TRƯỜNG THCS LÊ QUANG CƯỜNG
REVISION FOR THE SECOND TERM EXAMINATION GRADE 8
SCHOOL YEAR: 2023 – 2024
I. VOCABULARY.
- Review units 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
II. PRONUNCIATION.
-Sounds: /bl/ and /kl/
/bl/ : blue, blink, black, blossom, blur, blend ...
/kl/ : clock, bicycle, eclipse, circle, clause, classic ...
-Sounds: /sp/ and /st/
/sp/: speciality, spend, speak, sport, spare, spa …
/st/: costume, star, stand, west, stylist, test…
III. GRAMMAR.
1. Complex sentences with adverb clauses of time (Câu phức với mệnh đề trạng ngữ chỉ
thời gian)
-Câu phức là câu bao gồm 1 mệnh đề độc lập (independent clause) và ít nhất 1
mệnh đề phụ thuộc (dependent clause) liên kết với nhau.
Mệnh đề trạng ngữ chỉ thời gian (dependent clause ) bắt đầu bằng các liên từ:
-when (khi, vào lúc)
-while, as (trong khi)
-until, till (cho đến khi)
-as soon as, once (ngay khi)
-before, by the time (trước khi)
-after (sau khi) ...
Ex: I hope to pay him a visit before I go away .
When we were in New York , we saw several plays.
-As soon as you are ready , we shall go.
-We stayed there until it stopped raining .
-Mệnh đề trạng ngữ chỉ thời gian có thể đứng đầu hoặc cuối câu. Nếu mệnh đề trạng
ngữ chỉ thời gian đứng ở đầu câu sẽ ngăn cách với mệnh đề chính bằng dấu phẩy.
2. Adverbs of frequency (Trạng từ chỉ tần suất)
% Adverb of frequency Example
100 % Always I always go to school on time.
90% Usually We usually eat out on Sunday morning.
70% often/ frequently I often stay up late.
30% sometimes / occasionally My mother sometimes goes out with her friends.
10% seldom / rarely We seldom talk together.
0% Never I never go to school late.
2.1. Vị trí trạng từ chỉ tần suất.
Trạng từ chỉ tần suất thường xuất hiện ở 2 vị trí: trước động từ thường, sau động từ TO BE.
-Đứng sau động từ TO BE.
E.x: He is sometimes late for school.
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I don’t like her, she’s never on time.
-Đứng trước động từ thường.
Ex: I often go to the movie with my friends. I rarely see her even though we live in the
same building.
3. Present simple for future events. (Thì hiện tại đơn dùng cho các sự kiện ở tương lai)
Be (+) S + am/is/ are + …
(-) S + am/is/ are + not + …
(?) Am/Is/ Are + S + …?
Ordinal verbs (+) S + V(s/es) + …
(-) S + don’t/ doesn’t + V(inf)…
(?) Do/ Does + S + V(inf)…?
- Thì hiện tại đơn diễn tả một việc sẽ xảy ra trong tương lai có lịch trình cụ thể (lịch chiếu phim, tàu
xe, thời gian biểu, sự kiện...)
Ex:The football match starts at 8 o’clock.
- Our flight takes off at 9.30 p.m, so we have to go early at least 1 hour.
4. Past continuous. (Qúa khứ tiếp diễn)
Khẳng định S + was/were + V-ing
Phủ định S + was/ were + not + V-ing
Yes/No question Was/ Were + S + V-ing?
Wh question Wh + was/ were + S + V-ing?
a .Thì quá khứ tiếp diễn dùng để diễn tả 1 hành động đang diễn ra tại một thời điểm xác
định trong quá khứ.
Ex: At seven o’clock yesterday, I was studying with my daddy.
b. Dùng thì quá khứ tiếp diễn để diễn tả 1 hành động đang diễn ra thì một hành động
khác xen vào. Hành động đang diễn ra chúng ta chia ở quá khứ tiếp diễn, hành động xen
vào ta chia ở quá khứ đơn. Thường dùng với when/while.
Ex: I was talking to my mom when you called me last night.
c. Thì quá khứ tiếp diễn dùng để diễn tả 2 hành động xảy ra cùng lúc trong quá
khứ. (Thường dùng với while).
Ex: I was reading my book while my friend was watching TV.
5. Prepositions of place and time. (Giới từ chỉ nơi chốn và thời gian)
*Prepositions of place. (Các giới từ chỉ nơi chốn): in, on, at, between,under, in front of, next to,
opposite.
*Prepositions of time.(Các giới từ chỉ thời gian): in, on, at, by, for
6. Đại từ sở hữu (Possessive pronouns)
Subject pronouns
(Đại từ nhân xưng chủ
ngữ)
Possessive adjective
(Tính từ sở hữu)
Possessive pronouns (Đại
từ sở hữu)
I my mine
You your yours
We our ours
They their theirs
He his his
She her hers
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It its its
Ex: His car is cheap. Mine is much more expensive.
Tom is one of my classmates.
→ Tom is a classmate of mine .
7. Reported speech. (câu tường thuật)
*Statement: (câu phát biểu) S + said/ told + (that) + S + V…
Chủ ngữ
Trực tiếp Gián tiếp
I he, she
we they
You they/ he/ she/I
Tân ngữ
Trực tiếp Gián tiếp
me him/ her
us them
you them/ him/ her
-Thay đổi thì của câu tường thuật.
Trực tiếp Gián tiếp
1. Simple present: V(s/es)
Ex: Nam said “I am a student.”
1. Simple past: V2/ed
Ex: Nam said (that) he was a student.
