Đề cương ôn tập giữa kì 1, môn: Tiếng Anh 8 Global Success, Kết nối tri thức

UNIT 1.  LEISURE TIME
1. VOCABULARY
2. PRONUNCIATION

Nguyên âm đơn ngắn /ʊ/	u (full), oo (wood), ou (could), o (woman)
Nguyên âm đơn dài /u:/	oo (food), ue (blue), oe (shoe), ou (group), ew (new), u-e (use)

C. GRAMMAR
1. Verbs of liking + gerunds / to-infinitives

LIKING	Adore + V-ing	E.g. I adore watching movies.
	Love + V-ing / to V	E.g. She loves learning English. She loves to learn English.
	Enjoy + V-ing	E.g. He enjoys listening to music.
	Fancy + V-ing	E.g. Do they fancy skiing?
	Like + V-ing / to V	E.g. I like playing football. I like to play football.
	Prefer + V-ing / to V	E.g. My sister prefers dancing. My sister prefers to dance.
DISLIKE	Not like + V-ing	E.g. I don ’t like eating
	Dislike + V-ing	E.g. Does he dislike fishing?
	Hate + V-ing / to V	E.g. She hates cleaning the house.
	Detest + V-ing	E.g. They detest getting up early.
	Not mind + V-ing	E.g. I don't mind cooking.

2. Expressions used with hobbies

Verb	Use	Examples
Like	= Be keen on = Be a fan of = Be interested in = Be hooked on = Be addicted to	I'm keen on music. I'm a fan of football. I’m interested in action movies. I'm hooked on playing board games. I'm addicted to playing computer games.
Love	= Be obsessed with = Be mad about = Be crazy about	She’s obsessed with novels. He’s mad about painting. She is crazy about taking photos.
Dislike	= Be bad at = Be terrible at	I’m bad at swimming. I’m terrible at singing.

D. PRACTICE
PART I. PHONETICS
Exercise 1. Circle the words with /ʊ/.

could	full	sugar	good	blue
soon	book	cough	woman	lunch

Exercise 2. Circle the words with /u:/.

four	two	new	look	sugar
food	town	soup	June	school

Exercise 3. Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part.
1. A. food                  B. foot                        C. hook                      D. wood
2. A. group                B. should                   C. would                    D. could
3. A. fruit                   B. suit                         C. juice                      D. build
4. A. lose                   B. improve                C. movie                    D. dove
5. A. pull                   B. lunar                      C. full                         D. put
Exercise 4. Find the word which has different stress from the others.
1. A. addict               B. affect                     C. balance                 D. exist
2. A. comic                B. improve                C. bracelet                 D. cruel
3. A. advertise          B. melody                  C. existence              D. organize
4. A. harmful            B. data                        C. effect                     D. leisure
5. A. relax                 B. muscle                   C. message                D. puzzle
II. GRAMMAR
Exercise 1. Fill in a suitable preposition.
1. John is keen ______________ watching cartoons.    
A. on              B. in                C. at                D. off
2. I am not mad ______________ walking alone.          
A. in              B. at                C. about         D. with
3. Our kids are interested ______playing with pets when they have free time.
 A. on             B. in            C. of                       D. about
4. My son was crazy _______ football when he was young. 
A. about    B. of           C. at             D. with
5. Peter is a big fan _______ reading science fiction.   
A. in                B. about        C. of            D. with
6. My aunt is bad ______cooking, so she usually eats out.  
A. on       B. by             C. about         D. at
7. We are really hooked _______playing computer games. 
A. on       B. at              C. in            D. from
8. I am obsessed _________painting and drawing.                
A. of       B. with            C. on          D. about
9. Julia is terrible ______________ getting up early to go to work in the morning.
A. of                B. about       C. at                    D. on
10. Jenifer is addicted _______doing DIY.    
A. with            B. of             C. about                D. to
Exercise 2. Give the correct form of the verbs given.
1. Do you like (watch) _________________ documentaries?
2. Does Linh prefer (read) ______________ stories to (watch) ______________ movies?
3. Some children hate (eat) ______________ vegetables.
4. What kinds of music do you enjoy (listen) ______________ to?
5. My daughter loves (learn) ______________ foreign languages.
6. Do you mind (open) ______________ the window?
7. My sister doesn’t mind (cook) ______________, but she dislikes (wash) ______________ the dishes.
8. My children adore (do) ______________ DIY to decorate their bedroom.
9. Boys fancy (play) ______________ football in the playground at break time.
10. I detest (look) ______________ at photos of snakes.
Exercise 3. Rewrite the following sentences based on the words in brackets.
1. I fancy making origami in my free time. (interested)
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2. My brother dislikes going for a walk. (hates)
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3. Are you a fan of romantic novels? (adore)
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4. She detests snowboarding because it’s dangerous. (bad)
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5. I’m obsessed with eating Korean food. (enjoy)
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6. My sister and I fancy reading novels when we have free time. (fond)
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7. Nowadays, many young people are addicted to surfing the Internet. (hooked)
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8. Jenny dislikes doing karate, but she likes playing table tennis. (interested in - love)
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9. We love watching movies at the cinema because of the great visual effects. (like)
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10. My mother hates to commute to work by train because it is always crowded. (detest)
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Exercise 4. Write complete sentences from the given cues.
1. My son / crazy / play / computer / games.__________________
2. The students / interested / play / football / after / school?
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3. We / not / keen / make / models / because / we / not / patient / enough.
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4. I / not / into / cook / because /1 / often / cut / myself.
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5. My friends / fond / do / aerobics / and / they / go / gym / every / two / day.
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6. John / like / play / computer games / free time._________________
7. My brother / enjoy / play / sports / and / read / books.
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8. Julia / fancy / do / DIY / when / she / have / free time.
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9. Everyone / adore / receive / gifts / their / birthday.
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10. I/ prefer / hang / out / friends / play / board / games.
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UNIT 2 LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
1. VOCABULARY
2. PRONUNCIATION

