Đề cương ôn thi học kì I Tiếng anh lớp 8 - Năm học 2016-2017

ĐỀ CƯƠNG ÔN THI HỌC KÌ I – TIẾNG ANH 8
NĂM HỌC: 2015 - 2016
Ôn Tập lí thuyết
* Simple present tense:
S + V/V-s /V-es + N
S + do/does + not + V –inf + N
Do/does +S+ V-inf + N?
* Past simple tense:
S + V2 /Ved + O
S + didn't + V –inf + O
Did + S + V-inf + O?
* Future simple tense
S + will /shall + V –inf + O
I will to go school tomorrow
* Present perfect tense:
S + has/have + V3 /Ved + O
Ex: I have lived in HCM city for 4 years
 I’ve lived in HCM city since 1990
* Habit in the past:
S + used to + V + O
S + did not + use to + V + O
I used to feed the chickens
* Đủ (không đủ) để làm gì
S + to be +(not)+adj + enough+to inf +O
* Để làm gì:
S + V in order to / so as to / to + V* Gerund:
S + like, hate, love, enjoy, mind, dislike + V –ing + O
Ex: I like playing soccer
* comparision: as + adj/adv + as
* Commands:, requests and advice in reported speech
S + asked /told + O + (not) to –inf
Ex: “please wait for me here, Mary” Tom said 
- > Tom asked Mary to wait for him here.
* Mệnh đề Since: S + V (HTHT) since S + V(quá khứ đơn)
Ex. I have met her since I was a student.
ENGLISH 8 - FIFTEEN MINUTE TEST
Name :  
Class :  
Date : /12/2015.
II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
1. The teacher told us______ talk.
A. not 	B. not to	C. don’t	D. do not to
2. He spent a lot of time and effort______ that project.
A. for 	B. with 	C. to	 	D. on
3. He promised _____ me.
A. help	 	B. helping	 	C. to help	 	D. to helping
4. ______ is the study of the life of animals and plants.
A. Biology	 	B. Physics 	C. Chemistry 	D. Literature
5. Mr.White_____her to stand up.
A. spoke	B. asked	C. tell	D. say
6. Try______here on time.
A. to be	B. be	C. being	D. to being
7. She spends too much money______clothes.
A. for	B. with	C. to	D. on
8. I actually enjoy _____ shoes. It’s relaxing!
A. clean 	B. cleans 	C. to clean 	D. cleaning
9. She has won many tennis matches since she move from SlovakiA.
 A 	 	 B 	 C 	 D
10. He does morning exercise order to improve his health.
 A B C D
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ENGLISH 8 - FIFTEEN MINUTE TEST
Name :  
Class :  
Date : /12/2015.
II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
1. The teacher told us______ talk.
A. not 	B. not to	C. don’t	D. do not to
2. He spent a lot of time and effort______ that project.
A. for 	B. with 	C. to	 	D. on
3. He promised _____ me.
A. help	 	B. helping	 	C. to help	 	D. to helping
4. ______ is the study of the life of animals and plants.
A. Biology	 	B. Physics 	C. Chemistry 	D. Literature
5. Mr.White_____her to stand up.
A. spoke	B. asked	C. tell	D. say
6. Try______here on time.
A. to be	B. be	C. being	D. to being
7. She spends too much money______clothes.
A. for	B. with	C. to	D. on
8. I actually enjoy _____ shoes. It’s relaxing!
A. clean 	B. cleans 	C. to clean 	D. cleaning
9. She has won many tennis matches since she move from SlovakiA.
 A 	 	 B 	 C 	 D
10. He does morning exercise order to improve his health.
 A B C D
ĐỀ CƯƠNG ÔN THI HỌC KÌ I – TIẾNG ANH 8
NĂM HỌC: 2015 - 2016
PART A - LISTENING
1. Listen the conversations. UNIT 1-LISTEN p12
2. Listen to the telephone conversation. UNIT 2 –LISTEN p21
3. Listen to the story. UNIT 4- LISTEN p41
4. Listen to the conversation between Tim and his mom. UNIT 5 - LISTEN AND READ p46
5. Listen. UNIT 6 - LISTEN and READ p54
PART B – READING
I. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
Mom: Sun, you look very (1)_____today. Anything interesting (2)___school?
