Revision Unit 1,2,3,4 – grade 8

I.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others

1. A. beloved B. needed C. loved D. wicked

2. A. preserve B. detest C. regret D. recognize
3. A. musician B. ancient C. efficient D. puncture
4. A. scholarship B. headache C. children D. chemist
5. A. carnival B. pasture C. harvest D. satisfaction
6. A. stripe B. strict C. spring D. newsprint
7. A. passed B. booked C. laughed D. followed
8. A. host B. custom C. obliged D. together
9. A. tradition B. manner C. address D. pagoda
10. A. criticize B. ethnic C. spiritual D. habit

II. Choose the word with the different stress pattern.

1. A. music B. musical C. musician D. heritage

2. A. recognize B. emperor C. generous D. commemorate
3. A. detest B. defeat C. bamboo D. custom
4. A. dragon B. respectful C. tortoise D. ritual
5. A. recognition B. pedestrian C. companion D. performance
6. A. clockwise B. cutlery C. accept D. filmstrip
7. A. compliment B. generation C. hostess D. offspring
8. A. oblige B. reflect C. belonging D. social
9. A. unity B. upwards C. kidding D. suggest
10. A. culture B. follow C. extended D. resident

III. Circle the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the following sentences.

1.Our parents ____________ their 20thwedding anniversary last Sunday.

A. recommended B. celebrated C. worshipped D. commemorated
2. Vietnamese women have the custom_______Ao dai on special occasions.
To wear B. wearing C to wearing D. of wearing
3. Remember to turn off all the lights before _______home.
A. going B. leave C. leaving D. go
4. It’s the custom for guests _________ their shoes off before going into a Japanese house.
A. To take B. take C. taking D. taken
5. My area broke ____________tradition by not having firework son New Year’s Eve.
A. of B. with C. up D. down
6. My brother drives ____________ than his friend.
A. carefully B. more careful C. more carefully D. carelessly
7. In my opinion, all the rules of our school _________ strictly__________.
A. is/followed B. must /be followed C. are/followed D. must/ follow
8. Ethnic peoples get used to ________ in stilt houses.
A. live B. to live C. living D. to be lived
9. According to the _________ in England, we have to use a knife and fork at dinner.
A. table ways B. table manners C. behavior D. differences
10. Hoa Ban is one of __________ in Lai Chau.
A. the more attractive festivals B. the most attractive festivals
C. most attractive festivals D. more attractive festival
11. Our country has a family _____ of visiting the pagoda on the first day of every lunar month.
A. custom B. tradition C. habit D. enjoyment
12. What is the __________ between a custom and a tradition?
A. similar B. familiar C. similarity D. same
13.They _________ each other since they left school.
A. haven’t seen B. hasn’t seen C. have seen D. saw
14. In my family, all the traditions of our ancestor are strictly _________.
A. follow B. to follow C. followed D. following
15. The custom of _________ hello to strangers has spread through our community.
A. to say C. say D. said
16. It’s the custom for guest to take their shoes _________ before going into a Japanese house.
A. on B. up C. after D. off
17. The students ______________come to class on time.
A. have to B. must C. haven’t to D. mustn’t
18. On Tet holiday, there’s a ______ that me make tet cake and cook braised pork and eggs.
A. customs B. thing C. regulation D. tradition
19. In Japan, when ________, you express your appreciation and respect to the other people.
A. bow B. bowing C to bow D. bowed
20. When they have finished ________, they always _______ the knife and fork on the plate.
A. to eat/place B eating/place
C. to eat/ are placing D. eating/ are placing
21. I would like _________ you _______ to the cinema tonight.
A. to invite/ going B. inviting/ to go
C. to invite / to go B. to invite / going
22. French people have _________ table manners.
A. interested B. interest C. interesting D. interestingly
23. A tradition is something special that is _________ through the generations.
A. passed by B. passed to C. passed down D. passed out
24. The Xoe dance is a _____________ tradition of Thai ethnic people.
A. material B. physical C. spiritual D. practical
25. When having meals with a British family, you should never chew with _________open.
A. eye B. hand C. mouth D. finger
26. Old people say they shouldn’t ________ with this tradition because it reflects Thai culture and
lifestyle.
A. break B. give C. work D. use
27. We all enjoy these customs and traditions because they provide our family with a sense of
_________.
A. belonging B. worrying C. missing D. surrounding
28. I was taught a lot of ___________ skills by my parents.
A. society B. social C. socially D. socializing
29. _______ sun is ______ alternative source of energy.
A. The/ the B. - /the C. - / an D. The/ an
30. The main items of ……… in Western country are the knife, fork and spoon.
A. table manners B. eating styles C. cutlery D. kitchen tools
IV. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in brackets.
1. Parents should encourage their children to ______socialize_____ more often. (social)
2. Bill has been _______addicted____ to online computer games since he left high school. (addict)
3. Are you _____satisfied______ with your exam results? (satisfy)
4. The ____ diversity_______ of climate leads to the richness in agricultural products in this area.
(diverse)
5. What do you spend the _____majority______ of your time doing? (major)
6._____Nomads______ never stay in a place for more than two months. (nomadic)
7. The rainy weather was ___incovenient________ for our outdoor activities yesterday. (convenient)
8. The classmate sitting next to me treats us very ____generouly_______. (generous)
9. Why are some people _____more curious______than others? (curious)
10. Empty barrels and ______insignificant_____ people always make the most noise. (significant)
11. She has one of the biggest ____collections_______ of coins in Viet Nam. (collect)

