REVISION

Welcome to our class
ENGLISH 8
Friday , December 10th , 2010
REVISION
+ Present Perfect
Comparision with (not) as …as,
the same as, different from
+Comparative and superlative adjectives
The present perfect tense
(+) S + have / has + V3/ Ved
(-) S + have / has + not + V3/ Ved
(?) Have / has + S + V3/ Ved
Ex: They have been in Hue since 1999
The present perfect with FOR and SINCE
They have been in Hue for 10 years
Match each verb to its past participle.
b) He____________ here for five days . (not eat )
c) We___________ her since yesterday. (not see)
d) They ____________ that school since last year.
(attend)
e) My sister __________ in Hue for 20 years. (work)
f) They ___________ stamps since 1995 (collect)
Complete the sentences. Use the present perfect form of the verbs in brackets
hasn’t eaten
haven’t seen
have attended
has worked
have collected
a) I have lived here since last week. (live)
NOTE :
Complete the expressions. Use for or since
1 …… five days
2……… March
3………… 1995
4……… yesterday
5……. three weeks
6……… 20 years
7………... Monday
8……… a long time
for
since
for
for
for
since
since
since
Make sentences using present perfect tense with "for" or "since"?
The Robinsons / live/ Hanoi / 2001

b) They / be / on holiday / last week

c) She / live / here / 10 weeks

d) He / be / Nha Trang / 3 days

e) They / be / HCM City / yesterday
The Robinsons have lived in Hanoi since 2001.
They have been on holiday since last week.
She has lived here for 10 weeks.
He has been in Nha Trang for 3 days.
They have been in HCM City since yesterday.
Comparision with (not) as …as, the same as, different from :
as + adj / adv + as
The sunflowers are as nice as the roses
( not ) as + adj / adv + as
The magazine is not as large as the new paper.
the same as
The cat on the left is
the same as the cat on the right
Lipton tea is different from Dilmah tea
Use these adjectives to make sentences
The book is not as thick as
the dictionary
The television is as modern as the car
The dog on the left is
the same as the dog on the right
The Lipton tea is
different from the Ginger Drink
Write sentences with the words given
1/ The pen is expensive . The pencil is expensive ( as ……as )
- The pen is …………………………………………………………
2/ Her hair is black . My hair is yellow ( different from )
- My hair color is ……………………………………………………….
3/ Lan is 14 years old . Hoa is 14 years old ( the same age as )
- Hoa has ………………………………………………………………….
4/ My school is new . His school is old ( not as ……..as )
- His school is ………………………………………………………..
5/ Lan likes Math . Mai likes Math ( the same subject )
- Lan likes ………………………………………………………………
as expensive as the pencil
different from her hair color
as the same age as Lan
not as new as his school
the same subject as Mai
Short adjectives
taller

tall 

darker
dark 
bigger
big 
hotter
hot 
busier
busy 
easier
easy 
Comparative adjectives:
ADJECTIVE + ER
Long adjectives

beautiful 
more beautiful
expensive 
more expensive
accessible 
more accessible
Comparative adjectives:
MORE + ADJECTIVE
Short adjectives
the tallest

tall 

the darkest
dark 
the biggest
big 
the hottest
hot 
the busiest
busy 
the easiest
easy 
Superlative adjectives:
The ADJECTIVE + est
Long adjectives

beautiful 
the most beautiful
expensive 
the most expensive
accessible 
the most accessible
Superlative adjectives:
THE MOST + ADJECTIVE
Use Comparative adjectives or Superlative adjectives:
1/ A horse is ( strong ) ………………..than a dog
2/ Which is ( high) …………. tree in your neighborhood ?
3/ Nobody is ( happy) ………………. than Lan
4/ He is ( intelligent) ………………… in his class
5/ My house is ( expensive ) ……………………than his house

more expensive
the most intelligent
happier
the highest
stronger
Homework
+ Review all of the grammatical points
+ Review all of the lessons
to prepare for the first semester