ĐỀ CƯƠNG ÔN TẬP TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8 KÌ I
Exercise 1: Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. My mother likes __________ (cook) when she is free.
2. I am a little busy. Would you mind _______ (wait) a little longer?
3. I have enjoyed ________ (meet) you. Hope _________(see) you again soon.
4. Linda wants __________(learn) Vietnamese becase she is interested in _________ (visit)
Vietnam.
5. Tonight I’d like ________ (go) out, but I have to do my homework.
6. My brother enjoys ________ (visit) the zoo.
7. I hate ________ (tell)lies because it’s very bad.
8. Mobile games are great, but I don’t like ________ (play) them for too long.
9. She started ________ (surf) the net hours ago. Has he stopped __________ (surf) yet?
10. john detests __________ (drink) beer.
11. Do you like (listen) _________ to music?
12. Does Anna fancy (watch) _________ horrible movies?
13. I prefer (make) _________ craft to (draw) _________ a picture.
14. Kate loves (hang out) _____________ with her friends on her birthday.
15. I detest (eat) _________ fish.
Exercise 2. Choose the best option among A, B, C, D to complete the sentences.
1. Does she fancy ________ a book to the younger children?
A. reads B. reading C. to read D. read
2. They enjoy _______on Sundays.
A. garden B. gardening C. gardened D. gardens
3. They love ________ with their friends.
A. eating out B. ate out C. having eaten D. to eat out
4. I prefer _________ people.
A. text B. texting C. texted D. texts
5. They detest ______ so early in the morning.
A. getting up B. get up C. to get up D. gets up
6. How much time do you spend _______ TV everyday?
A. watch B. to watch C. watching D. in watching
7. I’d hate _______ the exams, so I’m doing my best.
A. failing B. to talking C. talking D. talk
8. I always enjoy _________ to my grandfather. He always tells me great stories.
A. to talk B. to talking C. talking D. talk
9. Could you help me _______ the kitchen? It’s a real mess!
A. tidy B. tidied C. tidying D. with tidying
10. Steven dislikes ________, so he ussually takes a bus to work.
A. to drive B. to be driven C. be driven D. driving
11. Jane prefers _______ to music than to listening to it.
A. playing B. play C. to play D. played
12. Marlene can’t wait _______ to the beach again.
A. to go B. going C. for going D. go
13. I really regret _______ this computer – it’s sureless.
A. buy B. to buy C. buying D. for buying
14. Your child needs ______some weight. Tell him ________ less junk food and more
exercise.
A. to lose – eat B. to lose – to eat C. losing – to eat D. losing – eat
15. I would love _______ to your party! Thank you for inviting me.
A. come B. coming C. to come D. came
16. Mai enjoys ______ to music, especailly pop music in her free time.
A. hearing B. playing C. listening D. talking
17. My grandparents love _______ very much. There are a lot of beautiful flowers and fresh
vegetables in their garden.
A. doing garden B. doing gardening C. do gardening D. to do garden
18. You should avoid _________ too much TV. It’s not good for your eyes.
A. seeing [Link] C. watching D. glancing
19. Nga likes _________ with her close friend on Saturday evenings.
A. window shop B. window to shop C. window shops [Link] shopping
20. Lan used to love _______ in front of the computer for hours but now she doesn’t. She
takes part in a judo club.
[Link] B. sitting C. doing D. having
Exercise 3: Fill in the blank with the correct comparative form of the adverbs.
Ex: He is singing more loudly than the other singers. (loudly)
1. He arrived _________ expected. (early)
2. We walked ___________ tbe rest of the people. (slowly)
3. They called us ___________ in the afternoon. (late)
4. My mother and my sister talked _________ theother guests. (loudly)
5. He hit his arm __________ before. (hard)
6. The Spanish athlete ran ____________ the other runners. (fast)
7. Jim threw the ball _________ Peter. (far)
8. We answered all the questions ___________ the other students. (well)
9. Our new teacher explains the exercises __________ ourold teacher. (badly)
10. The new mechanic checked the car ___________ the old mechanic. (thoroughly)
Exercise 4: Complete the sentences with suitable comparative forms of the words
provided.
1. Towns are ____________ villages. (big)
2. A sofa is ___________ a chair. (comfortable)
3. Does an ox run ____________ a horse? (slowly)
4. Laura sings __________ her sister. (well)
5. My house is ____________ from Ha Noi than Nam’s house. (far)
6. Minh plays the flute ____________ Quang. (badly)
7. Traffic in the city is always ___________ that in the countryside. (busy)
8. This year the farmers work ___________ they did last year. (hard)
9. Villages are __________ towns. (quiet)
10. Ithink people in this area live ___________ those in other areas. (happily)
Exercise 5. Choose the correct answer tocomplete the sentence.
1. – A: Would you like to drink a cup of tea ________ coffee?
- B: Tea, please.
