Đề cương ôn tập học kì 1 môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8

ĐỀ CƯƠNG ÔN TẬP HỌC KỲ I MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8
A. LÝ THUYẾT
* GRAMMAR & STRUCTURES
1-Trạng từ chỉ mức độ “ENOUGH” (adv): đủ để
a) The house is big enough for us to live in. 	
 	b) She is beautiful enough to become Miss World.	
S + be + adj + enough + (for + O) + to- inf.
2- Trạng từ chỉ mức độ “TOO” (adv) : quá
a) He is too young to ride a motorbike.
b) The weather was too cold for us to go out.
S + be + TOO + adj + (for + O) + to-infinitive
Quá không thể
3 - Trạng từ chỉ thể cách: ( badly / happily / beautifully / softly / quickly / carefully / ..)
 * Vị trí : - Đứng ngay sau nội động từ ( động từ không có tân ngữ )
	 - Đứng sau tân ngữ của ngoại động từ ( động từ có tân ngữ phía sau)
eg: She swam very quickly. / My sister worked very hard.
 They speak English well. / I read the letter carefully.
4- BE GOING TO : sẽ , dự định , sắp sửa
a) I am going to buy a new hat for my sister. 	
 	b)They are going to go fishing this afternoon.
S + am / is / are + going to + infinitive
5 - Present simple tense with future meaning: Thì hiện tại đơn với nghĩa tương lai.
 a. When do they clean up the streets?	
- They clean them on Sunday 8th.	 
 b. What time do you water flowers? 	
- I water them about 5pm.	
 6 - Thì quá khứ đơn với động từ “USED TO”:
Last year, I used to go swimming . 	
My father used to drink beer,but now he doesn’t. 	
I didn’t use to get up early a year ago . 
Form : Hình thức
+
S + USED TO + V
- 
S + didn’t + USE TO + V
?
Did + S + USE TO + V ?
Usage: Dùng để diễn tả 1 hành động, 1 sự việc thường xảy ra trong quá khứ, bây giờ không còn nữa. 
 7 - Present perfect tense ( Thì hiện tại hoàn thành)
a. Form: 
+
S + have/has + P.P ( V-ed/ V3)
- 
S + haven’t / hasn’t + P.P 
?
Have / Has + S + P.P
 b. Usage : ( Cách dùng) : Hành động hoặc sự việc vừa mới xảy ra. Hoặc hành động đã bắt đàu trong quá khứ và vẫn còn kéo dài đến hiện tại và có khả năng tiếp tục ở tương lai. ( Thường được dùng với since và for )
 * since + a point in time ( mốc thời gian)
	 * for + a period of time ( khoảng thời gian)
8 - MODAL VERBS : must , have to , ought to , should.
 	a) must : phải
We must go now. 	(sự cần thiết)
You mustn’t talk in class.	 	(sự bắt buộc)
There are big clouds. It must rain soon. Có những đám mây lớn. Trời có thể mưa ngay.(sự suy luận) 
b) have to : phải
I have to do my homework. 	 
c) ought to
You ought to obey your parents. 
You ought to study harder.	 	
d) should
You should study harder.	 You shouldn’t stay up late. 	 
9 - SO AS(not) TO = IN ORDER (not)TO : (cụm giới từ) để mà
 SO THAT (liên từ): để mà
S + V + so as (not) to – infinitive
S + V + so that + S + can (not) / could(not) + V
 Ex : We study hard so as to get good marks. 
 We study hard in order to get good marks.
 We study hard so that we can get good marks.
10- REPORTED SPEECH : Câu tường thuật.Câu tường thuật là câu kể lại lời người khác nói.
 A- Câu tường thuật với yêu cầu và mệnh lệnh :( Requests & Commands)
 asked / told
 S + advised / warned + O (not) + to-infinitive
 ordered / requested 
 a) She asked her son ,”Do your exercices carefully”.
 	à She asked her son to do his exercices carefully.
 	 b) He said to me, “Don’ make so much noise”.
 	à He asked me not to make so noise. 	