Nguyên âm đơn ngắn /ə/	a (sofa), e (open), u (picture), o (freedom), ou (famous)
Nguyên âm đơn dài /ɪ/	be (begin), de (decide), re (return), i (ship), ui (building), age (village)

C. GRAMMAR
Comparative forms of adverbs
- So sánh hơn của trạng từ sử dụng khi đưa ra phép so sánh cách thức thực hiện 1 việc nào đó giữa 2 đối tượng hoặc nhóm đối tượng.

Form (Cấu trúc)
S1 + V + adv-er + than S2 (S2 + Vaux). S1 + V + more + adv + than S2 (S2 + Vaux). * Vaux: trợ động từ (be/do/have/can...)	She came earlier than me (I did). She sings more beautifully than me (I do).
How to form comparative adverbs (Cách biến đôi trạng từ so sánh hơn)
Đối với trạng từ ngắn (1 âm tiết), không kết thúc bằng đuôi -ly ü  Kết thúc bằng “e” thêm r ü Còn lại + er Đối với trạng từ dài từ 2 âm tiết trở lên), kết thúc bằng đuôi -ly ü Thêm “more” trước trạng từ	late à later hard àharder carefully à more carefully
Irregular comparative adverbs (Trạng từ bất quy tắc)
well badly far	better worse farther/further	tốt hơn tệ, dở hơn xa hơn

D. PRACTICE
PART I. PHONETICS
Exercise 1. Circle the words with /ə/.

sent	letter	tour	famous	handsome
open	suggest	banana	luggage	Decide

Exercise 2. Circle the words with /ɪ/.

