Tài liệu De cuong tieng anh 8

UNIT 1: MY FRIEND I. LISTEN AND READ 1. to seem (v) 2. to receive (v) 3. next-door (adj) : có vẻ, dường như : nhận : ngay bên cạnh, kế bên (nhà, văn phòng) -» next door (adv): trong, bên trong nhà / phòng bên cạnh 4. smile (n) : nụ cười -» to smile (at sb / sth): mỉm cười II. SPEAK 5. blond (adj) : (tóc) vàng hoe 9. bald (adj) : hói, trụi 6. slim (adj) : mảnh mai, thon 10. dark (adj) : (màu sắc) thẫm, sẫm 7. straight (adj) : thẳng 11. fair (adj) : (da) trắng, (tóc) vàng hoe 8. curly (adj); quăn, xoắn 12. brown (adj) : màu nâu III. READ 13. lucky (adj) : may mắn ≠ unlucky 19. orphanage (n) : trại mồ côi -» luckily (adv) : may mắn -» orphan (n) : trẻ mồ côi 14. character (n) : tính cách, cá tính 20. hard-working (adj): làm việc năng nổ 15. Sociable (adj) = outgoing (adj): dễ chan và cần thận hòa, dễ gần gũi, hòa đồng 21. grade (n) : hạng, loại, điểm ≠ reserved (adj) : kín dáo, dè dặt 22. humor (n) : tính hài hước, tính chất 16. extremely (adv) : rất, cực kỳ vui, khôi hài 17. generous (adj) : rộng lượng, rộng rãi, -» humorous (adj): có tính hài hước, hào phóng tính hài. -» generosity (n) : sự rộng lượng 23. joke (n) : chuyện dừa, lời nói đùa 18. volunteer (adj, v) : tình nguyện -» tell a joke : nói đùa -» volunteer (n) : người tình nguyện IV. WRITE 24. rise - rose - risen (v): mọc (mặt trời, mặt 29. Mars (n) : Sao Hỏa trăng) 30. to annoy (v) : làm khó chịu, làm bực 25. to set (v) : lặn mình 26. planet (n) : hành tinh 31. shy (adj) : nhút nhát, rụt rè 27. Earth (n) : trái đất 32. appearance (n) : bề ngoài, diện mạo 28. Mercury (n) : Sao Thủy -» appear (v) : xuất hiện ≠ disappear (v) V. LANGUAGE FOCUS 1. ATTRIBUTIVE and PREDICATIVE ADJECTIVES (Tính từ thuộc ngữ và tính từ vị ngữ) a. Attributive adjectives (Tính từ thuộc ngữ) - Là tính từ đứng trước danh từ để miêu tả cho danh từ đó Ex: (1) The new secretary doesn’t like me. (2) He is a rich businessman. b. Predicative adjectives (Tính từ vị ngữ) - Là tính từ theo sau động từ be, become get, seem, look, feel, sound, smell, taste, ... Ex: (1) The baby is asleep. (2) He looks afraid. * NOTE: Phần lớn các tính từ đều có thể ở cả 2 vị trí thuộc ngữ lẫn vị ngữ trong câu. Ex: (1) He became famous for his fairy tales. (2) Julia Roberts is an American famous actress. 2. ENOUGH... TO... (đủ ...để có thể) S + be (+ not) + ADJ + ENOUGH + (for O) + to V. S (+ not) + V + ADV + ENOUGH + (for O) + to V S (+ not) + V + ENOUGH + NOUN(s) + (for O) + to V. Ex: (1) She is old. She can do what she wants. (enough) -» She is old enough to do what she wants. (2) It is cold. We should wear heavy jacket. -»............................................................................................................................................................ 1 (3) He ran fast. He won the first prize. -»............................................................................................................................................................ (4) That car is too expensive. I canh buy it. (enough) -» I don‘t................................................................................................................................................ 3. ADJECTIVE ORDER (Trật tự tính từ) GROUP 1. Determiners 2. Cardinal adjective 3. Opinion 4. Size 5. Quality 6. Age 7. Shape 8. Color 9. Origin 10. Material 11. Purpose EXAMPLE a, the, this, my, some, several, ... one, four, ten, ... lovely, nice, wonderful, great, terrible, ... long, short, tall, big, small, enormous, fat, ... quiet, boring, important, famous, sunny, warm, fast, wise, ... new, old, young, elderly, ... round, oval, square, ... red, blue, green, ... Vietnamese, Chinese, American, ... stone, plastic, steel, paper, leather, ... bread, beer, flower, coffee, ... Ex: (1) Một cái bàn cà phê làm bằng gỗ màu nâu mới. -» ........................................................................................................................................................... (2) Ba váy đầm dài lớn màu đỏ rất dễ thương. -» ........................................................................................................................................................... (3) Một bình hoa nhỏ bằng nhựa từ Ý của anh ấy. -» ........................................................................................................................................................... * NOTE: - Tính từ chỉ kích thước và chiều dài thường đứng trước tính từ chỉ hình dáng và chiều rộng. Ex: (1) She is a tall thin girl. (2) It is a long narrow street. - Tính từ chỉ thứ tự đứng trước tính từ chỉ số lượng. Ex: I stayed in Hanoi for the first two days. - Nếu tính từ cùng loại, thì tính từ ngắn thường đặt trước tính từ dài. Ex: It is a cold windy day. - Khi có 2 hay hơn 2 tính từ chỉ màu sác, ta dùng liên từ “and”. Ex: (1) a black and white dress. (2) a red, white and green flag. -------------------------------------------------------- EXERCISE I. Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one sentence. Use ADXECTTVE + ENOUGH + TO INFINITIVE. 1. My sister is old. She can drive a car. .................................................................................................................................................................... 2. She is beautiful and intelligent. She can become Miss World. .................................................................................................................................................................... 