B- Câu tường thuật với lời khuyên: (Advice)
S + said (that) + S + should / shouldn’t + V
 told + O
a) My mother said to me,”You should go to bed early”. 	
 	à My mother said that I should go to bed early.	
 	b) The police said to him , “ You shouldn’t ride your bike too fast”.
 	à) The police said that he shouldn’t ride his bike too fast.
11- Comparison with like; (not) as ..as; (not) the same as; different from
a. As as ( bằng): được dùng để so sánh, diễn đạt sự bằng nhau
S +V+as + Adj / Adv + as + noun / pronoun
eg: He is as strong as his father.
b. The same () as ( giống như , như nhau ): Được dùng để so sánh, diễn đạt giống nhau hoặc sự đồng nhất.
eg: Lan is the same age as Hoa.
c. Different from ( khác với): Được dùng để so sánh , diễn đạt sự khác nhau.
eg: Life in the city is different from life in the country.
d. Like ( Giống, giống như): Được dùng để so sánh , diễn đạt sự giống nhau
eg: He ran like the wind.
B. BÀI TẬP ÁP DỤNG
REVISION FOR THE FIRST TERM TEST (TEST 1)
I. Choose the correct answer:
1. I ..her a report card last week.
a. give	b. gave	c. to give	d. given
2.I asked her ..the door.
 a. to open	b. opens	c. opening	d. opened
3. What do you need to improve your English? ..
 a. I have English on Monday.	b. I study it about 2 hours.
 c. I do English grammar.	d. I don’t study English all the time.
4. Miss Hoa you should study harder.
 a. told	b. asked	c. spoke	d. said
5.She speaks English.because she practice it everyday.
 a. well	b. hard	c. badly	d. usually
6.Could you do me a favor? ........................................................
 a. Certainly.	b. No. Thank you.	
 c. Yes. Thank you.	d. Yes. That’s very kind of you.
7. Can you .my bag for me? Sure.
 a. to carry	b. carrying	c. carried	d. carry
8. We’ve have been here ...last week.
 a. for	b. since	c. in	d. on
9...................did he study this semester? - He did well.
 a. Why	b. Where	c. How	d. What
10. Miss Jackson asked me..you this dictionary.
 a. to give	b. give	c. gave	d. giving
11. She always gets excellent grades because she studies.
 a. quickly	b. badly	c. fast	d. hard
12. How did you get to school yesterday? I .to school by bus.
 a. get	b. to get	c. got	d. getting
13. “Would you .to go the movies with me?” ” I’d love to.”
 a. like	b. want	c. love	d. mind
14. We must be here ..8:30 and 9:15.
 a. between	b. on	c. at	d. before
15. She is going to see a movie..
 a. today	b. now	c. last week	d. tonight
16. Hoa lived in Hue last year but now she in Ha Noi.
 a. to live	b. lives	c. lived	d. living 
17. Her mother ...the city two years ago.
 a. leaves	b. is leaving	c. will leave	d. left
18. They enjoy..jokes.
 a. to tell	b. telling	c. told	d. tel
19. What . she look like? She is tall and thin.
 a. was	b. do	c. is	d. does	
20. I like.TV.
 a. watch	b. watching	c. watched	d. to watch	
21. The students .to the concert tonight.
 a. are	b. going	c. are going	d. are doing
22. You are too thin. You  eat much more meat. 
 a. ought	 b. ought not	c.ought to	d. ought not to
23. I and my pen friend  Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum last Sunday.
 a. visit 	b. visited	 c. visits 	d. visiting
24. Let us  to the school’s library next Monday.
 a. going	b. to go 	 c. to going. 	d. go 
25. Peter doesn’t talk much in public. He’s rather ..
 a. kind 	 b. sociable 	 c. humorous 	d. reserved 
26. You must not let children play in the street because it is .
 a. suitable 	b. dangerous	 c. safe 	d. careful
27. He’ll come . to pick you ..
 a. over / up	b. over / on 	 c. in / up 	d. on / in
28. The sun always . in the East and . in the West. 
 a. rise / set 	 b. rises /set	 	 c. rises / sets	 d. has risen / set
29. He spends most of his time . charity work.
 a. to do 	b. did 	 c. doing 	 d. with doing 
II. Match the words in column A to the ones in column B:
A
B
C
1. When ‘s your birthday?
2. May I help you?
3. How did you study this semester?
4. Which subjects do you need to improve?
5. How long have you been here?
6. How much is airmail?	
7. Can you help me with the housework?
8. What does she look like?
a. Certainly.
b. She is tall and thin.
c. For four years.
d. Yes. Thank a lot.
e. It’s on May 23rd.
f. I did study well.
g. I need to improve English and Math.
h. It’s 50,000dong.
