1. I think you should use energy effcient light bulbs. => If I
2. He produce a great idea for our enviromental project. => He came
3. Because she was absent from the meeting, she didn't know the resolution. => Because of
4. Due to the hurricane last night, I was without electric power. => Since there
5. As the world's temperatures rise, the Arctic keeps losing its ice. => Due to
13 Because she was absent from the meeting, she didn't know the resolution.
–>Because ofWrite a new sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the original ones.
1. I'm not her, but I think she should learn harder.
➝ If ...........................................................................................................
2. The rain was heavy, so we could not go to school on time.
➝ Because of ............................................................................................
3. She had a bad cold because she played in the rain.
➝ Since .....................................................................................................
4. I became fatter because I ate a lot of sugar.
➝ Due to ...................................................................................................
5. My mother had gone to work before I got up.
➝ After ......................................................................................................
Identify the error in the each of the following sentences.
1. If people clean the toaster after using it, the manager wouldn't get mad. He always has to write "Please clean me if you use me."
2.You can give a say for our ocean by donate to protect marine life.
3. "Mom, I don't have any more plastic snack bags." "Use your lunch box then. In this way, you'll help reducing plastic waste."
4. He let his motorbike glare light go directly into people's eyes, and he was toldoff due to it was annoying
5. Do you know that the more paper you use the more trees will cut?
6. Various types of pollution happens every day at a fast speed, and this is threating biodiversity and reducing the life span of humans and animals.
7. Let's go for "Reduce, Reuse and Recycle", because of it's the only solution to the issue of pollution.
8. Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan were bombed in 1945 and within five years, and this had resulted to the deaths of 225,000 people due to being exposed to radiation from the fallout for a long period of time.
9. Waste from nature itself such as dead plants, rotten fruits and vegetablesonly makes the soil richer, but man-made waste such as chemicals, and plasticbags does damage with the environment.
10. My father is passionate about clean but green energy. He has many posts about the topic of renewable energy on this Facebook.
11. Human beings are destroying the air and the land by adding pollutant to them day by day.
Write a new sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the original ones.
1. I'm not you, but I think you should go to the hospital to check your eyes.
If ___________________________________________________________
2. The noise from the music club is so loud, so we cannot sleep.
Because of ____________________________________________________
3. I got fatter because I ate a lot of sugar.
Since ________________________________________________________
4. I went to school late because I missed the bus.
Due to _______________________________________________________
5. My mother had cooked dinner before I came home.
After ________________________________________________________
I. Finish each of the following sentence so that its meaning stays the same.
1. My father takes care of his children every day.
→ His children
2. Water and air play an important role in our life.
→ The role
3. When it rains heavily, I cannot go to the market.
→ If
4. It has been two years since the last time I saw her.
→ I haven't
5. If you did exercise regularly, you could keep fit.
→ Because
II. Rewrite each of the following sentences using the word(s) given so that its meaning stays the same.
1. The heavy rain is dangerous. It can cause the flood. (SINCE)
2. Visitors are excited. London is so beautiful. (BECAUSE OF)
3. I practise speaking English every day. I can communicate with foreigners. (SO)
4. Annie is successful because she studies hard. (RESULT)
5. Burning trees in this area can lead to forest fire. (CAUSE)
III. Rearrange the given words or phrases to make meaningful sentences.
1. Lan/ at the office/ yet/ hasn't finished/ work/ her.
2. car/ use/ How/ often/ do/ to travel/ you/ your/?
3. Homeless/ supported, after/ should be/by/ the government/ the flood/people/
4. I/ am/ looking/ soon/ forward/to/ hearing/ from/ you.
5. France/ is/ famous/ built/ for/ Eiffel/ a long time ago/ tower/ which/was.
6. Some/ have to water pollution/ receive/ medical/ because of treatment/people.
7. The/ voluntary/ sent/ equipment/ to affected/ by the flood/ organizations/ rescue areas.
8. I/ would like their hospitality/to/befriend/ because/ with/ of/ Spanish.
9. If /I / had/ magic/ I/ would/ make/ the sea/ clean.
- 10. The/ damage to/ hurricane/ citizens' property/ extensive/ caused.
IV. Find ONE mistake in each of the following sentences and correct it.
1. If I was an astronaut, I would be really famous in my country.
A. was
B. I
C. be
D. famous
2. Please don't drink this water because it is contaminate.
A. Please
B. drink
C. because
D. contaminate
3. She would like to know how pronounce these Spanish words.
A. would
B. know
C. pronounce
D. words
4. Jack has never be there before, so he is so excited.
A. has
B. be
C. before
D. excited
5. Mr. Smith went to the church to feel relaxed every day.
A. Mr. Smith
B. went
C. church
D. relaxed
How Nam has improved his English
In the first year of lower secondary school, I had some difficulties in learning English. My English pronunciation was really bad & my English grammar was worse. I did not know about this. One afternoon after the lesson, my English teacher told me to wait for her outside the classroom. She took me to the school library & showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills kept in a glass bookcase. She also told me how to use an English – English dictionary to improve my English grammar. “Now I think you know what you should do”, said she. I made much progress & only one year later, I won the first prize in the English Speaking Contest held for secondary school students in my hometown.
