ My sister/ she) don't study in the university twice a week
h. Water ( boil/ boiled/ boils/ boiling) at one hundred degrees C 
i. I ( live/ lives/ lived/ living) in the country with my father every Summer
j. The River Amazon ( flow/ flew/ flows/ flowing) into the Atlantic Ocean
k. My teaher sometimes ( see/ saw/ sees/seeing) a lot of interesting places in Ha tinh city
l. Nga's grandmother ( isn't/ aren't/ don't/ doesn't) work hard in the evenings
m. Tam doesn't ( receive/ receives/received/ receiving) the letter
n. (Is/ do/ does/ will) A volunteer usually ( work/ works/ worked/ working) in the orphanage
III. Combine two sentences into one, using " adj + enough ":
Model:He is not tall. he can't be a good basketball player
	-> He is not tall enough to be a good basketball player
a. He is strong. He can carry that suitcase.
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b. The fire isn't very hot. It won't boil a kettle
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c. The ice is quite thick. We can walk on it
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d. The ladder wasn't very long. It didn't reach the window
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e. It is not warm. We can't go swimming
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f. You are not old. You can't have a front- door key
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g. He didn't have much money. He couldn't live on it
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h. Hoang was very foolish. He told lies to the police
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i. It was hot. You could fry an egg on the pavement
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j. The buffalo isn't big. He can't harm you
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IV. Supply the necessary reflexive pronoun:
1. We protect	from the rain with an umbrella.
2. Both boys taught	to swim.
3.The children amuse	with the kitten.
4. You will cut	with that knife if you are not careful.
5. She likes to look at	in the mirror.
6. The boy is not old enough to dress	
7. The dog hurt	when it jumped over the fence.
8. Helen and I enjoyed	very much at the party last night.
9. You shouldn't really blame..........for that mistake.
10. I must learn to control	
V. Fill in the blanks with the right preposition:
a. I'll see you .. 9.00 .. the evening
b. Mary was born  December 25th
c. What subjects do you have . Monday and Wednesday?
d. I usually do my homework . the morning
e. She always go swimming  sundays
f. She got up .. 7.00 o'clock last sunday
g. Thanh came around .. the afternoon
h. The children get too many presents .. Christmas
i. We always take our holidays  September
j. She was born in Australia .. 1952
k. We left school 20 years ..
l. I coun't sleep . night
m. We have moved here . 20th October
n. We 'll learn English  2 pm  4 pm
VI. Give the correct form of simple past tense:
Our guest (arrive) ........................................last week.	
.......................Mr. Green (graduate).................................. from the university in 1986?
He (write) .....................................................................this novel two years ago.	
What ..............................you (do)................................. last night? 
– I (do) ........................................my homework.	
5. They (not prepare) ........................................the Christmas yesterday.	
Week 2: Enough, used to, Pronunciation, Write.
A. Theory:1. Past simple tense:
Tenses
Affirmation
Negation
Interrogation
With 
Past 
simple
S + was/ were
S + V 2 / V– ed 
S + wasn’t/ weren’t
S + didn’t + V1 
Was/ Were + S + ?
Did + S + V1? 
Yesterday, ago, last, in 199..< 2008
2. Past habit: S + used to + V1 
	 * Diễn tả 1 thói quen quá khứ nhưng nay không còn nữa.
 	(He used to go swimming when he was young.) 
B. Exercises:
 I. Give the correct form of the verbs in the blankets: 
1. I (not see)............................ you last night. When....................... you(come)........................... here? 
2. My aunt (enjoy)....................... (listen) .............................to country music 	
3. Susan wants a new dress for Saturday. She (buy)...................................... a new dress. 
4. Bad driving (cause)...................................... many accidents .	
5. I (have) ......................................Math 3 days ago. 	
6. Yesterday I (be)....................... busy, so I (not have) .................................... time to phone you. 
II. Choose and underline the best answers: 
 1. I used to (watch - watching - watches – watched) that film when I was ten.
When I get a good grade, my parents look very (happy – happily – happiness – unhappy). 
