REVISION FOR THE FINAL EXAMINATION – GRADE 8
VOCABULARY
LANGUAGE
FOCUS WRITING
PHONETICS GRAMMAR
UNIT 7
Pollution
Kinds of pollution
and pollution’s
causes and effects.
Pronounce the words
ending in -ic and - al
Use words and
phrases showing
cause/effect
Conditional type1 and
type 2
Write about the
causes and effects
of one Pollution
type.
UNIT 8
English
Speaking
Countries
People and places
in English speaking
countries.
Pronounce the words
ending in –ese and
-ee
Present simple
(for future meanings)
UNIT 9
Natural
disaster
Types of natural
disasters.
Pronounce words
ending in –logy and –
graphy
Past perfect
Passive voice
Write a news report
on a Natural
Disaster
UNIT 10
Communicatio
n
Communication
forms and
Communication
technology
Pronounce the words
ending in –ity and
-itive
Future continuous
Verbs + to-infi
Write an email
using netiquette
UNIT 11
Science and
technology
Science and
Technology
inventions
Reported speech
Skills: Reading and Listening
- Causes and effects of a pollution types
- Describe a schedule for a visit
- News report on a natural disaster
- Email using netiquette
SPEAKING
Bài thi nói gồm 2 phần chính:
Phần 1 (1.5 điểm): Học sinh thi nói theo cặp lựa chọn 1 trong 2 chủ đề để hỏi và trả lời câu hỏi.
Cụ thể: Học sinh A hỏi để học sinh B trả lời lần lượt 4 câu hỏi. Sau khi hoàn thành lượt một học sinh B hỏi lại
học sinh A. Mỗi lượt diễn ra trong TỐI ĐA 1 phút.
Chủ đề 1: English Speaking Countries
1. What English speaking country would you like to
visit?
2. Where is it?
3. What do you like best about that country?
4. What are some tourist attractions of that country?
Chủ đề 2: Communication
1. How do you often communicate with your friends?
2. How much time do you spend using your mobile
phone each day?
3. In what ways are mobile phones better than home
phones?
4. What problems might you have when using mobile
phones?
Phần 2 (0.5 điểm): Miêu tả tranh
Học sinh thi nói theo cá nhân bốc thăm 1 bức tranh để miêu tả trong TỐI ĐA 1 phút.
Học sinh quan sát bức tranh và trả lời theo các câu hỏi gợi ý cho kèm bức tranh
Chủ đề: Pollution/ Natural disasters/ Communication/ Science and Technology
Tiêu chí đánh giá thi Nói: 2 điểm
1/Content(Nội dung): Đủ ý: 0.75
2/fluency (Trôi chảy): 0.5
3/Pronunciation, stress, intonation: 0.25
4/Grammar: 0.25
5/Cooperation (support your partner , interact): 0.25
PRACTICE
I. Choose the word having different stress from the others.
1. A. effective B. natural C. atmosphere D. plentiful
2. A. solution B. increasing C. recommend D. abundant
3. A. develop B. enormous C. improvement D. different
4. A. energy B. volunteer C. dangerous D. countryside
5. A. referee B. cigarette C. interfere D. convenient
6. A. negative B. remember C. polluting D. expensive
7. A. beautiful B. recognise C. generate D. electric
8. A. dioxide B. holiday C. advantage D. consumption
9. A. company B. fortunate C. important D. motorbike
10. A. exhausted B. tomorrow C. protective D. biogas
11. A. exist B. avoid C. support D. notice
12. A. hungry B. disease C. spacious D. danger
13. A. favourite B. pollution C. imagine D. exhausted
14. A. energy B. plentiful C. disappear D. celebrate
15. A. recycle B. description C. contribute D. atmosphere
II. Choose the word that has main stress placed differently from the others:
1. A. unaffected B. undrinkable C. uncountable D. unsuitable
2. A. unpopular B. unorganized C. unfortunate D. unambitious
3. A. imperfect B. immature C. immobile D. immoral
4. A. translator B. director C. editor D. spectator
5. A. consumer B. performer C. shopkeeper D. believe
6. A. impair B. unhurt C. effect D. insect
7. A. explorer B. accurate C. unhealthy D. mature
8. A. unnatural B. engineering C. impossible D. environment
9. A. unhelpful B. unlikely C. unforeseen D. unusual
10. A. imprecise B. imperfect C. impartial D. impassive
11. A. unkind B. kindness C. impure D. machine
12. A. imbalance B. unable C. unhealthy D. impolite
13. A. unexplored B. unforeseen C. untidy D. immature
14. A. impossible B. unnatural C. unrelated D. unbearable
15. A. unlimited B. undeveloped C. unsuccessful D. unaffected
III. Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.