1+
2+
3+
4+
5+
6+
7+
8+
A
B
C
1. How long have you been here?
2. Could you help me , please?
3. Why were you late for school?
4. What is he like?
5. May I help you?
a. Yes.It’s very kind of you.
b. I have been here for ten years.
c. He is humorous and helpful.
d. How can I help you?
e. Because I watched T.V late last night.
1+
2+
3+
4+
5+
III. Reported speech
1. Hoa’s teacher said to Hoa “ Can you give me the book?”
 Hoa’s teacher asked......
2. Miss Hoa said to Nam” Can you clean the board for me?”
 Miss Hoa asked Nam 
3. The doctor said to Nam” You should stay in bed.”
 The doctor said .
4. Ba said to me: Please give them those notebooks.”
 Ba told
5. Miss Jackson said to Tim’s mother” Tim should work harder on his Spanish pronunciation.”
 Tim’s mother said .
6. Nam said” Can you answer this question?”
 Nam asked
7. Miss Lien said to Lan "Please wait for me outside my office.”
 Miss Lien told
 REVISION FOR THE FIRST TERM TEST ( TEST 2) 
I/Choose the best answer 
1. My teacher asked me .............. English
A. improve	B. improving	C. improved	D. to improve
2. My aunt and uncle going to Laos .............. February
A. on	B. in	C. at	 D. to
3. He soon died of a ................. heart
A. break	B. broke	C. to break D. broken
4. We ............. our reports two weeks ago.
A. receive	B. received	C. receiving D. to receive
5. I’m very sorry. I know I behaved ......................
A. bad	B. good	C. well D. badly
6. My father ........... on a farm when he was a young boy
A. use to living 	B. use to live 	C. used to live D. used to living 
7. Can you show me the ........... to the nearest bank ?
A. waying	B. to way	C. ways	 	D. way
8. What can I do ............. you ?
A. for	B. in	C. from	D. of
9.Lan is .. lift this box. 
A.enough strong to	B. enough strong for C. strong enough to	D. strong enough for
10. The earth .. around the sun.
A. moves	B. is moving	C. moved	D. will move
11. 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
12. Last night I watched the movie Romeo and Juliet. At last they killed .
A. herself	B. himself	C. ourselves	D. themselves.
13. Alexander Graham Bell was born  March 3, 1847.
A. in	B. on	C. at	D. during
14. I  him since last week
A. don’t see	B. haven’t seen	C. won’t see	D. didn’t see 
15. The boy is a  student. He always gets good grades. 
A. kind	B. generous	C. hard-working	D. reserved
16. He doesn’t enjoy ... basketball.
A. play 	B. to play	C. playing	D. to playing
17. When my mother was young, she used . very well.
A. sing	B. to sing	C. singing	D. sang
18. She is speaking .. because she has a sore throat.
A. soft	B. softly	C. fast	D. fastly
19. You’ll . cook dinner yourself.
A. ought to	B. must	C. may	D. have to
20. Which one is  , milk or orange juice?
A. good	B. the best	C. better	D. Best
II. Fill in the blank with a suitable word.
1.The Earth is the name of the .. we live on .
2.He has a good sense of  He always makes people laugh.
3.Did you help her do this math homework ? – No. Nobody helped her. She did it ..
4.She never talks about her feeling. She seems quite ..
5.They have studied . six o’clock. 
6.They are offering a 10% . on all sofas this month.
II/ Use the correct form of the word in brackets for each gap .
