Exercise 1: Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently

from the others

1 A. tasty B. mall C. stadium D. change

2. A. exhibition B. neighborhood C. hot D. humid

3. A. just B. summer C. much D. ruler

Exercise 2: Choose the word which has a different stress from the other words

1. A. simple B polite C. formal D. instant

2. A. suspicion B. telephone C. relation D. direction

Exercise 3: Choose the best answer A, B, C or D

1. Yoga helps us learn ___________ to co-ordinate breathing and movement.

A. what

B. when

C. why

D. how

2.Don’t worry. It is ____________ to travel to that village event at night.

A. safe

B.unsafe

C.difficult

D. inconvenient

3.Life in a small town is __________ than that in a big city.

A.peaceful

B. much peaceful

C. least peaceful

D. much more peaceful

4.In the Central Highlands, the biggest and tallest house in the village is the
___________ house.

A. communication

B.community

C.communal

D. commune

5. The Viet people have many ___________ customs and crafts.

A. tradition

B. traditional

C. culture

D. customary

6.____________ month is the Hoa Ban Festival of the Thai people held in?

A. When

B. Which

C. How many

D. How often

7. There are lots of ____________ objects displayed in Vietnam Museum of Ethnology

A. value

B.valued

C. valuable

D. valuably

Exercise 4: Fill in each blank with the appropriate form of the word in brackets

1. He spoke __________ about the life in the countryside in Viet Nam. (optimistic)

2. All of us can realize the ____________ atmosphere in the countryside life. (peace)
3. Some of the ____________ have lived here all their lives. (village)

Exercise 5: Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank
in the following passage

My village is about 50 kilometers from the city center. It is a very (1)_________ place
where people (2)_________ flowers and vegetables only. It is very famous of its pretty
roses and picturesque scenes. The air is quite fresh, however, the smell of the roses make
people (3)___________ cool. In spring, my village looks (4)____________ a carpet with
plenty of colors. Tourists come to visit it so often. Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn’t
take the villagers much time (5)___________ the roses.

1.A. beauty B.beautiful C.beautify D. beautifully

2. A. plant B. plants C. grow up D. grows up

3. A. feel B. feeling C. felt D. to feel

4. A. as B. like C. alike D. same

5. A. wate B.watering C.to water D.watered

Exercise 6: Supply the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.

1. The first Brau _______________(come) to Vietnam about a century ago.

2. The majority of people in Vietnam _______________(belong) to the Kinh ethnic

group.

3. Hoa Ban festival ____________(start) on March 17thand ____________(end) on

March 19th.

Exercise 7: Choose the item among A, B, C or D that best answer the question
about the passage.

The thing I liked most when I was small was the change of seasons. Spring, summer,
autumn and winter – I could see them all come and go and each one was completely
different. Now in the city, you can buy summer flowers in winter ad eat the same
vegetables all the year round. Whereas, in the country, I could only eat things at certain
times of the year, for example, strawberries in June and turnips in winter. I lived my
childhood with the seasons.

We also made most of our food and would never eat frozen or tinned food. Everything
was fresh, so it must be better than the type of food I am taking now in the city. City
people may think people in the country miss a lot of things about modern life. In fact, in
my opinion they miss a lot more than people in the country, they miss real life.
1. What did the writer like most about living in the country?

A. Flowers in spring

B.Leaves in autumn.

C.The wild animals and plants.

D.The change of seasons.

2. What does the word “them” in line 2 refer to?

A.Four season

B.Winter and autumn

C.Countryside people

D.Plants

3. In the countryside which season can we buy strawberries?

A.Spring

B.Summer

C.Autumn

D.Winter

4. Why did the writer never eat tinned food when living in the country?

A.Because it was frozen

B.Because it was contaminated

C.Because it was very fat

D.Because it wasn’t very fresh

5. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?

A.People in the city can grow vegetables all year round.

B.In the countryside turnips are grown in winter

C.The writer often eat frozen and tinned food now.

D.Many city people think they live better than those in the country.

Exercise 8: Rewrite the sentence that has the same meaning with the previous
sentence

1. It is 5 years since Tom and Mary got married

Tom and Mary ____________________________________________

2. The film was so boring that I fell asleep

Because _________________________________________________

3. They built a new bridge over the river

A new bridge _____________________________________________

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the
others

1. A. increase B. great C. lead D. overheat

2. A. medical B. revive C. province D. villa

3. A. tutor B. unite C. fund D. music

4. A. behave B. master C. marry D. magical

II. Choose the best answer

1. The sun ____________ in the West.

A. set B. sets

C. to set D. setting

2. Bell and Watson ____________ the telephone in 1877.

A. introduce B. introduces

C. introduced D. to introduce

3. Lan ____________ short black hair.

A. gets B. has

C. comes D. plays
4. The couch is ____________ to the window.

A. near B. opposite

C. next D. beside

6. My mother always tells me that I ___________ be home by 9 p.m.

A. has to B. have to

C. have not to D. had to

III. Find and correct the mistakes

1. The girl (A) is not (B) enough tall (C) to touch (D) the top of the shelf.

2. I am (A) going to playing (B) chess (C) with (D) my friend tonight.

3. You have to making (A) sure the children (B) don’t put (C) anything into (D) the
sockets.

IV. Read the passage and answer the questions

THE BEST TIME FOR APPLES

It was the first lesson after the summer holidays at a small school in England. The lesson
was about the seasons of the year. "There are four seasons in the year", said the teacher.
"They are Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. In Spring it is warm and everything
begins to grow. In Summer it is hot and there are many flowers in the fields and gardens.
In Autumn, there are many vegetables and much fruit. Everybody likes to eat fruit. In
Winter, it is cold and it often rains. Sometimes there is snow on the ground."

