LUYỆN HSG 8 - 125

Tiết 21- tiếng anh 8

I - PHONETICS - Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A,B,C or D.
1. A.meal B.please C.clean D.great-grandma
2. A.life B.lit C.light D.like
3. A.poor B.cook C.look D.book
4. A.folk B.old C.story D.folder
5. A.traditional B.grandma C.tale D.lamp

II - lexico-grammar - The following sentences are incomplete. Choose from the four options given ( marked A,B,C or D) one best answer to complete each sentence by circling the corresponding letter A,B,C or D.
1.She _________look after her younger brothers and sisters.
A.used to B.use to C.used D.uses
2.Nga’s grandma___________stay home and help her Mom.
A.had B.have C.had to D.haved to
3.People didn’t ___________talk on the phone 200 years ago.
A.use B.used C.use to D.used to
4.The best old folktale was The________Shoe.
A.Losing B.Lose C.Losed D.Lost
5.Mom had to do everything ___________the help of modern equipment.
A.without B.for C.of D.to

III - reading - Read the following passage then answer questions below. After each question, there are four options marked A, B, C or D. Choose the correct answerby circling its corresponding letter A, B, C or D.
This is Nga’s grandma. She used to live on a farm when she was a young girl. Life was hard then so she didn’t go to school because she had to stay home and help her mom. She used to look after her younger brothers and sisters.
Nga’s great- grandma used to cook the meals, clean the house and wash the clothes. That was a hard work and there wasn’t any electricity then so she had to do everything without the help of modern equipment.
In the evening, Nga’s great- grandmother and great-grandfather used to stay home. She lit the lamp and he used to tell Nga’s grandma stories after dinner. And the best one Nga’s grandma still remembered was The Lost Shoe.

1. Where did Nga’s grandma use to live when she was a young girl? ~ _____________.
A.On a farm B.In a city C.In a school D.In a town
2.Was life hard then? ~ ________________.
A.No, it was B.Yes, it was C.No, life wasn’t D.Yes, life was
3.What did Nga’s grandma have to do when she was young? ~____________________.
A.She used to live on a farm
B.She had to stay home and help her mom.
C.She had to look afer her younger brothers and sisters
D.Both B and C are correct
4. Nga’s great- grandma used to do eveything without the help of modern equipment because there was no _____________ then.
A.traditional stories B.folktales C.electricity D.lamps
5.What does the word “one” in line 8 mean?
A.A story B.A lamp C.A shoe D.electricity

IV - WRITING - Choose the correct sentence by circling A,B,C or D according to the given words and phrases.
1. After dinner/ Mom /lit/ lamp/ Dad/ used/ tell us / stories.
A. After dinner, Mom lit lamp, Dad used tell us stories.
B. After dinner, Mom lit the lamp and Dad used to telling us stories.
C. After dinner, Mom lit the lamp and Dad used to tell for us stories.
D. After dinner, Mom lit the lamp and Dad used to tell us stories.
2. What/ Nga’s great- grandma/ use/ do/ ?
A. What does Nga’s great- grandma used to do?
B. What does Nga’s great- grandma use to doing?
C. What did Nga’s great- grandma use to do?
D. What did Nga’s great- grandma used to do?
3.best/ folktale / be/ Lost Shoe.
A. The best folktale was The Lost Shoe