12. Maryam’s very surprised and interested in Huong Pagoda Festival because of the
___difference__________ between two cultures. (differ)

13. In our family, all the traditions of our ancestors are _____strictly________ followed. (strict)

14. Before leaving the dinner table, does your son have to ask for _______permission_______?
(permit)

15. We use ‘should’ and ‘have to’ to express advice and _______obligation_______ about customs
and traditions. (oblige)

16. We are writing a _____description___________ of a traditional dance. (describe)

17. The foreign tourists want to join in the Tet _________celebration_________. (celebrate)

18. The house is ______inconvenietly_________ situated for local schools. Because it is so far.
(convenience)

19. It’s not a very pretty town, but the ______surroundings________ are beautiful. (surround)

20. I had to _______shorten_____ your speech as we started late. (short)

V. Choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word
in each of the following sentences.

1. In my opinion, a custom is something that has become an accepted way of doing things.

A. agreed B. special C. different D. traditional

2. We have to be here at seven o’clock sharp.

A. exactly on time B. correctly C. totally D. completely

3. The weather forecast was totally right. It rained all day!

A. not correct B. spot on C. obvious D. normal

VI. Put the verbs in the following sentences in the correct verb forms.

1. I suggested (go)____going___________ for a walk. We had a lot of free time.

2. Sue is looking forward to (try)________trying______ the new games at the theme park.

3. She prefers (watch)______watching_______ television to (listen)________listening_____ to music.

4. It is at least five years since I (see) _____saw _________ my uncle.

5. I feel tired. I would rather (take) _____ take_________ a short rest.

6. Susan works in a theatre. She (meet) _________has met__________ a lot of famous actors so far.
7. (watch) ________watching_________ television is also a means of learning English.

8. Don’t forget (bring)________to bring________your dictionary with you to class.

9. We spent eight hours (travel) _______travelling______ from Ho Chi Minh to NhaTrang by train.

10. He can’t leave the office until he (finish) _______finishes_________writing that report.

11. Please continue your work. We don’t mind (wait) ______waiting_________.

12. While she (run) ______was running________ across the road she fell and twisted her ankle.

13. She (walk)_was walking_____ with her friend at 8.30 yesterday evening.
14. Our guests (not/have) _____don’t have to__ to take off their shoes before they get in.
15. I hate eating with spoon because it ______causes______(cause) trouble when I eat fish.
16. In the past, ao dai ________was worn____(wear) by both men and women.
17. When in Japan, you should avoid _______eating_____(eat) on the go.
18. You have ______to go______(go) to the doctor. You look terrible.
19. The Japanese tend _____to use_______(use) their mobile phones discreetly when in public.
20. I (live) ________have lived___________ in this house for six months.

VII. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first.

1. We have lived here for ten years.

We moved to here ten years ago.

2. They have to take new measures to prevent more flooding. (passive voice)

_______________________________________________________________________________

3. It’s very dangerous to play with matches.

Playing with matches is very dangerous.

4. It isn’t necessary for you to go to school so early.

You don’t need to go to school so early.

5. He has difficulty in addressing large audience. (finds)

He finds addressing large audience difficult.