Here the teacher stopped and looked at one of the pupils, "Stop talking, Tom" he said.
"Now listen to me. Can you tell us when is the best time of apples?"

"Yes, sir," answered Tom. "It is when the farmer is not at home and there is no dog in
the garden."

A. True (T) or False (F) questions.

a. __________ The lesson took place at a small school in England.

b. __________ In the summer it is cold and there are many flowers in the fields and
gardens.
B. Answer the questions.

1. When did the lesson take place?

............................................................................................

2. What was the lesson about?

...........................................................................................

3. How many seasons are there in a year?

............................................................................................

4. What did the teacher ask Tom to do?

............................................................................................

V. Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning

1. He uses all his free time to look after his garden.

He spends ___________________________________________________

2. "Don't talk in class, students", the teacher asked.

The teacher asked _____________________________________________

Bài 1: Chia dạng đúng của từ trong ngoặc.

1. We (not see)......................Nga since Monday.
2. Lan (be).....................in the USA for 2 years.
3. I (go) .................to bed at 11 o’clock last night.
4. They (move).......................to London in 2003.
5. They (live)..................in HCM city since January.
6. That’s a very old bike. He (have)......................it for a long time.
7. I (buy)...................the motorbike 5 years ago.
8. Peter (be) ................ill for a week.
9. Hoa (visit) ..................her parents once a year.
10. What ...........you (do) ............on your birthday?
11. Hoa and Linh often (play).......................badminton after class.
12. Many people in the countryside still (work) ...................seven days a week.
13. She (come) ................ to France 2 years ago.
14. I (just send) .................... a letter.
15. He (work) .....................for that company for 5 years.
Bài 2: Cho dạng đúng của từ trong ngoặc
1. She (not drink) ........... coffee. She (drink) ..........milk.
2. It (be) ...............often hot in the summer.
3. What you (do) ........................... every morning?
4. The earth (circle) .............the sun once every 365 days.
5. I (see) ............. her very often.
6. Vegetarians (not eat) ...................................... meat.
7. Bees (make) ................. honey.
8. Rice (not grow) .................. in cold climates.
Bài 3. Chia động từ trong ngoặc lớp 8
1. Bad driving (cause) ............... many accidents.
2. Mai and Lan (see) ....................... a movie tonight.
3. Mozart (wite) ................. more than 600 pieces of music.
4. "How you (learn) ....................... to drive?" - " My father (teach) ................. me."
5. We usually (go) .... to the library three times a week, but last week we (go) .......twice
6. Alexander (introduce) .............. the telephone in 1876.
7. Yesterday I (be) .........busy, so I (not have) ............ time to phone you.
8. Would you like (come) ............. to dinner tomrrow?
Bài 4: Supply the correct form or tense of the verbs in breakets.
1. Lisa (not go) ................to work yesterday. She wasn't feeling well.
2. It (not rain) ......................very much in summer.
3. Most people (learn) ................to swim when they are child.
4. Listen to those people. What language they (talk) ............................. ?
5. The moon (go) ......... round the earth in about 27 days.
6. That bag looks heavy. I (help) .............. you with it?
7. It's her birthday. She (have) ....................... a mealk with her friends.
8. The letter (come) ........................ a few days ago.
Bài 5: Supply the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.
1. Lan's teacher wants her(spend) ................... more time on Math.
2. I promise I (try) .................... my best next semester.
3. Linh needs (improve) .......................... her English writing.
4. They didn't try (learn) .................. all new words they (come) ................. across.
5. You should (underline) ................the words you want (learn) ........... .
6. Can you help me (move) ................................. this table?
7. Minh always (get) ...... grade A for Physics, but last semester he (get) ........ B. So
Minh's teacher asked him (study) ........................ harder this semester.
8. They were proud of (be) .................. so successful.
9. He asked me (not wait) ......................... for him.
10. You should (practice) ................. your English moer often.
Bài 7. Điền dạng đúng của từ trong ngoặc.
1. She (not study) ………………….…. on Saturday.
2. He (have) ………………..…. a new haircut today.
3. I usually (have) ………………..….breakfast at 6.30.
4. Peter (not/ study)………………….very hard. He never gets high scores.
5. My mother often (teach)……………..….me English on Saturday evenings.
6. I like Math and she (like)……………….….Literature.
7. My sister (wash)……………….the dishes every day.
8. They (not/ have)……………….breakfast every morning
Bài 18. Supply the correct form / tenses in brackets.
1. Hoa enjoys (watch) ………………….. the cartoon “ Tom and Jerry “ so much.
2. My father (join) …………………..the army since 1996.
3. How long you (live) …………………here ? For 15 years.
4. You (use) …………………..to play chess when you ( be )……………… younger?
5. They (build)…………………….. a new road in our city at present.