Son: Yes, Mom. I’m going to (3) _____ the Green Club.
Mom: Really? What will you do?
Son: We are having an (4) ____ month. And, we’re going to clean the banks of the lakes (5) 	 _____weekends.
Mom: Will you do anything else?
Son: Oh, yes. We’re planting young trees and plants to sell to some schools. We hope (6) _____ 	more green color to the town and earn some money for our club.
Mom: That sounds excellent.
1. A. unhappily 	B. happily 	C. unhappy 	D. happy
2. A. in 	B. at 	C. on 	D. with
3. A. participate 	B. take part	C. join 	D. all are correct
4. A. environment 	B. camp 	C. organization 	D. program
5. A. when 	B. in	C. on 	D. all are correct
6. A. give 	B. to giving 	C. giving 	D. to give
II. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces
Have you ever wanted to do something (1) ? Five years ago Bill Slade read about an organization (2) ______ Earthwatch. Earthwatch finds (3) ______ for expeditions to study and explore different parts of the world.
Bill decided (4) _____ an expedition to study elephants in Africa. And he counted birds in the rain forests of South AmericA. He planted (5) _____ in Europe and he studied whales in the Pacific Ocean.
Bill said, ‘It was (6)______work, but we had (7) _____ fun, and I learned a lot, (8)_________.’
expedition (n) cuộc thám hiểm	
1. A. different 	B. the same	C. differently	D. difficultly
2. A. call 	B. calls	C. calling	D. called
3. A. resources	B. activities	C. programs	D. volunteers 
4. A. join 	B. to join	C. joining	D. to joining
5. A. trees 	B. parks	C. lakes	D. banks
6. A. hardly 	B. hard 	C. easy	D. easily
7. A. many 	B. much	C. more	D. a lot of
8. A. also 	B. too	C. either	D. all are correct
III. Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.
Earthwatch finds volunteers for hundreds of expeditions. They’re all ordinary people - male and female, young and old, teachers, students, office workers, engineers. They dig up dinosaur bones in North America and they study ancient civilizations in Central America and AustralasiA.
A volunteer said, ‘I enjoy all the expeditions, and I saw some fantastic places. How many people had the chance to sleep on a beach, climb a mountain, or see a whale? This world is such a beautiful place, but it’s disappearing fast. We have to learn more about it if we’re going to save it.’
expedition (n) cuộc thám hiểm male (n) đàn ông
female (n) phụ nữ dinosaur (n) khủng long chance (n) cơ hội
1. Who can be volunteers for Earthwatch?
A. teachers and students 	B. office workers and engineers
C. ordinary people 	D. all are correct
2. What do the volunteers do?
A. dig up dinosaur bones 	B. study ancient civilizations
C. a & b are correct 	D. no information
3. What are good things about the expeditions?
A. Volunteers can see fantastic places.
B. They can sleep on a beach, climb a mountain and see a whale.
C. a & b are correct
D. no information
4. Which of the following could replace the word ‘fantastic’ in line 5?
A. wonderful 	B. terrible 	C. dangerous 	D. dirty
5. What does the word ‘it’ in line 8 refer to?
A. expedition 	B. mountain	C. whale 	D. this world
IV. Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.
‘Activation!’ is a charity. Its main aim is to provide activity breaks for teenagers from poor families in London. We choose children who would never have a holiday unless we helpeD. Every year we organize charity events to raise money and we bring small groups of children here to the seaside, where they can learn to swim and to sail.
Host families provide accommodation and look after the teenagers during their stay.
charity (n); tổ chức từ thiện break (n) : kì nghỉ
unless (conj) : trừ khi host (n) : chủ
accommodation (n) : chỗ ở
1. What is ‘Activation!’?
A. An organization 	B. A charity 	C. A volunteer 	D. a & b are correct
2. The children who take part in the program are ______
A. rich 	B. poor 	C. sociable 	D. hard-working
3. How can they raise money?
A. By organizing charity events.
B. By bringing small groups of children to the seaside.
C. By teaching children to swim.
D. no information
4. What does the word ‘they’ in line 3 refer to?
A. families 	B. events 	C. children 	D. activities
5. Which of the following is true?
A. Teenagers from rich families in London can join the program.
B. The children must learn to swim and to sail.
C. ‘Activation!’ provides accommodation for the children.
D. Host families take care of the children during their stay
PART C – VOCBULARY & GRAMMAR
I. Pronunciation: 
A. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D.