Question 5.How was his English grammar in the first year?
___________________________________________
Question 6.Who wanted to meet him one afternoon after the lesson?
_____________________________________________
Question 7.Did she show him cassettes of pronunciation drills to help him improve his English grammar?
________________________
Question 8. What prize did he win in the English Speaking Contest one year later?
_____________
Hoa is excited about the interesting activities she is going to do. The Y&Y is having a plan (25) ____________ the community. She’ll take part in its recycling program. In joining this program, she’ll (26) ____________ used paper, glass and empty cans. Then she will send them for recycling.
She hopes that she could save natural resources and earn some money for her school Y&Y in these (27) ____________. She also thinks about participating in either planting trees and flowers or (28) ____________ the street children.
Question 1. A. helping B. to help C. help D. to helping
Question 2. A. sell B. collect C. recycle D. use
Question 3. A. activities B. members C. organizations D. resources
Question 4. A. helping B. helped C. help D. to help
B. Read the following passage, then answer the questions.
How Nam has improved his English
In the first year of lower secondary school, I had some difficulties in learning English. My English pronunciation was really bad & my English grammar was worse. I did not know about this. One afternoon after the lesson, my English teacher told me to wait for her outside the classroom. She took me to the school library & showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills kept in a glass bookcase. She also told me how to use an English – English dictionary to improve my English grammar. “Now I think you know what you should do”, said she. I made much progress & only one year later, I won the first prize in the English Speaking Contest held for secondary school students in my hometown.
Question 5.How was his English grammar in the first year?
___________________________________________
Question 6.Who wanted to meet him one afternoon after the lesson?
_____________________________________________
Question 7.Did she show him cassettes of pronunciation drills to help him improve his English grammar?
________________________
Question 8. What prize did he win in the English Speaking Contest one year later?
_____________
Đề KT 1 tiết môn Tiếng Anh học kì II(lớp 8)
I/Choose :
1/Our meeting(starts,start,will start,started) nest week, on 14th March.
2/If our school the…tree planting project, I...join in(orginzed-would,orginze-will,orginzes-will)
3/Thanks to the weather forecast, the villagers…before the flood…(left-come,left-came,had left-came,had left-come)
4/Three hundred people were left(destroy,homeless,damaged,rescued)by the earthquake
5/If people..to wwork by bus, there…fewer car fumes(to travel-be,travel-will be,will travel-are)
6/In the future, natural disasters(to predict,predict,will be predict,will predict)accurately with the help of technology
II/Change:
1/We must learn ablut keeping th environment(pollute)
2/Tourists especially(history)like to visit monuments as stonechenge
3/If other animals eat(die)fish, they may get sick
III/Rewrite:
1/The fire badly damaged the town hall(passive voice)
2/The police haven’t found the victims yet(been)
3/Because it rained heavily, the road in front of my house was flooded(Due to)
4/We don’t have enough money, so we can’t buy the dictionary(If we)
I/Turn into active voice
Someone will have to be found to take her place.
He was made to surrender his passport.
Your money could be put to good use instead of being left idle in the bank.
It is being said that too little money is being spent by the government on roads.
Why wasn’t the car either locked or put into the garage?
This scientific theory has now been proved to be false.
The house where the dead man was found is being guarded by the police to prevent it from being entered and evidence interfered with.
The stones were thrown by a student, who was afterwards led away by the police.
Last year a profit of two million pounds was made in the first six months but this was cancelled by a loss of seventeen million pounds which was made in the second six months.
Why don’t you have your eyes tested?
For a long time the earth was believed to be flat.
II/ Turn into Passive Voice
The local council decided to rebuild the house opposite the college.
Do people use milk for making butter and cheese?
Haven’t you yet found out information about the trains to Hanoi?
My sister often makes me do the washing up.
People believed that the policeman had saved many children from the fire.
If I collected a lot of shells on the beach, I would give you some.
How many books do you give me?
People say he is intelligent.
They are going to build a new school here next summer.
She will have to finish her housework before she watches TV.
The boys talked about the man whom they saw on the street last night.
She always talks about the boy who helped her last week.
Have you thought that there is a beautiful girl on the moon?
How many ways can you solve this problem?
She has him repair the house roof.
They had the boys study their lessons carefully.
They didn’t give him anything because he was too lazy.
No one can do anything unless someone gives us more information.
Why didn’t they mend the roof before it fell in?
They won’t say anything more about the matter if someone returns the stolen gun.
The librarian said that they were starting a new system because people were not returning books.
The boys talked about the man whom they saw on TV last night.
The house which they bought last year was very cheap.
Somebody had cleaned my shoes and brushed my suit.
He suggested allowing council tenants to buy their houses.
