UNIT 1 & TEST 1 - English 8

Thanh has a black/ long/ straight hair.. Thanh has a long straight black hair.. She has long black hair and big, brown eyes.. Hoa is a beautiful girl with big black eyes and an oval rosy

ENGLISH 8 UNIT 1 - MY FRIENDS

I Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

generous - orphanage - sociable - planet - next-door humor joke reserved

1 The Earth is the name of the we live on

2 He has a good sense of we live on… He always makes people laugh

3 After the death of his parents, he was sent to an

4 Don't do it as A It's a serious thing 5 She lives next to my house She is my neighbor 6 It was of you to share your food with me 7 Mai has a lot of friends She is very

8 She never talks about her feeling She seems quite II Arrange the adjectives in brackets in the correct order. e.g Mrs Thanh has a (black/ long/ straight) hair Mrs Thanh has a long straight black hair 1 It is a (wooden/ round) table 2 She is wearing a (green/ new/ beautiful) dress 3 What a (sunny/ lovely) day! 4 My uncle lives in a (old/ lovely/ small) house 5 That girl has (blue/ nice/ big) eyes 6 He gave me (black/ leather) gloves 7 My teacher has a (round/ pink/ small) face 8 It's a (small/ metal/ black) box III Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one sentence, Using (not) adjective + enough + to-infinitive. e.g He is tall He can play volleyball He is tall enough to play volleyball 1 My sister is old She can drive a car 2 The radio isn't small You can't put it in your pocket 3 This coat isn't warm I don't wear it in winter 4 She is beautiful and intelligent She can become Miss World 5 The weather was fine We could go camping 6 Those apples aren't ripe We can't eat them 7 Mr Robinson isn't rich He can't buy a house 8 The worker is clever He can make fine things from wod IV Complete the dialogues, using enough as an adjective (before nouns) or adverb (after adjectives) with the word in brackets. e.g Is she going to get married? No, she's not old enough to get married (old) 1 Did he pass the examination? Yes, he worked the examination (hard) 2 Do you want to play tennis today? No, I don't feel tennis today (well) 3 Why don't we go swimming? Well, it's (warm) 4 Are they going to buy that house? You must be joking They aren't such an expensive house (rich) 5 Would you like to go away on holiday? I’m sorry I can't I haven't got on holiday (money) 6 Hurry along, children! We must get to the airport on time Don't worry, Mom We have to the airport (time) 7 Could you move the piano? ~ I'm afraid I'm not it (strong) 8 Can she read a newspaper in French? ~ No, she doesn't know a newspaper (French) 9 Let's get a taxi No, I think it's not a taxi (far) 10 How many people will be there for the meeting tonight? There'll be twenty Have we got for everyone (chairs) V Change the following sentences into exclamatory sentences, using "What (+ a / an) + adj + noun!" e.g The room is very dirty  What a dirty room! 1 The boys are naughty 

2 The weather is awful 

3 The girl is very beautiful 

4 The dresses are very lovely 

5 The story is very interesting 

6 The milk is very sour 

VI Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple tense.

e.g: The sun (rise) in the east The sun rises in the east.

1 She (not drink) coffee She (drink) Coca Cola

2 It (be) often hot in the summer

3 What you (do) every evening?

4 The earth (circle) the sun once every 365 days

5 I (see) her very often

6 Most rivers (flow) into the sea

7 Vegetarians (not eat) meat

8 Bees (make) honey

9 Rice (not grow) in cold climates

10 Where Martin (come) from? - He (be) Scottish

VII Make questions in column A to which the answers in column B.

1 .? Nguyen Thai An

2 .? fifteen

3 .? tall, thin, short curly hair

4 ? humorous, kind and helpful

5 .? at 16, Tô 10, TT Madaguoil

6 .? his parents and elder brother

7 .? swimming, reading, and fishing

8 .? Vinh and Trung

VIII Fill in the blanks with a suitable preposition.

1 There are lots of parties Christmas

2 I received a letter my friend yesterday.

3 She usually goes swimming Sunday mornings

4 Khoi is my close frienD I spend most of my free time him

5 He does volunteer work a local hospital

6 His friends didn't laugh his jokes

7 My friends usually enjoy my sense humor

8 He lives 26 Tran Phu Street Ha Noi

IX Complete the passage with the words from the box.

days lot time younger free with large some ones listening

Hang is fourteen years old She is a pretty girl (1) long black hair She goes to

school five (2) a week and usually goes swimming with (3) friends on

Saturday mornings She lives in a (4) house with her mother, father and

(5) brother at 2/34 Nguyen Trai Street Hang has a (6) of friends Of all her

friends, Nga and Thuy are the (7) she spends most of her (8) with They all like

(9) to music and playing sports in their (10) , time

X Complete the dialogue.