fish	Village	massage	guitar	freedom
rent	Message	return	silent	hill

Exercise 3. Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part.
1. A. apartment         B. afraid                     C. nation                    D. banana
2. A. answer              B. mother                   C. generous               D. term
3. A. continue           B. project                   C. compare                D. control
4. A. uncle                 B. picture                   C. suggest                  D. surprise
5. A. famous             B. dangerous             C. journey                 D. anxious
6. A. six                     B. mix                        C. miss                       D. mind
7. A. village              B. damage                  C. cottage                  D. teenage
8. A. become             B. sentence                C. behave                  D. remind
9. A. suit                    B. guitar                     C. build                      D. guilt
10. A. find                 B. like                        C. win                         D. site
Exercise 4. Find the word which has different stress from the others.
1. A. cattle                 B. ferry                      C. harvest                  D. explore
2. A. atmosphere      B. convenient           C. cultivate                D. furniture
3. A. collect              B. pasture                  C. canal                      D. donate
4. A. discover           B. equipment            C. mountainous        D. experience
5. A. remote              B. orchard                 C. household             D. lighthouse
Exercise 5. Complete the sentences with a suitable comparative form of the words provided.
Exercise 6. Complete the sentences with the comparative form of the adverbs in brackets.
1. Julia can speak English _______________ than I do. (fluently)
2. The visitors are expected to arrive _______________ than the scheduled time. (early)
3. Tony submitted his assignment _______________ than me yesterday. (late)
4. Mary won the competition because she danced _______________ than anyone Else. (beautifully)
5. I asked Anna to speak _______________ because it was too noisy in the room. (loud)
6. I quite believe that our team can do this project _______________ than the other one. (well)
7. Dan won the medal because he could jump _______________ than other students in the sport event. (high)
8. If you use this latest model car, you can go _______________ than when you use your old car. (far)
9. I’m afraid that I can’t let James drive because he drives _______________ than I do. (carelessly)
10. My sister is very clumsy. She cooks _______________ than my brother. (badly)
Exercise 7. Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences.
1. Quang helps his parents ______________ the rice onto the ox-drawn cart.
A. load                                   B. collect                   C. dry                         D. ride
2. In my opinion, city life is more ______________ than country life.
A. friendly                 B. exciting                 C. natural                   D. peaceful
3. I love this view because the sky is ______________ here in the countryside because there are no buildings to block the view.
A. tidy                                    B. close                      C. dense                     D. vast
4. Look! Some boys are ______________ the buffaloes.
A. picking                  B. playing                  C. driving                  D. herding
5. Julia plays the guitar ______________ than Anna does.
A. more goodly         B. more well              C. better                     D. gooder
6. Medical help is ______________ easily obtained in big cities than in remote areas.
A. more                      B. fewer                     C. less                        D. higher
7. Today I got up ______________ than I did yesterday.
A. earlier                   B. more early            C. more earlily                      D. more earlier
8. This student seems to be ______________ than we thought.
A. more quick                       B. more quickly        C. quicklier               D. quicker
9. The wind is blowing ______________ than it did last night.
A. stronger                B. more strongly       C. stronglier              D. more stronger
10. Is living in the city ______________ than living in the country?
A. more convenient             B. more convenienter          C. as convenient                   D. convenienter
Exercise 8. Circle and correct the mistake in each of the following sentences.
1. Thanks to the development of technology, ploughing machine can plough very much more fastly than a buffalo.
A. ploughing             B. can                         C. much                     D. more fastly
2. Harvest time is often more busy and harder for farmers.
A. Harvest                 B. is                            C. more busy             D. harder
3. The streets in the city are much crowded than those in the countryside.
A. in                           B. are                          C. crowded                D. those
4. Last summer holiday, I had a very forgettable time in my hometown when I spent a lot of time flying kites on the field with my old friends.
A. a                             B. forgettable            C. when                      D. flying
5. Although Jane lives in a small village, her house is comfortably furniture.
A. Although              B. in                            C. comfortably                     D. furniture
6. In my view, villagers think more optimistic than city-dwellers.
A. In my view                       B. more                      C. optimistic             D. than
7. My family has lived happilier in the country than in the big city since last year.
A. has lived               B. happier                  C. than                                   D. since
8. A tractor can plough welly than a buffalo or a horse.
A. can                         B. welly                     C. than                                   D. or
9. I find living in a town more boringer than living in a city because it lacks many forms of entertainment.
A. living                     B. more                      C. boringer                D. lacks
10. Many years ago, our grandparents used to live in an earth house with deficient facilities.
A. our                         B. used to                   C. in                            D. earth
Exercise 9. Write sentences using the suggestions below.
1. I/ play/ badminton/ badly/ Tom /._______________________
2. Anna/ behave/ politely/ her younger brother /.__________________
3. Now /I/ drive/ carefully/I/ used to /.______________________
4. You / perform / task / well / Lucy/.____________________
5. Today/ the/ sun/ shine/ brightly / yesterday /.
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6. You / decorate/ house/ beautifully/I/ do /.
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7. Nancy / work/ hard/ other/ students/ class /.
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8. Jack/ swim/ fast/ any/ other/ people/ the/ race /.
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9. Librarian/ told/ us/ talk/ a bit/ quietly /.
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10. If/ you/ not/ run/ fast,/ you/ not/ go/ school/ time /.
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UNIT 3 TEENAGERS
A VOCABULARY
B. PRONUNCIATION

Nguyên âm đôi /ʊə/	oo (poor), ou (tour)
Nguyên âm đôi /ɔɪ/	oy (boy), oi (voice)

C. GRAMMAR
1. Simple sentences
- Câu đơn là loại câu chỉ chứa một mệnh đề độc lập.

S + V	E.g. He is sleeping.
S + V + O	E.g. He is eating some chicken.
S + V + O1 + O2	E.g. He gave me an apple.
S + V + C	E.g. She was thirsty.
S + V + O + C	E.g. I found the movie boring.
S + V + A	E.g. They ran fast.
S + V + O + A	E.g. I bought a car yesterday.

​​​​​​​Notes:
S: Subject - chủ ngữ         V: Verb - động từ         O: Object - tân ngữ
A: Adverb - trạng từ        C: Complement - bổ ngữ
2. Compound sentences
- Câu ghép là câu chứa 2 hoặc nhiều mệnh đề độc lập (independent clauses)

S + V1, coordinating conjunctions S2 + V2	for (bởi vì), and (và), but (nhưng), or (hoặc), so (vì vậy)
E.g. You can read Twilight or you can watch it.
S + V1; conjunctive adverbs S2 + V2	however (tuy nhiên), therefore (vì vậy), otherwise (nếu không thì)
E.g. Lucy tried hard; however, she couldn’t win.