1. A. match	B. pan 	C. transmit 	D. safety
2. A. equipment 	B. upset 	C. end 	D. help
3. A. folk 	B. neighbor 	C. photo	D. hold 
4. A. afraid	B. train	 	C. fairy 	D. wait
5. A. tiger 	 	B. fire	C. stripe	D. prince 
6. A. door 	B. foolish 	C. choose 	D. soon
7. A. mend	B.semester	C. report	D. letter 
8. A. comment	B. improve	C. shop	D. promise 
9. A. meaning	B.heart	C. eat	D.speak
10. A. list 	B. underline	C. highlight	D. night
B. Choose the word with different stress pattern by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D.
1. A. fairy	B.appear	C.cruel	D.master
2. A. farmer	B.village	C.escape	D.sister
3. A. festival	B.excited	C.traditionnal	D.immediately
4. A. magical	B.buffalo	C.everyone	D.equipment
5. A. invention 	B. agreement 	C. demonstrate 	D. arrangement 
6. A. exhibition 	B. introduction 	C. emigration 	D. stationery
7. A. orphanage 	B. delivery 	C. experiment 	D. directory
8. A. across	B. report	C. lunar	D. pronounce
9. A. meaning	B. mother	C. promise	D. revise
10. A. excellent	B. semester 	C. festival	D. memory
II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
1. I went to bed _____ last night.
A. lately 	B. late	 	C. latest	D. latter
2. She works very______ .
A. careful 	B. hardly	C. studious	D. hard
3. You _____ drink and drive.
A. shouldn’t 	B. oughtn’t	 	C. don’t have to	D. needn’t
4. The teacher told us______ talk.
A. not 	B. not to	C. don’t	D. do not to
5. He spent a lot of time and effort______ that project.
A. for 	B. with 	C. to	 	D. on
6. He promised _____ me.
A. help	 	B. helping	 	C. to help	 	D. to helping
7. ______ is the study of the life of animals and plants.
A. Biology	 	B. Physics 	C. Chemistry 	D. Literature
8. Mr.White_____her to stand up.
A. spoke	B. asked	C. tell	D. say
9. Try______here on time.
A. to be	B. be	C. being	D. to being
10. She spends too much money______clothes.
A. for	B. with	C. to	D. on
11. You have to promise______anyone.
A. not to tell	B. won’t tell	C. not telling	D. don’t tell
12. I got a grade 2_____Math.
A. about	B. on	C. for	D. to
13. She made some interesting______about the film.
A.commenting	B. comments	C. commences	D. commends
14. ______is studying again something that you have learnt, before an exam.
A. Revision	B. Experiments	C. Practice	D. Semester
15. Ten countries participated in the discussions.
A. told 	B. hold 	C. took part	D. buying
16. I got_____ when I tried to find the station.
A. loss 	B. lose 	C. lost 	D. loose
17. ____ is the people who live in a place.
A. Program	B. Environment 	C. Organization 	D. Community 
18. The _____ is the air, water, land, animals and plants around us.
A. environment 	B. community 	C. organization. 	D. program
19. I actually enjoy _____ shoes. It’s relaxing!
A. clean 	B. cleans 	C. to clean 	D. cleaning
20. I like _____ activities such as walking and camping.
A. indoor 	B. outdoor 	C. outside 	D. inside
III. Circle the corresponding letter A, B, C or D for one underlined word or phrase that needs to be corrected in each of following sentences. (1 m)
1. She has won many tennis matches since she move from SlovakiA.
 A 	 	 B 	 C 	 D
2. For January, he has taken five exams and hasn’t got any poor grade.
 A 	 	 B 	 C 	 D
3. They lived at Barker Street two years ago.
 A B C D
4. She used to do her housework when she is twelve.
 A B C D
5. My teacher asked me study harder next semester.
 A B C D
6. He does morning exercise order to improve his health.
 A B C D
7. You must not let children to play in the kitchen because it’s a dangerous place.
	 A	 B	 C D
8. For Ronnie began classes, he has met an average of 1.324 people a month.
 A 	 B C 	D
9. We arrived early in order to buying our tickets.
 A B C D
10. Lan is going to buy a big house yesterday.
 A B C D
PART D - WRITING
I. Rewrite the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. 
1. Walking on the grass in the park is forbidden.
g It’s ..
