ĐỀ CƯƠNG ÔN THI HỌC KỲ 1

MÔN TIẾNG ANH 8 - NĂM HỌC: 2021-2022

A. VOCABULARY: From Unit 1 to Unit 7.
B. TENSES / GRAMMAR STRUCTURES:
1. Tenses: the simple present tense, the simple past tense, the present perfect tense with
“for / since”.
2. Grammar structures: enough; be going to; adverbs of place; reflexive pronouns;
modals “must, have to / has to, should / ought to, may / can / could”; why – because;
prepositions of time; used to; adverbs of manner; commands; requests and advice
reported speech; gerunds; comparison with “like, (not) as … as, (not) the same as,
different from”.
C. EXERCISES:
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the
others:
1. A. character B. classmate C. happy D. photograph
2. A. furniture B. university C. patient D. hospital
3. A. experiment B. telephone C. emigrate D. directory
4. A. delivery B. assistant C. introduce D. device
5. A. chemical B. chores C. reach D. match
6. A. rug B. lunar C. underline D. fund
7. A. character B. architect C. chair D. chemical
II. Choose the word that has the main stress syllable different from the others:
8. A. annoy B. enough C. lucky D. reserved
9. A. after B. servant C. grandpa D. nearby
10. A. appearance B. annoyance C. outgoing D. character
11. A. excellent B. memory C. festival D. semester
12. A. behavior B. participate C. necessary D. traditional
13. A. selection B. assistant C. establish D. register
14. A. believe B. promise C. prefer D. improve
II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below
or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase:
15. Hoa: Do you need any help?
Lan: .......................................
A. Sure. What can I do for you? B. Yes, I do.
C. No, I couldn’t. D. Yes. That’s very kind of you.
16. Na: How long have you lived in this town?
Nam: ……………… nearly 20 years.
A. Since B. For C. In D. On
17. The Lost Shoe is a ……………… story.
A. tradition B. traditional C. traditionally D. traditions
18. Ba has ……………… stamps since 2001.
A. collect B. collected C. collecting D. collection
19. Martina has been a professional tennis player ………………1994.
A. since B. for C. on D. in
20. Lan is getting tired ………… doing the same things every day.
A. with B. of C. in D. by
21. You’ll ………… cook dinner yourself.
A. ought to B. must C. should D. have to
22. Deaf-mutes can ………… speak ………… hear.
A. neither / nor B. either / or C. both / and D. not only / but also
23. ………… is a phone you can carry around with you.
A. E-mail B. Fax machine C. Mobile phone D. Telephone directory
24. Many people ………… stayed at home in the bad weather.
A. wise B. wisely C. wisdom D. wisedoms
25. Mr. White asked his children ………… down.
A. sit B. sits C. sitting D. to sit
26. Mr. Kelvin speaks English very well with correct …………
A. pronunciation B. pronounce C. pronounced D. pronounces
27. ………… is it since you last saw Joe?
A. How long B. How far C. What time D. How often
28. It’s not warm but it isn’t ……………… yesterday.
A. as cold as B. as cold so C. as cold like D. so cold so
29. In the kitchen, there was a ……………… table.
A. beautiful large wooden round B. beautiful large round wooden
C. large wooden beautiful round D. round wooden beautiful large
30. She helped me ……………… the box.
A. to carry B. carried C. carrying D. for carrying
31. She participates ……………… our Fishing Group.
A. in B. at C. on D. into
32. It ……………… here since February.
A. haven’t rained B. hasn’t rained C. doesn’t rain D. isn’t rain
33. Flowers and chocolates are popular gifts ……………… Valentine’s Day.
A. in B. at C. on D. when
34. He was very ……………… about driving the first car of his own.
A. excitedly B. exciting C. excited D. excitingly
35. ……………… is my favorite sport. I often ……………… on Sunday mornings.
A. Fish / fish B. Fishing / fish C. Fish / fishing D. Fishing / fishing
36. ……………… is studying again something that you have learnt, before an exam.
A. Revision B. Semester C. Practice D. Result
III. Choose the word that has the same meaning to the underlined word:
37. Mike’s hobbies include reading books and playing chess.
A. interests B. favors C. sports D. habits
38. They are very concerned about their son’s illness.
A. worried B. uncomfortable C. unhappy D. unsatisfactory
39. I tried to phone him countless times but he wasn’t there.
A. few B. little C. much D. many
IV. Choose the correct question for the underlined words:
40. I used to live in France before I moved here.
A. Where did you use to live before you moved here?
B. Where used you to live before you moved here?
C. When did you use to live before you moved here?
D. When used you to live before you moved here?
41. The Union was founded on March 26th, 1931.
A. Where was the Union founded?
B. Was the Union founded on March?
C. When was the Union founded?
D. Why was the Union founded?
V. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English:
