ĐỀ ÔN TẬP GIỮA HỌC KÌ II MÔN TIẾNG ANH 8
NAME:……………………………………………………….
A. Phonetics : /bl/ and /kl/, /sp/ and /st/, -al and - ous
B. Vocabulary: unit 7,8,9 (environmental protections, shopping, Natural disasters).
C. Grammar
I. Complex sentences with adverb clauses of time. (Câu phức với mệnh đề trạng ngữ chỉ thời gian.)
1. An adverb clause ( mệnh đề trạng ngữ)
a. Định nghĩa: Là mệnh đề có chức năng ngữ pháp của một trạng ngữ (bổ nghĩa cho một mệnh đề khác).
Các mệnh đề trạng ngữ được gọi là mệnh đề phụ (là những mệnh đề không diễn tả được một ý trọn vẹn
và không thể đứng độc lập.)
2. An adverb clause of time (Mệnh đề trạng ngữ chỉ thời gian)
a. Định nghĩa: là những mệnh đề bắt đầu bởi các liên từ chỉ thời gian như: while (trong khi, trong lúc),
when (vào lúc, khi), one, as soon as (ngay khi mà), till, until (cho đến khi), by the time, before (trước
khi), after (sau khi), since (kể từ khi), as long as, so long as ( chừng nào mà),…
b. Ví dụ:
Ex1: When Mark was 13 years old, he went to Korea.
(Khi Mark 13 tuổi, anh ấy đã đến Hàn Quốc.)
Ex2: I will phone you as soon as I finish my work.
(Tôi sẽ gọi cho bạn ngay khi tôi hoàn tất công việc của mình.)
Ex3: My father was talking on the phone while my mother was helping my sister with her homework.
(Bố tôi đang nói chuyện điện thoại trong khi mẹ tôi đang giúp em gái làm bài tập về nhà.)
II. Past Continuous Tense ( Thì quá khứ tiếp diễn)
Dùng để diễn tả một hành động xảy ra tại một thời điểm xác định trong quá khứ .
At + Giờ + Thời gian trong quá khứ (at 10 o'clock last night,…)
Công thức thì quá khứ tiếp diễn
Thể khẳng định: S + was/were + V-ing
Thể phủ định: S + was/were + not + V-ing
Thể nghi vấn: Was/were + S + V-ing?
While và when:
1. S + was/were + V-ing when S + V2/ed
2. S + V2/ed while S + was/were + V-ing
III. The present simple ( thì hiện tại đơn)
1.Trạng từ chỉ tần suất (Adverb of frequency)
Tổng hợp các trạng từ tần suất sử dụng phổ biến trong tiếng Anh
Mức độ (%)
Trạng từ tần suất
Nghĩa của trạng từ
100

Always

Luôn luôn

90

    Usually

80

Normally/ Generally

70

Often/ Frequently

50

Sometimes

30

Occasionally

10

Seldom

Thỉnh thoảng lắm, tùy lúc

5

Hardly ever/ rarely

Hiếm khi, ít có, bất thường

Thường xuyên
Thông thường, theo lệ
Thường
Thỉnh thoảng
Thỉnh thoảng lắm, hoặc tùy lúc

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Never
Không bao giờ
2.Present simple for future events ( thì hiện tại đơn mang ý nghĩa tương lai)
Khi muốn đề cập đến những sự kiện trong thời gian biểu hoặc lịch trình một chuyến đi, lịch di chuyển của
các phương tiện công cộng, lịch chiếu phim, v.v… thì hiện tại đơn sẽ mang ý nghĩa tương lai.
- The football match starts at 5 p.m.