Hung: Hi, Ba

Ba: Hi, Hung (1) ………weekends?

Hung: I went to Dalat

Ba: Lucky you! (2)

Hung: I went with some of my friends and my cousin, Lien

Ba: Lien? (3) her?

Hung: I don't think so Lien is one of my first cousins She lives in Hue

Ba; (4) ?

Hung: She's very beautiful She's slim and tall She has long black hair and big, brown

eyes

Ba: (5) ?

Hung: Fifteen (6) ………her?

Ba: I'd love to

TEST FOR UNIT 1

I Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently.

II Choose the most suitable word or phrase to fill in the blanks.

1 I a letter from my old friend last week

2 She spends most of her free time volunteer work

3 He is ………….to ride his bike to school

A not enough old B enough not old C not old enough D enough old

4 She is wearing a dress

A red new pretty B new pretty red C pretty red new D pretty new red

5 Her mother this city two years ago

6 I find Peter is not communicative He's rather in public

7 He enjoys to music while he's studying

8 Each of them …… a different character

9 A child whose parents have died is called a(n) ………

10 Lien is very shy but her sister is

III Complete the paragraph Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form or tense.

Nga (1) (be) An's next-door neighbour in Cat Tien She (2) (be) very beautiful She (3) (have) big brown eyes and a lovely smile Last week, she (4) (go) to HCM City (5) (visit) her cousin They (6) (travel) around the city and (7) (see) a lot of interesting places Nga (8) (think) HCM City (9) (be) beautiful but so noisy and busy, so she (10) (not like) (11) (live) there

IV Supply the correct word form.

1 People in my country are very warm and (friend)

2 An is a home for children whose parents are dead (orphan)

4 I'm sorry for the delay (extreme)

5 She looks more than her sister (beauty)

6 They were very to survive a shipwreck (luck)

7 I love the of summer evenings in the countryside (peaceful)

9 Bao is very , kind and generous (social)

10 Each of my friends has A character (differ)

V Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting.

1 I (A) strongly believe that friends (B) plays an (C) important role in (D) our life

2 Children nowadays spend (A) more time (B) to play video games (C) than (D) reading books

3 (A) This software isn't (B) good enough (C) for children (D) use

4 Hoa (A) is very (B) happy when she (C) received a letter (D) from her friend this morning

5 We are (A) very close friends (B) although we (C) have quite different (D) character

VI Read the passage carefully, then write true (T) or false (F) for the following sentences.

Do you have any close friends? I think everybody at least has one close friend in their life And so do I I have two close friends, Hoa and Nga We are in the same class at primary school, and then secondary school We are also neighbours so we spend most of our time in learning and playing together Hoa is a beautiful girl with big black eyes and

an oval rosy face She is an intelligent student who is always at the top of the class She likes reading, and she often goes to the library whenever she has free time Nga isn't as beautiful as Hoa, but she has a lovely smile and looks very healthy Nga is very sporty She spends most of her free time playing sports Nga is a volleyball star of our school She is also very sociable and has a good sense of humor Her jokes always make us laugh I love both of my friends and I always hope our friendship will never die

1 The writer formed her close friendship at primary school True…… False ……

2 The writer lives far from her friends True…… False ……

3 Hanh always spends her free time in the library True…… False ……

4 Mai is good at sport True…… False ……

5 Mai's friends sometimes get tired of her jokes True…… False ……

6 The writer hopes to have a lasting friendship True…… False ……

VII Put the words or phrases in correct order to make sentences. 1 enough/ Jane/ stay/ to/ alone/ old/ isn't/ at home 2 you/ going/ to/ are/ what/ do/ next weekend? 3 she/ hair/ black/ has/ long/ straight 4 in the east/ rises/ sun/ the/ in the west/ sets/ and 5 table/ large/ was/ in the kitchen/ there/ a/ wooden/ round 6 awful/ an/ what/ house! 7 have/ money/ buy/ that/ we/ enough/ to/ didn't/ car 8 free/ he/ most/ time/ sports/ spends/ of/ his/ playing VIII Write a paragraph about Trung, using the information in the box. Name: Le Anh Age: 15 Appearance: tall, fat, short curly hair Characters: sociable, generous, kind Address: 46 Le Loi Street, Ho Chi Minh City Family: mother, father and two younger sisters Hobbies: swimming, reading Friends: Vinh, Trung, Son His name is ………

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