 I live on the ground floor of the building. And he lives downstairs (on - in - at - to) the third one.
Can I (make –made – to make - making) a call on your mobile phone?
Would you like to go to the (band- ticket - movie – play) tonight?
Standing (inside – outside – offside- onside) in the yard, you can see the roof of the house.
After the discussion they (demonstrated – came up with- ended- faced) some decisions.
Advertising is for (countless – commercial – industrial- worldwide) purposes.
My father likes (collect/ collecting/ to collect/ collected) stamps. 
Henry used to drink beer a lot, but now he often (drink/ to drink/ drinks/ drinking) café.
III. Correct the mistakes in the following sentences, if any (Chữa lỗi sai trong các câu sau, nếu cĩ):
1. We used to playing marbles much years before. 
2. He didn’t used to staying up late night.
3. On the dictionary Friday comes after Wednesday .
4. What do you do yesterday night?
5. We go swimming on the river on last week.
6. My sister is born on 1970.
7. Childs often receivetoys and cakes from Santa Claus on Christmas.
8. They usually get up soon at the morning.
9. How do you often take a nap on noon?
10. It is often rains on summer.
IV- Choose the word which has underlined letters pronounced differently from that of the rest :
1/ A. arrange	B. family	C. attract	D.man
2/ A. card 	B. face	C. make	D. aint
3/ A. library	B. child	C. wife	D. activity
4/ A. children	B. choice	C. machine	D. change
5/ A. activity	B. width	C. musical	D. admire
6/ A. divided	B. wanted	C. translated	D. walked
7/A. played	B. showed	C. lined	D. stopped
8/ A. thousand	B. thirsty	C. clothes	D. thin
V. Choose and underline the best answers:
1. I’m (enough strong/ strong enough/ enough strongly/ strongly enough) to lift this box up.
2. He is not .. get married. (enough old to/ old enough to/ enough old for/ old enough for)
3. He was busy yesterday and . was I. (too/ either/ so/ neither)
4. What does she look like? - She’s (interesting and humorous/ generous and helpful/ tall and thin)
5. I (buy/ buys/ buying/ bought) a new hat yesterday.
6. She has a (long curly blond/ curly long blond/ blond curly long/ long blond curly) hair.
7. She is wearing a  dress. (red new pretty/ new red pretty/ pretty red new/ pretty new red)
8. Stop! There are (many/ too many/ a lots/ too much) coffee.
VI. Fill in the blank with each suitable word in the box: (2ps)	
hard - working exciting inside jokes 
strong orphanage sociable more 
1. Hoang always gets good grades because he’s a....student in our class.
2. Mai has a lot of friends. She is very ....
3. Nam often makes other people laugh because he likes telling ....
4. I open the box and look ....
5. After his parents’ dead, he was sent to an ....
6. The red car is ....expensive than the blue one.
7. Let me help you lift this box. – No, thank you. I’m ..enough to lift it alone.
8. That was the most ....play I’ve ever seen.
VII. Choose and underline the best answers: 
1. Her mother (left/ leaves/ is leaving/ will leave) this city two years ago. 
2. It’s great! What does your friend look ( likes/ likes/ like/ liking)? 
3. Who do you live (at/ with/ on/ to)?
4. Do you have the ( like/ same/ alike/ as) character? 
5. I ( sent/ gave/ took/ received)a birthday present from my mother yesterday. 
6. Hoa has a lot of friends. She is (reserved/ shy/ sociable/ humorous)
7. The film starts at 7.00. Let’s meet (on/ upstairs/ downstairs/ outside) the theater. 
8. He is (the tallest/ taller/ more tall/ the most tallest) student in our class. 
V/ Fill in each gap with a suitable preposition 
We are waiting .....................the bus stop 
I’ll wait .......................you are ready 
They came to visit me ........................my birthday 
we arranged to meet you .................seven...............the morning 
the conference is .....................July 
Susan can come and see you ..................lunch time 
Did you have a good time ......................Christmas ?
