capital city in Europe.. I moved to this city ten years ago.. Ho Chi Minh City is the biggest city in Vietnam.. More and more people from the countryside are moving to the city with the
Trang 1LANGUAGE FOCUS THE FIRST TERM GRADE 8–
I Choose the word with the different pronunciation
1 a hold b favor c over d enroll
2 a lunar b hut c under d upset
3 a guide b build c community d student
4 a fund b sure c much d such
5 a scout b shout c outdoor d youth
6 a flowers b leaves c plants d trees
7 a planned b planted c registered d raised
8 a ancient b special c delicious d participate
9 a tidy b written c prize d final
10 a correct b contest c century d custom
II Odd one out
1 She told me you that present (giving / to give / gave / given)
2 Jane is beautiful than her sister (as / like / the most / more)
3 London is capital city in Europe (large / larger / most large / the largest)
4 When I was a little girl, I used to my father’s advice (listen / listen to / listening / listened)
5 Do you need any help?
(No, I don’t need / Thanks, I don’t need / Yes, that’s very kind of you / Yes, I need)
6 Do you know that began in England in 1907? (scout / scouter / scouting / scouted)
7 I don’t know how this game (play / played / to play / playing)
8 I take part most of the youth activities of my school (on / in / to / for)
9 We’re looking forward to you earlier (see / seeing / saw / be seeing)
10.I Cuba in 1990 (visit / visited / have visited / was visiting)
11 you ever to America yet?
(Have been / Were being / Were been / Are been)
12 Finally, we decided to the cinema A going B go C to go D gone
13 Thank you inviting me to the rice-cooking festival (for / at / to / of)
14 Ba his homework
(finished already / already finished / have already finished / has already finished)
15 I think playing in the rain is (danger / endanger / dangerous / dangerously)
16 Where is Mai? - She’s out She said she back soon (shall / would be / was / is)
17 What time ? About an hour ago
(he phones / he phoned / did he phone / has he phoned)
18 My Dad for this company since 2001
(work / works / worked / has worked)
19 Kate hates to classical music (listens / listened / listen / listening)
III Give the correct verb form:
1 My brother usually (go) to work eary to avoid traffic jams
2 They (move) to Ho Chi Minh City in 1990 and (live) there since then
3 Helen (feel) very well yesterday but today she (feel) sick again
4 What are you doing to night ? – I (go) the circus
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6 They suggested (have) dinner in an India restaurant
7 Would you like (go) out for a drink with me?
8 Would you mind (close) the window?
9 Lan wants (become) a teacher
10 I didn’t feel like (go) out last night, so I stayed at home
11 This film is the best one I ever (see)
12 She always (remember) the names of the people that she meets
13 What you (do) now? – I (learn) English
14 I (not see) him since he (leave) this school
15 I usually read the newspaper while I (wait) for the bus
IV Make the question for the underlined words:
1 They have just bought some musical intstruments
circus
bus
dinner
o’clock
library
years
7 He is working in the garden now
Poland
time
10 They plant and water trees along the streets on weekend
11 They help the community by participating in recycling program
V Write the full sentences:
tomorrow
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school
weekend
Spanish
work
food
walk
recently?
10 What / your father / do / at the moment? – He / listen / music
11 Your brother/ often/ play/ tennis/ after school? - No/ He/ read books/ or/ watch TV
12 He/ ask/ his students/ keep quite
VI Give the correct form of words.
1 She makes no (differ) between her two sons
2 He is always (care) He may fail his driving test
3 My brother is (interest) in football
4 I don’t like his (choose) of friends
5 How (enjoy) the book is! I really can’t put it down
6 Can I be of any (assist)
7 My grandfather was a good tennis player in his (young)
8 We are working for a voluntary (organize)
9 Our country is rich in (nature) resources
10 She actively (participation) in social work
VII Fill the blanks with the suitable preposition:
1 I’m interested farming
2 My grandmother prefers living in the countryside living in the city
3 He got used the noise
4 My parents are tired living in the city
5 She’ll looking a job
6 They are very proud their new house
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8 Try to learn the meaning of new words heart
9 Please fill this form
10 My sister is not very good Math
VIII Find out and correct the mistakes:
1 Why does your father dislike to drive the car?
2 I’m glad telling you that I’m going to have interesting activities
3 All you have to do is collect glass, paper and cans and send it for recycling
4 She said, “Ring my boss and tell him I wouldn’t be back tomorrow”
5 The teacher ordered we not to open our books until she told us to do so
6 She is a famous singer She sings beautiful
7 Lan lived in America for six years, so she speaks very well English
8 Ken grew up in a small town and isn’t used to live in a big city
9 He told me come home early
10 My friends advised me going to the hospital
11 He was ill since last week
12 The children enjoyed to watch the performing lions
IX Complete the passage:
often flowers fresh for water
carpet peaceful from path however
My village si about 50 kilometers (1) the Capital It is a very beautiful and (2) place where people grow (3) and vegetables only It’s very famous (4) its pretty roses and pictureous scense The air is quite fresh, (5), the smell of the roses makes people feel cool In spring, my village looks like a (6) with plenty of colors Tourists come to visit it so (7) Nowadays, with electricity,
it doesn’t take the villagers much time to (8) the roses And even at night, people can walk along the (9) and enjoys the (10) smell of the flowers
X Rewrite the sentences:
1 My mother is very tired, so she can’t cook dinner (too)
2 I moved to this city ten years ago (I have )
3 “Is Phong Nha Cave far from Ha Noi, Lan?” Peter asked
4 “I want my room to look like nice at this festival?” Hao said
5 “What are you studying, Lan?” I said
6 I last saw her in February (I haven’t )
7 Minh began to collect stamps in 2000 (Minh has )
8 The weather wasn’t warm We couldn’t go swimming (enough)
9 I am very short I can’t reach the picture on the wall (too)
10 “Can you open the door, Ba?” asked the teacher (The teacher asked Ba )
11 Miss Lan wants to be a teacher She loves children (because)
12 Ho Chi Minh City is the biggest city in Vietnam (No city )
XI Read the text then do the exercise below:
Trang 5More and more people from the countryside are moving to the city with the hope that they can have a better life They want to improve their living conditions and quality
of life They think that weel – paid jobs are always available there In fact, lifelife in the city is hard strugge to earn a living Finding a job is quite a problem and they have
to work hard from morning till night
The city doesn’t offer as many opportunities as they expect, but they do not want to turn to the countryside where natural disasters such as typhoons, floods, droughts can take their harvests away ang live them with little or even nothing This has led to many problems that governments all over the world are trying to solve: shortage of water and electricity sipplies, overcrowded hospital and schools, housing conditions and so on
1 Answer the questions:
a Many people from the countryside want to improve their living conditions and quality of like What do they do?
b Are well-paid jobs always available in the city? Which sentences tells you this?
c Why do they not want to return to the countryside?
d What problems are governments all over the world trying to solve?
2 Fill each gap with a words?
a In the countryside, life is always a with nature
b It is to find a job in the city
c There are not as jobs as they drink
d make their crops fail because of lack of water
e There are too many people moving to the city They need places to live in, so becomes a big problem