Bài tập môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 (Global Success)

Name: Unit 1 Class:
1. Match the sentence half in A with the other half in B to make a complete sentence.
2. Fill in each blank with a suitable word.
1. Mark is ________ about sport, and he can play basketball, football, table tennis, and golf.
2. Are you keen ________ gardening or going shopping?
3. Many girls are interested in ________ DIY.
4. My mum and I love ________, so we can spend hours in the kitchen.
5. Is your grandfather ________ of collecting stamps and coins? - Yes, he is.
6. What does your brother do in his free time? - He usually ________ the net.
3. Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D. Sometimes you can choose two answers.
1. According to a survey, 21% of children under 18 in the UK enjoy ________ football.
A. to play                                B. play                         C. playing                           D. played
2. About 16% of them love ________ swimming.
A. to go                                   B. go                           C. going                              D. went
3. A lot of young families in Viet Nam prefer ________ time doing outdoor activities together.
A. spending                             B. spend                      C. spent                           D. to spend
4. My sister hates ________ up early to do exercise.
A. getting                                B. get                           C. gets                            D. to get
5. Our cousins detest ________ books and ________.
A. reading / draw                                            B. reading / drawing
C. to read / to draw                                         D. read / draw
6. Does your brother dislike ________ his friends? - Yes, he prefers ________ them.
A. call / message                                             B. calling / messaging
C. to call / to message                                     D. to call / message
Unit 2
1. Choose the noun (A, B, C, or D) that does NOT go with the given verb.
1. to ride 
A. a buffalo                B. a bicycle                 C. a ship                      D. a horse
2. to collect 
A. wood                      B. water                       C. eggs                        D. chickens
3. to pick 
A. plants                     B. flowers                   C. tomatoes                 D. grapes
4. to herd 
A. fish                         B. horses                     C. buffaloes                 D. cows
5. to catch 
A. fish                         B. fruits                       C. mice                        D. rabbits
2. Use the verbs in 1 to complete the following sentences. Use the correct form of the verbs.
1. The children in my village enjoy _____ blackberries to eat in the nearby forest.
2. After school, we have to help our parents _____ water from the village well.
3. Can you _____ a horse?
4. My cat is very good at _____ mice.
5. They trained the dog to _____ sheep.
3. Choose the correct words to complete the following sentences.
1. The workers are _____ a truck with timber.
A. unloading  	B. loading                    C. taking                     D. filling
2. He often _____ holes in his garden to plant trees.
A. ploughs           	B. picks                             C. digs             D. collects
3. My uncle hired extra workers to help at harvest _____.
A. time                       B. point                       C. period                     D. season
4. From the hilltop, we can see row after row of orange trees _____ to the horizon.
A. running                  B. expanding   	C. enlarging    	D. stretching
5. People in my village grow rice in vast _____ fields.
A. corn                       B. wheat                      C. pad                 D. paddy
4. Underline the correct words or phrases to complete the following sentences.
1. It usually rains (heavier / more heavily) in my country than in yours.
2. People in the countryside work (harder / more hard) than those in the city.
3. Nowadays children adapt (more quickly / quicklier) to technical developments than their parents.
4. I think countryside dwellers live (happier / more happily) than city dwellers.
5. This morning, the farmers in my village got up (more early / earlier) than usual.
Unit 3
1. Use the words in the box to complete the sentences. You may have to change the form of the word. Some are not used.
1. To meet her parents' ________, she spends five hours practising the piano every day.
2. It's not a problem for the contestants to work under ________.
3. Their PE teacher ________ them after school every day.
4. Stay away from him. He is a big ________ at our school.
5. I started playing chess two months ago, and I can ________ better now than before.
2. Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to complete the passage.
Nam was a good student. But he started using a smartphone and spending too much time on (1) _______ like Facebook and TikTok. He also liked joining in chit-chat and game (2) ______ for teens. He spent a lot of time (3) _______ notifications. He even neglected his schoolwork, and stopped (4) ________ with his classmates, friends, and family members. One day Nam saw a video clip about a boy who was addicted to games, and had no friends, so when the boy was feeling down, he (5) _________ others. Nam realised that he also had no more friends, except his younger brother.
1. A. forum                     B. social media           C. website                       D. notifications
2. A. notifications           B. posts                      C. forums                   D. videos
3. A. checking                 B. posting                  C. uploading              D. browsing
4. A. browsing                B. logging on             C. communicating          D. coaching
5. A. bulled                     B. connected               C. helped                       D. joined
3. Underline the correct words to complete the sentences.
1. Some teenagers never join in any forums for help, (so / because) they prefer talking to their parents about their problems.
2. In some forums teens can get advice from peers; (therefore / however), my friends often use those forums to share their problems.
3. Many teenagers want to support needy people, (but / so) they join community service projects.
4. Our students can participate in any club they like, (but / or) they shouldn't try to join all the school clubs at the same time.
5. Minh told his teachers about the school bullies; (therefore / otherwise), the bullies wouldn't leave him alone.
4. Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to complete each sentence.
1. Teenagers need encouragement from their parents, ______ not all parents are willing to encourage their children.
A. for                          B. and                          C. but                          D. so
2. Many girls worry about their appearance, ______ they often look at themselves in a mirror.
A. but                         B. so                            C. or                            D. for
3. Teenagers should learn to mix with their classmates, ______ they can try to get on with their siblings.
A. so                           B. for                           C. or                            D. yet
4. Social media helps teens connect with others; ______, they also cause teens to feel lonely.
A. however                 B. therefore                 C. otherwise                D. although
5. They spend a lot of time surfing the net; ______, they have little time to read books.
A. however                 B. therefore                 C. although                 D. otherwise
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