Đề cương ôn thi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Unit 2: Life in the countryside

ENGLISH 8 - UNIT 2 LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
Word
Type
Pronunciation
Meaning
1
beehive
(n)
/biːhaɪv/
tổ ong
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brave
(adj)
/breɪv/
can đảm
3
buffalo-drawn cart
(n)
/ˈbʌfələʊ-drɔːn kɑːt/
xe trâu kéo
4
cattle
(n)
/ˈkỉtl/
gia súc
5
collect
(v)
/kəˈlekt/
thu gom, lấy
6
convenient
(adj)
/kənˈviːniənt/
thuận tiện
7
disturb
(v)
/dɪˈstɜːb/
làm phiền
8
electrical appliance
(n)
/ɪˈlektrɪkl əˈplaɪəns/
đồ điện
9
generous
(adj)
/ˈdʒenərəs/
hào phĩng
10
ger
(n)
/ger/
lều của dân du mục Mơng Cổ
11
Gobi Highlands
/ˈgəʊbi ˈhaɪləndz/
Cao nguyên Gobi
12
grassland
(n)
/ˈɡrɑːslỉnd/
đồng cỏ
13
harvest time
(n)
/ˈhɑːvɪst taɪm/
mùa gặt
14
herd
(v)
/hɜːd/
chăn dắt
15
local
(adj, n)
/ˈləʊkl/
địa phương, dân địa phương
16
Mongolia
(n)
/mɒŋˈɡəʊliə/
Mơng cổ
17
nomad
(n)
/ˈnəʊmỉd/
dân du mục
18
nomadic
(adj)
/nəʊˈmỉdɪk/
thuộc về du mục
19
paddy field
(n)
/ˈpỉdi fiːld/
đồng lúa
20
pasture
(n)
/ˈpɑːstʃə(r)/
đồng cỏ
21
pick
(v)
/pɪk/
hái (hoa, quả)
22
racing motorist
(n)
/ˈreɪsɪŋ məʊtərɪst/
người lái ơ tơ đua
23
vast
(adj)
/vɑːst/
rộng lớn, bát ngát
REVISION: THE COMPARISONS – CÂU SO SÁNH
A. SO SÁNH BẰNG : (SIMILARITY)
* Structures: Cấu trúc câu
So sánh ngang bằng của tính từ và trạng từ ( adjective or adverb)
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So sánh ngang bằng của danh từ. ( noun)
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Ex : - His car runs as fast as a race car.
 - John sings as well as his sister. 
Ex: He is not so tall as his father. 
Ex: My house is as high as his.
 My house is the same height as his. 
Eg: Mary is as tall as Tom (tall)
1. Lan types............................................. my sister “Hoa”. ( slowly)
2. These books......................................... those books. ( old )
3. This building......................................................the building overthere. ( high )
4. The jeans here ......................................................those ones in the next shop. ( cheap )
5. This Summer is not................................................... the Summer last year. ( hot )
6. These films/ good / those ones I watched last year
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7. Long / drive / car / carefully/ Tuan
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8. My students / speak / English / fluently/ Your students.
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9. the weather today / be / not / cold / the weather / be / yesterday.
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10. Thuong River / not/ long / Hong River.
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11. My brother /work / hard / those ones
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12. This exercise / easy / that exercise.
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13. His sister /not/ dance / beautifully / Linh’s sister.
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14. Bac Giang city/ not/ big/ Hai Phong city.
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15. HaiTien notebooks / good / Hongha notebooks.
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16. They / not / live / happily / Mrs Laura.
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17. Samsung mobile phone / cheap / Nokia mobile phone.
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18. China / large / Rusian.
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19. Superman / not / strong / Spiderman.
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20. Those doors / not/ safe / these ones.
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B. SO SÁNH BẬC HƠN CỦA TÍNH TỪ:( COMPARATIVE OF ADJECTIVE ) 
1- Tính từ ngắn : ( Short adjectives ) Hầu hết là tính từ cĩ một âm tiết hoặc tính từ dài cĩ hai âm tiết tận cùng là : “ y, er, ow, ple, tle ” thì được coi là tính từ ngắn khi so sánh. 