3. The weather was fine. We could go camping. .................................................................................................................................................................... 4. The worker is clever. He can make fine things from wood. .................................................................................................................................................................... 5. They are rich. They can buy that expensive house. .................................................................................................................................................................... 6. He worked hard. He could pass the examination. .................................................................................................................................................................... 7. They are tall. They can reach the shelves. .................................................................................................................................................................... 2 8. The test is easy. He can get ten points. .................................................................................................................................................................... II. Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one sentence. Use NOT + ADJECTIVE + ENOUGH (FOR S.O) + TO INFINITIVE. 1. The radio isn’t small. You can’t put it in your pocket. .................................................................................................................................................................... 2. The coat isn’t warm. I don’t wear it in winter. .................................................................................................................................................................... 3. Those apples aren’t ripe. We can’t eat them. .................................................................................................................................................................... 4. Mr. Robinson isn’t rich. He can’t buy this house. .................................................................................................................................................................... 5. The little boy is not strong. He cannot lift this suitcase. .................................................................................................................................................................... 6. Mr. Smith didn’t feel well. He can’t go to work this morning. .................................................................................................................................................................... 7. The piano is not light. He can’t move it. .................................................................................................................................................................... 8. The water isn’t safe. We can’t drink it. .................................................................................................................................................................... III. Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one sentence. Use NOT + ADJECTIVE + ENOUGH (FOR S.O) + TO INFTNITIVE. 1. She is too young. She can’t get married. .................................................................................................................................................................... 2. That table is too heavy. The porter can’t move it. .................................................................................................................................................................... 3. Jimmy is very stupid. He can’t understand what his father said. .................................................................................................................................................................... 4. The mountain is very high. We can’t climb it. .................................................................................................................................................................... 5. This dress is very old. I can’t wear it any more. .................................................................................................................................................................... 6. The sound is very soft. We can’t hear it. .................................................................................................................................................................... 7. This grammar point is very difficult. The children can’t understand. .................................................................................................................................................................... 8. It was very cold yesterday. We couldn’t go out. .................................................................................................................................................................... IV. Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into One sentence. Use NOT +ENOUGH + NOUN (FOR S.O) + TO INFINITIVE. 1. There weren’t any chairs. Everyone can’t sit down. .................................................................................................................................................................... 