LUYỆN HSG 8 - 136

Unit 1 : My friends.

Ex.1: Choose the word which has the opposite meaning in the right column with each word in the left one.

0. tall
1. attractive
2.light
3.slim
4.old
5.shy
6.big
7.dull
8.short
9.curly
10.exciting
11.noisy
12.strong
13.sociable
14.mean
15.thick
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Dark
Short
Fat
Ugly
Small
Outgoing
Young
Lively
Long
Quiet
Straight
Weak
Boring
Unfriendly
Thin
Generous


Ex.2 : Use the structure with ENOUGH to combine each pair of the following sentences :
Eg : He is not tall.He can’t be a good basketball player.
( He is not tall enough to be a good basketball player.
1. He is strong . He can carry that suitcase.
2. You are not old.You can’t have a front – door key.
3.He didn’t have much money. He couldn’t live on it.

4.The buffalo isn’t big.He can’t harm you.

5. The car is very expensive.We can’t buy it.


Ex.3 : Rewrite these sentences in the way that their meaning is not changed.
1. Bao is too young to cycle to school.
( Bao is
2. It takes Minh two hours to do his homework everyday.
( Minh spends……………………………
3. What’s your granddaughter’s age ?
( How
4. How lovely the dress is !
( What
5. The ladder is too short to reach the window.
( The ladder…………………………………

Ex.4 : Choose the right answer to complete each sentence :
1. Are there (enough people / people enough) in this meeting ?
2. Water (boils/is boiling) at 100 degree celcius.
3.Hung is not ( enough old/old enough) to ride motorbike to school.
4.Green trees (give / are giving) oxygen.
5. You (must/ have) to put knives out of children’s reach.
6. I ( didn`t / wasn’t) eat much this morning.
7. She didn’t have enough money (buying / to buy ) a new house.

Ex.5: Put the verb in the bracket into the coreect form.
1. My grandparents (visitus next Sunday.Would you like (meetthem.
2. The Moon (goaround the Earth,and the Earth (revolvearound the Sun.
3. Paul (beborn in France , but now he (livein America with his uncle.
4. What Miss Lan (looklike?
- She (beslim and she (havewavy hair.
5. I hope my sister (sendme a letter soon.
6. The Sun always (risein the East.Look,it (rise
7. I don’t think I (goout tonight.I’m too tired.
8. Where you (spendyour summer holiday last year , Tam?
9. In my country , it (not rain much in winter.
10. Mai (bevery happy when she (receivea letter from her sister this morning.

New words:
Attractive/ ə`træktiv/ (adj) : lôi cuốn,hấp dẫn
Shy/ ∫ai/ (adj) : nhút nhát,e thẹn ,xấu hổ
Dull / dʌl/ (adj): chậm hiểu,tối dạ
Exciting/ ik`saitiη/(adj):hứng thú,lam say mê,làm hào hứng.
Sociable/ `sou∫əbl/(adj): thân thiện,hoà đồng ,dễ gần.
Mean/ mi:n/(adj):keo kiệt,bủn xỉn
Ugly/ `ʌgli/(adj):xấu xí
Outgoing/ `autgouiη/(adj):thân mật, thoải mái,cởi mở
Lively / `laivli/ (adj):vui vẻ ,hoạt bát, sôi nổi,sắc sảo
Generous / `dʒenərəs/(adj):rộng rãi ,hào phóng
Carry/ `kæri/(v) mang ,vác ,khuân
Suitcase/ `su:tkeis/(n) :va li
Harm/ hɑ:m/(v) làm hại
Oxygen/ `ɔksidʒən/(n):khí ôxy
Revolve/ ri`vɔlv/(v):quay tròn
Receive/ ri`si:v/(vnhận được
General practice.(P.1)

I. Choose the