Bài tập Unit 1 môn Tiếng Anh 8 - Phần 1

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UNIT 1 – MY FRIENDS 
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other 
three. 
1. A. letter B. friend C. pretty D. pleasure 
2. A. character B. classmate C. happy D. photograph 
4. A. shy B. curly C. lucky D. library 
5. A. comes B. lives C. rises D. smiles 
II. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others: 
1. A. annoy B. enough C. lucky D. describe 
2. A. sociable B. photograph C. orphanage D. volunteer 
3. A. although B. generous C. outgoing D. humorous 
4. A. neighbor B. receive C. different D. classmate 
5. A. appearance B. reserved C. orphanage D. description 
III. Choose the word or the phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in each 
sentence. 
1. My sister’s hair is not ______. 
A. slim B. fat C. curly D. sociable 
2. It’s a ______ to meet you, Thu. 
A. pleasure B. kind C. nice D. lucky 
3. He is my ______. We are in the same class. 
A. character B. classmate C. principal D. neighbor 
4. I ______ a letter from my friend today. 
A. sent B. took C. received D. gave 
5. The boy is a ______ student. He always gets good grades. 
A. generous B. reserved C. humorous D. hard-working 
6. The moon ______ around the earth. 
A. rides B. moves C. makes D. takes 
7. I find he is not communicative. He’s rather ______ in public. 
A. outgoing B. reserved C. sociable D. humorous 
8. He’s tall and thin. He has ______. 
A. black hair short B. short black hair C. hair short black D. black short hair 
9. _______. Are you Mr. Thanh? 
A. I’m sorry B. Excuse me C. Hello D. Certainly 
10. “Would you like to go to the movie with me tonight?” – “_______.” 
A. Yes, please B. No, thanks 
C. Yes, I’d love to D. I’m sorry. I’d love to 
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IV. Match the word in column A with it’s synonym in column B: 
A B Answer 
1. slim 
2. reserved 
3. short 
4. beautiful 
5. generous 
6. sociable 
7. annoy 
8. hard-working 
9. friend 
10. voluntary 
a. kind 
b. pretty 
c. mate 
d. outgoing 
e. thin 
f. willing 
g. small in height 
h. shy 
i. make angry 
j. diligent 
1. __________ 
2. __________ 
3. __________ 
4. __________ 
5. __________ 
6. __________ 
7. __________ 
8. __________ 
9. __________ 
10. __________ 
V. Match a word in column A with its antonym in column B: 
A B Answer 
1. slim 
2. outgoing 
3. quiet 
4. rise 
5. generous 
6. curly 
7. beautiful 
8. please 
9. tall 
10. confident 
a. shy 
b. annoy 
c. short 
d. reserved 
e. set 
f. fat 
g. noisy 
h. selfish 
i. straight 
j. ugly 
1. __________ 
2. __________ 
3. __________ 
4. __________ 
5. __________ 
6. __________ 
7. __________ 
8. __________ 
9. __________ 
10. __________ 
VI. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets: 
1. People in my country are very warm and ____________________. (FRIEND) 
2. An ____________________ is a child whose parents are dead. (ORPHANAGE) 
3. L.A Hill is a ____________________ writer. (HUMOR) 
4. I’m ____________________ sorry for the delay. (EXTREME) 
5. She looks more ____________________ than her sister. (BEAUTY) 
6. I am ____________________ enough to have a lot of friends. (LUCK) 
7. They enjoy the ____________________ summer evenings in the countryside. (PEACE) 
8. Those cats look ____________________. (LOVE) 
9. It was ____________________ of him to offer to pay for us both. (GENEROUSITY) 
10. Role-play is ____________________ in developing communication skills. (HELP) 
VII. Put the correct tense of the verbs in brackets: 
1. Each of us (have) ____________________ a different character. 
2. I would like (make) ____________________ a big cake for my father. 
3. The sea (cover) ____________________ two-third of the world. 
4. Vegetarians (not eat) ____________________ meat or fish. 
5. Oranges (be) ____________________ rich in vitamin C. 
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6. When I am tired, I enjoy (listen) ____________________ to music. 
7. The river Amazon (flow) ____________________ into the Atlantic Ocean. 
8. We don’t have enough money (go) ____________________ by taxi. 
9. Water (boil) ____________________ at 100 
o 
C. 
10. The sun (rise) ____________________ in the east. 
VIII. Read the passage then choose the best answer to complete the passage: 
Last year I (1) _______ on a homestay to the United States. I lived (2) _______ the Johnson 
family in the State of California. When I (3) _______ there, I went to school with my American 
sister, Julie. At first, speaking English (4) _______ day was hard. I was homesick. But then I started 
to enjoy my homestay. English was (5) _______. School (6) _______ fun. I liked (7) _______ with 
the Johnsons. During spring vacation, we went (8) _______ a camping trip. Now I am back home 
with my parents. I often write (9) _______ my American family and they write to me. Next year the 
Johnsons are (10) _______ to visit me. 
