Revision for the first semester - Grade 8

GRADE 8
REVISION FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER
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I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. 
A. escape	B. equipment	 C. excited	D. emigrate
A. appear	B. annoy	C. agree	D. after 
A.hoped B.raised C.died D.appeared
A. graze	B. magical	C. grandmother	D. rag
A. match	B. catch	C. watch	D. math
A. rug	B. cushion	C. cupboard	D. rule
A. knife	B. wife	 C. nice	 D. children
A. happy	B. try	C. candy	D. electricity
A. character	 B. architect	 C. chair	D. chemical
A. pancake B. surface 	 C. paper 	D. late 
A. wanted 	 B. played 	 C. learned D. returned
A. saucepan 	 B. precaution 	 C. caught D. laugh
A. answer 	 B. always C. wrong 	 D. write
A. injure 	 B. knife C. kill 	 D. sink
A. fun B. lunch C. run D. humor
A. talked	B. painted	C. asked	D. liked
A. worked	 B. stopped	C. forced	D. wanted
A. kissed	B. helped	C. forced	D. raised
A. waited	B. mended	C. objected	D. faced
A. devoted	 B. suggested	C. provided	D. wished
A. lays	B. says	 C. stays	D. plays
A. succeeds	B. devotes	C. prevents	D. coughs
A. hears	B. thanks	C. blows	D. coincides
A. stops	 B. climbs	C. pulls	D. televisions
A. walks	B. begins	C. helps	D. cuts
II. Choose the word whose main STRESS is placed differently from the others. 
A. equipment 	 B.farmer 	 C.grandma 	 D.story
A.tradition 	 B. equipment C. electricity 	 D.semester
A.servant B.master 	 C.wisdom 	 D.escape
A.believe 	 B.improve 	 C.promise 	 D.prefer
A.language 	 B.learner 	 C.meaning 	 D.revision
A. escape B. unite C. wisdom D. appear
A. comment B. upset C. habit D. cruel
A. orphanage B. magically C. festival D. recycle
III. Find out the underlined words or phrases that are wrong.
 1. Shopping in the mall is more comfort than in the market
 A	 B C D
 2. My sister uses to play tennis a lot but she doesn’t play very often now.
 A B C D
 3. Tom said you could reach him in 0902787090 after dinner.
 A B C D
 4. We raise funds by collect waste paper and broken glass.
 A	 B C	 D
 5. I must do my math homework tomorrow.
 A B C D 
 6. Can I speak with Mr Lam, please?
 A B C D
 7. They don’t have monney enough to buy that car.
 A B C D
 8.You must not let children to play in the kitchen because it is a dangerous place.
 A B C D
IV. Choose the best answer.
Would you (like / love / want) to go with me? I’d love to.
Her mother (left / leave / is leaving) this city two years ago
They enjoy (tell / telling / told) jokes.
The children are old enough to look after (themselves / herself / ourselves)
We ought (put / putting / to put) the wardrobe opposite the bed.
You’ll have to cook dinner (yourself / myself / ourselves)
They’ll arrive (in / on / at) Monday, 11th July
We must be there (at / after / between) 7.30 and 9.30.
They want to know (why / where / what) she left early.
Don’t go (outside / inside / into). It is too dark.
Our team won the game because they played very (well / good / bad)
His parents are always proud (on / of / about) him.
She asked her children (stop / to stop / stopping) playing.
I know you worked really (hard / hardly / good) this semester.
Mary was born in France. French is her (foreign language / mother tongue / second language)
Do you want (become / to become / becoming) a singer.
They have studied (to / for / since) six o’clock.
She has (written / write / written) over 50 pages since yesterday.
Airmail is (like / as / more) expensive than surface mail.
(How / How long / When) have you lived in this town? For 20 years.
He does exercises every day(so as to / in order / so that) improve his Math.
I’m going to Hanoi (at / in / on) January.
What are you doing? I’m looking at (myself / herself / himself)
V. Combine each pair of sentences, using ENOUGH.
He is intelligent. He can answer all the questions.
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He isn’t tall. He can’t reach the shelf.
è__________________________________________________________________________
she is good. She’ll pass the exam.
è__________________________________________________________________________
You aren’t well. Don’t go to school.
è__________________________________________________________________________
They are sociable. They can make a lot of friends.
è__________________________________________________________________________
Don’t sit in the garden. It isn’t warm.
è__________________________________________________________________________
He is intelligent. He can answer all the questions.
 è__________________________________________________________________________
He is good. He will pass the examination.
 è__________________________________________________________________________
 9. The book is small. I can put it in my pocket.
 è__________________________________________________________________________
 10. Those shoes are large. He can wear them.
 è__________________________________________________________________________
VI. Fill in the blank with the correct form of verbs.
 1. Would you like (listen)..............................to some music?
Yesterday, Ba ( go).............................to Da Nang by car.