2. Nam didn’t finish the exam. He didn’t have much time. .................................................................................................................................................................... 3. I don’t have much money. However I’d like to go on holiday. .................................................................................................................................................................... 4. She couldn’t make coffee for everyone. There weren’t any cups. .................................................................................................................................................................... 5. He doesn’t have experience. They don’t offer that job to him. .................................................................................................................................................................... V. Arrange the adjectives in bracket in the correct order. 1. It is a (wooden / round) table. .................................................................................................................................................................... 2. She is wearing a (green / new / beautiful) dress. .................................................................................................................................................................... 3. What a (sunny / lovely) day! .................................................................................................................................................................... 4. My uncle lives in a (old / lovely / small) house. 3 .................................................................................................................................................................... 5. That girl has (blue / nice / big) eyes. .................................................................................................................................................................... 6. He gave me (black / leather) gloves. .................................................................................................................................................................... 7. My teacher has a (round / pink / small) face. .................................................................................................................................................................... 8. It’s a (small / metal / black) box. .................................................................................................................................................................... VI. Put the verb in brackets into the present simple tense. 1. She (not /drink) ___________ coffee. She (drink) ___________coke. 2. It (be) ___________ often hot in the summer. 3. What you (do) ___________every evening? 4. The earth (circle) ___________the sun once every 365 days. 5. I (see) ___________ her very often. 6. Most rivers (flow) ___________ into the sea. 7. Vegetarians (not/eat) ___________meat. 8. Bees (make) ___________ honey. 9. Rice (not/grow) ___________in the cold climates. 10. Where Martin (come) ___________from? He (be) ___________Scottish. VII. Put the verb in brackets into the correct form. Vichai is my pen pal. He (1. be) ___________ 14 years old. He (2. live) ___________ in a town house with his family in Bangkok, Thailand. Yesterday I (3. receive) ___________his letter he said “I usually (4. have) ___________ boiled rice for breakfast, and chicken with fried rice or a bowl of noodles for lunch. In the evening, I (5. eat) ___________ the food my mother (6. cook) ___________. Her food (7. be) ___________ the best in the whole world”. Last week, I (8. write) ___________ a letter to him. I (9. introduce) ___________ myself and (10. send) ___________ him a photograph of my family. VIII. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer. My best friend’s full name is Stuart Kenneth Young. His family calls him Ken, for short, but his nickname at school is “Sky”. He was born in Manchester, but now he lives in Newcastle. Sky is fifteen years old. He is 1.65 m tall and he weighs 50 kilos. He’s got short brown hair and dark brown eyes. He is interested in all kinds of sport and music. His favorite group is U2, but his favorite singer is Bryan Adams. Sports view is his favorite TV program. Sky’s favorite food is pizza. He hates people who smoke all the time. I like Sky because he has sense of humor. I also like him because he is a great dancer. 1. Who is Stuart Kenneth Young? a. My best friend b. The author’s best friend c. Sky’s classmate d. Sky’s next-door neighbor 2. Where does he live? a. In Newcastle b. In Manchester c. In the United States d. A & B 3. Stuart likes___________. a. all kinds of sport and music b. U2 c. Bryan Adam d. All are correct. 4. Stuart is good at___________. a. music b. sport c. dancing d. All are correct. 5. Which of the following is not true? a. Stuart is fifteen years old. b. Stuart’s eyes are dark and brown. c. Stuart likes pizza and people who smoke all the time. d. Stuart has a good sense of humor. IX. Combine the following sentences by using ADJ + ENOUGH + TO INFINITIVE. 1. The ladder wasn’t very long. It didn’t reach the window. .................................................................................................................................................................... 