ĐỀ CƯƠNG GIỮA KỲ TIẾNG ANH 8- 2024-2025

GRAMMAR REVIEW: UNIT 1

1. VERBS OF LIKING:
Động từ Nghĩa
Adore Yêu thích, mê mẩn
Love Yêu
Like/ enjoy/ fancy Thích
Don’t mind Không phiền
Dislike/ don’t like Không thích
Hate Ghét
Detest Căm ghét
2.VERBS OF LIKING + V_ING / TO V:
-Khi muốn dùng một động từ chỉ một hàng động khác ở sau động từ chỉ sự thích, ta
phải sử dụng danh động từ (V_ing) hoặc động từ nguyên thể co “to” (toV)
1.Verbs + V-ing/ to V( like , love , start, begin …)
Những động từ đi với cả danh động từ và động từ nguyên thể có “to” mà không đổi về
nghĩa
Verbs Verbs + V-ing Verbs +to V
Like I like skateboarding in my free I like to skateboard in my free
time time
Love She loves training her dog She loves to train her dog
Hate He hates eating out He hates to eat out
Prefer My mother prefers going jogging My mother prefers to go jogging
2. Verbs + V-ing
Những động từ đi với danh động từ
Verbs:
enjoy, love, like, avoid, detest,
spend, practice, suggest, imagine, + V-ing
mind, adore
delay, postpone, hate, dislike, adore,
can’t help, can’t bear…
Adore They adore eating ice-
cream
Fancy Do you fancy making
crafts?
Don’t mind I don’t mind cooking
Dislike Does he dislike
swimming?
Detest I detest doing housework
GRAMMAR REVIEW: UNIT 2
I. Comparative forms of adverbs
1. Cấu trúc câu so sánh hơn:
Đối với trạng từ ngắn Đối với trạng từ dài
S1 + V+ adj +er + than + S2
Với trạng từ ngắn, thêm đuôi “er” vào Với tính từ dài, thêm đuôi “more” vào
sau trạng từ trước trạng từ
Ví dụ: Ví dụ:
1.Mr Buong gets up ( late) than Na. 1.Mr Buong plays tenis (beauftilly) than
later I do.
2.Hoa learns English (hard) than Mono.  more beauftilly
 harder 2.Huy runs (quickly) than tuan.
 more quickly
Lưu ý: Để nhấn mạnh ý trong câu so sánh hơn, ta thêm “much” hoặc “far” trước hình
thức so sánh
Ví dụ:
Mr Buong plays tenis (beauftilly) than I do.
 much more beauftilly
2. Cách sử dụng trạng từ trong câu so sánh hơn:
a.Cách thêm đuôi –er vào trạng từ ngắn
trạng từ kết thúc bởi 1 phụ âm thêm đuôi –er Old-older, near-nearer
trạng từ kết thúc bởi 1 nguyên âm “e” thêm Late later
đuôi –r
trạng từ dài có 2 âm tiết trở lên thì thêm Slowly  more slowly…
more+ trạng từ
b.Một vài trạng từ đặc biệt:
Với một số trạng từ sau, dạng so sánh hơn của chúng không theo quy tắc trên.
Trạng từ Dạng so sánh hơn
well Better
Badly Worse
late Later
Much/ many More
Harrd Harder
early Earlier
GRAMMAR REVIEW: UNIT 3
SIMPLE SENTENCES & COMPOUND SENTENCES

a, Một câu đơn gồm một mệnh đề độc lập.

Ex: Minh has some problems with his schoolwork.

b, Một câu ghép bao gồm hai hay nhiều mệnh đề độc lập, và chúng được liên kết bởi:
+ từ nối: for (vì), and (và), but (nhưng), or (hoặc), so (vì vậy)

Ex: Mai bought many books, for she likes reading.

+ một trạng từ liên kết: however (tuy nhiên), therefore (vì vậy), otherwise (ngược lại)

Ex: Mark is hard-working; therefore, he usually gets high scores on exams.

PRACTICE
I.Choose the correct answer A,B or C to complete the sentences
1. Mr Nam likes_________DIY in his leisure time after school.
A.doing B. to doing C.did
2.My sister is keen _______messaging friends on Sunday evening.
A.in B.on C.of
3.Mono and Son Tung are ________in doing puzzle.
A.interested B.keen C.fond
4.My sister is _______of cooking. She wants to become a chef in the future.
A.hates B.keen C. fond
5.My sister hates________up early to do exercises
A. getting B. get C. gets
6. Origami is the timeless Japanese art of _______.
A. paper folding B. car making C. train spotting
7 Minh ______ to play football, and so does his brother.
A. likes B. enjoys C. fancies
8.Harvesting the rice is much ……………………. than drying the rice.
A. more harder B. harder C. hardlier
9.Today it is raining ______than it was yesterday.
A.heavier B.more heavily C.more heavier
10.The local people are kind and ________to visitors.
A.well-trained B.hospitable C.vast
11. There is a huge cloud _____ as far as the eye can see.
A. surrounded B.stretching C.vast
12.. Russia is a _______ country with a lot of natural resources.
A. vast B. envious C. cultivable
13. The area around the village is famous for its _____ landscape.
A.boring B. picturesque C.dull