* Structures: Cấu trúc câu
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 Example : 	happy - .................. 	long - .................. 
 	 	easy 	 - .................. 	short - .................. 
	 	clever - .................. 	small - .................. 
 	simple - .................. 	strong - .................. 
 	gentle - .................. 	early - .................. 
	narrow - .................. 	young - .................. 
Lưu ý : + Đối với tính từ ngắn cĩ một phụ âm tận cùng (trừ w,x,z) và trước đĩ là một nguyên âm, ta phải gấp đơi phụ âm cuối rồi thêm “ er ” 
Ex: 	big- .................. ; 	red-.................. ; 	fat- .................. ; 	sad- .................. ;
 	thin- .................. ; 	hot – .................. ; 	fit – .................. ;
+ Đối với tính từ một âm tiết tận cùng bằng “ e ” thì so sánh bậc hơn ta chỉ thêm “ r ”
Ex: 	nice – .................. ; 	safe – .................. ; 	wide – .................. ; 
 	+ Trường hợp đặc biệt
	good - better 	far - further / farther
	bad - worse 	little - less
	many/ much - more
Eg: Mary is taller than Tom (is)
1. Lan .............................................than my sister “Hoa”. ( young)
2. Your house / large / than / my house.
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3. the weather today / be / cold / than / the weather / be / yesterday.
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4. These books.........................................than those books. ( old )
5. This building......................................................the building overthere. ( high )
6. The jeans here ......................................................those ones in the next shop. ( cheap )
7. This Summer is...................................................than the Summer last year. ( hot )
8. These films...............................................than those ones I watched last year. ( good )
9. Bac Giang city/ small/ Hai Phong city.
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10. HaiTien notebooks / good / Hongha notebooks.
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2- Tính từ dài : ( long adjectives ) Các tính từ cĩ từ hai âm tiết trở lên khi phát âm ( ngoại trừ các trường hợp đặc biệt thuộc về tính từ ngắn) thì là tính từ dài. 
* Structures: Cấu trúc câu
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dangerous - ................................... 	interesting - ...................................
careful - ................................... 	exciting - ...................................
helpful - ................................... 	comfortable - ...................................
beautiful - ................................... 	difficult - ...................................
intelligent - ................................... 	boring - ...................................
1. The test A / difficult / the test B
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2. A tiger / dangerous / a dog.
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3. Trang / Linh / intelligent / her friend “ Mai”. 
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4. Minh / careful/ Truong / Hung
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5. This film/interesting/ that one is. 
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6. Anna / beauty/Laura
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C. SO SÁNH BẬC HƠN CỦA TRẠNG TỪ:( COMPARATIVE OF ADVERBS ) 
* Notes: Lưu ý Cách cấu tạo của trạng từ thể cách, trạng từ trong tiếng anh
Adj + ly = adv
New – newly
Beautiful – beautifully
Slow - slowly
Careful - carefully
Ngoại trừ một số trường hợp đặc biệt sau đây
Adj – adv
Good – well
Fast – fast
Hard – hard
Far – far
Many/ much – many / much
Early – early
1- Trạng từ ngắn (Short adverbs ): * Structures: Cấu trúc câu
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Lưu ý : + Trước khi thêm “ er” ta đổi “ y – i”
Ngoại trừ một số trường hợp đặc biệt sau đây
	well – better 	
	Badly – worse 	
	Many/ much - more
far – further / farther
	little - less
Eg: 	a. She writes English.....................................than I do. ( slowly )
b. He ran....................................than I ran in the physical test yesterday morning. ( fast )
c. They arrived the party........................................than we did/ expected. ( early )
d. They speak English............................................than Hoa’s students do. ( well )
2- Trạng từ dài : ( long adverbs ) 
* Structures: Cấu trúc câu
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dangerously - ................................... 	carefully - ....................................... 
beautifully - ..................................... 	intelligently - ................................... 
a. Long drives car .....................................................his father does. (dangerously) 
b. Lan writes her homework................................................than her friend “ Linh” does. ( carefully)
c. Anna is.............................................than Laura, but Laura dances and sings..................................