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I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. loud
B. neighbour
C. hour
2. A. price
B. spicy
C. factory
3. A. reduce
B. forest
C. release
4. A. cutting
B. rubbish
C. harmful
5. A. cooked
B. accomplished
C. gained
6. A. honest       
B. outstand
C. listen
7. A. polluted
B. reduced
C. washed
8. A. washed
B. wanted
C. worked
9. A. planted
B. worked
C. watched
10: A. coughed
B. stopped
C. hated
II. Choose the option (A, B or C) to complete the following sentences
11. What do you like about shopping at a ____________ shop ?
A. convenient
B. convenience
C. inconvenient
12. When a ____________________ occurs, the hot gases and liquid rocks pours downhill.
A. landslide                      B. tornado                    C. earthquake
13. Do you like ____________ products?
A. home-growing
B. home-grew
C. home-grown
14. I _______ my brother by his real name.
A. don't usually call
B. don't call usually
C. usually don't call
15. The train __________________at 4:30, so we still have a lot of time.
A. left                        B. leaving               
C. leaves
16. While the other passengers ________ to the exits, Brian ___________ out of the window.
A. were running – climbed
B. ran - climbed
C. run - was climbing
17. You can_________________ bargain at a supermarket because the prices are fixed.
A. never                       
B. always                        
C. sometimes
18.The tourists cleared up the beach _________ they got back to the hotel.
A. after        
B. while        
C. before        
19. __________________ is a person who really likes going shopping.
A. Singer
B. Shopaholic
C. Rescue worker
20. A _____ is a violent storm with very strong winds that move in a circle.
A. tornado
B.volcano
C. flood
21. Tornado, storm, vocanic eruption, flood, landslide and earthquake are_______________
A. games
B. social media
C. natural disasters
22. - Peter : “The storm last night collapsed many buildings in my village.” - John: “_________”
A. I'm sorry to hear that. B. I'm glad to hear that.
C. It's kind of you to say so.
23. Some people may be addicted  _____ online shopping.
A. at            
B. in
C. to
24. I __________________ dinner at 6 p.m yesterday.
A. was having
B. had
C. are having
25. The typhone ………………in my village at 9 o'clock last night.
A. occur
B. is occuring
C. occured
D. was occuring
26. She ……………… down the street when it began to rain.
A. was walking
B. walks
C. will walk
D. is walking
27. A: “Have you heard the news? A powerful earthquake and following tsunami hit the island of
Sulawesi, Indonesia.”
B: “_________”
A. How beautiful!
B. How terrible!
C. No problem.
D. I don't agree with you
28. My grandmother doesn't……buy things at the supermarket. She prefers to buy at an open-air market.
A. never
B. often
C. always
D. rarely
29. Tom: "Congratulations! You've passed the exam." ~ John: "_______ "
A. No, I don't think so
B. Many thanks
C. Sorry, I don't
D. Not at all
30. Her dad found some money while he ______________ her suitcase.
A.packing
B. package
C. are packing
D. was packing
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III. Supply the correct form of the words in the brackets.
1. A _______________________spends too much time and money shopping. (SHOP)
2. Lion is an_______________animal because of illegal wildlife trade. (DANGER)
3.We think it's very ____________ that you're climbing the mountain alone. (DANGER)
4.This law provides _____________ for threatened animals and plants. (PROTECT)
5.Animals should be kept in their ____________________ habitats. (NATURE)
6.Last night I watched a documentary about some ____________ species in Asia.
(ENDANGER)
IV. Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to fill in each numbered blank to complete the
passage.
Light pollution is not (1) ____ dangerous as water or air pollution. Moreover, it is the type of
pollution that occurs more in cities than in rural areas. (2)______the past, we could sit out at
night and gaze at glittering stars in the sky and light from objects in the outer space. The real
problem is that it is very wasteful to apply light to almost everything at night. Millions of tons of
oil and coal are used to (3)____________ the power to light (4) ______ sky. Eye strain, loss of
vision and stress are what people may get from light (5) ________. Too much light at night can
(6)_____ our eyes and also harm the hormones that help us to see things properly.
1. A. as
B. more
C. much
2. A. at
B. on
C. in
3. A. produce 
B. produces
C. producing
4. A. a
B. an
C. the
5. A. pollute 
B. polluting
C. pollution
6. A. help
B. harmless
C. harm
V. Find out one mistake in each following sentence. (0.25/each)
1. We go sometimes to the Gold City to watch fantasy.                 
A
B
C
2. The show is starting at 7 p.m tonight.                 
A
B
C
3. Someone was knocking at the door  while I was doing  the washing up.
A
B
C
D
4. At 10 o'clock tomorrow, the new bookshop in the conrner is opening, let's go and visit it.
A
B
C
D
5. We cannot prediction when earthquakes will happen
A
B
C
6. I'm too busy today, so we go swimming on Sunday.
A
B
C
VI. Combine two sentences, using the conjunction in the brackets. (0.5)
1. A serious road accident happened. We were waiting for the bus yesterday. (while)
@ _____________________________________________________________
2.Tom heard the warning of the storm. He went searching for his children. (As soon as)

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@ _____________________________________________________________
3. I was cleaning out my cupboards. I found these photos. (Rewrite the sentence, using “While”)
@ _____________________________________________________________
4. I have a habit of going jogging in the morning. ( Rewrite the sentence, using “ usually ”)
@ _______________________________________________________________
5.The fire brigade got the news of the forest fire. They came. (as soon as)
@ _____________________________________________________________
6. He has read the newspaper. I will borrow it from him. (as soon as)
@ _____________________________________________________________
7. I finish my study. I will take a walk in the park. (as soon as)
@ _____________________________________________________________
8. I saw an accident. I was waiting for my bus. (while)
@ _____________________________________________________________
9. He was making dinner. The frying pan caught on fire. (while)
@ _____________________________________________________________
10. I have a habit of reading English book before going to bed. ( usually)
@ _______________________________________________________________
VII. Rewrite each sentence so that it has the same meaning with the first one. (0.5/each)
1. Nam likes playing sports with friends in his leisure time after school.
→ Nam is keen on ............................................................................................................................
2. It is not good for teenagers spend a lot of time surfing the internet nowadays.
→ Teenagers shouldn't .........................................................................................................................
3. My brother is interested in learning Maths online.
→ My brother is keen on
......................................................................................................................
4. It isn't a good idea for you to put so much salt in the soup.
→ You shouldn't .........................................................................................................................

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