THCS & THPT LƯƠNG THẾ VINH TIẾNG ANH 8 LƯU HÀNH NỘI BỘ

UNIT 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE

PRACTICE 1: VOCABULARY, PHONETICS AND GRAMMAR
PART 1: VOCABULARY
I. Fill in the blanks with the correct words or phrases matching with the verbs. Maybe some
nouns can be used more than once.
grapes 3 food 2 buffaloes 4 a camel 1 data 2 hay 2 a horse 1
dolls 2 a tent 5 water 2 cattle 4 a flag 5 vegetables 7 apples 3
Strawberries
a bike 1 a fence 5 tea buds 3 a car 2 wood 2 Rice 7
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Information Blackberrie wild flowers a buffalo
a goat 4/6 an ostrich 1 sheep 4
2 s3 3 1/4/6
a motorbike a notice 5 postcards 2 a memorial a donkey your hand 5 grass 7
1 5 1/4

1. ride: a motorbike, a camel, a horse, a bike, a car, a donkey, an ostrich, a buffalo

2. collect: food, water, data, dolls, postcards, information, a car
3. pick: grapes, apples, strawberries, tea buds, wild flowers, blackberries, grass, hay
4. herd: buffaloes, cattle, sheep, a goat
5. put up: a tent, a flag, a notice, a memorial, a fence, your hand, wood
6. milk: sheep, a goat, buffaloes, a donkey
7. grow: vegetables, rice, hay, grass, tea buds

II. Match a word in column A with its definition in column B, writing the answer in each blank.
ANSWER WORDS MEANINGS

1. G 1.forest A. a community of people smaller than a town

2. K 2. stream B. a small house in the country

3. A 3. village C. grass mowed and cured for use as fodder

4. I 4. lake D. a person moving from a place to another for earning a living all the
time

5. B 5. cottage E. tasks such as cleaning, washing, ironing … that have to be done

regularly at home

6. R 6. paddy field F. deep hole in the ground from which people obtain water

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7. N 7. waterfall G. the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

8. C 8. hay H. a circular tent

9. T 9. pasture I. a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land

10. P 10. cattle J. food made from milk, such as butter, cheese, etc.

11. D 11. nomad K. a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth

12. S 12. home- L. land which is away from towns and cities
made

13. E 13. household M. an area with mountains or hills

chores

14. L 14. countryside N. a steep descent of the water of a river

15. Q 15. lifestyle O. way or track made for or by people walking

16. J 16. dairy P. domesticated bovine animals such as cows, buffaloes

products

17. M 17. highland Q. the way that you live

18. O 18. path R. a field planted with rice growing in water

19. H 19. ger S. made at home

20. F 20. well T. land covered with grass and other low plants suitable for grazing
animals / a field or land covered with grass, where cattle can feed

III. Fill in each blank with the correct word from the box.
ride grassland cattle loaded kites
beehive vast harvest convenient dry

1. Several people were flying kites on the field.

2. Russia is a vast country with a lot of natural resources.
3. My brother is learning to ride a horse at the moment.
4. Farmers often leave the rice in the sun to dry it.
5. They loaded the buffalo-drawn cart with hay.
6. Farmers always need extra help with the harvest.
7. Local people are turning grassland into farmland.
8. A beehive is a type of box that people use for keeping bees in.

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9. Is it convenient to meet you at the moment?

10. My uncle raises a herd of cattle on his farm.
IV. Fill in each blank with the appropriate form of the bold words in brackets.
1. Iceland is considered the most peaceful country in the world. (peace)
2. A nomadic lifestyle has its advantages and disadvantages (nomad)
3. My brother and I have been stamp collectors for several years. (collect)
4. It is a/an inconvenient place to hold a picnic because it is too far from the road.
(convenience)
5. Drinking water in some areas may be unsafe. (safe)
6. During my stay in the village, I was friendly with several local farmers. (friend)
7. Encouraging children to eat and drink healthily is very important. (health)
8. Local people in the village often wear their traditional costumes during the festivals.
(tradition)
9. Please give generously to that charity to help the homeless after the flood.
(generous)
10. The baby slept very soundly because the bed was really comfortable. (sound)
PART 2: PHONETICS
Read the following sentences aloud, and put the words with the cluster /bl/ or /kl/ into the correct
column.
1. My father usually has a cup of black coffee for breakfast.
2. His eyes were bright blue.
3. Take a deep breath and blow out the candles on the candles on the birthday cake.
4. Today she is wearing a white silk blouse.
5. I went for a walk around the block.
6. The teacher blamed me for the accident.
7. If you can’t answer the question, leave a blank.
8. The apple tree is covered in blossom.
9. He became completely blind after the car accident.
10. “Oh, dear! You blinked just as I took the photograph!”
11. I went to the table tennis club yesterday.
12. Mai and Phong are in the same class.

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13. Do you like classical music?

14. Cats are very clean animals.
15. The water was so clear that we could see the bottom of the lake.
16. She’s so clever with her hands.
17. It is a humid, tropical climate.
18. He was climbing up the wall.
19. She works as a clerk in an office.
20. Is our hotel close to the beach?
/bl/ /kl/

Black, breakfast, bright, blue, breath, Club, class, classical, clean, clear, clever,
blow, blouse, block, blamed, blank, climate, climbing, clerk, close
blossom, blind, blinked

PART 3: GRAMMAR
I. Use the adjectives in brackets in their correct forms of comparison to complete the sentences.
1. Tea is cheaper than coffee. (cheap)
2. The new harvest machine is more effective than the old one. (effective)
3. The countryside is more beautiful than the town. (beautiful)
4. A tractor is more powerful than a buffalo. (powerful)
5. My sister is taller than me. (tall)
6. Blue whales are heavier than elephants (heavy)
7. The Mekong River is longer than the Red River. (long)
8. Do you think English is easier than French in grammar? (easy)
9. My new bed is more comfortable than my old bed. (comfortable)
10. The film about my village town is more interesting than the book. (interesting)
II. Complete the sentences, using the comparative form of the adjectives in the box.
cheap expensive good small hot
intelligent bad big hard important

1. An elephant is bigger than a mouse.

2. The weather today is hotter than it was yesterday.
3. A diamond costs a lot of money. A diamond is more expensive than a ruby.

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4. A lake is smaller than an ocean.

5. A person can think logically. A person is more intelligent than an animal.
6. Good health is more important than money.
7. I can buy a bicycle, but not a motorbike. A bicycle is cheaper than a motorbike.
8. The last question is harder than the others.
9. I think my second essay is better than the first. There were many mistakes in the first essay.
10. The food in a street market is worse than that in a supermarket.
III. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the
correct form of the word given.
1. I am a faster worker than Tom is. (fast)
 I work faster than Tom does.
2. Mai’s singing is more beautiful than Mi’s. (beautiful)
 Mai sings more beautifully than Mi does.
3. We were earlier at the party than the Smiths last night. (early)
We arrived earlier at the party than the Smiths last night.
4. Phong’s voice is louder than Nick’s. (loudly)
 Phong speaks more loudly than Nick does.
5. My English is more fluent than my sister’s. (fluently)
 I speak English more fluently than my sister does.
6. Your car was cheaper than mine. (cost)
 My car cost more than yours.
7. I’m not as good as Maths as you are. (well)
 You study Maths better than I do.
8. John isn’t as good at skating as Barbara is. (well)
 Barbra can skate better than than John can.
9. This film wasn’t as good as I expected. (good)
 I thought this film would be better.
10. Home computers aren’t as cheap as they used to be. (expensive)
 Home computers used to be less expensive than they are now.