REVISION FOR THE SENCOND SEMESTER TEST
GRADE 8 (2010 – 2011)
I. GRAMMAR:
1. Tense (present future, present progressive, present perfect …)
2. Request (yêu cầu), offers (đề nghò) and promises (hứa hẹn) with will/ shall
3. Request with “Would you mind…?
4. Past Progressive: S + was/ were + V-ing…
Past progressive with when/ while and when
Progressive with always
S + is/ am/ are + always + V-ing…
5. Adjective followed by a clause or to-infinitive
S + be + adj + that clause
S + be + adj + to-infinitive
6. Suggestions: Suggest + V-ing
7. Passive Voice: Be + V
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/ V-ed
8. Reported speech:
Report a statement (Tường thuật một câu nói)
Report a question (Tường thuật một câu hỏi)
II. EXERCISES
A. LANGUAGE FOCUS
CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER
1. I’m learning very hard these days ………………… get good marks at my exam.
A. that B. in order C. in order to D. in order that
2. That beautiful toy is ………………… from recycle paper.
A. make B. made C. is made D. making
3. The old car tires ………………… to make pipes and floor coverings.
A. will be recycled B. will recycled C. will recycle D. will be
4. I am happy ………………… all the exams.
A. to passing B. to pass C. passing D. is passing

A. will finish B. finishing C. will be finished D. finish
20. I’m interested in ………………… to the party.
A. that he came B. he will come C. coming D. come
21. Would you mind if I ………………… now?
A. leaving B. leave C. to leave D. left
22. I’d like ………………… her house in England.
A. visit B. visiting C. to visit D. being visited
23. Our teacher asked us ………………… we liked to go camping in the coming festival.
A. whether B. if C. what D. Both A and B
24. Nam writes very quickly. He has ………………… finished his essay.
A. already B. for C. yet D. since
25. It is exciting ………………… the play many times. It’s really a good one.
A. to watch B. watching C. watch D. watched
26. Do you mind if he ………………… me to carry this bag?
A. help B. to help C. helps D. helped
27. She ………………… the letter yet.
A. has finished B. haven’t finished C. have finished D. hasn’t finished
28. …………………I was doing my homework, my father was watching T.V.
A. How B. When C. While D. What time
29. The freshmen have to gather at universities in early October.
A. first-year students B. teachers C. workers D. engineers
30. An ………………… contest will be hold at Ngo Gia Tu School next month.
A. English-speaking B. English-spoken C. speaking-English D. speak-English
FORM OF THE VERBS
1. The flights to London will (delay) ……………………………………… because of heavy rain.
2. This is the first time Hoa (meet) ……………………………………… Tim’s family.
3. What ………………………………………you (do) ……………………………………… this time yesterday?
- I (work) ……………………………………… on the computer.
4. Yesterday the light (go) ……………………………………… out while we (have) ……………………………………… dinner.
5. Do you mind if I (ask) ……………………………………… you a private question?

City, visitors can go along Chay Beach. From the beach, they can hire a boat and go out to the Bay. It is here that the visitors
can find some of the Southeast Asia’s most beautiful sites. Dau Go Cave is one of the most beautiful caves at Ha Long.
……………… 1. Ha Long Bay is popular with only Vietnamese.
……………… 2. There aren’t any limestone mountains in Ha Long Bay.
……………… 3. Chay Beach is in Ha Long Bay.
……………… 4. One of the most beautiful caves at Ha Long is Dau Go Cave.
2/ Choose the most suitable word to complete the passage.
THE RICE-COOKING FESTIVAL
The rice- cooking (1) ……………………………… was held in the communal house yard about one kilometer away from (2)
……………………………… There were three (3) ………………………………: water-fetching, fire-making and rice-cooking. The festival (4)
……………………………… one day. In the water-fetching (5) ……………………………… one person from each team had (6) ……………………………… to the
river to get the (7) ……………………………… In the fire-making contest two team members had to make fire in the (8) ………………………………
way. They tried to rub pieces of (9) ……………………………… together to make fire. Six people from each team (10) ……………………………… in
the rice-cooking festival. They had to separate the rice from the husk and then cook the rice.
Then choose the correct answer:
1. A. holiday B. contest C. festival D. competition
2. A. mountain B. city C. house D. river
3. A. holidays B. contests C. festivals D. competitions
4. A. takes B. took C. taking D. take
5. A. contest B. contests C. test D. tests
6. A. to run B. run C. ran D. running
7. A. bamboo B. rice C. fire D. water
8. A. strange B. tradition C. traditional D. traditionally
9. A. bamboo B. rice C. fire D. water
10. A. participates B. participate C. participating D. participated
3. Read.
When Minh started learning English, he was really shy. In class he never said a word in English because he was afraid
of making mistakes. And he became more and more quiet in English classes. Anyway, his English teacher was a very kind and
friendly woman. She encouraged him to practice English with a partner or in a group. She said it might help him more
confident. She used to praise him when he said something good. He was really frightened at first talking to his classmates in

7. I suggest going to Ben Thanh Market.
How ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
8. Lan said to me, “I don’t know what Ba is doing now”
Lan ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
9. They asked me some difficult questions at the interview.
I ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
10. Mary said, “Do you know this place, Peter?”
Mary asked ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
11. “Is Mount Everest 8, 848 meters high?”
Lien asked me ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
12. My brother painted the gate last year.
The gate ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
13. Can I move the refrigerator to the right corner?
Would ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
14. We can’t wear jeans at work.
Jeans ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
15. Do you mind if I close the door?
Would you mind if I ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
16. They will clean the floor tomorrow.
The floor ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
17. It is easy to learn English.
To learn English is ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
18. I see you again, so I am glad.
I am very glad ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
19. Somebody cleans the room every day.
The room ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
20. Your teacher must sign this form.
This form ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
21. Will you invite her to your birthday party?
She ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………