 1.His parents are very  of his intelligent (pride )
2.The Lost shoe is one of the .stories I like best (tradition)
3.Life is not comfortable without modern .. ( equip)
4.I never climbe up the trees . I think it is very  (danger )
III.Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets
1.Mrs.Vui .. her mother last night. ( visit ) 
3.Lan used to  in Hue. ( stay) 
4.Lan has . her home works for 2hours ( do) 
5.He is not old enough to . a motobike (ride)
IV/ Read the text carefully, then answer the questions below 
Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is an organization for Vietnamese youth from 15 to 30 years of age. The Youth Union builds good character, love for the nation, and encourages good citizenship, soft skills and personal fitness.
The Youth Union was found on March 26th 1931 by the beloved President Ho Chi Minh. It had different names over the years.. In December 1976, it was officially named as it is called today: Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union. However, people normally use the name “ The Youth Union” for short.The Youth Union often hold social activities such as Cleaning the Environment, Green Summer Volunteers Campaign, . 
1.True or false?. Correct false sentences. 	 
a, Youth Union was found on March 26th 1931. ____
-- > ............................................................................................................................ 
b, Vietnamese youth from thirteen to thirty can join this organization.	____
-- > .............................................................................................................................
2. Answer the questions:
a.Who found the Youth Union ?
..........................................................................................................................
b.What is the complete name of the Youth Union? 
..........................................................................................................................
V/ Do as directed.
1. Lan said to me : “Turn off the lights , please .” 
-- > Lan told me ..
2.My sister/use/cry/a lot /when/she/small . 
 -- > My sister.
3.Nam is very strong .He can lift this table .
 -->Nam is strong .
4.She / learn / this language /since 2008. 
-- > She............................................................................................................................
 	REVISION FOR THE FIRST TERM TEST ENGLISH 8 (TEST 3)
I . Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences by circling A, B, C or D.
1. Our bus leaves at 9 am and we must come to the bus stop  9 am.
	A. after 	 B. between 	C. before 	D. at
2. The residents in my .are not happy about the changes of the new mall. 
	A. neighbor B. neighborhood C. neighborly D. neighboring
3. Lan is riding her bike to school, .one of the tires is flat so she walks to school.
	A. fortunate	 B. unfortunately	C. fortunately	D. unfortunate
4. The prince in the lost shoe story.marry the girl who fitted the shoe.
	A. decide to	 B. was deciding	C. decided to	D. decides to
5. Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union was founded on ..March the twenty-six, 1931.
	A. in	 B. at 	C. on	D. for
6. Her include swimming and gardening.
	A. hobbies	 B. writing skills	C. volunteers	D. listening skills 
7. Yen: Do you need any help? 	Trang: _______
	A. No problem	B. What can I do for you?	
C. How can I help you?	D. No. Thank you. I’m fine
8. The pocket-watch is ..from the wristwatch. 
	A. same	B. similar	C. different 	D. like
9. Hoa’s father advised: “You do morning exercises every day, Hoa”.
	A. can	 	B. should	C. may	D. could
10. Quan enjoys ..garbage with his friends on the weekends.
	A. collect	 B. collected	C. to collect	D. collecting 
11.He  to Truong Toa Market yesterday. 
 A. go 	B. goes 	 C. went 	D. going
 12. “ Mr Tuan said you should . more time on Math.”
 A. spending 	B. spend 	C. spends 	D. to spend 
 13. “ Miss Ngan asked me .. you this postcard .”
 A. to give 	B. give 	C. gives 	D. giving 
 14. I hate  games very much. 
 A. playing 	B. plays 	C. played 	D. play 
 15. You should  harder on your English pronunciation. 
 A. study 	B. studied 	C. studies 	 D. to study
 16. She used to .. in the city when she was a young girl. 
 A. lived 	B. live 	C. to live 	D. living 
 17.Classes start  7 o’clock every morning in Viet Nam.
 A. on 	B. at 	C. after 	D. before 
 18.Our school will hold English speaking contest . 2011.
 A. in 	 B. on 	C. at 	D. after
 19.Uncle Ho was born . May 19th , 1890.
