THANG LONG SECONDARY SCHOOL - BA DINH - HA NOI

REVISION FOR THE 2nd END-TERM TEST - GRADE 8 (2024-2025)

A. REVISION CONTENTS: From Unit 7 to Unit 11
1. Phonetics: 3. Skills:
- Sounds /bl/ and /kl/; /sp/ - Reading: Read for general and specific information of reading texts in Unit 7,
- Stress in words ending in -al, 8, 9, 10, 11.
-ous, -ese and -ee - Writing: Use structures from unit 7 - 11to rewrite the second sentence
2. Vocabulary: Use the lexical without changing the meaning to the root one.
items related to: - Listening: Listen for general and specific information about topics of Unit
- Environmental protection - Speaking: Topic will be chosen among 5 unit topics and marked individually
- Communication in the future by each teacher.
- Shopping 4. Grammar: Complex sentences with adverb clauses of time; adverbs of
- Science and Technology frequency and present simple for future events; past continuous; prepositions
- Natural disasters of place and time and possessive pronouns; and reported speech
(statements).
B. PRACTICE
B1. PHONETICS
Ex 1: Mark A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in
pronunciation in each of the following questions.
1. A. environment B. campfire C. footprint D. dioxide
2. A. addicted B. shopaholic C. assistant D. access
3. A. tornado B. destroy C. storm D. normal
4. A. telepathy B. connection C. webcam D. tablet
5. A. during B. solution C. truancy D. tsunami
Ex 2: Mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary
stress in each of the following questions.
1. A. platform B. science C. complaint D. feedback
2. A. account B. machine C. agree D. nature
3. A. humorous B. tremendous C. poisonous D. dangerous
4. A. arrival B. national C. cultural D. festival
5. A. telepathy B. holography C. shopaholic D. participate
B2. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
Ex 3: Mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. Population growth is causing destruction of wildlife _______throughout the world.
A. habitats B. environment C. ecosystem D. destruction
2. Generally, you can’t ________over prices of goods in supermarkets.
A. increase B. bargain C. protect D. discount
3. They gave first-aid to the injured _______and took him to hospital.
A. rescuers B. victim C. shopaholic D. ones
4. In the future, ______may change how we communicate by enabling virtual meetings with 3D projections of
people in real time.
A. video call B. text messages C. telepathy D. holography
5. Inventors will develop many _______to help teachers save their time for families.
A. applications B. equipment C. furniture D. experiments
6. ______he heard the warning of the tornado, he went searching for his children.
A. During B. Unless C. As soon as D. While
7. I_________things at the dollar store. My mother only takes me there_______.
A. don’t often buy - never B. don’t often buy - sometimes
C. don’t buy often - sometimes D. am not often buy - never
8. Would you like to go to the museum with me tomorrow? It _________from 9 p.m. to 4 p.m.
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9. After months of talking online, it was great to finally meet each other ______person and have a face-to-face
conversation.
A. by B. in C. with D. to
10. ___________2030, smartphones will become supersmart and super thin.
A. On B. For C. At D. By
11. While my mother __________dinner, my father ________home from work yesterday.
A. made/ came B. was making/ came C. makes/ is coming D. was making/ was coming
12. If you have a chance to travel on a dogsled, you ________it.
A. will never forget B. never forgot C. won’t never forget D. are never forgetting
13. Lan’s house is opposite _____, just across the street.
A. I B. mine C. their D. our
14. The man ______that Elsa software could make learners speak English more naturally.
A. is saying B. says C. was saying D. said
15. The professor told us that we were visiting a science museum ________.
A. tomorrow B. yesterday C. the day after D. today
B3. SYNONYM AND ANTONYM
Ex 4: Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in
each of the following questions.
1. Hold on! I think this isn’t the right road. Let’s turn back.
A. Continue! B. Move back! C. Keep to the right! D. Wait!
2. She can do telepathy? You’re kidding! It’s impossible.
A. I don’t believe it B. You’re a kid C. Trust me D. It doesn’t work
3. Our principal bought a biometric machine to record the student’s attendance.
A. presence B. ignorance C. absence D. neglect
Ex 5: Mark the letter A. B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in
each of the following questions.
1. Protecting the environment is the job of not only the government but also each of the citizens.
A. Cleaning B. Damaging C. Keeping D. Conserving
2. Learning to speak English is not a piece of cake. It requires lots of practice and hard work.
A. delicious B. easy C. hard D. fun
3. The picture is so large that it doesn’t fit the computer screens. Can you zoom out of it?
A. make it smaller B. make it bigger C. make it better D. make it stronger
B4. COMMUNICATION
Ex 6: Choose the best option to indicate the most suitable response to each of the following exchanges.
1. Sam: There are so many recyclable things around us.
Kate: ___________________ “recyclable things”?
Sam: The items that are recycled the most frequently include paper, batteries, plastics, and glass.
A. Sorry, do you really like B. Could you explain more about
C. Do I really have to find D. Who wants
2. A: In a supermarket, you cannot bargain. All the items have fixed prices. - B: _____.
A. I know. B. Why do they have prices?
C. No problem. D. This is a price tag.
3. John: "An earthquake destroyed my house last week." Mary:" _________ "
A. Sorry to hear that. B. Great news!
C. Wow, that sounds interesting. D. Lucky you!
B5. FINDING ERRORS
Ex 7: Choose the underlined part A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
1. Duong made a video call at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon.
A. made B. a C. at 3 o’clock D. yesterday afternoon
2. The lecturer told his students that robots will be able to mark their writings in the future.
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3. She came to me to complain about her brother, but it’s not a problem of me.
A. She B. me C. her brother D. a problem of me
4. I cycle or walk to school every day instead of let my father drive me there.
A. or B. instead C. let D. drive
5. Natural disasters cause usually serious damage to our property and the environment.
A. Natural B. cause usually C. to D. the
B6. READING
Ex 8: Read the passage and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space
A Survey on Future Communication
In a recent survey, TechNews asked young people to (1) _______how they will talk to each other in 30
years' time. The results are not (2)_______. Only 10% of the respondents think people will still send letters and
postcards to each other (3) _______2050. About 30% think holography and telepathy technologies will allow
them to communicate in (4)________ time with their friends. Most people say that they will connect through
1. A. expect B. predict C. check
2. A. surprising B. surprised C. surprise
3. A. on B. by C. for
4. A. personal B. private C. real
super smart devices (5)________ of in person. Meanwhile, more than half of the respondents express their (6)
_______about future communication. They say that if children spend most of their time (7)______ on the
Internet, they may also not be able to communicate face to face very well (8) _____30 years.
5. A. more B. instead C. rather
6. A. concerns B. feelings C. gratitude
7. A. interacting B. surfing C. using
8. A. for B. by C. in
Ex 9: Read the passage and decide whether the following statements are T or F.
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, an English computer scientist, 1. The inventor of the World Wide Web is an
invented the World Wide Web in 1989. At first, he wanted to American computer scientist. (True/ False)
develop a web for scientists around the world to share 2. Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World
information and the results of their experiments. At that time Wide Web in the 20th century. (True/ False)
the Internet already existed. But he created a way to use the 3. In the beginning, he wanted a platform for
Internet to link documents to each other. Soon, he turned it everyone to use. (True/ False)
into a free space for people to share knowledge, communicate, 4. People can use the World Wide Web
and cooperate. without the Internet. (True/ False)
The World Wide Web allows people to get all kinds of 5. The World Wide Web allows people to get
information online. The information can be images, videos, or videos, pictures or files online. (True/ False)
files. It has become a significant tool for everyone, from 6. People can carry out meetings online
scientists, researchers to young students as well. Scientists and thanks to the World Wide Web. (True/ False)
researchers can share their study results, students can use it 7. Only students and scientists benefit from
for learning or doing research online. Businesses even use it to the World Wide Web. (True/ False)
advertise their products and to do business. Everybody can use
the World Wide Web to watch videos, communicate, and
attend meetings.