A. and B. or C. although D. but
2. My sister plays volleyball well _______ I do not.
A. and B. but C. or D. although
3. Most people like watching comedy _________ it’s very interesting.
A. because B. so C. although D. but
4. __________ Minh likes sport programmes, he watches this animal programme with his
family.
A. Because B. Although C. and D. but
5. The film is very interesting. It’s both moving ______ funny.
A. and B. or C. although D. but
6. I have to go out __________ I meet my pen pal today.
A. but B. so [Link] D. or
7. We decide to stay at home ________ it’s raining heavily.
A. though B. so C. because [Link]
8. __________ she knows that watching toomuch TV is a bad habit, she still watches TV
usually.
A. Because B. Although C. or D. but
Exercise 6. Fill in each blank with one of the conjunctions “and/or/ but/ so/ because/
although” to complete the sentences.
1. Is her child a boy _______ a girl?
2. I forgot to bring the map, _________ I got lost.
3. He failed the examination _________ he didn’t study hard.
4. Lien won the match __________ she was injured.
5. My new classmate is quite friendly _________ sociable.
6. I don’t like watching films on TV _________ I like watching them at the cinema.
7. She likes watching cartoons __________ they are colorful and funny.
8. He helps his friends a lot _________ he is very busy.
Exercise 7. Decide whether thesenouns are countable (C) or uncountable (U).
1. The children are playing games.
2. I don’t like orange juice.
3. She prefers drinking coffee.
4. There’s some money on the table.
5. My mother is baking cakes.
6. There are a lot of ceiling fans in our classroom.
7. They need some glue to fix the door.
8. Have we got any bread?
9. He drank three big glasses of wine yesterday.
10. How many chairs are there in the living room?
Exercise 8: Fill in the blank with a/an/the or zero article (X).
1. I bought ______ blue sweater yesterday.
2. I’d like ______ cup of tea.
3. There is ______ apple and ______ banana on the table.
4. I bought _____ beef, vegetables and milk. _____ beef is very good.
5. Mai has ____ many books. _____ books are mostly about English grammar.
6. I took ____ suitcase and _____ backpack on holiday. ____ suitcase was much more useful.
7. Julie read ____ book and ____ magazine. She said ____ book was quite boring though.
8. She offered us _____ piece of cake and _____ biscuits.
9. The drank ____ coffee and ____ tea.
10. Jame has ____ son and ____ two daughters.
Exercise 9: Fill in the blank with a/an/the or zero article (X).
1. Lan often watches _____ films and _____ TV programmes all night.
2. She has ____ black umbrella and I have ____ blue one. ____ blue one is bigger.
3. I bought ____ new dress, but I was annoyed to find that ____ zip was broken.
4. We should take ____ taxi because it’s getting dark.
5. I met ____ very nice American last night.
6. ____ sun rises in ____ east and sets in ____ west.
7. ____ moon moves around ____ earth.
8. We often play soccer in ____ afternoon.
9. ____ guitar is one of the most oldest musical instruments.
10. I often go to ____ school at 6.30 am.
Exercise 10: Complete the sentence using the structure “if + Present Simple, S +
will/won’t”.
1. If __________ (the weather/be) beautiful tomorrow, ___________ (we/drive) to the beach.
2. If __________ (she/send) the letter now, _____________ (they/receive) it tomorrow.
3. _____________(Fred/be) angry if ________________ (Jack/arrive) late again.
4. _____________ (I/come) to your house if ______________ (I/have) enough time.
5. If_______________ (she/not/pass) this exam, ______________(she/not/get) the job that
she wants.
6. ________________ (you/learn) a lot if _________________ (you/take) this course.
7. If ______________ (I/get) a ticket, ______________(I/go) to the cinema.
8. ________________ (I/buy) that machine if _______________ (it/not/cost) too much.
9. If ________________ (you/run) very fast, _______________ (you/catch) the taxi.
10. ________________ (I/go) to the doctor’s if ______________ (I/not/feel) better tomorrow.
11. If ______________ (they/win) this match, ______________ (they/be) the champions.
12. If ______________ (it/rain), ________________ (we/not/go) fishing.
Exercise 11. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form of conditional sentence type 1.
1. If we ___________ (send) an invitation, our friends __________ (come) to our party.
2. He ___________(not/understand) you if you ___________ (whisper).
3. They __________ (not/survive) in the desert if they ___________ (not/take) extra water
with them.
4. If you ________ (press) CTRL + S, you _________ (save) the file.
5. You __________ (cross) the Channel if you __________ (fly) from Paris to London.
6. Fred _________ (answer) the phone if his wife ________ (have) a bath.
7. If Clairre __________ (wear) this dress at the party, our guests _________ (not/stay) any
longer.
8. If I _________ (touch) this snake, my girlfriend __________ (not/scream).
9. She _________ (forget) to pick you up if you ___________ (not/phone) her.
10. I __________ (remember) you if you __________ (give) me a photo.