 Than Anna does. ( beauty)
D. SO SÁNH BẬC NHẤT ( SUPERLATIVE )
1- Tính từ ngắn/ Trạng từ ngắn : ( Short adjectives /adverbs). 
* Structures: Cấu trúc câu
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This is the cleanest room in the house
Notes: cần chú ý một số yếu tố sau
+ Hầu hết chỉ thêm “ est”: tall – ................; new – ....................; strong – ..................; young...............
+ Đối với tính từ một âm tiết tận cùng bằng “ e ” thì so sỏnh bậc nhất ta chỉ thêm “ st”
Ex: nice – .................; safe – .................; wide – .................; large – ....................
+ Đối với tính từ ngắn cĩ một phụ âm tận cùng (trừ w,x,z) và trước đĩ là một nguyên âm, ta phải gấp đơi phụ âm cuối rồi thêm “ est ” 
Ex: big – .................; red – .................; fat- .................; sad- ................. 
* MỘT SỐ TÍNH TỪ/ TRẠNG TỪ BẤT QUI TẮC
ADJ / ADV
 good / well
 bad / badly 
 far
 old
 much
 many
 little
 COMPARATIVE
	better
	worse
 farther/further
	older/elder
	more
	more
	less
SUPERLATIVE
	best
	worst
 farthest/furthest
	oldest/eldest
	most
	most
	least
2 - Tính từ dài/Trạng từ dài ( long adjectives /adverbs). 
* Structures: Cấu trúc câu
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Ex: First class is the most expensive way to travel 
Exercise: Sử dụng câu so sánh nhất để hồn thành những câu dưới đây
1. Minh ...........................................student in Linh’s class. ( young)
2. These books.........................................ones in our library. ( old )
3. This pagoda......................................................one in this area. ( high )
4. That dress ...................................................... in the shop. ( cheap )
5. This Summer is...................................................in four years. ( hot )
6. These films/ good / ones I have ever watched.
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7. Long / short / person in his room
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8. Your house / large / in our village.
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9. the weather today / be / cold / in this Winter.
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10. Nile River / long / river in the world.
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11. Bac Giang city/ small/ city in our country
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12. This / easy / exercise / we’ve done.
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13. HaiTien notebooks / good /notebooks that we used to use.
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14. I. phone7 plus / bad / mobile phone in the market nowadays.
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15. The test A / difficult / test that we did last month.
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IV- SO SÁNH KÉP : ( DOUBLE COMPARISON )
1- So sánh kép trong bản thân một sự vật , hiện tượng : ..càng ngày càng ..
a- Tính từ ngắn, trạng từ ngắn: ( Short adjective/ adverb )
* Structures: Cấu trúc câu
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Ex: - Tom is growing fast. He is getting taller and taller 
 - The weather is getting hotter and hotter 
b- Tính từ dài ( long adjectives ) hoặc trạng từ ( adverbs ) : 
* Structures: Cấu trúc câu
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Ex : - Computers are becoming more and more complicated 
 - Jenny is becoming more and more beautiful
2- So sánh kép liên quan đến hai hay nhiều sự vật, hiện tượng : 
.... càng thế này thì càng thế kia 
* Structures: Cấu trúc câu
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 Ex: 1. The more money you make, the more you spend 
2. The harder you work, the better result you will get 
3. The more expensive petrol becomes, the less people drive
BÀI TẬP ƠN TẬP CÂU SO SÁNH
Exercise 1: Choose the best answer: 