2. Playing badminton and football is popular with students.
g It is ...................................................
3. She is beautiful and intelligent. She can become Miss World. (enough)
g She is..........
4. The weather was fine. We could go camping. (enough)
g The weather......
5. People often traveled on foot many years ago.
g People used .
6. His father no longer smokes cigarette.
g His father used .........................................
7. My sister gets up early. She wants to review her lessons. (using so as to) 
g My sister .......................... 
8. “Please close the door but don’t lock it” He said to me.
g He told me ......................... 
9. “Try your best to improve your pronunciation, Tim” Miss Jackson said
gMiss Jackson asked..
10. “Don’t make so much noise” my father said. 
gMy father told ....
II. Complete the following sentences using the words given.
1. Lan / like / learn / English. 
2. She / study / this foreign language / nearly 3 years. 
3. She / always / want / improve her English.
4. Last week / she / buy / English- Vietnamese dictionary.
5. His brother / not / tall / play basketball.
6. We / work / in this company / 20 years.
7. The red dictionary / expensive / as / the blue dictionary.
8. Could / you / me / favor? 
9. These exercises / too difficult / students / do / without / mistakes.
10. He / can’t / go / work / bicycle / because / live / far / office.
12. I / not see / Mai / since / we / leave / school.
13. Mr Green / not use / take / children / the circus / when /he / live / city. 
ANSWER KEY
PART B – READING
I. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
1. D. happy
2. B. at 	
3. C. join 	
4. A. environment 	
5. C. on 	
6. D. to give
II. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces
1. A. different 	
2. B. calls	
3. D. volunteers 
4. B. to join	
5. A. trees 	
6. B. hard 	
7. D. a lot of
8. B. too	
III. Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.
1. D. all are correct
2. C. a & b are correct 	
3. C. a & b are correct
4. A. wonderful 	
5. D. this world
IV. Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.
1. D. a & b are correct
2. B. poor 	
3. A. By organizing charity events.
4. C. children 	
5. D. Host families take care of the children during their stay
PART C – VOCBULARY & GRAMMAR
I. Pronunciation: 
A. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
D
A
B
C
D
A
C
B
B
A
B. Choose the word with different stress pattern by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
B
C
A
D
C
D
A
C
D
B
II. II.Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
B
D
A
B
D
C
A
B
A
D
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
A
C
B
A
C
C
D
A
D
B
III. Circle the corresponding letter A, B, C or D for one underlined word or phrase that needs to be corrected in each of following sentences. 
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
D
A
B
C
B
C
B
A
C
D
PART D - WRITING
I. Rewrite the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. 
1. It’s forbidden to walk on the grass in the park.
2. It’s popular with students to play badminton and football.
3. She is beautiful and intelligent enough tobecome Miss World.
4. The weather was fine enough for us to go camping. 
5. People used to travel on foot many years ago.
6. His father used to smoke cigarette.
7. My sister gets up early so as to review her lessons. 
8. He told me to close the door but not to lock it. 
9. Miss Jackson asked Tim to try his best to improve his pronunciation. 
10. My father told me not to make so much noise. 
II. Complete the following sentences using the words given.
1. Lan likes learning English.
2. She has studied this foreign language for nearly 3 years.
3. She always wants to improve her English.
4. Last week she bought an English- Vietnamese dictionary.
5. His brother is not tall enough to play basketball.
6. We have worked in this company for 20 years.
7. The red dictionary is as expensive as the blue dictionary.
8. Could you do me a favor? 
9. These exercises are too difficult for students to do without mistakes.
10. He can’t go to work by bicycle because he lives far from his office.
12. I have not seen Mai since we left school.
13. Mr Green did not use to take his children to the circus when he live in the city .