I. Read the passage carefully then do the tasks below

I have a little notebook. It's an address book with the letters of the alphabets, and I writr the new words two or three times a week. I write the english words first, then the translation and a short sentence as an example. I try to learn five new words a day.

1. How often do you write the new words in the little notebook?

......

2. How many new words do you try to learn a day ?

........

II. Complete the passage with the words in the box

Hi! I am Thu. My sister and I like each other very much..........we are very different .She is twenty years old and she works in a bank. I am still........school. My sister likes her job and she can go out and enjoys herself at weekend. She is very kind and often invites me go to with her, but I am studying very hard at the moment...........I want to pass my first exam. I usually say" No".........she asks me. But last night I was tired of work, so I went for a drink with her. We had a great time !

True or False

1. Thu is a student........

2. Thu usually goes out with her sister......

3. Thu's sister works in the bank......

4. Last night, Thu went out for a drink without her sister........

Choose the best word in brackets to complete the sentences.

1. My father is a teacher. He works in a (school, farm, hospital )

2. He writes articles for a newspaper. He is a (musician, journalist, teacher )

3. We do some experiments in ( history, music, physics )

4. This is the ( modern, more modern, most moderm ) cassette in our shop.

5. Nam is tall but An is ( tall, taller, tallest ).

6. Loan will be 25 (in, on, at ) December 5th.

7. Mr An is a careful driver. He drives ( care, careful, carefully )

8. Hoa has ( many, much, more ) friends in Hue

9. How ( far, long, much ) is it from your house to the post office?-2 kilometers

10. After school Lan ( rides, catches, drives ) her bike home.

Read the paragraph and choose the most suitable answer A ,B ,C or D for each of the gaps.

I started (1)_______ English when I was 14 years old after five years of studying Russian. In the (2)_______ I encountered some difficulties learning the language, but I tried my (3)_______ to overcome them. Firstly, my English pronunciation was (4)_______ by the way I spoke Russian. To solve this problem, I practiced by listening to tapes in English every day. I played the tape, stopped after each sentence, and (5)_______ the sentence several times. At school, I joined an English speaking club (6)_______ was organised by a teacher from Britain. She understood my difficulty and helped me very much in improving my pronunciation. Secondly, I found it really hard to learn English vocabulary. In Russian, the way you write the word is the way you pronounce it. However, English spelling is often (7)_______ from its pronunciation. To get over this difficulty I started using the dictionary. Whenever I learnt a new word, I looked it (8) _______ carefully in the dictionary. Then I tried to remember the way to read and write the word. After that, I wrote the word down several (9)_______ in a notebook. Gradually, I got (10)_______ to the spelling system of the language. Now I’m confident that my English has become much better.

Question 1

A. getting

B.learning

C.writing

D.reading

SUPPLY THE CORRECT FORM OF THE ADCERBS IN BRACKETS

1 You speak..........as he does (quyckly)

2 He runs...........than you do (fast)

3 She dances...........than my sister does ( well)

4 Daisy speaks..........of all (well)

5 Tom always drives.............than his brother does (carelessly)

6 Peter understands English.......of all the student (little)

7 He speak English........than Jim does ( badly)

8 He works much .................. on his lessons than the others (hard)

9. Bill plays tennis..........of all the players ( badly)

10 The secretary seldom gets to work............as I do ( early)

tom and hoa are both 13 years old (the same ....................as )

she spesks english very well and her sister speaks english well , too (as...............as)

they are lived here for a long time but we have lived here longer (as............as)

my birthday is in august . tom 's birthday is in august (the sam as )

nam doesn't drive carefully but his sister drives carefully (as.................as)

they like Spaghetti but i like hamberger (different from 

their tasty are ............................................................................