2. Present Progressive: am/is/are + V-ing
Ex: She said “I’m watching TV.”
2. Past Progressive: was/were + V-ing
Ex: She said (that) she was watching TV.
3. Future Simple: will + V
Ex: Lan said “I’ll phone you”.
7. Future in the past: would + V
Ex: Lan said (that) she would phone me.
4. can
Ex:He said “You can sit here”.
8. could
Ex: He said (that) we could sit there.
5. may
Ex:Mary said “I may go to Ha Noi again”.
9. might
Ex:Mary said (that) she might go to Ha Noi
again.
-Thay đổi một số cụm từ chỉ thời gian:
Trực tiếp Gián tiếp
today/ tonight that day/ that night
Yesterday the day before/ the previous day
last month the month before / the previous month/
Tomorrow the following day/ the next day
this month that month
next month the month after / the following month
Here there
Now then
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Ago before
This that
These those
8. Câu tường thuật dạng câu hỏi có từ hỏi (Wh-questions)
-Động từ tường thuật câu hỏi gián tiếp là asked/ wanted to know/ wondered...
-Không dùng liên từ “that’, dấu được bỏ đi.
* Cấu trúc:
S+ asked + (O) + WH- + S + V
Ex: “What do you want for breakfast” my mother asked me
My mother asked me what I wanted for breakfast.
Ex: When are they going on holiday? I asked them.
I asked them when they were going on holiday.
IV.PRACTICE.
I.MULTIPLE CHOICE.
*Choose the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.
1. A. process B. celebrate C. protect D. planet
2. A. tsunami B. tropical C. victim D. violent
3. A. volcanic B. earthquake C. landslide D. damage
4. A. reply B. technology C. easy D. instantly
5. A. substance B. schedule C. customer D. product
* *Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.
1. A. tsunami B. property C. disaster D. prediction
2. A. government B. landslide C. lightning D. effect
3. A. awareness B. resident C. importance D. successful
4. A. internet B. customer C. comfortable D. convenient
5. A. teacher B. invent C. robot D. scanner
* Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D).
1.
You should turn off devices that you are not using to
_________
electricity.
A. save
B.
reuse
C.
release
D.
turn
2.
People shouldn't throw away single-use products but
_________
them.
A. endanger B. recycle C. protect D. pollute
3. A _________is a violent storm with very strong winds that move in a circle.
A. tornado B. flood C. volcano D. landslide
4. _________trees and burning forests destroy a lot of wildlife habitats.
A. Planting B. Watering C. Cleaning up D. Cutting down
5. Many people think that _________will replace human translators in the future.
1.A. emojis B. voice messages
C. translation machines D. Internet connection
6. The heavy rains caused a _________with huge rocks that blocked the mountain road.
A. hurricane B. landslide C. eruption D. earthquake
7. When he _________a suitcase, he dropped it on his foot.
A. was carrying B. carried C. had carried D. is carrying
8. _________I was watering the flowers, my brother was listening to music.
A. After B. Until C. While D. Before
9. My teacher said that she _________meet me the next week.
A. can B. will C. would D. must
10. Three of _________brothers are studying in the same school.
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A. their B. mine C. ours D. theirs
11. “No one was killed in the forest fire two days ago”. -_________!
A. Oh, dear. B. That’s a relief.
C. That’s shocking D. How terrible!
12. We can only see _________ in the sky at night because during the day the sunlight is so bright.
A. the Earth B. stars C. aliens D. UFO
13. A: "An earthquake destroyed my house last week." B: "_________"
A. Sorry to hear that. B. Wow, that sounds interesting.
C. Great news! D. Lucky you!
14.I left a message _________ your answering machine.
A. in B. on C. above D. at
15. At the current time, humans do not have the __________ capacity to communicate by thought.
A. telepathy B. holography C. telephone D. face-to-face
16.Some teenagers like to communicate social media rather than face-to-face.
A. in B. by C. with D. on
17. Teenagers are increasingly addicted to networking sites such as Facebook and TikTok.
A. society B. sociable C. social D. socially
18. My teacher said that robots human in some jobs in the future.
A. will replace B. replace C. replaced D. would replace
19. We money to help the earthquake victims last month.
A. were donating B. donated C. donating D. donate
20.While I along the road, I saw a friend of mine.
A. was cycling B. have cycled C. cycled D. am cycling
21. Jessie said that she having a meeting with the fashion designer then.
A. was having B. would have C. is having D. had
22. you to your friend on the phone at 9 p.m. yesterday?
A.Was / talking B. Did / talk C. Were / talking D. Are / talking
23. Mary said she was having a science test .
A. tomorrow B. yesterday C. the previous day D. the next day
24. Using telepathy is a way to communicate instantly thought.
A. in B. by C. with D. on
25.
The gases from the exhausts of cars have also increased
pollution in most cities.
A. land
B.
sand
C.
water
D.
air
26.
pollution is the contamination of lakes, rivers, oceans, or groundwater,
usually by human activities
A. Soil B. Air C. Noise D. Water
27.
Waste water from many factories which is dumped
water bodies directly cause
water pollution.
A. on B. into C. out D. by
28.
I have studied how to play the guitar
two months.
A. on B. at C. by D. for
29. These are the children’s shoes. These shoes are _____.
A. their B. they C. theirs D. them
* Find and correct ONE mistake in each sentence:
30. Mike said that he can design a robot in the future
A B C D
31. She said that social networks are a free space to keep in touch with their family and friends.
A B C D
32. David says that he was working with an amazing robot that day .
A B C D
33. While we was camping near the river, the flood came suddenly.
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