Một số bài tập chia thì dành cho HSG 8.

Fostering English for grade 8


Nguyen Hong Anh Junior High School.
Full name: VanLam. Nguyen
Schoolyear: 2009- 2010.






























































(32) The simple present and the present continuous.

1) What does Tom think of the Budget?
He thinks it most unfair.
I agree with him.
2) What does this one cost?
It costs forty pence.
3) Do you hear the wind? It is blowing very strongly tonight.
4) Do you see my car keys anywhere?
No, I’m looking for them but I don’t see them.
5) He never listens to what you say. He always thinks about something else.
6) This book is about a man who deserts his family and goes to live on a Pacific island.
7) Do you understand what the lecturer is saying?
No, I don’t understand him at all.
8) What do you have for breakfast usually?
I usually eat a carrot and drink a glass of cold water.
9) When the curtain rises we see a group of workers. They are picketing a factory gate.
10) Why are you walking so fast today? You usually walk quite slowly.
I am hurrying because I am meeting my mother at 4 o’clock and she doesn’t like to
be kept waiting.
11) I wish that dog would lie down. He is keeping jumping up on my lap.
I think he wants to go for a walk.
12) Do you recognize that man?
I think that I have seen him before but I don’t remember his name.
13) Look at that crowd. I wonder what they are waiting for.
14) This message has just arrived and the man is waiting for in case you want to send a
reply.
15) Stop! Aren’t you seeing the notice?
I see it but I can’t read it because I am not wearing my glasses. What does it say?
It say ‘ These premises are patrolled by guard dogs’.
16) She is always borrowing from me and she never remembers to pay me back.
17) Do you need another blanket or do you fell warm enough?
18) Does it save time if you take the path through the wood?
No, It doesn’t matter which path you take.
19) I am saving up because I am going abroad in July.
20) I think it is a pity you don’t take more exercise. You are getting fat.
21) The plane that you are looking at now just taking off for Paris.
22) Tome never does any work in the garden; He always works on his car.
23) What is he doing to his car now?
I think he is polishing it.
24) That film is coming to the local cinema next week. Do you want to see it?
25) How does Peter get on at school?
Very well. He seems to like the life.
26) Why does Mrs Pitt look so angry?
Mr Pitt is smoking a cigarette and dropping tha ash on the carpet.
27) This is our itinerary. We leave home on the 8th , arrive in Paris on the 9th , send the
day in Paris, and set our that night for Venice.
That sounds most interesting. You must tell me all about it when you get back.
28) This story is about a boy who makes friends with a snake which he finds in his
garden. Then he goes away but he doesn’t forget the snake and some years later he
returns and looks for it.
29) He finds the snake who recognizesits old friend and coils round him affectionately.
But, unfortunately, the snake is by now a full- grown boa- constrictor and its
embrace kills the poor boy.
30) Does the snake feel sorry about this?
I don’t know. The story ends there.
31) How do you end a letter that begin, ‘Dear Sir’?
I always put, ‘Yours truly’, but Tom prefers ‘Yours faithfully’.
32) What does the word ‘catastrophe’ mean?
It means ‘disaster’.
33) What are you waiting for?
I am waiting for the shop to open.
But it doesn’t open till 9.00.
I know but I want to be early, as their sale starts today.