1. Ho Chi Minh city is much .................. than Bacgiang city. 
A. larger 	B. smaller 	C. higher 	D. lower 
2. Australia is the .................. continent in the world.
A. large	B. smallest 	C. biggest 	D. thinner 
3. Living in the countryside is .................. than in cities. 
 A. less peaceful 	B. more peaceful 	C. most peaceful D. least peaceful 
4. Your car is in .................. condition than mine. 
A. worse	B. worst	C. bad 	 	D. good 
5. That was the .................. day in my life. 
A. excited 	B. happiness 	C. happiest 	 	D. interesting 
6. Hoa doesn’t cook .................. her mother. 
A. as bad as 	B. as good as	C. as quick as 	D. as well as
7. She is the .................. beautiful girl I have ever met. 
A. less	B. more	C. most	D. best 
8. The Queen of England is one of the .................. women in the world. 
A. richer	B. richest 	C. most rich	D. as rich as 
9. I’m sorry I’m late. It took me .................. to get here than I expected. 
A. longer	B. further 	C. more 	 D. less 
10. Her illness was more .................. than we first thought. 
A. fatal 	B. important 	C. severe	D. serious 
11. Health and happiness are more .................. than money. 
A. importantly 	B. important 	C. importance D. serious 
12. We often go camping when we go on holiday because it’s .............. than staying in a hotel. 
A. much cheaper 	B. more cheaper	C. less cheaper 	 	D. the most cheapest 
13. Please let me know immediately if you hear any .................. news. 
A. farther	B. further 	C. extra 	D. earlier 
14. There were .................. people at this meeting than at the last one. 
A. less	B. much	C. many	 	 D. fewer 
15. That house over there is the .................. building in the town. 
A. eldest 	B. oldest 	C. ancientest 	 	D. antique 
16. What’s the .................. film you’ve ever seen? 
A. good 	B. interesting 	C. best	 	D. boring 
17. What’s the .................. river in the world? 
A. short 	B. long	C. wide	D. longest
18. I stayed in one of the .................. room in the hotel. 
A. large	B. nicest 	C. pretty 	 	D. nicer 
19. Let’s walk. It’s just .................. taking the bus. 
A. as quick as 	B. as soon as	 	C. as fast as 	 	D. as early as 
20. There’s plenty of food, so eat .................. you like. 
A. as many as 	B. as much as 	C. as lot as 	D. as great as 
21. His job is .................. as mine.
	A. not so difficult B. not that difficult C. nor so difficult D. not more difficult
22. .................. the horse tried to free Itself from the restraint, .................. it became.
 A. The most / the tighter 	B. The more / the tighter 
 C. The more / tighter 	D. More / tighter
23. This is .................. man of all I’ve ever known.
	A. best	B. better 	C. good	D. the best
24. .................. we finish the project, .................. we can start the next one.
	A. The soonest / the sooner 	B. The soonest / the most soon
	C. The sooner / the sooner 	D. The soonest / the soonest
25. Jays are .................. and more colorful than crows.
	A. short	B. shortest	C. more short	D. shorter
26. As a rule, .................. the heart rate, the faster the pulse.
	A. the more rapid	B. the more rapidly	C. rapid	D. the most rapid
27. Yesterday I felt a little ill and today I feel ...................
	A. more ill	B. most ill 	C. worse	D. worst
28. Thoudsands of years ago giraffes had much .................. necks than they have now.
	A. short	B. shorter	C. less short	D. least short
29. Special airplane fares for tourists make travel .................. than ever before.
 	A. less expensive and more attractive	B. less expensive but attractive
	C. not only expensive and attractive	D. less expensive therefore attractive
30. Advertising is .................. in the world.
	A. one of the biggest business	B. one of the business biggest
 	C. one business of the biggest 	D. one of the more big business
31. Mary is .................. in our class.
	A. prettier 	B. more pretty	C. most pretty	D. the prettiest
32. Jogging makes our health ..................
	A. more good	B. better 	C. the more good	D. the most good
33. .................. we jog, .................. we are.
