Bài tập tiếng Anh lớp 8 theo từng Unit
Unit 1
Present simple to talk about general truths.
o We use the present simple to express general truths. For example.
 The earth moves around the sun.
 The moon goes round the earth.
 The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
 The bear sleeps during the winter.
 Today is Monday; tomorrow is Tuesday.
 Fish lives in the water.
 Water consists of main elements: Hydrogen and Oxygen
Use of “enough”.
o Enough is put before noun and after adjective. For example
She hasn’t enough money to buy a new house.
There is not enough time to finish the test.
There wasn’t enough room for us to sleep
He has enough reasons to be angry.
S + V + Enough + N + To-infinitive
Enough + N + For + O + To-infinitive
The rope is not long enough.
She isn’t old enough to drive a car.
It is not old enough for her to drive a car.
I am fool enough to trust her.
S + Be + ADJ + Enough + To-infinitive
IT + Be + ADJ + Enough + For / Of + O + To-infinitive
---oOo--I. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
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generous/ orphanage/ sociable/ planet/ next-door/ humor/ joke.
1.The Earth is the name of the ______ we live on.

…………………………………………………………………………………….
7. Mr. Robinson isn’t rich. He can’t buy a house.
…………………………………………………………………………………….
8. The worker is clever. He can make fine things from wood.
…………………………………………………………………………………….
IV. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form or tense.
1. She ______ (not/ drink) coffee. She ______ (drink) Coca Cola.
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 cold climates.
10.Where _____ Martin ______ (come) from? – He _____ (be) Scottish.
11.The sea _____ (cover) two-third of the world.
IV. Fill in the blanks with correct preposition in the box. You can use some prepositions
more than one.
in/ on/ to/ of/ at/ with
Hang is fourteen years old. She is a pretty girl (1) _____ long black hair. She goes (2)
_____ school five days a week and usually goes swimming (3) _____ some friends (4) _____
Saturday mornings. She lives (5) _____ a large house (6) _____ her mother, father and
younger sister (7) _____ 2/34 Nguyen Trai. Hang has a lot (8) _____ friends. (9) _____ all her
friends, Nga and Thuy are the ones she spends most of her time (10) _____. They are all like
listening (11) _____ music and playing sports (12) _____ their free time.
V. Put the words in correct order to make full sentences.
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1. What’s your aunt’s name?………………… ……………………….
2. How old is she?

………………………………………………….

3. What does she look like?
…………………………………………………………………………………….
4. What is she like?……………………………………………………………….
5. Where does she live?

…………………………………………………….

6. Who does she live with?……………………………………………………….
7. What does she like doing in her free time?
…………………………………………………………………………………….
VII. Make complete sentences from the words given below.
1. The sun/ rise/ East.
…………………………………………………………………………………….
2. He/ be/ old/ enough/ go/ school.
…………………………………………………………………………………….
3. It/ be/ cold/ go out.
…………………………………………………………………………………….
4. She/ be/ nice girl/ long hair.
…………………………………………………………………………………….
5. He/ be/ friendly/ kind/ everyone.
…………………………………………………………………………………….
6. His hair/ short/ black.
…………………………………………………………………………………….
7. What/ your teacher/ like?


Inside: bên trong

Here: ở đây

There : ở đó

Upstairs: ở trên lầu

Downstairs: ở dưới lầu

o We can also use prepositon phrases to show place: in, on, at, behind, in front of, to the
left of, to the right of, on the right, on the left.
For example
 We are sitting in the room.
 She stays at home
 The book is on the desk.
 She stands behind me
 Put the chairs in front of the board.
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 Grow flowers to the left of the house.
 Keep standing on the right.
I. Write sentences. Say what the people are going to do.
1. My uncle has won some money. (buy a new car)
…………………………………………………………………………………….
2. They received a wedding present from their pen pal friend, Nick. (write a letter to thank
him)
…………………………………………………………………………………….