Nam enjoys ( play)..........................soccer after school.
Lan asked me (go).........................to the supermarket.
Mai is (buy)...............................a new bicycle next week.
I think you should (do)...............................the morning exercise.
They used (go) ........................................to work by train.
Don’t let children (play)..........................................alone.
You ought to (do)..............................................the homework yourself.
My father stopped (smoke)....................................................
Mai has enough money (buy).........................................a new bicycle.
Hoa often (do)............................................the homework after school.
Look! A baby (cross)...............................................the road.
I need (buy)................................................some notebook.
My teacher said I should (spend)...........................more time on my English.
Mr Hung told me (tell)............................................him the truth.
Nga likes ( play)............................................... badminton.
They asked their children ( stay)........................at home.
Nam must (do)............................................the homework himself.
My mother (buy).............................................a house last week.
I’d like (buy)..................................................some eggs.
They often (go) _______ for dinner on Saturday afternoon.
The sun (rise) ____ in the east and (set) ______ in the west.
My class (start) ______ at 7.00 a.m and (finish) ________ at 11.15 a.m.
We (receive) ________ your letter two days ago.
My sister (start) ________ a new job since last week.
Yesterday I (be) _____ busy so I (not / have) _________ time to phone you.
We (live) ______ in London for ten years.
We (not / see) _________________ each other since last week.
Our dad (start) _______ a new job since yesterday.
VII. Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets with “used to”/ “be/get used to”.
1. When I was young , I (go)..swimming in the lake near my house.
2. I (speak).in front of an audience because I am an MC.
3. As a mother I(clean up).. the mess my children make every evening.
4. Jack comes from England but now he (drive) .on the left in Vietnam.
5.When I was a little boy,I (listen). To magic stories.
6. Liverpool (attract)the best English players.Nowadays they can’t afford that any longer.
7.I (watch)..TV news after lunch.That’s one of the things I really enjoy.
VIII. Rewrite the following sentences.
1. Ba likes visiting his grandmother on this weekend.
èBa enjoys ................................................................................................................................
“ Please go home a lone, Lan.” Her father said.
èLan’s father..............................................................................................................................
Bao is tall. He can reach the top of this tree. (enough)
èBao is .......................................................................................................................................
“ You should go to school by train.” My father said.
èMy father..................................................................................................................................
I often went fishing on the weekend when I lived on the farm . 
èI used .........................................................................................................................................
“ Can you bring this case into my room, Hung?” Lan said
èLan ............................................................................................................................................
“ Help me to plan this tree, Nam.” Hong said
èHong .........................................................................................................................................
“ Can you lend me some money, Binh?” Hoa said
 èHoa.............................................................................................................................................
IX. Give the correct word forms of the following given words.
1. ORPHAN After his parents died, he was sent to an 
2. CLASS Some of my .are going to my birthday party.
3. SOCIAL Huy makes friends very easily because he is very ..
4. HUMOROUS We like our math teacher for his sense of .
5. GROCER Is this bag big enough for these ..?
6. NEIGHBOR He is the most respected person in my .
7. RESERVE Tam and Quang rarely talk freely about themselves. They are very  
8. She’s beautiful with a ................................................................................................ smile. LOVE
9. ........................................................................................., the barber cut my hair too short. LUCK
10. Each of my friends has a ................................................................................ character. DIFFER
11. Nam is very ...................................................................................., kind and generous. SOCIAL
12. My uncle often spends his free time doing volunteer work at a local........................... ORPHAN
X. Choose the right word in brackets to complete each sentences.
Our team won the game because we played very _________ (good/ well). 
I tried on the shoes and they fitted me_________ (perfect/ perfectly).
He had an accident because he was driving too _________ (fast/ fastly).
Tom is a ________ driver He is driving __________along the narrow road. (careful/ carefully)
Do you usually feel _________ (nervous/ nervously) before examination.
She speaks English _________ (fluent/ fluently).
He hurt himself_________ (bad/ badly).
He looked me_________ when I interrupted him. (angry/ angrily)
I always feel_________ when the sun is shining. (happy/ happily)
Lan worked very_________ for the exam. (hard/ hardly)
I am not_________ at Math. (good/ well)
XI. Change these following sentences into reported speech.
1.The traffic policeman said, “Show your driving license, please.”
èThe traffic policeman asked me_____________________________________________________
2.He said to his son , “Go straight upstairs and get into bed.”
èShe told her son__________________________________________________________________
3.The dentist said to me, “You shouldn’t eat too much candy.”
èThe dentist said to me______________________________________________________________
4.The nurse said to him, “You should give up smoking.”
è The nurse said to him______________________________________________________________
5.The man said, “Don’t swim out too far, boys.”
è The man asked the boys____________________________________________________________
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