Củng cố và ôn luyện Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 Global Success

 8. Mr. Henry is _____________ sports, and he works out with a trainer several days a week.
9. You need a little knowledge and the right tools when you’re doing _____________.
10. Lots of people are _____________ of going fishing or gardening in the countryside.
II. Write the verbs for the activities.
Activities Verbs
1. Doing DIY, cooking ____________, ____________
2. Watching TV, reading comic books ____________, ____________
3. Playing sports, listening to music ____________, ____________
4. Surfing the net, snowboarding ____________, ____________
5. Messaging friends, doing puzzles ____________, ____________
6. Relaxing, learning something about IT ____________, ____________
7. Making paper flowers, knitting ____________, ____________
8. Exercising, building dollhouses ____________, ____________
9. Taking photos, going for a walk ____________, ____________
10. Going cycling, hanging out with friends ____________, ____________
III. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.
1. _____________ DIY means you do something yourself without the help of experts. 
A. Playing B. Doing C. Making D. Taking
2. She loves making _____________, such as pottery and carving wood. 
A. crafts B. origami C. stamps D. bracelets
3. Melinda _____________ hanging out because she is a sociable person. 
A. detests B. hates C. dislikes D. fancies
4. Many people like _____________ the Internet with their mobile phones. 
A. surfing B. blogging C. emailing D. communicating
5. It’s helpful to learn life _____________ or a foreign language in free time. 
A. tricks B. skills C. kits D. tools
6. Video chatting is among dozens of ways to virtually visit friends and _____________. 
A. neighbours B. acquaintances C. relatives D. members
7. He doesn’t mind going window _____________ in the mall with his friends. 
A. having B. selling C. buying D. shopping 10. David prefers ___________ judo to hanging out with friends.
II. Choose the correct answer.
1. Don’t (spend/ spending) too much time in front of TV or computer screen.
2. Many people prefer (surfing/ surf) the Internet to reading books.
3. Doing exercise regularly makes your body (become/ to become) healthy and fit.
4. They fancy dancing, but they rarely (going/ go) to a discotheque.
5. Will you be able (stopping/ to stop) checking social media for a month?
6. My uncle doesn’t need (to buy/ buy) modern tools to do the gardening. 
7. Let’s go to the beach and (play/ to play) some volleyball games.
8. She enjoys (to make/ making) crafts, especially birthday and greeting cards.
9. I really want (travelling/ to travel) to peaceful places and breathe the fresh air.
10. Would you mind (help/ helping) me with the computer settings?
III. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.
1. It’s good for you ___________ out and play a sport. 
A. to going B. to go C. go D. going
2. My parents never let me ___________ with strangers. 
A. hang out B. hung out C. hanging out D. to hang out
3. Mrs. Cohen tried ___________ all the housework before going to bed. 
A. finishing B. finish C. finishes D. to finish
4. She adores ___________ ancient coins and foreign banknotes. 
A. to collect B. to collecting C. collecting D. collect
5. The cartoon is funny and it makes me ___________ a lot. 
A. laughing B. to laugh C. laugh D. laughs
6. He dislikes ___________ disturbed while he is thinking. 
A. being B. is C. to be D. be 
7. My friend doesn’t mind ___________ me whenever I am in need. 
A. to help B. helping C. help D. to helping
8. If you want to pass your exams, you’d better ___________ your attitude towards studies! 
A. to change B. changing C. to changing D. change
9. Susan loves going window shopping and ___________ in the street.
A. walking B. walks C. to walk D. walk C. Yes, you can do anything with the box. D. I’m sorry, but I’m busy right now.
3. - “Let’s take a walk together.” - “________________” 
A. That’s a good idea. B. Yes, I can always walk. 
C. Thanks for your consideration. D. Sorry, I don’t want any change now. 
4. - “________________” - “That’s great.” 
A. Do you fancy going for a swim? B. Would you mind giving me a hand? 
C. Could you teach me how to swim? D. Can you swim?
5. - “We’re having a party on Saturday. ________________” - “Yes, I’d like to.” 
A. Are you interested in it? B. Would you like to come? 
C. What do you like to do? D. How will you come with us?
II. Put the sentences into the correct order to make a conversation.
___ I learnt it from my cousin. This type of paper folding is called origami.
___ Okay. Let me help you.
___ Are you kidding?
___ Exactly. Origami means the art of paper folding, which is often associated with Japanese 
 culture. A Japanese friend taught my cousin this art, then she taught me.
_1_ Wow! Look at this bird. It’s beautiful.