I’m enrolling ............................ the activities 
It’s very kind............... you to say no 
In this respect , French differs ............................English 
Don’t you care ............... your country’s future 
 Please fill ................................this form 
she enjoys participating .................raising funds for the poor 
Could you help me ..........................the clean -up ?
15.I often go to school on............... schooldays.
16. Her birthday is 12 June. 	
17. The children are playing in the park the moment.
18. Nam gets up seven o’clock. He does not any classes  Sunday.
19. .She does her homework  7 pm and 9 pm the evening. 
20. Mr. Nam does not work  the weekend.
IV. Rewrite these sentences, keeping the original meaning:
 My house is bigger than your house.
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 The black car is cheaper than the red car.
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 This film is more interesting than that one.
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Week 3: Reflexive pronouns, Modal Verbs, Find mistakes
 Write.
A. Theory: 
 1. Reflexive pronouns :( Đại từ phản thân hay nhấn mạnh)
Subject
I
you
We
They
He
she
It
Reflexive pronouns
Myself
Yourself/ yourselves
Ourselves
Themselves
Himself
Herself
Itself
- Theo sau các động từ (enjoy, look at, cut, dress, serve ); cho biết chủ ngữ và tân ngữ là một người
	Oh. I cut myself. I look myself in the mirror.
- Đặt ngay sau chủ ngữ hay tân ngữ để bổ nghĩa cho chủ ngữ hay tân ngữ đĩ.
	I myself was new here last year. 
 I saw Tan himself yesterday.
- Đặt ngay sau từ BY mang ý nghĩa là một mình.
 You should do it by yourself.
2. Modal verbs: MUST - HAVE TO - OUGHT TO:
Must (phải)
Have to (phải)
Ought to (phải nên)
Diễn tả sự việc người nói ra lệnh hoặc mong được thực hiện
Diễn tả sự bắt buộc mạnh từ bên ngoài.
Diễn tả việc thực hiện lời khuyên theo trách nhiệm nhưng không chắc được thưc hiện hay không.
I must take some pills from the doctor.
I have to go to the bank to get some money.
You ought to apologize him
B. Exercises:
I. Choose and underline the best answers
The earth the Earth, the Sun, the Mars and the Moon are (objects – planets – friends – things)
They always help their mother (do –to do - doing – done) the house work. 
I (am –is – was – were) very happy on my last vacation. 
You should (wash – to wash – washing – washed) your hands before meals. 
I (I – me – my – myself) believe that the proposal is good. 
What would you like (to eat – to drink – to wash – to do)? – A cup of coffee. 
The weather is warm enough for us (going out- to go out- go out- goes out)
II. Complete the following sentences with the reflexive pronouns from the box:
 myself yourself/ yourselves ourselves themselves himself herself itself
I saw Romeo and Juliet last night. Finally, he killed  and Juliet killed .. 
I  believe that the proposal is good. 
My sister bought a book and taught  to play the violin.
He looks  in the mirror.
Tom, don’t be shy. Make at home.
III. Match the sentences in column A with the ones in column B: 
A
B
Keys
1. When did you start work?
2. How did you parents earn their living?
3. What are you hobbies? 
4. Can you help me to carry these books?
5. What did she do?
6. What does the countryside look like?
7. What's his job?
8. Who do you live with?
a. Reading, acting and outdoor activity.
b. Certainly. Oh, they are heavy.
c. In June, 1960.
d. They are farmers.
e. My mother and my brother.
f. He is a taxi- driver.
g. She went to Birmingham.
h. Peaceful and clean.
1 -
2 -
3 -
4 -
5 –
6 –
7 –
8 –
 IV/ Fill in the blank with must or have to
I am sleepy. I . go to bed now.
You . do it now.
. I stay at the hotel?
Do you . meet him?
It is raining. We . cover our new car.
Tell him he . go at once.
This is a great film. I . see it.
