English 8 / Unit 1: My friends

UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS
I. Which word in each line doesn’t belong to the group:
1. A. brown B. yellow C. long D. white
2. A. go B. helpful C. move D. live
3. A. blond B. tall C. slim D. thin
4. A. round B. friendly C. reserved D. outgoing
5. A. Chinese B. Russian C. Thai D. America
II. Match an adjective in column A with its antonym in column B:
A B
1. beautiful a. small
2. generous b. noisy
3. big c. ugly
4. short d. unhappy
5. reserved e. lazy
6. quiet f. mean
7. hard-working g. outgoing
8. happy f. tall
III. Complete each sentence with one suitable adjective picked out from the table in Exercise II:
1. I don’t like to live in a big city. I like to live a .............. life in the countryside.
2. My sister received a letter from her friend this morning. She seemed very ...............
3. Hoang always gets good marks because he is a ..................... student in our class.
4. What a nice dress! You look ................... in this dress, Mai.
5. I can’t work here. It’s far too .......................
6. It’s no good asking him for money, he is too much ...................
7. When I was ......................, we lived in a big old house.
8. He was sacked by his boss because he was ....................... and always late for work.
IV. Complete the sentences with the correct tense of the verbs in the box:
give go rise work receive
drink collect have cover be
1. Mr. Wilson ................... very hard every day.
2. Smith and Green ................... a lot of information yesterday.
3. I always ................... the reports to Mr. Pike.
4. They ................... here in ten minutes.
5. The boy ................... home an hour ago.
6. Everyone ................... a lot of beer at the party last night.
7. My sister ................... long fair hair.
8. I ................... a letter from my uncle last week.
9. The sun ................... in the East.
10. The sea ................... two thirds of the earth.
V. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets:
1. She is beautiful with a .............. smile. (LOVE).
2. ...................., the barber cut my hair too short. (LUCK)
3. Each of my friends has a ..................... character. (DIFFER)
4. Nam is vary .............., kind and generous. (SOCIAL)
5. My uncle often spends his free time doing volunteer work at a local ................. (ORPHAN)
6. She has short .............. hair. (CURL)
VI. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one:
1. He can’t lift the suitcase because he is too weak.
He is not ......................................................................................................................................
2. She is too young to drive a car.
She isn’t ......................................................................................................................................
3. His hair is curly.
He has .........................................................................................................................................
4. That horse will never win the race because it doesn’t run very fast.
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That horse doesn’t .......................................................................................................................
5. What does she do?
What is ........................................................................................................................................
6. The weather isn’t good, so we can’t go camping.
The weather isn’t ........................................................................................................................
VII. There is one missing word in each sentence. Find that word and put it in the correct order:
1. Fred is not tall enough be a policeman.
2. The sun sets the West.
3. What does she like? – She is beautiful.
4. I’m going visit my grandmother.
5. Who is most intelligent student in your class?
6. Andrew doesn’t speak clearly enough to an English teacher.
7. I received a letter my sister yesterday.
8. What beautiful day!
9. Would you like be here at Christmas?
10. He is not as outgoing his friends.
VIII. Complete each gap with one correct word:
1. My brother doesn’t live .............. us. He has .............. apartment in the city. He goes ..............
school all day, and he does office work ...............
2. I have a new friend. His name .............. Jason. He doesn’t have a car, but he has .............. cool
bike. Jason and I .............. our homework together after school.
3. My family and I live .............. suburb. My wife works near here, so she drives .............. her
office. I go to work .............. bus. Our son rides his bike to school, but .............. daughter
doesn’t .............. to school yet.
4. Dear Charles.
I’m very sorry I cannot come to meet you at the airport because I have to take my mother
(1)....... from hospital at that time. Our neighbor Peter Lee has kindly offered to meet you and
(2)............. you home. As you have never met him before, I shall (3) him to you.
Peter Lee (4) tall and slim. He is a young man in his early twenties (5).............. short curly
hair and a fair complexion. He (6).............. a round face and appears cheerful by nature. It is easy
to recognize him (7).............. he is usually dressed in jeans and T-shirt and (8).............. boots.
I hope you manage to recognize my neighbor (9).............. any difficulty and I look (10).......
to seeing you when he brings you to my flat.
Your sincerely,
John.
IX. Use “enough” to combine these pairs of sentences:
1. He is not tall. He can’t be a good basketball player.
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2. He is strong. He can carry that suitcase.
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3. The fire isn’t very hot. It won’t boil a kettle.
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4. The ice is quite thick. We can walk on it.
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5. The ladder wasn’t very long. It didn’t reach the window.
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6. It is not warm. We can’t go swimming.
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7. You are not old. You can’t have a front-door key.
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8. He didn’t have much money. He couldn’t live on it.
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9. It was very hot. You could fry an egg on the pavement.
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10. The buffalo isn’t big. It can’t harm you.
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X. Choose A, B, C or D to complete the passage below:
Susan is 15 years old. She is a pretty girl (1).............. long black hair. She (2).............. to
school every day and usually goes (3).............. with her friends (4).............. Saturday evenings.
She likes (5).............. to pop music. She lives with (6).............. parents in (7).............. large
apartment. She has a lot (8).............. interesting pictures and books. She enjoys (9).............. at
her pictures and reading books (10).............. her free time.
1. A. at B. with C. for D. in
2. A. goes B. arrives C. reaches D. is
3. A. in B. of C. out D. at
4. A. at B. in C. on D. of
5. A. listen B. listening C. listened D. listen
6. A. she B. hers C. herself D. her
7. A. a B. an C.  D. the
8. A. off B. of C. on D. in
9. A. look B. looks C. to look D. looked
10. A. in B. at C. on D. for
XI. Put the words in the correct order to make meaningful sentences:
1. in / sun / the / rises / east / the.
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2. time / I / most / my / with / spend / of / Hoa.
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3. is / she / as / Mai / outgoing / not / as.
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4. a / received / Lan / letter / yesterday / her / friend / from.
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5. look / does / she / what / like /?
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6. here / be / she / at / will / Christmas.
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7. they / to / classroom / be / the / outside / prefer.
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8. is / lucky / to / she / enough / have / a / friends / lot / of.
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9. brown / has / eyes / she / big.
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10. gray / a / Mr. Thanh / beard / long / has.
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11. many / are / flowers / garden / in / red / her / there / small.
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12. car / is / black / it / big / a.
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13. draw / a / thin / firstly / line / long.
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14. daughter / blond / has / hair / his / long.
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15. talking / man / is / a / she / handsome / to / tall.
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16. sister / short / does / hair / Linh’s / wavy / have /?
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17. married / fat / she / short / a / man,
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18. teacher / dark / has / our / hair / straight / long.
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