___ Now can you teach me to make this? 
___ Yes, I do. The folding lines are very smooth and this paper bird looks quite real.
___ Where did you learn to fold it?
___ Thank you, Eric. Do you like it?
___ Origami? It sounds like a Japanese word.
___ No, I’m not. I really want to learn. I’ll fold something and give it to my sister as a present.
E. READING
I. Read the passage and choose the best answer.
The most interesting hobby that I have is playing the guitar. I have played guitar for three and a half 
years now and I am getting better at it every time I decide to play. Playing guitar keeps me doing 
something interesting at home instead of staring at the ceiling all the time. Actually, it is a very 
relaxing activity. It gives person some time to think and dream. D. the author will continue to play the guitar in the future
II. Fill in each blank with a word from the box.
 practice hands professional carving others arts both enjoyed
Arts and crafts describes a wide variety of activities involving making things with one’s own (1) 
______________. Arts and crafts is usually a hobby. Some crafts, or art skills, have been practised for 
centuries, (2) ______________ are more recent inventions. A quote by Apoorva Rathore: Art cannot 
be taught, it comes from thinking. But it can be improved by (3) ______________.
(4) ______________ children and adults enjoy arts and crafts. Children in schools may learn skills such 
as woodworking, wood (5) ______________, sewing, or making things with all sorts of material. Many 
community centres and schools have evening or day classes and workshops where one can learn (6) 
______________ and craft skills.
Although “crafts” today are usually hobbies (7) ______________ by amateurs, the word was used 
many centuries ago by (8) ______________ people who had a guild system. Young people were 
learned from a master-craftsman, i.e. they were “apprenticed”, and they often took many years to 
learn their skills to perfection.
F. WRITING
I. Write complete sentences using the prompts given.
1. Elizabeth/ enjoy/ listen to/ Vietnamese folk songs’ melodies
___________________________________________________________________________________
2. He/ need/ buy/ some tools/ fix/ dog house/ this weekend
___________________________________________________________________________________
3. Play/ online games/ have/ both/ positive/ negative effects
___________________________________________________________________________________
4. Calvin/ like/ read/ books,/ and/ he/ not/ often/ surf/ Internet
___________________________________________________________________________________
5. Why/ not you/ turn off/ TV/ go out/ some fresh air?
___________________________________________________________________________________
6. Hobbies/ such as/ play/ sports/ or/ do/ exercise/ be/ good
___________________________________________________________________________________
7. I/ not/ mind/ do/ homework,/ but/I / not/ like/ have/ lots of it UNIT 2. 
 LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
A. PHONETICS
I. Put the words into the correct column.
 mother, pick, hospitable, village, picturesque, collect, busy, cottage, water, sing, open, sofa, milk, 
 gather, calendar, hill, around, fish, message, famous, decide, accident, return, suppose, farmer, 
 pretty, symbol, build, today
 /ə/ /ɪ/
II. Choose the word whose underlined port is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. activity B. ship C. dinner D. kitchen
2. A. begin B. possible C. sit D. harvest
3. A. sky B. shy C. mystery D. why
4. A. chicken B. excellent C. open D. problem
5. A. ago B. pasta C. banana D. shortage
B. VOCABULARY
I. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
 hospitable paddy field cultivate load well-trained
 canals orchards herding surrounded combine harvester
1. Villagers in the northeast regions ______________ mostly rice and corn.
2. ______________ and rivers form the waterways of the Mekong Delta.
3. He sometimes goes ______________ the buffalos over several kilometres from home.
4. Most countryside houses are ______________ by green trees and rice fields.
5. In my province, people often ______________ rice onto boats and transport it on rivers.
6. Water buffalos are still used to pull the ploughs through the muddy and flooded ______________. A. picking B. growing C. loading D. herding
8. The farm has a ______________ expanse of grassland for us to play football. 
A. vast B. short C. limited D. narrow
9. My cousin rode the bike ______________ through the narrow soil paths. 
A. clearly B. skillfully C. exactly D. hardly
10. They got about 30 million tons of grain at the end of the ______________ season. 
A. planting B. watering C. ploughing D. harvesting
IV. Supply the correct form of the word in the brackets.
1. Have you ever taken a train to discover Britain’s ______________ countryside? (picture)
2. ______________ in the countryside north of Ha Noi still continue the tradition of water puppet 
shows. (village)
3. The river flows ______________ in rural countryside between green fields. (quiet)
4. Raising animals was only secondary to other forms of ______________. (farm)
5. There’s nothing like the ______________ of the countryside, the quiet and the lack of distraction. 
(peaceful)
6. People living in rural areas are likely to have unique ______________ care needs. (support)
7. The ______________ of Viet Nam comes from every aspect of life through photos, texts, poems, 
etc. (beautiful)
8. The ______________ stopped work, sat down and started to eat and drink. (harvest)
9. Some thought him ______________ because he disliked meeting people. (sociable)
10. The cost of ______________ is much higher in cities than in the country. (live)
C. GRAMMAR
I. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentences.