14..Mono wants to become a singer; _________, he can’t sing or play any

instruments.
A.therefore B.however C.because
15.We often post many questions to discuss on a/an _______after school.
A. forum B.market C.club
16.. She was chatting with her friends, so she couldn't _____on the lesson.
A.coach B. advise C.concentrate
17. Minh is not fond of _____ puzzles because he thinks it takes a lot of time.
A.making B.doing C.building
II. Reading
1.Read the passage and mark A,B,or C to indicate the correct answer to complete it.
The Internet is very useful. Online, you can pay your bills, buy clothes, and read
the news. There (1) ____ many good reasons to spend time online. However, people
with an Internet addiction are online too much. They don’t spend time (2) _____ their
friends and family. Instead, they spend their time (3) ________ with their Internet
friends, people they have never met in real life. Some also play online games all day
or night. Some people with Internet addictions even leave then jobs, so they can spend
even more time online! People with Internet addictions don't just go online to shop,
have fun, or do work. People (4) _____ have this problem often go online because
they want (5) ______ from the stress and problems in then lives. Many internet
addicts stop caring about then real lives, and focus only on their online lives.
1. A. has B. are C. have
2. A. about B. with C. to
3. A.to chat B.chat C. chatting
4. A. what B. who C. which
5. A.to escape B. escapeed C. escaping
2.Read the passage and decide whether the sentences are True (T) or False (F)
A hobby is a regular activity that is done for enjoyment, typically during one’leisure
time. Hobbies can include collecting the items and objects, engaging it creative and
artistic pursuits, playing sports, or pursuing other amusements and continually
participating in a particular hobby, one can acquire substantial skill and knowledge in
that area. Hobby is something that a person develops from childhood, more
specifically during primary school, to late life. We can never predict when we develop
interests in new things and have a likeness towards it.
In this busy daily schedule, we all get so busy in our life routine that sometime we
forget to give out time for our hobbies. Indulging in a hobby is actually good for a
sound health. We all need a time of leisure for ourselves and that partículả time is
when we like to do something that gives us immense happiness.
Sentences T F
1. A hobby is often done in one’s free time. X
2. People can gain skills and knowledge through taking up a hobby. X
3. A hobby is mostly developed from the age of two to three. X
4. It’s difficult to predict one’s new hobby development. X
5. Involving in a hobby negatively affects one’s health. X
3.Read the passage and mark A, B, C, or D on your answer the correct answer to
complete the passage.
 My village is about 50 kilometers …(1)…. the city center. It is a very beautiful and
…(2)… place where people …(3)… flowers and vegetables. It’s very famous for its
pretty roses and picturesque scenes. The air is quite …(4 ).., however, the smell of the
roses makes people feel cool. In spring, my village looks like a carpet with plenty of
…(5).. . Tourists come to visit it so often. Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn’t take
the villagers much time to water the roses. And even at night, people can walk along
the path and enjoy the fresh smell of the flowers.
1. A. on B. for C. from
2. A. peace B. peaceful C. peacefully
3. A grow B. buy C. grew
4. A. cool B. fresh C. clear
5. A. colors B. colorful C. spots
4.Read the passage and mark A, B, C, or D on your answer the correct answer to
complete the passage.
MY VILLAGE
I live in a village by Mekong River. Every day, like most of my friends, I walk to
school. It is three kilometers away. After class, I often (1)_________ my mother to
collect water from the river and (2)_________ the chickens. At the weekend, the
villagers often gather at the community hall where there is a TV. The adults watch
TV, (3)_________ more often they talk about their farm work and exchange news.
The children run around, playing games and shouting (4)_________ . Laughter is
heard everywhere.
My father sometimes takes me to the market town nearby where he sells our home
(5)________ like vegetables, fruits, eggs… He then buys me an ice cream and lets me
take a ride on the electric train in the town square. I love those trips.
On starry nights, Children lie on the grass, looking at the sky and daring each other
to find the Milky Way. We dream of faraway places.
1. A. watch B. help C. play
2. A. herd B. drink C. feed
3. A. and B. because C. but
4. A. merrily B. happy C. well
5. A. farm B. products C. television
5. Choose the words in the box to complete the mail
of went. herd. but. fed