D. PRACTICE
PART I. PHONETICS
Exercise 1. Circle the words with /ʊə/.

moon	moor	leisure	poor
sure	journey	tour	look

Exercise 2. Circle the words with /ɔɪ/.

boy	nose	coin	enjoy
trouser	noisy	toy	lock

Exercise 3. Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part.
1. A. group                B. tour                        C. soup                                   D. wound
2. A. leisure              B. culture                   C. nature                    D. sure
3. A. zoo                    B. pool                       C. poor                                   D. food
4. A. oil                      B. voice                     C. boil                        D. soft
5. A. sore                   B. destroy                  C. joy                         D. annoy
Exercise 4. Find the word which has different stress from the others.
1. A. enjoyable         B. concentrate          C. practical                D. media
2. A. account            B. bully                      C. discuss                  D. upload
3. A. forum                B. pressure                C. teamwork              D. prepare
4. A. connect            B. avoid                     C. focused                 D. mature
5. A. enjoy                B. stressful                C. session                  D. website
Exercise 5. Fill in the blanks with and, so, but, or, for.
1. It was raining, ____________ we stayed at home ____________ watched a film.
2. I want to buy a new pair of shoes, ____________ I don’t have enough money.
3. She had a terrible headache last night, ____________ she drank a lot of wine.
4. I like eating pancakes, ____________ I never eat cream cakes; I don’t like them.
5. Would you like chocolate ____________ biscuits with your coffee?
6. My job is very challenging, ____________ it doesn’t pay very well.
7. We can go by bus, ____________ we can walk to the stadium.
8. My classmate studies very hard, ____________ she always gets good marks.
9. You ought to hurry up, ____________ you’ll be late for work.
10. I do more exercise ____________ drink much water to lose weight.
Exercise 6. Use the conjunctions provided to connect the sentences.
1. My alarm didn’t go off this morning. I was late. (therefore)
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2. Many people in my company think he is a good man. I think he is a really cruel one. (however)
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3. We came to the party; however, the guests had gone home. (but)
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4. We can prepare a big meal for dinner. We can eat out in a French restaurant. (or)
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5. You have to wear a helmet when riding a bike. You will be fined. (otherwise)
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6. My sister follows a diet plan, but she can’t lose weight. (however)
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Exercise 7. Reorder the words to make correct sentences
1. It / rain / outside, / we / cancel / football / match.
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2. Our / house / build / twenty / year / ago, / it / still / new.
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3. Trang / live / Thailand, / she / work / entertainment / company.
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4. You / can / contact / Linda / email, / you / can / dial / this / mobile number.
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5. The / movie / start / 9.00, / let’s / meet / cinema / 8.45.
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6. The / weather / cold / outside; /I / wear / coat.
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7. The food / this / fast-food / restaurant / cheap / delicious.
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8. The students / must / study / hard / exam; / they / not / get / high / marks.
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9. I/ like / go / beach, /I / can’t / swim.
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10. Tom / felt / tired; / he / try / finish / his / work.
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Exercise 8. Reorder the words to make correct sentences.
1. I / choose / want / dress. / go / to / birthday, / but / party / Jane’s /I / to / can’t / a / suitable
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2. isn’t / a / of / competition. / Antony / the / member / therefore, / swimming / he / club; / can’t / join / the
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3. has / the / to / study / Tom / otherwise, / may / harder; / fail / he / test.
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4. Lucy / very / comment / sensitive, / don’t / so / on / her / is / clothes.
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5. can / the / pairs. / project / in / do / groups, / or / they / work / Students / can / in
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6. may / lot / give / Exams / a / of / students / stress.
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7. We / essays / the / and / stories / usually / in / our / share / forum.
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8. often / account / Susan / logs / her / to / Facebook / her / on / chat / to / with / friends.
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9. I / to / some / it / do / projects / found / with / my / enjoyable / peers.
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10. don’t / on /I / wrong / exams,/ for / cheat / it / a / is / thing / to / do.
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Exercise 9. Join each part of sentences by using a suitable conjunction: and, but, or, so, for.
1. The coach stopped at the final destination. Everyone got off.
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2. Sweets taste so good. It is bad for your teeth.
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3. You had better eat less junk food. You will gain weight.
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4. My grandmother doesn’t eat any meat. She is a vegetarian.
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5. Would you like Korean food for lunch? Would you like Italian food for lunch?
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6. Susan went on a safari. She wanted to see some wild animals.
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7. I love seafood. I am allergic to crabs.
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8. There was a heavy storm. Many houses were destroyed.
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9. Anna is a beautiful girl. She is also very intelligent.
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10. My house is quite small. It is very cozy.
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