1. Horses, mountain bikes and feet work _____________ on grasslands. (good/ well)
2. Agriculture is still based on _____________ methods in some countries. (traditional/ traditionally)
3. The _____________ populated provinces present a different economic picture. (dense/ densely)
4. He is very _____________ he often buys things for other people. (generous/ generously)
5. The village is _____________ situated in a quiet spot near the river. (beautiful/ beautifully)
6. Our house is very central, so we can _____________ get to theatres and cinemas. (easy/ easily)
7. They have replanted many areas with rare and _____________ plants. (unusual/ unusually) A. more relaxing much B. much more relaxing 
C. more much relaxing D. much relaxing more
8. My parents’ farm is very big, but my uncle’s is even _____________. 
A. more bigger B. more big C. bigger than D. bigger 
9. Doing the shopping in the countryside is _____________ that in cities. 
A. the least convenient B. less conveniently than 
C. less convenient than D. least conveniently
10. Adding fertilizer to the soil will help the plants to grow _____________. 
A. more quick B. quicklier C. more quickly D. quickly more
IV. Choose the underlined part that needs correcting.
1. He feels more happily there than in a crowded and noisy city. 
A. more happily B. there C. in D. crowded and noisy
2. When spring comes, we enjoy to pick flowers on the hill near our house. 
A. spring comes B. to pick C. on D. near
3. The farmers in my region usually don’t grow crops and flowers together. 
A. in B. usually don’t grow C. and D. together
4. It’s not always true that living in the city is better than live in the countryside.
A. It’s B. always true C. the city D. live 
5. We helped them load the rice onto buffalo-drawn carts and transport them home. 
A. load B. onto C. buffalo-drawn carts D. them 
6. Will you help me putting up a tent when our school go camping next month?
A. Will B. putting C. when D. camping 
7. Their village had no running water, so they collected water to the stream. 
A. had no B. so C. collected D. to 
8. Kelvin was very kind and he acted more responsible than anyone in the class. 
A. was B. kind C. responsible D. anyone 
9. I lived happily in the farm and there was still more much to explore. 
A. lived B. happily C. was D. more much 
10. Which activity do you like most, herding a buffalo or riding a horse? 
A. Which B. most C. herding D. riding Lucas: (2) ______________________________________
Minh: A lot of things. My cousins and I enjoyed going fishing, herding cattle, flying a kite, picking 
fruit...
Lucas: Sounds great! (3) ______________________________________
Minh: Well, it’s hard to say. Each activity gave me a different feeling. But I like the surroundings and 
 environment there.
Lucas: (4) ______________________________________
Minh: Yes, it is. It’s not so noisy and busy as in the city. Fresh air and vast green fields make me feel 
 very relaxed. (5) ______________________________________
Lucas: What are the things you like about your uncle’s farm?
Minh: Paddy field, fish pond, and fruit orchard... What beautiful scenery! (6) ____________________
Lucas: Wow! I wish I could see it with my own eyes.
Minh: Oh, you can totally do that. (7) ______________________________________
Lucas: Yes, I do. I really want to visit some place like your uncle’s farm.
Minh: (8) ______________________________________. It may be after this school year.
Lucas: Thank you very much. You’re so kind.
Minh: Don’t mention it.
E. READING
I. Read the passage and decide whether the statements are TRUE (T) or FALSE (F).
When I was young, I used to spend the summer on my grandparents’ farm. I loved those days, so 
carefree and enjoyable. There were so many things to do and to sec that I was never bored. I would 
get up at sunrise and go for a walk around a meadow. I had a dog and together we wandered while 
the rest of the world was sleeping.
In the morning my grandmother fed the chickens and other farm animals and my grandfather turned 
out the cattle. Then together we went to a field to reap the harvest. We usually worked in the field 
until lunchtime but when it was too hot to work I picked currants, raspberries or fruit in the garden or 
went for a walk to a nearby forest and looked for birds’ nests. Later in the afternoon I would often go 
swimming or fishing in the river. When I felt lazy, I just lay in the sun and watched the birds and 
animals again and collect chickens’ eggs. I even learned to milk the cows and I was very proud of 
myself. My grandparents had a barn behind the house, and I used to spend the night there. I took my