You don’t . be there.
 V. Choose and underline the best answers: 
1. Her mother . this city two years ago. (left/ leaves/ is leaving/ will leave)
2. It’s great! What does your friend look ? ( likes/ likes/ like/ liking)
3. (Why don’t we/ What about/ Let’s/ I think we should) going to the movies tonight?
4. We never go to school (on/ in/ at/ to) Sundays. Please phone me (on/ in/ at/ to) 850338.
5. I . a birthday present from my mother yesterday. ( sent/ gave/ took/ received)
6. Why was Hoa late this morning? – (At/ Let’s/ Who/ Because) she watched TV late last night. 
7. We’ll have a picnic to Suoi Tiem next Sunday. Would you like (join/ joins/ to join/ joining) us?
8. The students (musts/ have to/ will/ would) wear uniforms at school.
VI. Writing: Rewrite the sentences, keeping a similar meaning to the first:
1. Peter is too young to see the horror films 	( s + be + not + adj + enough + to_V)
 Peter is not 
	2.	Remember to turn off the light before going out.	(Remember + to_v = not forget + to_V)
	 Don’t 
That girl is very intelligent.	(What + a/an + adj + n !)
	 	 What
I intend to come over to pick you up.	(S + be +going to +V)
	 I am 
Shall we go to the movies tonight?	(Why don’t we +S + V1?)
	 Why don’t we  
6. Let meet in front of the theater movie.	(What about + V- ing..? )
	 What about 
VII/ Read the passage
Pablo comes from Venezuela. He lives in an apartment near school. Abdul and Pablo go to the same school. They take English classes. Abdul speaks Arabic as his first language and Pablo speaks Spanish. They communicate in English. Abdul enjoys having Pablo as his roommate, but he misses his family back in Saudi Arabia.
QUESTIONS:
Where does Pablo come from?
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Does he live in a house or an apartment?
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Which language do they ace to communicate with each other?
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	d. Do Abdul and Pablo go to the same school?..................................
VIII/ Change the following sentences into the reported speech.
1/ Nam asked us: “Come here and help me.”
" Nam asked us to come there and help him.
2/ His father said to us: “Don’t talk noisily.”
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3/ Hoa said to me " You should practise English regularly.”
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4/ He said to them: “He can come here.” 
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5/ Her mother said to us: “You should study and do all homework.”
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Week 4: Tense (S. Past + Present continuous) + Read.
COMMANDS, REQUESTS AND ADVICE IN REPORTED SPEECH 
A Theory: 
 Reported speech:
1. Affirmation commands: S+ told / asked + O + to V1...
2. Negation commands: S+ told / asked + O + not to V1 
3. Requests: S+ told / asked+ O + to V1...
4. Advice: S + advised+ O + to V1...
 - Ngôi thứ nhất chuyển về cùng ngôi người nói.
 (I he, she; me him/ her; myhis, her )
 - Ngôi thứ hai chuyển về cùng ngôi người nghe 
 (you I, we, he, she, they; you me, us, him, her, them; your my...)
 - Ngôi thứ ba không đổi ngôi (he/she/ it/ they)
 This That
 These Those
 Here There 
 Now Then
 Today That day 
 Tonight That night
Tomorrow The next/ following day
Yesterday The day before
Next week / year The following week / year
Last week / year The previous week / year
 Mệnh lệnh KĐ: 	 I said to Tom, “Open the book for me.” 
 I told / asked Tom to open the book for me.	
Mệnh lệnh PĐ: The teacher said to us, “Don’t talk in class.”	 The teacher asked us not to talk in class.	
Lời khuyên:	 He said to his son,” You ought to do your homework tonight.” 	 
	He advised his son to do his homework that night.	 	
 Yêu cầu :	“Could you close this door?” said Nam to me.	
 Nam asked / requested me to close that door.
B. Practice: 
I. Change into reported speech: (Imperatives: Câu mệnh lệnh)	
My husband said to me, ‘Go to the