Bài tập Tiếng Anh 8 - Unit 1: My friends

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1. EXERCISE : UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other three. 1. A. letter B. friend C. pretty D. pleasure 2. A. character B. classmate C. happy D. photograph 3. A. enough B. volunteer C. public D. humor 4. A. shy B. curly C. lucky D. library 5. A. comes B. lives C. rises D. smiles II. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others. 6. A. annoy B. enough C. lucky D. describe 7. A. sociable B. photograph C. orphanage D. volunteer 8. A. although B. generous C. outgoing D. humorous 9. A. neighbor B. receive C. different D. classmate 10. A. appearance B. reserved C. orphanage D. description III. Choose the word or the phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in each sentence. 1. My sister’s hair is not ___. A. slim B. fat C. curly D. sociable 2. It’s ___ to meet you, Thu. A. pleasure B. kind C. nice D. lucky 3. He is my ___. We are in the same class. A. character B. classmate C. principal D. neighbor 4. I ___ a letter from my friend today. A. sent B. took C. received D. gave 5. The boy is a ___ student. He always gets good grades. A. generous B. reserved C. humorous D. hard-working 6. The moon ___ around the earth. A. rides B. moves C. makes D. takes 7. I find he is not communicative. He’s rather ___ in public. A. outgoing B. reserved C. sociable D. humorous 8. He’s tall and thin. He has ___. A. black hair short B. short black hair C. hair short black D. black short hair 9. ___. Are you Mr. Thanh? A. I’m sorry B. Excuse me C. Hello D. Certainly 10. –“Would you like to go to the movie with me tonight?” –“___.” A. Yes, please B. No, thanks C. Yes, I’d love to D. I’m sorry. I’d love to IV. Match the word in column A with it’s synonym in column B. A B Answer 1. slim a. kind 1. ___ 2. reserved b. pretty 2. ___ 3. short c. mate 3. ___ 4. beautiful d. outgoing 4. ___ 5. generous e. thin 5. ___ 6. sociable f. willing 6. ___ 7. annoy g. small in height 7. ___ 8. hard-working h. shy 8. ___ 9. friend i. make angry 9. ___ 10. voluntary j. diligent 10. ___ V. Match a word in column A with its antonym in column B. A B Answer 1. slim a. shy 1. ___ 2. outgoing b. annoy 2. ___ 3. quiet c. short 3. ___ 4. rise d. reserved 4. ___ 5. generous e. set 5. ___ 6. curly f. fat 6. ___ 1
2. 7. beautiful g. noisy 7. ___ 8. please h. selfish 8. ___ 9. tall i. straight 9. ___ 10. confident j. ugly 10. ___ VI. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets. 1. People in my country are very warm and ___. (FRIEND) 2. An ___ is a child whose parents are dead. (ORPHANAGE) 3. L.A Hill is a ___ writer. (HUMOR) 4. I’m ___ sorry for the delay. (EXTREME) 5. She looks more ___ than her sister. (BEAUTY) 6. I am ___ enough to have a lot of friends. (LUCK) 7. They enjoy the ___ summer evenings in the countryside (PEACE) 8. Those cats look ___ (LOVE) 9. It was ___ of him to offer to pay for us both. (GENEROUSITY) 10. Role-play is ___ in developing communication skills. (HELP) VII. Put the correct tense of the verbs in brackets. 1. Each of us ___ (have) a different character. 2. I would like ___ (make) a big cake for my father. 3. The sea ___ (cover) two-third of the world. 4. Vegetarians ___ (not eat) meat or fish. 5. Oranges ___ (be) rich in vitamin C. 6. When I am tired, I enjoy ___ (listen) to music. 7. The river Amazon ___ (flow) into the Atlantic Ocean. 8. We don’t have enough money ___ (go) by taxi. 9. Water ___(boil) at 100 o C. 10. The sun ___(rise) in the east. VIII. Read the passage then choose the best answer to complete the passage. Last year (1) ___ on a home stay to the United States. I lived (2) ___ the Johnsons in California. When I (3) ___ there, I went to school with my American sister, Julie. At first, speaking English (4) ___ day was hard. I was homesick. But then I started to enjoy my home stay. English was (5) ___. School (6) ___ fun. I liked (7) ___ with the Johnsons. During spring vacation, we went (8) ___ a camping trip. Now I am back home with my parents. I often write (9) ___ my American family and they write to me. Next year the Johnsons are (10) ___ to visit me. 1. A. go B. went C. gone D. will go 2. A. for B. at C. with D. by 3. A. was B. be C. will be D. were 4. A. every B. each C. a D. the 5. A. hard B. harder C. more easy D. easier 6. A. am B. was C. were D. will be 7. A. live B. will live C. living D. None is correct 8. A. on B. at C. of D. near 9. A. to B. for C. with D. by 10. A. go B. going C. goes D. gone IX. Complete the passage with the words in the box. according at contact for has tall see wear light with 2