1. If you ________ the president, what would you do to help the environment?
A. had been B. were C. are
2. Astronauts said that humans ________ find some way to communicate with aliens.
A. do B. did C. might D. ought
3. All our English teachers are ________ speakers.
A. original B. native C. foreign
4. Science is used in all corners of the world for the ________ of people.
A. profits B. need C. benefit D. interest
5. She needs to work on her interview ________ if she wants to get the job.
A. technique B. technician C. technology D. technological
6. If you ________ something, you should patent it as quickly as possible.
A. are inventing B. will invent C. have invented D. invented
7. The new invention could have a wide range of ________ in industry.
A. goodness B. concerns C. advance D. applications
8. What ________ in the year 2020?
A. will I be doing B. am I doing C. do I do
9. I hope you ________ when I arrive at 8 p.m. today!
A. don’t work B. won’t be working
C. didn’t work
10. The teacher ________ me that I had better devote more time to science subjects such as
physics, chemistry, and biology.
A. talked B. told C. spoke D. said
11. If the teacher were here now, we’d ask him the difference ________ ʻscienceʼ and
ʻtechnologyʼ.
A. between B. of C. for D. among
12. By the time we got to the cinema, the film ________.
A. started B. had started C. starting
13. Emergency teams are still removing the ________ from the plane crash.
A. dust B. debris C. dirt
14. Eating too much sugar can ________ to health problems.
A. cause B. lead C. make
15. All our English teachers are ________ speakers.
A. foreign B. original C. native
16. At 11 a.m. tomorrow, he will be in. He ________ with his colleagues in Africa.
A. video conference B. video conferenced
C. will be video conferencing
17. ________ your laptop this evening? May I borrow it to do my project homework?
A. Will you be using B. Do you use
C. Were you using
18. If you ________ the president, what would you do to help the environment?
A. had been B. are C. were
19. Which TV programme ________ at 9 p.m. tomorrow?
A. will you be
watching
B. did you watch
C. will you watch
20. The heavy rain has caused ________ in many parts of the country.
A. floods B. drought C. storms
21. When she comes home later today, he ________ the dinner.
A. will be cooking B. cooks C. is cooking
22. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an area of ________ concerned with making computers copy
intelligent human behaviour.
A. invention B. learning C. lesson D. study
23. The protection of technologies and technological information has become ________ for
many nations.
A. a concern of
important
B. the importance of a concern
C. an important
concern
D. the importance concerning
24. Astronauts use ________ to move around when they are on the Moon’s surface.
A. moon buggies B. space cars C. spaceships D. flying saucers
25. Eating too much sugar can ________ to health problems.
A. make B. cause C. lead
IV. Use the correct form of words in brackets.
1. There is still room for your (improve) ………………………in your work.
2. Today scientific progress is mostly defined in terms of (technology)…………………advancements.
3. The first experience was (succeed)………………………, so we need to do another one.
4. A (geology) …………is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth.
5. The US (explore) ………………………of the Moon began with the Ranger 4 impactor in 1962.
6. A nuclear power reactor (operate) …………………could provide assistance with the loading and unloading of
nuclear fuel.
7. The study point out that many people’s health has been affected from bathing or drinking (pure)
………………………water.
8. Thousands of (chemistry) …………………are used in everyday products –in our water, our food and in the air
we breathe.
9. (Research)………………………in Japan have found that human ageing may be able to be delayed or even
reserved.
10. Here are several (science) ………………………proven studies that describe how to keep fit.
V. Use the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the passage.
Professor Vo Hong Anh – the only daughter of General Vo Nguyen Giap and Nguyen Thi Quang Thai – was a
famous Vietnamese (1. science) ………………. Vo Hong Anh was born in 1939. She graduated from
Lomonosov University, Russia, in 1965. On returning to Viet Nam, she worked as a
(2. research) ………………. at the National Institute of Science. In 1982 she
(3. success) ………………. completed her doctor’s degree in maths and physics, and in 1983 she was
appointed professor. She continued to do research in the fields of maths and physics. Over the 40 years of her
study and research, she had more than 50 (4. science) ………………. works published (mostly overseas). In
1988 she was the first Vietnamese woman to be awarded the Kovalevskaia Prize for her (5. contribute) ……..
……. to science. She died in 2009 in Ha Noi. She was the pride of Vietnamese women.
VI. Read the passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.
Environmental pollution is a term that (1)______ to all the ways by which man pollutes his surroundings.
Man dirties the air with (2)______ gases and smoke, (3)_____ the water with chemicals and other substances,
and damages the (4)_____ with too many fertilizers and pesticides. Man also pollutes his surroundings
(5)_____ various other ways. For example, people ruin natural beauty by (6)_____ junk and litter on the land
and in the water.
