Bài tập môn Tiếng Anh 8 - Unit 13: Festivals (Exercises)

UNIT 13 - FESTIVALS (EXERCISES)
Exercise 1: Read the conversion and decide the statements a to f is true or false?
Liz: Thanks for inviting me to the rice-cooking festival, Ba. Can you explain what is happening?
Ba: Sure. There are three competitions: water-fetching, fire-making and rice-cooking.
Liz: Where does the water come from?
Ba: There’s a river about one kilometer away. One person from each team has to run to the river. There are four bottles of water on the river bank and each runner must take a bottle and return to the starting position.
Liz: That man seems upset. What did he just yell?
Ba: He ureed his teammate to run faster.
Liz: What’s special about the fire-making contest?
Ba: The fire is made in the traditional way. Two team members try to make a fire by rubbing pieces of bamboo together. The winners are the first ones to make a fire.
Liz: I'm interested in the rice-cooking contest, too.
Ba: Six people from each team participate in this event. They have to separate the rice from the husk and then cook the rice.
Liz: How do they decide who wins the contest?
Ba: The judges try the finished products and the most dclicious rice is the winner. Then all the points are added and the grand prize is awarded.
Liz: Is that what is happening now?
Ba: The council leader just said that he was pleased to award the prize to the Thon Trieu team.
a) 	Two team members take part in the water-fetching contests.
b) 	One person has to collect four water bottles.
c) 	The fire is made without matches or lighters.
d) 	Pieces of wood are used to make the fire.
e) 	In the final contest, the team members taste the rice.
f) 	The grand prize is given to the team with the most points.
Exercise 2: Transform the sentences below into passive form:
Clement Clarke Moore wrote the poem “A visit from Saint Nicholas”.
They performed Christmas songs for people in town.
Santa Claus gave children presents on Christmas Eve.
My father decorated the Christmas tree with colored lights.
Miss Thanh taught me to draw the Christmas cards.
Ba invited Liz to the rice-cooking festival
They held the festival in the communal house yard.
The council leader awarded the first prize to the Mekong team.
Exercise 3: Use the verbs in brackets in the correct forms of active or passive:
It’s a big factory. Five hundred people (employ).......................... there.
Water (cover).......................... most of the Earth’s surface.
The letter (post).......................... a week ago and it (arrive).......................... yesterday.
The boat (sink).......................... quickly but fortunately everybody (rescue)...........................
Ron’s parents (die).......................... when he was very young. He and his sister (bring).......................... up by their grandparents.
The gate (lock).......................... at 6.30 pm everyday.
Sue (bear).......................... in London but she (grow).......................... up in the north of England.
We (not/ play).......................... football yesterday afternoon. The match (cancel)..........................
Originally the book (write).......................... in Spanish and a few years ago it (translate).......................... into English.
I saw an accident last night. Somebody (call).......................... an ambulance but nobody (injure).......................... so the ambulance (not/ need)...........................
Exercise 4: Decide whether these sentences are active or passive. Tranform active sentences into passive, and passive sentences into active ones.
Does Egypt export cotton to many countries?
The Christmas trees were decorated and put at the front doors.
Somebody must do something for these poor men.
Did Jack London write the novel “Martin Idon”?
A new supermarket is going to be built next year.
They have just built a new church near my house.
People speak French and English in Canada.
Bell invented the telephone in 1876
People say that he is the best doctor.
His painting will be exhibited for the first time by New Arts Gallery.
Exercise 5: Report these direct sentences.
“I’m living in London now”, Charles said.
“You are my best friends,” Jane said to us.
“I don’t know what Fred is doing,” Johnny said to me.
“We are decorating our Christmas tree,” Hoa said.
“I must go home now,” he said to his friends
“I can’t go out after 8 p.m”, Hoa said.
“I will come and see you as soon as I can,” she said to me.
“John wants to come here but he isn’t very well,” Judy said.
“I have to wear uniform when I am at school,” Susan said.
“I am going away for a few days. I’ll phone you when I get back”, Judy said to me.
“Run faster”, Ba said to his teammate.
“Could you collect my new ao dai at the tailor round the corner?” Lan’s mother said to her.
UNIT 13 - FESTIVALS (EXERCISES) - KEY
Exercise 1: Read the conversion and decide the statements a to f is true or false?
Liz: Thanks for inviting me to the rice-cooking festival, Ba. Can you explain what is happening?
Ba: Sure. There are three competitions: water-fetching, fire-making and rice-cooking.
Liz: Where does the water come from?
Ba: There’s a river about one kilometer away. One person from each team has to run to the river. There are four bottles of water on the river bank and each runner must take a bottle and return to the starting position.
Liz: That man seems upset. What did he just yell?
Ba: He ureed his teammate to run faster.