42. Once when I was ten, I used to get sick and went to the hospital.
A B C D
Went go
43. Mike doesn’t go to the cinema with us last Saturday.
A B C D
Doesn’tdidn’t
44. I would like to go away on holiday but I don’t have money enough.
A B C D
Money enough enough money
45. The hospital is trying to raise funds on a new kidney machine.
A B C D
On for
46. She taught her children how to care after their pets.
A B C D
Care after look after
47. I used to went swimming when I was a child.
A B C D
Went go
48. Next I’d like you to make the grammar exercises on page 10.
A B C D
‘d like want
VI. Combine the two sentences into a meaningful sentence, using “enough”:
49. Tom wasn’t hard-working. He couldn’t get good marks.
A. Tom wasn’t hard-working enough to could get good marks.
B. Tom wasn’t hard-working enough to get good marks.
C. Tom wasn’t enough hard-working to get good marks.
D. Tom wasn’t hard-working enough not to get good marks.
50. The room is very dark. I can’t read the book.
A. The room is dark enough for me to read the book.
B. The room is not light enough for me to read the book.
C. The room is not dark enough for me to read the book.
D. The room is light enough for me to read the book.
VII. Choose the sentence with the correct order:
51. the / is / of / There / left / a desk / the room. / on
A. There is on the left of a desk the room.
B. There is a desk of the left on the room.
C. There is of the left on a desk the room.
D. There is a desk on the left of the room.
VIII. Choose the sentence with the same meaning to the first:
52. Nam is a hard student.
A. Nam studies hardly. B. Nam studies hard.
C. Nam studies good. D. Nam studies badly.
53. She said to me: “Please help me repair my house”.
A. She asked me to help her repair her house.
B. She said me to help her repair her house.
C. She told me to help me repair my house.
D. She asked me to help me repair my house.
54. The doctor said: “You should stay in bed for a week, Mai”.
A. The doctor said you should stay in bed for a week.
B. The doctor asked Mai should stay in bed for a week.
C. The doctor said to Mai should stay in bed for a week.
D. The doctor said (that) Mai should stay in bed for a week.
55. The newspaper is larger than the magazine.
A. The magazine is bigger than the newspaper.
B. The newspaper is not as large as the magazine.
C. The magazine is not as large as the newspaper.
D. The magazine is the largest one.
56. “Don’t use my computer again!”, Tom told his brother.
A. Tom told his bother don’t use his computer again.
B. Tom told his brother not to use his computer again.
C. Tom told his brother not use his computer again.
D. Tom told his brother to use his computer again.
57. My teacher said: “You should practice English more often”.
A. My teacher said I should practice English more often.
B. My teacher advised me to practice English more often.
C. Both A and B are correct.
D. Both A and B are incorrect.
58. Your watch is better than mine.
A. My watch is as good as your watch.
B. Your watch is not as good as mine.
C. Your watch is as good as my watch.
D. My watch is not as good as yours.
IX. Choose the meaningful sentence with the given words:
59. Why/ you/ not come/ Susan’s party/ last weekend?
A. Why didn’t you come to Susan’s party last weekend?
B. Why don’t you come to Susan’s party last weekend?
C. Why did you not come to Susan’s party last weekend?
D. Why do you not come to Susan’s party last weekend?
60. We/ enjoy/ take/ part/ the Y&Y/ very much.
A. We enjoy taking part the Y &Y very much.
B. We enjoy take part in the Y&Y very much.
C. We enjoy taking part on the Y&Y very much.
D. We enjoy taking part in the Y& Y very much.
X. Reading comprehension (Choose the correct words to complete the following
passages):
Part I: Almost everybody (61) ………… some kinds of hobbies. My (62) ………… are
listening to music and watching television. I am very (63) ………… in music. When I
am free, I often listen to my favorite (64) ………… from an old cassette recorder. (65)
………… weekends, I usually go to music shops in the downtown areas (66) …………
good CDs. Of the famous pop singers, I prefer Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Madonna
and Paul McCartney. I also spend an hour after dinner (67) ………… news and
documentary programs. I particularly enjoy the program "The World Here and There"
(68) ………… it broadens my knowledge (69) ………… nature and human
civilizations. I think that my hobbies are very useful. They widen my knowledge, relax
my mind, and make me feel better about (70) …………
*Notes: - to broaden (v) = to widen (v) mở rộng
- documentary (n) phim tài liệu
- human civilizations (n) những nền văn minh nhân loại
61. A. have B. has C. has had D. had
62. A. hobbies B. uniforms C. letters D. movies
63. A. interesting B. exciting C. interested D. excited
64. A. stories B. pictures C. books D. songs
65. A. At B. In C. Up D. For
66. A. to take B. to buy C. to give D. to make
67. A. watch B. to watch C. watching D. watched
68. A. however B. moreover C. although D. because
69. A. of B. with C. from D. about
70. A. ourselves B. myself C. yourself D. themselves
Part II: Ryan and his family went camping. They (71) ………… up a tent and sleeping
bags. Ryan’s mom started (72) ………… a fire in the fire pit. Ryan and his sister, Lily,
searched for sticks. The sticks had to be long with a point (73) ………… the end. The
family was going to roast marshmallows!
Ryan and Lily (74) ………… the perfect sticks. Their mom opened a bag of
marshmallows. Ryan put one marshmallow at the end of his stick. Lily did, too. Then
they (75) ………… held their marshmallows over the fire and waited. The
marshmallows started to heat up. Ryan observed as the white treat turned brown. He
knew that his marshmallow could not (76)………… back to white. He made (77)
………… not to burn it. Then Ryan removed the brown marshmallow from the (78)
………… He waited a minute (79)………… it to cool. Then he took a bite. It was
warm, soft, and (80) …………!
*Notes: - pit (n) hố đất - marshmallow (n) kẹo dẻo - stick (n) que củi
- soft (a) mềm - to observe (v) quan sát
71. A. set B. have set C. has set D. sets
72. A. to help B. to make C. to take D. to give
73. A. up B. with C. at D. on
74. A. bought B. taught C. took D. found
75. A. careful B. carefully C. careless D. carelessly
76. A. change B. changes C. changed D. changing
77. A. certain B. certainly C. sure D. surely
78. A. river B. water C. office D. fire
79. A. for B. about C. upon D. without
80. A. unhappy B. boring C. delicious D. terrible