2. The fire isn’t very hot. It won’t boil a kettle. .................................................................................................................................................................... 3. You are quite thin. You can slip between the bars. .................................................................................................................................................................... 4. Nam was very foolish. He told lies to the police. 4 .................................................................................................................................................................... 5. It’s not very dark. We can’t see the stars clearly. .................................................................................................................................................................... -------------------------------------------------------- TEST 1 I. Choose the most suitable word or phrase to fill in the blank. 1. Lan and Hue are twin but their ___________are different. a. appearance b. age c. characters d. jokes 2. His friends like him because of his sense of ___________ a. fun b. humor c. talent d. characters 3. Peter ___________quite sad because he can’t go to his friend’s birthday party. a. looks b. feels c. is d. all are correct 4. The sun always___________ in the East and sets in the West. a. rises b. raises c. goes d. grows 5. Many people like making friends with him he is funny. a. because b. if c. so d. however 6. My exam___________ on Monday. a. start b. starts c. will start d. is started 7. ___________you often ___________to music in your free time? a. did/ listen b. do/ listen c. are/ listening d. will/ listen 8. Mai usually ___________at 5 o’clock every morning ___________her lessons. a. gets up/ to review b. gets up/ review c. get up/ to review d. get up / reviewing 9. ___________at me like that! a. not look b. not looking c. don’t look d. doesn’t look 10. The water is ___________for you to bathe. a. warm enough b. enough warm c. warm d. not warm 11. When the phone___________, please answer it! a. ring b. rings c. is ringing d. ringing 12. He is ___________enough to help me with my homework. a. kind b. reserved c. active d. handsome II. Choose the words or phrases that need correcting. 1. Generous is a part of the American character. A B C D .......................................................... 2. He didn’t get the job because he wasn't enough experienced. A B C D .......................................................... III. Supply the correct forms of verbs in brackets. 1. I (live) ___________in Hanoi, though I (stay) ___________ in Da Lat at the moment. 2. The bicycle isn’t here today because Nga (use) ___________it. She generally (use) ___________the motorcycle, but it is broken. 3. The water in the lake seldom (freeze) ___________in winter. 4. We usually (stay) ___________ at home on Fridays, but we came out tonight because we (celebrate) ___________ Nga‘s birthday. 5. I (stay) ___________ with my uncle and my aunt at the moment, though I (have) ___________my own eat. 6. They usually (work) ___________at weekends, though they (not work) ___________ at the moment. 7. He (teach) ___________ in a language school, though he (work) ___________ in a factory at the moment because the school’s on holiday. 8. My uncle’s grocery store usually (make) ________ money, though it (do) ________rather badly just now. IV. Use the correct word form of the word given in each sentence. 1. After his parents died, he was sent to an___________. (ORPHAN) 2. Some of my ___________are going to my birthday party. (CLASS) 3. Huy makes friends very easily because he is very___________. (SOCLAL) 4. We like our math teacher for his sense of ___________. (HUMOROUS) 5. Is this bag big enough for these ___________? (GROCER) 5 6. He is the most respected person in my ___________. (NEIGHBOR) 7. Tam and Quang rarely talk freely about themselves. They’re very ___________. (RESERVE) 8. I find Peter is not ___________. (COMMUNICATE) V. Complete the responses, using (not) adjective + enough + to-infinitive. Ex: Can Daisy help me? (kind) Yes, she is kind enough to help you. 1. Can Peter repair the bike? (skillful) No, he ........................................................................................................................................................ 2. Will you take a rest after lunch? (tired) Yes, I ......................................................................................................................................................... 3. Can I work with these men? (old) No, you ...................................................................................................................................................... 4. Can she join our Club? (old) Yes, she...................................................................................................................................................... 5. Can they hang the picture on the wall? (tall) No, they ..................................................................................................................................................... 6. Did you wear this coat last winter? (cold) No, it was .................................................................................................................................................. 