Liz: What’s special about the fire-making contest?
Ba: The fire is made in the traditional way. Two team members try to make a fire by rubbing pieces of bamboo together. The winners are the first ones to make a fire.
Liz: I'm interested in the rice-cooking contest, too.
Ba: Six people from each team participate in this event. They have to separate the rice from the husk and then cook the rice.
Liz: How do they decide who wins the contest?
Ba: The judges try the finished products and the most dclicious rice is the winner. Then all the points are added and the grand prize is awarded.
Liz: Is that what is happening now?
Ba: The council leader just said that he was pleased to award the prize to the Thon Trieu team.
a) 	Two team members take part in the water-fetching contests. TRUE
b) 	One person has to collect four water bottles. FALSE
c) 	The fire is made without matches or lighters. TRUE
d) 	Pieces of wood are used to make the fire. FALSE
e) 	In the final contest, the team members taste the rice. FALSE
f) 	The grand prize is given to the team with the most points. TRUE
Exercise 2: Transform the sentences below into passive form:
Clement Clarke Moore wrote the poem “A visit from Saint Nicholas”.
	The poem “A visit from Saint Nicholas” was written by Clement Clarke Moore
They performed Christmas songs for people in town.
	Christmas songs were performed for people in town.
Santa Claus gave children presents on Christmas Eve.
	Children were given presents on Christmas Eve by Santa Claus.
My father decorated the Christmas tree with colored lights.
	The Christmas tree was decorated with colored lights by my father.
Miss Thanh taught me to draw the Christmas cards.
	I was taught to draw the Chirsitmas cards by Miss Thanh
Ba invited Liz to the rice-cooking festival
	Liz was invited to the rice-cooking festival by Ba.
They held the festival in the communal house yard.
	The festival was jeld in the communal house yard.
The council leader awarded the first prize to the Mekong team.
	The first prize was awarded to the Mekong team by the council leader.
Exercise 3: Use the verbs in brackets in the correct forms of active or passive:
It’s a big factory. Five hundred people were employed there.
Water covers most of the Earth’s surface.
The letter was posted a week ago and it arrived yesterday.
The boat sank quickly but fortunately everybody was rescued.
Ron’s parents died when he was very young. He and his sister were brought up by their grandparents.
The gate is locked at 6.30 pm everyday.
Sue was born in London but she grew up in the north of England.
We did not play football yesterday afternoon. The match was cancelled 
Originally the book was written in Spanish and a few years ago it was translated into English.
I saw an accident last night. Somebody called an ambulance but nobody was injured so the ambulance was not needed
Exercise 4: Decide whether these sentences are active or passive. Tranform active sentences into passive, and passive sentences into active ones.
Does Egypt export cotton to many countries?
	Is cotton exported to many countries by Egypt?
The Christmas trees were decorated and put at the front doors.
	They decorated the Christmas trees and put it at the front doors.
Somebody must do something for these poor men.
	Something must be done for those poor men.
Did Jack London write the novel “Martin Idon”?
	Was the novel “Martin Idon” written by Jack London?
A new supermarket is going to be built next year.
	They are going to build a new supermarket next year.
They have just built a new church near my house.
	A new church has just been built near my house.
People speak French and English in Canada.
	French and English are spoken in Canada.
Bell invented the telephone in 1876
	The telephone was invented by Bell in 1867
People say that he is the best doctor.
	He is said to be the best doctor
His painting will be exhibited for the first time by New Arts Gallery.
	New Arts Gallery will exhibit his painting for the first time.
Exercise 5: Report these direct sentences.
“I’m living in London now”, Charles said.
	Charles said that he was living in London then.
“You are my best friends,” Jane said to us.
	Jane said that she was her best friends.
“I don’t know what Fred is doing,” Johnny said to me.
	Johnny said he did not know what Fred was doing.
“We are decorating our Christmas tree,” Hoa said.
	Hoa said they were decorating their Christmas tree.
“I must go home now,” he said to his friends
	He said he had to go home then.
“I can’t go out after 8 p.m”, Hoa said.
	Hoa said she could not go out after 8 pm.
“I will come and see you as soon as I can,” she said to me.
	She said she would come and see her as soon as she could.
“John wants to come here but he isn’t very well,” Judy said.
	Judy said Hohn wanted to come there but he wasn’t very well.
“I have to wear uniform when I am at school,” Susan said.
	Susan said she had to wear uniform when she was at school.
“I am going away for a few days. I’ll phone you when I get back”, Judy said to me.
	Judy said that she was going away for a few days and she would phone me when she got back.
“Run faster”, Ba said to his teammate.
	Ba told his teammate to run faster.
“Could you collect my new ao dai at the tailor round the corner?” Lan’s mother said to her.
	Lan’s mother told her to collect her new ao dai at the tailor round the corner.