Thang Long Secondary School
REVISION FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER – GRADE 8
(School year 2020-2021)
Revision contents: From Unit 1 to Unit 5
I. Language focus
1) Grammar.
a. Tenses: all the tenses learnt before (active and passive forms): Present Simple, Present
Continuous, Present Perfect, Past Simple, Future Simple
b. Verbs structures, sentence structures and others
- Verbs of liking + gerunds
- Verbs of liking + to infinitives.
- Comparative and superlative forms of
adjectives and adverbs.
- Question words
- Articles: a, an, the
- Modals: should, have to, must
- Simple sentences, compound / complex
sentences.
2) Phonetics:
-Clusters: /br/ /pr/ /bl/ /cl/ /sk/ /sp/ /st/ /spr/ /str/ .
-Stress of vocabulary belonging to unit 1 - 5 / stress of words ending in –ion and -ian.
3) Vocabulary: Active nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs belonging to the topics of unit 1 - 5
II. Topics for writing, reading and listening:
1. Leisure activities
2. Life in the countryside
3. Peoples of Vietnam
4. Our customs and traditions
5. Festivals in Vietnam
III. Topics for speaking:
A. Prepared topics:
1) Talk about your favourite leisure
activity.
What is your favourite leisure activity?
How / When / How often do you do it?
What benefits does it bring to you?
Does it have any negative effects?
What?
What should you do to minimize its
negative effects?
(If it is a non-negative-effect activity,
what should you do to spread it out in
your class?)
2) Talk about a custom / a tradition of
your family
What is the custom / tradition?
How long have you followed that
custom / tradition?
When / How often / How do the
members of your family follow that
tradition?
Is it beloved by your family members?
What do you think about the future of
this custom / tradition?
3) B. Free talk: Answer the examiner’s questions or describe a picture given by the examiner.
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5) *NOTES: các l p h c Anh OEA l y đi m nói t Trung tâm OEA chuy n sang.ớ ọ ấ ể ừ ể
6) Các l p Nh t Hàn và các l p không tăng c ng Ti ng Anh, giáo viên b môn ớ ậ ớ ườ ế ộ
t ch đng h ng d n h c sinh l p mình.ự ủ ộ ướ ẫ ọ ớ
7) PRACTICE
8) 1. Choose the word that is stressed differently from that of the other words.
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10) A. alternate 11) B. entertain 12) C. symbolize 13) D. cultivate
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15) A. donation 16) B. depression 17) C. coordination 18) D. erection
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20) A.
mathematicia
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21) B. technician 22) C. consumption 23) D. explosion
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25) A. historian 26) B. musician 27) C. vegetarian 28) D. magician
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30) A. harmful 31) B. cloudy 32) C. slowly 33) D. unique
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35) A.
consideration
36) B. composition 37) C. conversation 38) D. concentration
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40) A. museum 41) B. decorate 42) C. heritage 43) D. blackberry
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45) A. enjoy 46) B. behave 47) C. belong 48) D. worship
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50) A. location 51) B. foundation 52) C. organization 53) D. performance
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55) A. Indonesian 56) B. Brazilian 57) C. librarian 58) D. physician
59) 2. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others
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1.
61) A. enough 62) B. laugh 63) C. paragraph 64) D. although
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2.
66) A. novel67) B. princess 68) C. cinema 69) D. comedy
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71) A. celebrate 72) B. eight 73) C. leisure 74) D. penalty
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76) A. surf 77) B. cut78) C. fun79) D. sun
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81) A. cake 82) B. bracelet 83) C. hat 84) D. lady
85) 3. Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.
1. 86) According to ______, Vietnamese children often receive lucky money at Tet.
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88) A. tradition 89) B. traditions 90) C. the tradition 91) D. the
traditions
2. 92) The Vietnamese are influenced by Buddhist theology and Confucian
philosophy, ______ they believe in fate in marriage.
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94) A. so 95) B. but 96) C. yet 97) D. and
3. 98) The Xoe dance is a spiritual ________ of Thai ethnic people.
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100) A. habit 101) B.
tradition
102) C.
custom
103) D.
dance
4. 104) In Viet Nam you shouldn't use only the first name to _______ people
older than you.
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106) A. say 107) B. speak 108) C. talk 109) D.
address
5. 110) Don't worry. It is _______ to travel to that village even at night.
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112) A.
inconvenient
113) B. safe 114) C. unsafe 115) D.
difficult
6. 116) Mai studies Maths a little bit ________ .
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118) A. bad 119) B. badly 120) C. hardly 121) D. good
7. 122) _______ month is the Hoa Ban Festival of the Thai people held in?
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124) A. How many 125) B. How
often
126) C. Which 127) D.
When
8. 128) The five-fruit tray on the altar symbolizes the gratitude of the
Vietnamese to their ancestors; ________ ,it demonstrates their hope for a life
of plenty.
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2
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130) A. moreover 131) B.
therefore
132) C.
however
133) D. and
9. 134) The Viet people have many _______ customs and crafts.
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136) A. traditional 137) B.
customary
138) C.
tradition
139) D.
culture
10. 140) Does she fancy ________ a book to the younger children?
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142) A. reading 143) B. to read 144) C. read 145) D. reads
11. 146) ________ the Chinese greet other people, they have the custom of
bowling, folding their hands on chest.
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148) A. Because 149) B.
Although
150) C. When 151) D.
However
12. 152) In Australia, you shouldn't _________ on a person's accent.
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154) A. dislike 155) B.
criticize
156) C. hate 157) D.
comment
13. 158) In Viet Nam, the ________ we mostly use is chopsticks.
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5
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160) A. cutlery 161) B. cut 162) C. cutlet 163) D.
cutting
14. 164) They enjoy ________ on Sundays.
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166) A. gardens 167) B. garden 168) C.
gardened
169) D.
gardening
15. 170) ________ the first footer has a good reputation and success, the family
believes that they will receive luck and good fortune throughout the new year.
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172) A. Moreover 173) B.
Because
174) C. While 175) D. If
16. 176) Teenagers enjoy _______ to music and _______ out with friends.
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178) A. to listen -
to hang
179) B. listen -
hang
180) C.
listening -
hanging
181) D.
listening - hang