3. The police are looking (1) ___ a tall, teenager boy (2) ___ blue eyes in connection with a robbery yesterday (3) ___ Dayton’s Jewelry store. (4) ___ to the witness, robber is about six feet two inches (5) ___. He’s very thin and his skin is of very (6) ___ color. He (7) ___ dark straight hair. He has broad shoulders and a dimple in his check. He was last seen to (8) ___ a brown jacket and black pants. If you (9) ___ anyone fitting this description, (10) ___ the police department immediately. X. Read the passage carefully and check True (T) or False (F). Dear Tom! I am very sorry I can’t meet you at the airport, so Tam will meet you and take you home. As you never meet him before, I shall describe him to you. Tam is tall and slim, He is a young man in his early twenty. He has short dark hair and a round face. It is easy to recognize him because he will be wearing a brown T-shirt and jeans. I hope you will have a nice trip and I am looking forward to seeing you. Yours truly, Nam Statements True (T) False (F) 1. Nam can’t meet Tom at the airport. 2. Nam will take Tom home. 3. Tam is an teenager. 4. Tam’s hair is short and dark. XI. Read the passage carefully and check True (T) or False (F). A FRIEND Being there through the hard times to cheer you up, and put a smile on you. Taking some risks to have such fun and to forget about the miserable problems. Phone you when you are lying in bed sick. Sending you cards filled with get well wishes. Telling jokes, make you laugh till your stomach hurts. No matter how distance they are from each other. Knowing never to let anything or anyone come between them. To apologize at every mistake and to forgive their faults. Friendship is a strong power, an unbreakable chain linked together with secrets and trust. A good friend can always be a good teacher to us. Statements True (T) False (F) 1. A friend will take away smiles from you and get you in troubles. 2. A good friend cares for you when you are sick. 3. You can share secrets with a good friend. 4. A good friend can be a good teacher to you. XII. Combine the following sentences into one sentence, using (not) + adj + enough. 1. He wasn’t very experienced. He couldn’t do the job. => 2. She can’t ride a motorbike because she is too young. => 3. The boy is too young. He doesn’t understand it. => 4. You can’t put this book in your pocket because it is too big. => 5. The weather isn’t very warm. We can’t go swimming. => 6. I am very lucky because I have many good friends. => 7. This exercise is too difficult for me to do. => 8. He is too young to drive a car. => 9. The book was so interesting that I read it twice. => 10. It is such cold water that you can’t go swimming today. => 3
4. XIII. Put the words in the correct order to make meaningful sentences. 1. look / does / she / what / like? => 2. is / she / as / Mai / outgoing / not / as. => 3. classroom / to / they / the / outside / the / prefer. => 4. time / I / most / my / with / spend / of / Hoa => 5. is / lucky / of / she / enough / have / a / friends / lot / to => 6. in / sun / the / rises / east / the => 7. a / receive / Lan / letter / yesterday / her / from / friend. => 8. here / be / she / at / will / Christmas. => 9. not / get / is / she / to / old / married / enough. => 10. long / is / a / girl / she / with / nice / hair. => XIII. Rewrite each of the sentences so that the meaning stay the same as the given one. 1. His hair is curly, short, and black. => He 2. She is too young to ride a motorbike. => She isn’t 3. What a lovely smile you have! => How 4. I received a letter from my friend Nien today. => My friend 5. What is your address? => Where 6. He is so tall that he can reach the top of the bookshelf. => He is tall 7. The test is so difficult and I cannot do it. => The test isn’t 8. We have quite different characters => Our characters 9. Ba enjoys telling jokes => Ba is 10. It takes me about an hour to watch TV every day => 4