1) The children love Disneyland. They want to go ________________ again.
2) I opened the box and look _________.
3) She ran ______________ to open the door for him.
4) I’m afraid I can’t drink coffee with milk _____________.
5) Let’s go ______________ and sit in the sun.
6) Wait ______________. I’ll be back in a minute.
7) He ran up the stairs to see what happened __________.
8) What’s ____________ at the Rex Movie Theater this weekend?

IV. Read the passage below and then answer the questions.
Angela Duffy is a schoolgirl from Liverpool. She wants to be a doctor. “I am going to
medial school next year. It’s a long course – about six years – but I’m going to work very hard.
It is a difficult job, but I like working with people, and I like the idea of working in a caring
profession. “She says that later she would like specialize and perhaps be a vet. “I love animals,
and looking after them would be wonderful.”
Angela’s sister is studying marketing at university. She enjoys traveling, and would
probably like to work for a tour company. “I’m not sure yet exactly what I want to do. After
university, I’m going to have a year off, and I’m going round the world with another girl. We
hope to find a work on the way.”
1) How long is Angela going to study at the medical school?
…………………………………………………………………………………….
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2) Is working as a doctor hard work?
…………………………………………………………………………………….
3) Why does Angela want to be a vet?
…………………………………………………………………………………….
4) What does Angela’s sister do?
…………………………………………………………………………………….

3) She was born _____ May 16th, 2001 _____ Nha Trang.
4) He worked _____ deaf – mute _____ Boston University.
5) Mrs. Lien said you could reach her _____ 6 863 423.
6) Snow is falling all _____ the country.
VIII. Choose the best answer.
1) Can you record that program for me? (I’m going to/ I’ll) have a bath.
2) Nam isn’to upstairs. He’s (sideout/ outside).
3) Do you know where ( the new theater is/ is the new theater)?
4) Marie Curie was French (although/ despite) she was born in Poland.
5) Let’s (meeting/ meet) at the front door.
6) “Mr. Watson, come here. I want you. “ was (the first/ the once) telephone message.
7) Can I (leave/ live) a message for Mr. Cuong?
8) Manh will give us a ring when he (will arrive/ arrives) in Hanoi.
9) Hoa has a lot of (homework/ homeworks) in Math last week.
10) I can’t find my glasses. - Yes, OK. (I’m going to/ I’ll) help you look for them.

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Unit 3
1.Reflexive pronouns
o We use reflexive pronouns to emphasize for Subject’s actions. It can stand after main
verb or object of main verb.
For example
He himself answered the phone, not his secretary.
He answered the phone himself.
o Reflexive pronoun usually refer to the subject of a sentence.
He looked at himself in the mirror.

o If we put reflexive pronoun after “ by ”, it means “ alone ”.


They

themselves ( tự bọn họ )

. Modals: must, have to, ought to, should, may, can, could.
o Must and have to both express necessity. It has the same meaning “ phải ”
For example.

 All students must take the term exam.
 All students have to take the term exam.
(There is no other choice. The exam is required.)
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o In everyday statements of necessary, have to is used more commonly than must. Must
is usually stronger than have to and can indicate urgency or stress importance.
For example.
 I’m looking for Sue. I have to talk to her about our lunch date
tomorrow. I can’t meet her for lunch because I have to go to a
business meeting at 1:00.
 Where is Sue ? I must talk to her right away. I have an urgent
message for her.
o Should and ought to have the same meaning “ nên ”: they express advisability.
For example.

You should study harder.
You ought to study harder.
Drivers should obey the speed limit.
Drivers ought to obey the speed limit.