7. Can you listen to the music on the radio? (clear) No, it ......................................................................................................................................................... 8. Will you buy the new CD of that band? (good) Yes, the songs are ...................................................................................................................................... 9. Can we swim early in the morning these days? (warm) Yes, the water is ........................................................................................................................................ 10. Why don’t we sit outside? (cool) Yes, it’s ...................................................................................................................................................... VI. Read the passage carefully. Then decide whether each of the following statements is TRUE or FALSE. I am lucky enough to have a lot of friends. However, each of us has a different character. Nam is the sociable; he is also kind and generous. Ba and Thanh are quite reserved in public. Both of them enjoy school work and sports. Ba is very good at football and he is a member of the school team. Thanh likes swimming and reading books in the school library. I am not as outgoing as Nam, but I enjoy telling jokes when we have free time. My friends usually enjoy my sense of humor. Although we have different characters, all of us are very close friends. 1. My friends and I have different characters. .......................................................... 2. Nam likes helping other people. .......................................................... 3. Thanh is very sociable. .......................................................... 4. Thanh likes reading books in the school library. .......................................................... 5. Ba plays for school football team. .......................................................... 6. I am more sociable than the others. .......................................................... VII. Choose the correct answer to complete the passage. Daisy is fifteen years old. She is a pretty girl (1) ___________long black hair. She (2) ___________ to school every day and usually goes out with her friends on Saturday afternoons. She likes (3) ___________to pop music. She lives with (4) ___________parents in (5) ___________ large apartment. She has a lot (6) ___________ interesting pictures and books. She enjoys (7) ___________at her pictures and reading books (8) ___________her free time. 1. a. at b. with c. for d. in 2. a. goes b. arrives c. reaches d. is 3. a. listen b. listening c. listened d. listens 4. a. she b. hers c. herself d. her 5. a. a b. an c.  d. the 6. a. off b. of c. on d. in 7. a. look b. looks c. to look d. looking 8. a. in b. at c. on d. for -------------------------------------------------------6 TEST 2 I. Choose the most suitable word or phrase to mi in the blank. 1. I ___________a letter from my old friend last week. a. sent b. gave c. received d. took 2. “Would you ___________to go to the movies with me?” – “I’d love to.” a. like b. want c. love d. mind 3. He is not ___________get married. a. enough old to b. old enough to c. enough old for d. old enough for 4. She is wearing a ___________dress. a. red new pretty b. new pretty red c. pretty red new d. pretty new red 5. I find Peter is not communicative. He’s rather___________ in public. a. kind b. reserved c. sociable d. humorous 6. The River Amazon ___________into the Atlantic Ocean. a. flow b. is flowing c. flowed d. flows 7. He’s tall and thin. He has ___________ a. black hair short b. short black hair c. hair short black d. black short hair 8. She spends most of her free time ___________ volunteer work. a. doing b. to do c. do d. for doing 9. His friends like him because of his sense of ___________ a. fun b. humor c. talent d. character 10. He enjoys ___________ to music while he is studying. a. to listen b. listen c. listening d. to listening II. Choose the words or phrases that need correcting. 1. When he is four, Michael came to London with his parents. A B C D .......................................................... 2. All of us would like seeing a world in which we don’t have hunger, war or disease A B C D .......................................................... III. Supply the correct forms of verbs in brackets. 1. We oughtn’t (work) ___________ lazily and carelessly. 2. She used (be) ___________ my next-door neighbor in Hue. 3. Minh’s father (teach) ___________ him how to ride a bike when he was seven. 4. The sun (rise) ___________in the east. 5. Yesterday I (receive) ___________a letter from my aunt. 6. I’d like (go) ___________ on holiday but I haven’t got enough money. 7. Mr. Smith didn’t feel well enough (go) ___________ to work this morning. 8. Look! The cat (run) ___________very slowly and she seems tired. 9. The train (leave) ___________ HCM City at 7.15 tonight. 10. Mary usually (go) ___________ to the library twice a week, but last week she (go) ___________ once. IV. Use the correct word form of the word given in each sentence. 