	A. the most / the healthiest	B. the most / the healthier
	C. the more / the most healthy	D. the more / the healthier
34. The winter is coming, it is getting ..................
	A. more cold	B. the most cold	C. colder and colder	D. the more cold
35. The .................. things are produced, the .................. prices are.
	A. more / cheaper	B. most / cheapest	C. much / cheap	D. many / cheaper
36. .................. we read, .................. we know.
	A. the most / the most 	B. the more / the more	C. most / most	D. more/ more
37. It gets ................... let’s go swimming.
	A. hot and hot	B. the more hot	C. more and more hot	D. hotter and hotter
38. Minh usually runs .................. Hung.
	A. more fast	B. more fast than	C. the fastest	D. faster than
39. The problem seems to be ..................
	A. most serious 	B. more serious than C. more serious as D. more and more serious
40. Prices get ..................
 	A. high and high	B. highest and highest	C. more and more high	D. higher and higher
41. Thanks to the progress of science and technology, our lives have become ..................
A. more and more good 	B. better and better	C. the more and more good 	D. gooder and gooder
42. The Sears Tower is .................. building in Chicago.
A. taller 	B. the more tall 	C. the tallest 	D. taller and taller
43. Petrol is .................. it used to.
A. twice as expensive as 	B. twice expensive more than
C. twice more than expensive 	D. more expensive than twice
44. Peter is .................. John.	
A. younger and more intelligent than 	B. more young and intelligent than
C. more intelligent and younger than 	D. the more intelligent and younger than
45. San Diego is .................. town in Southern California.
A. more nice and nice 	B. the nicer 	C. the nicest 	D. nicer and nicer
46. It gets .................. when the winter is coming.
A. cold and cold 	B. the coldest and coldest	C. colder and colder 	D. more and more cold
47. Robert does not have .................. Peter does.
A. money more than 	B. as many money as 
C. more money as 	D. as much money as
48. The Mekong Delta is .................. deltas in Vietnam.
A. the largest of the two 	B. the more larger of the two
C. one of the two largest 	D. one of the two larger
Exercise 2:Use the proper form of adjectives (or adverbs) in parentheses.
1. Mary is (pretty) ................................................ as her sister.
2. A new house is (expensive) ................................................ than an old one.
3. His job is (important) ................................................ than mine.
4. Of the four ties, I like the red one (well) ................................................
5. Nobody is (happy) ................................................ than Miss Snow.
6. Today English is the (international) ................................................ of languages.
7. John is much (strong) ................................................ than I thought.
8. Benches are (comfortable) ................................................ than arm - chairs.
9. Bill is (good) ................................................ than you thought.
10. Mr. Bush is the (delightful) ................................................ person I have ever known.
11. Disk is the (careful) ................................................ of the three workers.
12. Sam’s conduct is (bad) ................................................ than Paul’s.
13. Thanks to the progress of science, human life is (good) ....................... and (good) .........................
14. Bill is (lazy) ....................... and (lazy) ........................
15. The teacher speaks English (fluently) ................................................ than we.
16. These boys are (ill - prepared) ................................................ for employment than my children.
17. The competition makes the price of goods (cheap) ....................... and (cheap) .......................
18. Charles is (hard working) ................................................ than Tom.
19. Is this book (interesting) ................................................ than the one you read last week?
20. Of the three boys, Harry is (ill - bred) .................................................
Exercise 3: Use double comparartive to complete these following sentences
1. They are big, they fall fast.
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2. It is hot, I feel miserable.
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3. He looks into her eyes much, He loves her much.
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4. He got old, he became bad-tempered.
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5- He worked hard. He felt very bad.
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6- When we think of the exam, we get more and more excited.
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7- As this road gets busier, it becomes more and more dangerous.
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8- When you get near to the Equator, the temperature becomes high.
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9- If she stays in England a long time, her English will be very good.
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10- You write fast, your writing becomes illegible.
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11. She is mature, she becomes beautiful.
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12. He study much, he becames stupid.
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13. He drinks much water, he becomes thirsty.
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