3. Would you like to come for dinner? I ______ a hearty dinner tonight.
4. He _____ the rugs last Sunday.
5. They _____ the dishes now.
6. You’d better _____ your room before your mother arrives.
7. What ____ you usually _____ your dog on?
8. Mai ____ the kitchen floor yesterday evening.
II. Complete the sentences with must or have/ has to.
1. Vietnamese children ____ wear uniform when they come to school
2. Last night my sister was ill. We _____ call the doctor.
3. I have bad toothache. I ____ make an appointment with the dentist.
4. I don’t want ____ wait in a queue for ages.
5. She ____ work on Saturday morning.
6. When you come to California, you ____ come and see us soon.
7. This is a terrible party. We ____ go home.
8. If there are no taxis, we’ll _____ walk.
9. Daniel ____ go to the bank. He hasn’t any money.
10.You really ____ hurry up, Vicky. We don’t want to be late.
III. Fill in the blanks with mustn’t or don’t/ doesn’t have to.
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1. They ____ work on Saturday.
2. Visitors ____ feed the animal.
3. Tim ____ wear uniform at school.
4. You _____ touch that switch. It’s very dangerous.
5. Don’t make so much noise. We _____ wake the baby.
6. There’s a lift in the building, so I _____ climb the stairs.
7. Staff _____ smoke when serving customers.
8. Sally is extremely rich. She _____ work.
IV. Give advice with ought to or ought not to.

11.The child had no bothers or sisters, so she often had to play by _______.
12.I’m afraid that the children are going to cut ________ on the broken glass.
13.We had a great time in London together. We really enjoyed ________.
14.“Can I take another biscuit?” – Of course. Help _________”.
15.Don’t worry about Linh and me. We can look after _________.
16.I gave them a key to our house so that they could let ________ in.
17.Phuong had a great holiday. She enjoyed __________.
18.Please try and understand how I feel. Put __________ in my position.
19.I taught _______ to play the guitar. I have never had lessons.
20.An elephant hurt _______ when it tried to get out of the zoo yesterday.
21.I don’t need any help. I can take care of _______.
22.Sarah and I didn’t enjoy _______ at the disco last night.
23.This exercise isn’to very difficult. Do it _______.
24.My brother can repair the bicycle _______.
VI. Read the text and answer the following questions.
Peter had a letter form his sister yesterday. She lives in Nigeria. In her letter, she said that
she was coming to England next month. If she comes, she will get a surprise. Peter is now
living in a beautiful new house in the country. Work on it had begun before his sister left. The
house was completed five months ago. In his letter, he said that, he wanted her to stay with his
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family. The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden. It is a modern house. So
it looks strange to some people. It must be the only modern house in the district.
1. Where does Peter’s sister live?
…………………………………………………………………………………….
2. What is she going to do next month?
…………………………………………………………………………………….
3. Where is Peter living now?
…………………………………………………………………………………….

o In (vào) + (second / minute / hour / day / week / month / seasons / year )
 In 20 seconds, she will leave here.

 They start working in spring and end in summer.
 She always gets up at 5.00 in the morning.
 I was born in 1978.
o On (vào) + (holidays / days in a week / date)
 We are going to have a party for my mom on March 8.
 He has Math on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
o At ( lúc ) + ( hour time )
 Minh goes to sleep at 10.00 p.m.
o After (sau)+(second/minute/hour /day/week/month/seasons/year)

o before ( trước )+(second/minute/hour /day/week/month/seasons/year)
 After 20 seconds, she will leave here.
 They start working before Spring and end after Summer.
 She always gets up after 5.00 .
o Between …..and ……(giữa …..và ….)

They will build my house between January and September.

I. Complete these sentences with used to or didn’t use to.
1. My father gave up smoking two years ago. He (smoke) ______a packet of cigarettes a day.
2. There (be) ______________ a movie theater here but it closed a long time ago.
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3. Mr. An (not/ drink) __________coffee when he was young but he likes it now.
4. Peter (have) _________ a motorbike, but last month he sold it and bought a car.
5. I (not/ like) her but we are best friends now.