Dear Elena,
Thanks for your email. Now I'II tell you about my summer holiday in my hometown.
I live in Ha Noi, (1) but my hometown is Ninh Binh. My grandparents live there, in a
small house near a paddy field. I went to stay with them in June. It was a wonderful
holiday. Every morning, my grandma and I got up early and (2) fed the pigs and
chickens. When we finished, we cooked breakfast. After that, I (3) went fishing with
my grandpa or helped my grandma with gardening. In the afternoon, I went to the
 fields with some other children. They taught me to (4) herd the buffaloes. Sometimes
we flew kites or skipped rope together. In the evening, I drew pictures, read books, or
watched TV with my grandparents. I went to bed quite early, at about 9 p.m.
I'm sending you a photo I took (5) of my grandparents' house. I hope you'll like it.
Love,
Mi
6. Read the passage and write the answers the questions:
We are teenagers, so what do we do to balance things in our life to avoid bad things
happen? Firstly, we need to make suitable timetable at home and follow it strictly.
Secondly, we should join a club or two which you like. Thirdly, we should sometimes
spend time doing some outdoor activities with some friends or family members.
Fourthly, we should talk to our parents about our problems when we have, and honestly
ask for advice. Everything will have its own solutions and the important thing is that we
should keep calm to find out the more important thing to do first we will do it better.
1. How many pieces of advice are mentioned in the passage? The passage mentions
four pieces of advice for teenagers: making a suitable timetable at home and following
it strictly; joining a club or two that you like; sometimes spending time doing some
outdoor activities with friends or family members; talking to parents about problems
and honestly asking for advice; and keeping calm to find out the more important thing
to do first.
2. What need we do with our timetable? We need to make a suitable timetable at home
and follow it strictly.
3. How often should we spend time doing outdoor activities with our family members?
We should sometimes spend time doing some outdoor activities with some friends or
family members.
4. What should we do when we have problems? We should talk to our parents about
our problems and honestly ask for advice.
7. Read the following passage and decide whether the following statements are
true (T) or false (F)
Unusual sports
If you ever want to take up a different thing, don’t hesitate to try the following sports.
Buzkashi in Afghanistan is another version of horse riding. The players on horseback
try to hold a dead goat. The Afghan Buzkashi Federation hopes to get Olympic status
for the sport, so they have written down the rules of how to play it. Kabaddi is popular
in India and other parts of South Asia. One person is “it” and has to catch the others.
In kabaddi, a “raider” from one team tries to tag a player from the other team and then
return to their own half of the field without getting caught. Kabaddi is good fun, good
exercise, and doesn’t need any equipment. Finally, roshambo is an unusual sport in
China. It is similar to “rock-paper-scissors” which the young and old started playing
in the UK 2000 years ago and spread gradually in the world. Surprisingly, it is called
a sport and taken so seriously. There’s a World Rock Paper Scissors Society and a
league which holds championships every year.
1. Buzkashi is sometimes played with a sheep. F
2. No equipment is required to play kabaddi. T
3. The roshambo originated from China. F
4. People consider roshambo a serious sport. T
D. Writing
I. Choose the underlined part (marked as A, B or C ) that contains an error.
1. What he detests to do (A)is going (B)to work at weekends. (C) doing
2. She sings (A)that song much more better (B)than I do. (C) better
3.When we were small, we often enjoyed (A) to go (B) fishing, playing(C) soccer
and flying kites. going
4.Mr Buong is (A)interested on doing (B)puzzles in his (C)leisure time. in doing
5.Nam often drives(A) more(B) careful than(C) his classmate carefully
6.Mi loves (A) playing sport(B),so (C) her brother hate it but
7.Farmers should plough (A) their fields carefully(B); however, (C) they will not have
a bumper crop otherwise
8.I’m not crazy on (A) doing DIY. I’m never (B) able to finish any DIY projects (C) I
start crazy about
II. Rewrite the following sentences.
1. He loves surfing the Facebook in his leisure time.
He is fond of surfing the facebook in his leisure time.
2.Ms Lan hates going out at night.
 Ms Lan isn’t keen on going out at night.
3. He wants to go cycling in the park after school.
 He enjoys cycling in the park after school.
4.Lan wanted to go to the party. She couldn’t choose a suitable dress (but)
 Lan wanted to go to the party but she couldn’t choose a suitable dress .
5.His car can run 120km/h while my car can run only 110km/h (faster)
 His car can run faster than mine.
6. William wanted to study late at night. He drank a cup of coffee. (therefore)
 William wanted to study late at night; therefore, he drank a cup of coffee.
7. Ms. Susan’s lecture was long. It was too boring. (moreover)
 Ms. Susan’s lecture was long; moreover, it was too boring.

8. In the past the villagers didn’t live as happily as they do now.

 The villagers now are living happily than they did in the past.

III.Writing
1. Write an email (80-100 words)to a penfriend to tell him/her about what you usually
do with your friends in your free time.

2. Write a paragraph ( 80-100 words) about what you like or dislike about life in the
countryside.
3. Write a paragraph ( 80-100 words) about the cause(s) of your stress and offer
solutions