1. A. go B. went C. gone D. will go 
2. A. for B. at C. with D. by 
3. A. was B. be C. will be D. were 
4. A. every B. each C. a D. the 
5. A. hard B. harder C. more easy D. easier 
6. A. am B. was C. were D. will be 
7. A. live B. will live C. living D. None is correct 
8. A. on B. at C. of D. near 
9. A. to B. for C. with D. by 
10. A. go B. going C. goes D. gone 
IX. Complete the passage with the words in the box: 
according at contact for has 
tall see wear light with 
The police are looking (1) _______ a tall, teenager boy (2) _______ blue eyes in connection 
with a robbery yesterday (3) _______ Dayton’s Jewelry store. (4) _______ to the witness, robber is 
about six feet two inches (5) _______. He’s very thin and his skin is of very (6) _______ color. He 
(7) _______ dark straight hair. He has broad shoulders and a dimple in his check. He was last seen 
to (8) _______ a brown jacket and black pants. If you (9) _______ anyone fitting this description, 
(10) _______ the police department immediately. 
X. Read the passage carefully and check True (T) or False (F): 
Exercise 1: 
Dear Tom! 
I am very sorry I can’t meet you at the airport, so Tam will meet you and take you home. As 
you never meet him before, I shall describe him to you. Tam is tall and slim, He is a young man in 
his early twenty. He has short dark hair and a round face. It is easy to recognize him because he will 
be wearing a brown T-shirt and jeans. 
I hope you will have a nice trip and I am looking forward to seeing you. 
Yours truly, 
Nam 
Statements True (T) False (F) 
1. Nam can’t meet Tom at the airport. 
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2. Nam will take Tom home. 
3. Tam is an teenager. 
4. Tam’s hair is short and dark. 
Exercise 2: 
A FRIEND 
Being there through the hard times to cheer you up, and put a smile on you. Taking some risks 
to have such fun and to forget about the miserable problems. 
Phone you when you are lying in bed sick. Sending you cards filled with get well wishes. 
Telling jokes, make you laugh till your stomach hurts. No matter how distance they are from each 
other. 
Knowing never to let anything or anyone come between them. To apologize at every mistake 
and to forgive their faults. Friendship is a strong power, an unbreakable chain linked together with 
secrets and trust. A good friend can always be a good teacher to us. 
Statements True (T) False (F) 
1. A friend will take away smiles from you and get you in troubles. 
2. A good friend cares for you when you are sick. 
3. You can share secrets with a good friend. 
4. A good friend can be a good teacher to you. 
XII. Combine the following sentences into one sentence, using (not) + adj + enough: 
1. He wasn’t very experienced. He couldn’t do the job. 
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2. She can’t ride a motorbike because she is too young. 
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3. The boy is too young. He doesn’t understand it. 
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4. You can’t put this book in your pocket because it is too big. 
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5. The weather isn’t very warm. We can’t go swimming. 
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6. I am very lucky because I have many good friends. 
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7. This exercise is too difficult for me to do. 
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8. He is too young to drive a car. 
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9. The book was so interesting that I read it twice. 
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10. It is such cold water that you can’t go swimming today. 
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XIII. Put the words in the correct order to make meaningful sentences: 
1. look / does / she / what / like? 
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2. is / she / as / Mai / outgoing / not / as. 
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3. classroom / to / they / the / outside / the / prefer. 
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4. time / I / most / my / with / spend / of / Hoa 
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5. is / lucky / of / she / enough / have / a / friends / lot / to 
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6. in / sun / the / rises / east / the 
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7. a / received / Lan / letter / yesterday / her / from / friend. 
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8. here / be / she / at / will / Christmas. 
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9. not / get / is / she / to / old / married / enough. 
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10. long / is / a / girl / she / with / nice / hair. 
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XIV. Rewrite each of the sentences so that the meaning stay the same as the given one: 
1. His hair is curly, short, and black. 
 He ___________________________________________________________________________ 
2. She is too young to ride a motorbike. 
 She isn’t ______________________________________________________________________ 
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3. What a lovely smile you have! 
 How _________________________________________________________________________ 
4. I received a letter from my friend Nien today. 
 My friend _____________________________________________________________________ 
5. What is your address? 
 Where ________________________________________________________________________ 
6. He is so tall that he can reach the top of the bookshelf. 
 He is tall ______________________________________________________________________ 
7. The test is so difficult and I cannot do it. 
 The test isn’t __________________________________________________________________ 
8. We have quite different characters 
 Our characters _________________________________________________________________ 
9. Ba enjoys telling jokes 
 Ba is _________________________________________________________________________ 
10. It takes me about an hour to watch TV every day 
 I spend _______________________________________________________________________ 
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