4. Where did she use to go?
_________________________________________________________________
5. What did your father use to do?
_________________________________________________________________
6. Do your parents do those things nowadays? Why or Why not?
_______________________________________________________________
IV. Put a suitable preposition in each blank.
1. I was born _____ January 1st, 1965.
2. When did you meet him? - _____ lunch today.
3. It often rains _____ October _____ Vietnam.
4. What are you going to do _____ 2020?
5. I don’t know but I am going to go to college _____ September this year.
6. You want to watch the sky _____ sunset?
7. Sure. And I like to go for a walk _____ sunrise, too.
8. Well, let’s go for a walk ______ the weekends.
9. I don’t know what he is doing ______ the moment.
10.What did he do ______ the ninth of April, 2000?
11.She often hears some strange noise _______ midnight.
12.Does it rain _____ Spring?
V. Complete the sentences. Put the verbs into the correct form. Affirmative or negative.
1. I knew Sarah was very busy, so I _____ her. (disturb)
2. I was very tired, so I _____ to bed early. (go)
3. The bed was very uncomfortable. I _____ well. (sleep)
4. Sue wasn’t hungry, so she ______ anything. (eat)
5. We went Kate’s house but she _____ at home. (be)
6. It was a funny situation but nobody ______. (laugh)
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7. The window was open and a bird _____ into the room. (fly)


1. Last night I watched the movie Romeo and Juliet. At last they killed (together/ each other/
themselves/ them).
2. (What/ Do/ Would/ Will) you like to com? – I’d love to.
3. We must be there (at/ before/ between/ after) 7.30 and 8.15.
4. When my grandmother was young, she used (sing/ to sing/ sang/ sung) very well.
5. Don’t go(outside/ inside/ into/ away). It’s too cold.
6. Our team played well (too/ that/ so/ enough) to win the gold medal.
7. Don’t let your child (play/ to play/ playing/ plays) with matches.
8. How long will he (must/ should/ have to/ has to) stay there?

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Unit 5
Adverbs of manner.
o We use adverbs of manner to modify main verb in a sentence, it stand behind
intransitive verb and behind objects of transitive verb.
Adjective + ly => Advm
Safe

safely

Happy

happily

Magical

magically


- We use “tell” to change a direct command into an indirect one.
- If reported verb is in the past form, we must change “tell” into “told”.
- Change bare-infinitive in direct speech into full-infinitive.
o Request ( câu yêu cầu )
Direct:

He said to me. “ Could you help me ? ”
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Indirect:

He asked me to help him.

Direct:

The doctor said. “ Can you do me a favor ?”

Indirect:

The doctor asked me to do him a favor.
( Ask + S.O + to-infinitive )

- We use “ask” to change a direct request into an indirect one.
- If reported verb is in the past form, we must change “ask” into “asked”.
o Advice ( lời khuyên )
Direct:

My teacher said to Lan. “ you should study harder ? ”

________________________________________________________________
3. Mai’s room isn’to interesting. (put some pictures on the walls).
________________________________________________________________
4. What a beautiful view! (take a photograph)
_______________________________________________________________
5. My sister has a bad cold. (go to school)
_______________________________________________________________
6. Her parents was very kind to us. (write them a letter of thanks)
_________________________________________________________________
7. Mai is putting on a lot of weight. (eat too much fatty food)
__________________________________________________________________
8. My first semester report is not good. (study harder next semester)
III. Change the adjectives in the box into the adverbs then put them into suitable
sentences.
beautiful/ careful/ clear/ dangerous/ easy
fast/ fluent/ good/ hard/ slow
1. She ran very ______ so I couldn’t catch up with her.
2. We lost the match because we didn’t play ________.
3. He is a good driver. He drives very ________.
4. She is a famous singer. She sings ________.
5. He worked very _______ and got tired.
6. Don’t walk so quickly. Can you walk more ________?
7. She practices speaking English everyday, so she speaks it very ________.
8. He cycled _________ and had some accidents.
9. It is very simple question. You can ________ answer it.
10.Can you speak more _______, so I can understand what you mean?
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IV. Supply suitable words to complete the following passage.