B7. WRITING
Ex 10: Write the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first one, use the words given.
1. “We are working on our science project now”, all the students said to me.
=> All the students___________________________________________________________.

2. “I often share my favorite pictures on Twitter,” said Minh

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=> Minh___________________________________________________________________.

3. Save electricity, or there will be power cuts. (IF)

=> ________________________________________________________________________.

4. If you stay awake all night, you will be very tired tomorrow. (UNLESS)
=> ___________________________________________________________

5. Does this new smartphone belong to her? (HERS)

=> ____________________________________________________________________________

6. It began to rain and the children were playing in the playground. (WHEN)
=> ____________________________________________________________________________

7. I cleaned the house, then I took out the trash. (AFTER)

=> ____________________________________________________________________________

8. It’s necessary for him to book an appointment with the dentist.

=> He needs________________________________________________________________

9. She usually spends one hour riding to school every day.

=> It usually takes________________________________________________________

10. I’d rather be hungry than eat fish.

=> I prefer______________________________________________________________

Ex. 11: Choose the best option to indicate the sentence closest in meaning to the given one.
1. “There will be a new ebook library next month,” said the principal.
A. The principal said that there would be a new ebook library following month.
B. The principal said that there would be a new ebook library the following month.
C. The principal said that there will be a new ebook library month after.
D. The principal said that there will be a new ebook library the after month.
2. Lan, one of my friends, will help me with this project.
A. Lan is a friend of mine will help me with this project.
B. Lan, a friend of mine, will help me with this project.
C. Lan, a friend of my friends, will help me with this project.
D. Lan, a mine friend, will help me with this project.
3. Jack didn’t tell Jane his feelings because he was too shy.
  A. Jack was too shy, but he didn’t tell Jane his feelings.
  B. Jack was too shy; therefore, he didn’t tell Jane his feelings.
C. Jack was too shy, so he didn’t tell Jane his feelings.
D. B and C are correct.
4. His tablet is more expensive than mine.
A. My tablet is not as expensive as his. B. My tablet is not as expensive as him.
C. Mine is not as expensive as his tablet. D. My tablet is as expensive as his
5. The baby was sleeping. The phone rang.
A. While the baby was sleeping, the phone was ringing.
  B. When the baby was sleeping, the phone was ringing.
C. While the baby was sleeping, the phone rang.
D. While the baby slept, the phone was ringing.
The end!
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