 A. before 	B. at 	C. on 	D. in 
 20. You can see a lot of famous paintings in this .. .
	A. service	B. invention	C. demonstration	D. exhibition
II. Fill in the blanks with a suitable word.
She has lived in London 1985.
You should walk on the .
A kitchen is a ........................place for the children to play.
4. After the death of his parents, he was sent to an .................................
III. Read the passage carefully and then answer the questions below. 
	Tom’s going to spend a year in China soon, he’ll study Chinese language and History at the university, he’ll live in the university, he’ll share the room with a Chinese student. Days start very early so he’ll have to get up at six, he’ll have breakfast at six thirty. His classes will be in both English and Chinese, they’ll begin at seven thirty. Lunch is at twelve and then there’s a rest until three. He’ll continue learning until six. He thinks it’ll be difficult for him but he likes the course.
1. What will he study ? 
-- > .
2. Who will he share the room with? 
-- > .
3. Will it be easy or difficult for him to attend the course ? 
-- > .
4. What time will his English and Chinese classes start?
-- > .
IV. Rewrite the following sentences so that its meaning is the same the first one. 
“Please clean all the windows” Nam said to Nga.
C Nam told .
2. “Could you turn off the lights, Mai?” Mr. Hung said.
C Mr. Hung asked
3. “ Can you give me a hand ” He told me 
C He told me  
4. Micheal Phell is an excellent swimmer.
C Micheal Phell swims .
5.Tom: “Don’t play soccer in the park!”
C Tom told me..
V. Using the words given to complete each sentence.
1. Binh / be / interest / play / basketball / free time.
C 
2. Last year Mrs. Nga / use / drink / a lot of beer / now / she / not.
C .
3. I / be / look / forward / hear / all about it.
C .
4. Please / take / form / your teacher / and / ask / her / sigh. 
-- > ..
5. Mr. Clark / work / the bank / a long time ./
-- > ..
VI. Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box, using the correct form of the verbs.
participate / enrol / care / draw / recycle / sign / encourage / raise 
She .............. for babies.
Please .........................your name here.
They held a fashion show to ................... funds for the poor.
Don’t .................................bad habits in a child.
They are interested in ..............................in Sea Games 22.
REVISION FOR THE FIRST TERM TEST ENGLISH 8 (TEST 4)
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounces differently 
3. A. resources
B. beaches
C. lakes
D. oranges
4. A. notice
B. soccer
C. photo
D. grocery
5. A. character
B. school
C. teacher
D. chemistry
6. A. tiger
B. wife
C. wisdom
D. fire
7. A. named
B. lived
C. used
D. washed
II/ Choose the best answer
8. Hoa used to .......................... in Hue, but she doesn't live there now.
A lived
B. to live
C. live
D. living
9. My hometown is getting more modern and .....................
A. more noisy
B. noisiest
C. noisier
D. more noisier
10. Old man: Can you please do me a favor? Ba: ...............
A. Sure. How can I help you?
B. No, you can’t
C. Yes, you can
D. Yes. Please help me 
11. They has lived in that house _______1990.
A. from 	 B. since 	C. at 	D. for
12. My brother is ................................ to carry that heavy table.
A. not enough strong
B. not strong enough
C. enough strong
D. be strong enough
13. The children can look after ............................... for a few days.
A. they
B. them
C. themselves
D. themself
14. She spent most of her free time .............................. volunteer work.
A. doing
B. to do
C. do 
D. for doing
15. Our teacher asked us ________ in class.
A. not to talk
B. to not talk
C. no talk
D. . without talking
16. His father is very proud ________ him.
A. of
B. with
C. on
D. about
17. “ The lost shoe” is one of the . Stories I like best.
A. . tradition
B. traditional
C. beautiful
D. beauty
18. Ba loves ...................., but he doesn't like gathering broken glasses.
A. camp
B. to camp
C. to camping
D. camping
19. We must be there....................7.30 and 10.30.
A. between
B. before
C. after	
D. at
20. His brother often drives too ................................
A. careless
B. careful
C. fastly
D. carelessly
III/ Read the following passage then choose the correct answer to the questions: 
According Dr. Lee, here are the most important things a st