1. Her gloves are very___________. (DIRT) 2. The shoes are nice but ___________. (COMFORTABLE) 3. Nam is very ___________, kind and generous. (SOCIAL) 4. What a ___________ day. (LOVEY) 5. She has short ___________ hair. (CURL) 6. Can you give me some ___________about the tour to Hue, please? (INFORM) 7. Sang is ___________ kind to his neighbors. (EXTREME) 8. ___________, the barber cut my hair too short. (LUCK) V. Choose the correct answer to complete the passage. Last year, I (1) ___________ on a horse stay to the United States. I lived (2) ___________ the Johnson family in the State of California. When I (3) ___________ there, I went to school with my American friend, Julie. At first (4) ___________English everyday was hard. I was homesick. But (5) ___________ I started to enjoy my home stay. English was easier. School was (6) ___________ I like living with the Johnsons. 1. a. met b. went c. bought d. arrived 2. a. for b. in c. at d. with 3. a. am b. be c. was d. were 4. a. introducing b. speaking c. living d. watching 5. a. just b. so c. then d. while 7 6. a. fun b. friendly c. interesting d. all are correct VI. Read the passage careful]y. Then decide whether each of the following statements is TRUE or FALSE. Do you have any close Mends? I think everybody at Least has one close friend in their life. And so do I. I have two close friends, Hong and Thuy. We are in the same class at the primary school, and then secondary school. We are also neighbors so we spend most of our time learning and playing together. Hong is a beautiful girl with big black eves and an oval rosy face. She is an intelligent student who is always at the top of the class. She likes reading, and she often goes to the library whenever she has free time, Thuy isn’t as beautiful as Hong, but she has a lovely smile and looks very healthy, Thuy is very sporty. She spends most of her free time playing sports. Thuy is a volleyball star of our school. She is also sociable and has a good sense of humor, Her jokes always make us laugh. I love both of my friends and I always hope our friendship will never die. 1. The writer has more than one close friend. .......................................................... 2. Thuy is more beautiful than Hong. .......................................................... 3. Hong is the best student in her class. .......................................................... 4. Thuy is humorous and outgoing. .......................................................... VII. Combine each of the following pairs of sentence into one sentence. Using (NOT) ADJECTIVE + ENOUGH + TO INFIRNITIVE. 1. Chi is unwell. She can’t go on the picnic with her classmates. .................................................................................................................................................................... 2. The water here is unsafe. We can’t drink it. .................................................................................................................................................................... 3. The candlelight is dim. We can’t read with it. .................................................................................................................................................................... 4. We are young. We can’t vote in the corning election. .................................................................................................................................................................... 5. My uncle’s eyesight is bad. He can’t join the army. .................................................................................................................................................................... 6. My granddad‘s eyes are good. He can read the small print without glasses. .................................................................................................................................................................... 7. These paintings are good. They can enter for the competition. .................................................................................................................................................................... 8. The room is large. It can hold 80 people. .................................................................................................................................................................... -------------------------------------------------------- TEST 3 I. Choose the most suitable word or phrase to fìll in the blank. 1. Davis has a good ___________of humor. a. scene b. scent c. sense d. cent 2. I don’t have enough money ___________. a. for a holiday b. to go a holiday c. going on holiday d. to a holiday 3. In Britain, school always___________ in September. a. begin b. begins c. began d. beginning 4. Her new glasses change her ___________. a. appear b. appears c. appearances d. appearance 5. Surely 15 minutes is enough time ___________. a. for you to have a bath b. to you for having a bath c. to you to have a bath d. for you for having a bath 6. He wasn’t ___________the job. a. experienced enough to b. enough experienced to c. experienced enough for d. enough experienced for 7. Is there enough room ___________in the car? a. to me b. for me c. for I d. to I 8. It was generous___________ you to share your food with me. a. about b. to c. for d. of 8 9. Reading books ___________one of my hobbies. a. be b. is c. are d. will be 10. Tim enjoys ___________ to the zoo with his friends at the weekends. a. go b. goes c. going d. to go 11. What do you often do ___________Christmas? a. at b. in c. for d. on 12. It ___________Hoa 25 hours a week ___________ her homework. a. takes/ do b. take/ to do c. takes/ to do d. took/ doing II. Choose the words or phrases that need correcting. 