ENGLISH 8 – EXERCISE 1

I. Choose the most suitable words to fill in the blanks of the following sentnces
1. My sister is quite ..................... She doesn’t talk much in public .
A. reserved B. sociable C. kind D. hard-working
2. Although his friends enjoy his funny stories, they sometimes ........... by his jokes.
A. annoyed B. worried C. sad D. happy
3. My father spends his free time .................to classical music .
A. listened B. to listen C. listening D. listen
4. Alexander Graham Bell was born ......................March 3rd ,1847.
A. at B. on C. in D. with
5. Lan ..................a letter from her mom last week .
A. receives B. will receive C. received D. is receiving
6. The boy is a................................student. He’s always gets good grades.
A. humorous B. reserved C. hard-working D. sociable
7. Can I....................to Daisy, please? This is John.
A. speak B. call C. tell D. phone
8. I................................ a letter to my friend yesterday.
A. give B. took C. received D. sent
9. He feels.................. to have a lot of friends .
A. too lucky B. enough lucky C. lucky enough D. luckier
10. Diana is short and thin. She has ............................ hair.
A. long curly short B. black curly short
C. black long curly D. long curly black
11. It is a ...................... to meet you, Tony.
A. nice B. pleasure C. pity D. kind
12. It’s easy for Hoa to make friends because She is .........................
A. reserved B. sociable C. big D. tall
13. My teacher has ........................... eyes.
A. big blue round B. round big blue
C. big round blue D. blue big round
14.His friends usually enjoy his sense .......................... humor.
A. of C. on C. to D. in

II. Read the passage and choose the best answer A,B,C,or D to complete each gap :
Nam is (15) ...........enough to have a lot of friends. Of all his friends, Hung, Minh,
Nhan are the ones he (16)...............most of his time with. Hung is the most
(17).............. He usually takes part (18) ...........doing volunteer work at the local
orphanage to help the (19) ..........He is always a hard-working students (20)
.............gets good grades in class.
15.A. luck B. lucky C. luckily D. unlucky
16.A. stays B. does C. spends D. studies
17.A. kind B. slim C. curly D. sociable
18.A. in B. for C. after D. at
19.A. deaf-mutes B. orphans C. poor D. doctors
20.A. what B. where C. who D.

Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets.

29. We couldn’t eat the soup because my sister (put) ………………………………………… too much salt into it.

30. He (work) ………………..………… hard all the week but today he (have) …………………….……… a good time at home.

31. I (want / get) ……………………………………………………………………… an evening newspaper.

- But it (rain) ……………………..………. Why (you not wait) …………………..…………… until the rain (stop) ……………………………?

32. It was about 2 am. She (wake) ………………………………………… up and (look) ………………………………………… through the window. It (rain) ………………………………………… very hard.

33. It isn’t cold today. Why (you wear) ………………………………………… a coat?

34. What (she still do) ………………………………………… when her mother (go) …………………………………… to bed last night?

- She (do) ………………………………………… her exercises.

35. Why (you not listen) ………………………………………… while I am talking to you?

36. When I (see) ………………………………………… Mr. Smith, he (talk) ………………………………………… to a woman. I (call) ………………………………………… him but he (not hear) ………………………………………… me.

37. I (tell) …………………………………… him about your coming when he (come) ………………………………… back tomorrow.

38. The driver (fall) …………………………………… asleep at the wheel before he (have) ……………………………… an accident.

39. Take a suit that (travel) …………………………………………  well.

40. Our ability to use language is one of the things that (set) ………………………………………… us apart from animals.

41. The police (use / help) ……………………………………………………………… lost tourists.

3. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words below (adjective or adverb).

early   easy   fast   careful   fluent   hard   clear   late

1          I feel safe with her in the car! She drives very ____

2          Let's take a taxi! I don't want to be _____.

3          It's a big city, so you can __ ______ get lost.

4          He's got a nice house and a __ _____ car.

5          Tanya speaks ________Spanish.

6          It's always good to arrive ______ for an interview.

7          She works ___ and gets a lot of money.

8          Please speak _ ______, so I can understand you!

Chia V

1. My sister always ( wear ) nice clothes for work, but today she (-  wear )  a blue jacket and skirt

2.My friend(enjoy) hamburgers very much

3..We often(swim) in the river, but today we (go) fishing.

4.Nam(ride) his bike to school everyday, but today he(walk) to school.

5.Everyone in the factory (work) very hard.

6.This book(belong) to me.   

7.Hoa !(come) in, please!

8.The weather (not be)  warm today.

9. your uncle (plant) many flowers in the garden?

10, Look ! The bus ( arrive ) the bus stop . It ( take ) those people up .

11, ( Not / make ) so much noise . My father ( work ) in the next room .