Environmental pollution is one of the most serious problems facing mankind today. Air, water and soil are
necessary to the (7)_____ of all living things. Badly polluted air can cause illness, and (8)_____ death. Polluted
water kills fish and other (9)_____ life. Pollution of soil reduces the amount of land that is available for growing
food. Environmental pollution also brings ugliness to man’s (10)_____ beautiful world.
1. A. means B. refers C. provides D. reduces
2. A. thick B. natural C. exhaust D. influent
3. A. purifies B. pumps C. sprays D. poisons
4. A. soil B. forests C. streets D. beaches
5. A. on B. in C. by D. with
6. A. spoiling B. leaving C. scattering D. gathering
7. A. survival B. environment C. development D. growth
8. A. so B. ever C. too D. even
9. A. animal B. marine C. human D. plant
10. A. nature B. natural C. naturally D. natured
VII. Read the passage and answer the questions.
Visual pollution has a greater effect on people than you may think. I remember when I went to a big city, I was
really scared because so much graffiti on the buildings' wall. Then I looked up, and I saw a lot of power lines
over my head. Although they were not dangerous, I still felt unsafe since I thought they might fall down. These
things prevented me from enjoying the beautiful sights of the city.
I also remember the time when I was a student at a university. Once I was so busy with my assignments that I
did not tidy my room for two weeks. Looking at the messy room caused me so much stress that I did not want to
study. Then I decided to clean the room and put my thing in their proper places. I also bought a small plants and
placed it in a corner of the room. These simple actions increased my motivation and helped me to focus on my
learning.
Questions.
1.How did the author feel when she saw the power lines?
2.Why did she have that feeling?
3. What was she busy with?
4. What happened when she looked the messy room?
5. What did she do for her room?
VIII. Read the text about Alexander Grahabell and do the tasks
Alexander Grahabell is widely known as inventor of the first telephone. He was born on March 3rd, 1847 in
Edinburgh, Scotland. When he was 23, Bell emigrated to Canada with his parents and the next year moved to
the United States to teach deaf-mute children. With his colleague Thomas Watson , Bell worked very hard on
the experimentation to invent devices such as the harmonic telegraph ( used to send multiple messages over a
single wire) and phonautograph ( used to draw the shape of the sound waves. The first telephone
communication was said to have happened between Bell and Watson in 1876 while Bell was at one end of the
line, and Watson worked on the telepone in other room. The first transmistted words were, ‘ Mr watson, come
here . I want to see you’
a. Decide if the statements are T or F
1.Alexander Graham Bell is Scottish.
2.He spent all his life in Canada
3.He worked with the deaf when he moved to the USA
4.He wanted to create a device that can transmit human voice
5.He was able to succeed right from the first experiment
6.He worked on his inventions all by himself
b. Answer the questions
1.What is Bell ‘s ‘harmonic telegraph’ ?
2.What is Bell ‘s ‘phonautograph’
3.When did the first communication over happened and how did it happen?
IX. Combine the sentences into a new sentence that shows a cause/effect relationship. Use the words in
brackets.
1.Many rivers and lakes are poisoned. Factories produce waste and pour it into rivers and lakes. (because)
___________________________________________________________________
2. The environment is polluted. Birds leave their habitats and plants die. (make)
___________________________________________________________________
3. Plastic bags are a major source of waste. We should not throw plastic bags everywhere. (so).
___________________________________________________________________
4. The food is contaminated. People’s health is poor. (results in)
___________________________________________________________________
5. Factories release fumes. The air breathe gets polluted. (due to)
___________________________________________________________________
X. Combine each pair of sentences to make a conditional sentence type 1.
1.Students are more aware of protecting the environment. Teachers teach environmental issues at school.
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2.Light pollution happens. Animals change their behaviour patterns.
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3.The levels of radioactive polluion decrease. We switch from nuclear power to renewable energy sources.
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4.The water temperature increases. Some aquatic creatures are unable to reproduces.
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5.People get more diseases. The water is contaminated.
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XI. Combine each pair of sentences to form a conditional sentence, using “if” Type 2.
1.The factory is located near our village. There is air pollution and noise pollution.
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2. The local people have to use water from the polluted river. They don’t have fresh water.
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3. Trees and grasses cannot grow here. The soil is badly polluted.
___________________________________________________________________
4. Mr Quang works in a noisy environment. His hearing becomes worse.
___________________________________________________________________
XII. Change these statements into reported speech.
1. “I want my room to look nice at the festival” Hoa said.
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2. “I’m cleaning our house.” Loan said to Lan
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3. “I will clean all the class windows tomorrow” said Trung.
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4. “I’m having a good time here” said Lan. __________________________________________________
5. “We can play the guitar.” Mary said. __________________________________________________
6. “We are going to the rice- cooking contest” said Mr Robinson.
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