1. Many foreigners will come to visit Viet Nam every year. A B C D .......................................................... 2. Mary has an important exam so she works very hardly. A B C D .......................................................... III. Use the correct word form of the word given in each sentence. 1. Nam, you look ___________ today? (HAPPYLY) 2. His stories are full of ___________. (HUMOROUS) 3. I like the ___________ and quiet of the country. (PEACEFUL) 4. They are ___________ enough to escape___________. (LUCK/ PUNISH) 5. He was an orphan so he had to spend his ___________ in an ___________. (CHILD / ORPHAN) 6. Ba is a ___________boy. He has got a ___________sense. (FUN / HUMOR) 7. Nhan is always ___________to his mother. (HELP) 8. Marconi was the___________ of the radio. (INVENT) IV. Supply the correct forms of verbs in brackets. Nam (1. enjoy) ___________ (2. climb) ___________ mountains. He (3. go) ___________ (4. climb) ___________ whenever he (5. have) ___________ time. Most of the time he (6. climb) ___________ with his best friend, Nien. Last Friday (7. be) ___________a public holiday. They (8. decide) ___________ (9. climb) ___________ Chau Thoi mountain. “We (10. return) ___________ before dark”, they (11. tell) ___________ their parents before they (12. set) ___________off. It (13. take) ___________them for 4 hours (14. climb) ___________ up to the top of the mountain. (15. stand) ___________ from that height, they (16. can) ___________ see the whole village below. What a marvelous sight! V. Read the passage carefully. Then decide whether each of the following statements is TRUE or FALSE. All of my friends, I like Amanda best or she is my best friends. She is a pretty girl with bright eyes, smooth skin, delicate lips and a quick clever mind, making her so remarkable not only in the class but also at school. She does so well in studying that our teachers often take her as an example for us. Amanda has many hobbies, but she likes singing and acting best. Sometimes she is chosen to act in some school plays. Amanda and I have many things in common. I love the things she loves. She hates the things I hate. What a wonderful friendship we have! 1. Amanda looks nice and intelligent. .......................................................... 2. Amanda is popular only in the class. .......................................................... 3. Amanda is an excellent student. .......................................................... 4. Amanda likes taking part in school plays. .......................................................... 5. Talking about hobbies, Amanda and I don’t share anything. .......................................................... VI. Read the following passage and then answer the question. My name’s Ellen and my husband's name is Peter. We’ve got three children - two sons and a daughter. Our sons’ names are Ian and Ben. They’re twins, but they are not identical (giống hệt). Ian has got dark hair, but Ben’s hair is fair. Our daughter’s name is Tracy. She is eight years old. The boys are four. 1. How many people are there in Ellen’s family? .......................................................... 2. How many children do they have? .......................................................... 3. What do their sons look like? .......................................................... 4. How old is Ben? .......................................................... 5. What is the name of Ellen’s daughter? .......................................................... VII. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown so that the meaning stays the same. 9 1. Mary can't go to school because she is too young. Mary isn’t .................................................................................................................................................. 2. Are you very tall? Can you reach that picture? Are you tall ................................................................................................................................................ 3. There are ten people in the room but there are only eight chairs. There aren’t ............................................................................................................................................... 4. This picture is $10.50, I have only $9.50 so I can’t buy it. I don’t have ............................................................................................................................................... 5. How much is that shirt? How much does ......................................................................................................................................... 6. Let’s go out tonight. Shall we ..................................................................................................................................................... 7. His hobby is to collect stamp. He enjoys .................................................................................................................................................. 8. Lan spends three hours a day doing her homework. It takes ....................................................................................................................................................... -------------------------------------------------------- 10