UNIT 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE GRADE 8

I: Find the word which has different sound in the underlined part in each line.
1. A. twenty B. happy C. by D. early
2. A. what B. why C. who D. when
3. A. books B. stops C. opens D. works
4. A. wanted B. needed C. decided D. stopped
II: Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D.
1. Nam enjoys …………… his homework in the morning.
A. doing B. to do C. am doing D. does
2. My dad doesn’t mind…………… my mom from work every day.
A. pick up B. picked up C. picking up D. picks up
3. Nam doesn’t like ………………. Soccer every day.
A. play B. plays C. playing D. played
4. Does she fancy …………… a book to the younger children?
A. reads B. reading C. to read D. read
5. My parents enjoy …………… on Sundays.
A. garden B. gardening C. gardened D. gardens
6. They love ……………with their friends.
A. eat out B. ate out C. having eaten D. eating out
7. I prefer …………… people.
A. text B. texting C. texted D. texts
8. My father detests …………. play soccer in the morning
A. playing B. played C. to play D. plays
III.Write the words in the correct boxes.
Climb blue class bread present brush president block

Cluster Words
/br/
/pr/
/bl/
/cl/
IV: Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D.
1. The farmer rides the buffalo -____________ carts loaded full of rice home.
A. draw B. drawing C. drew D. drawn
2. My dad doesn’t mind…………… my mom from work every day.
A. pick up B. picked up C. picking up D. picks up
3. Using computers too much may have harmful effects ________ your minds and bodies.
A. on B. to C. with D. onto
4. Does she fancy …………… a book to the younger children?
A. reads B. reading C. to read D. read
5. I love the people in my village. They are so ________ and hospitable.
A. friendly B. vast C. slow D. inconvenient
6. We help load the rice __________ carts on the first day of our trip to the countryside.
A. in B. onto C. by D. on
V. Supply the correct Tense or Form of the Verbs in parentheses .
1. Tuan loves ____________ to music every day. (listen) 1/. …………………..…
2. ____________ you ever ___________ a buffalo ? (ride) 2/. ……………………..
3. The children used to ___________ a long way to school. (go) 3/. ……………………..
4. They hate ___________ their son texting his friends all day. (see) 4/. ………………..……
VI. Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one .
1. My house is taller than your house.
Your house .……….……….……….……….……….………………………
2. I love listening to music.
I like …………….……….……….……….……….……….………….……….
3. The black dress is more expensive than the white one.
The white dress ….……….……….……….……….……….………….……….
4. We used the Internet many years ago
The internet ……….……….……….…………….……….……….……….……….
5. No one in my group is more intelligent than Mary.
Mary……….……….…….……….……….……….……….………….……….
6.He works much. He feels tired.
The more ………….……….……….……….……….……….………….……….
7.Yesterday the temperature was nine degrees. Today it’s only six degrees.
It’s …………………………………………………………………….
8.The journey takes four hours by car and five hours by train.
It takes………………………………………………………………….
9. She waters the plants every day.
The plants………………………………………………………………………
10. Jane cooks better than her sister.
Jane’s sister…………………………………………………………….
11.Tom is the best football player in this team.
Nobody in this team…………………………………………………..
VII. Comparative.
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.The weather today is ( warm) than the weather yesterday.
5.This film is not (good) as the one we saw last week.
6.Holidays are( pleasant) than working days.
7.Which is ( high) mountain in your country?
8. A house is ( strong) than a dog.
9. Robert is ( fat) than his brother.
10.The Pacific is ( large) ocean in the world.
VIII. Choose the underline word or phrase that is incorrect
1. Tim is at the same age as Hoa.
AB C D
2. At recess, the students practice to play basketball.
A B C D
3. Do you know how much a banana cost?
A B C D
4. The tacher says Ba will be a famous artist in one day.
A B C D
5. Some boys are playing marble in the school yard at recess.
A B C D
6. Some students are playing games as blind man’s buff and catch.
A B C D
7. Mai learns how to use a computer in her scientific class.
A B C D
 KEY : UNIT 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE GRADE 8
I: Find the word which has different sound in the underlined part in each line.
1. A. twenty B. happy C. by D. early
2. A. what B. why C. who D. when
3. A. books B. stops C. opens D. works
4. A. wanted B. needed C. decided D. stopped
II: Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D.
1. Nam enjoys …………… his homework in the morning.
A. doing B. to do C. am doing D. does
2. My dad doesn’t mind…………… my mom from work every day.
A. pick up B. picked up C. picking up D. picks up
3. Nam doesn’t like ………………. Soccer every day.
A. play B. plays C. playing D. played
4. Does she fancy …………… a book to the younger children?
A. reads B. reading C. to read D. read
5. My parents enjoy …………… on Sundays.
A. garden B. gardening C. gardened D. gardens
6. They love ……………with their friends.
A. eat out B. ate out C. having eaten D. eating out
7. I prefer …………… people.
A. text B. texting C. texted D. texts
8. My father detests …………. play soccer in the morning
A. playing B. played C. to play D. plays
III.Write the words in the correct boxes.
Climb blue class bread present brush president block

Cluster Words
/br/ brush , bread
/pr/ present , president
/bl/ blue , block
/cl/ Class, Climb
IV: Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D.
1. The farmer rides the buffalo -____________ carts loaded full of rice home.
A. draw B. drawing C. drew D. drawn
2. My dad doesn’t mind…………… my mom from work every day.
A. pick up B. picked up C. picking up D. picks up
3. Using computers too much may have harmful effects ________ your minds and bodies.
A. on B. to C. with D. onto
4. Does she fancy …………… a book to the younger children?
A. reads B. reading C. to read D. read
6. I love the people in my village. They are so ________ and hospitable.
A. friendly B. vast C. slow D. inconvenient
7. We help load the rice __________ carts on the first day of our trip to the countryside.
A. in B. onto C. by D. on
V. Supply the correct Tense or Form of the Verbs in parentheses .
1. Tuan loves ____________ to music every day. (listen) 1/listening/ to listen
2. ____________ you ever ___________ a buffalo ? (ride) 2/ have you ever ridden
3. The children used to ___________ a long way to school. (go) 3/ go
4. They hate ___________ their son texting his friends all day. (see) 4/ seeing/to see
VI. Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one .
1. My house is taller than your house.
Your house is shorter than my house.
2. I love listening to music.
I like listening to music. .
3. The black dress is more expensive than the white one.
The white dress is cheaper than the black one..
4. We used the Internet many years ago
The internet was used many years ago .
5. No one in my group is more intelligent than Mary.
Mary is the most intelligent in my group.
6.He works much. He feels tired.
The more He works, the more tired he feels.
7.Yesterday the temperature was nine degrees. Today it’s only six degrees.
It’s colder ( today) than yesterday.
8.The journey takes four hours by car and five hours by train.
It takes less time to go by car than by train.
9. She waters the plants every day.
The plants are watered every day.
10. Jane cooks better than her sister.
Jane’s sister cooks worse than her.
11.Tom is the best football player in this team.
Nobody in this team plays football better than Tom.
VII. Comparative.
1.Mary is as pretty as her sister.
2. A new house is more expensive than an old one.
3. His job is more important than mine.
4.The weather today is warmer than the weather yesterday.
5.This film is not as good as the one we saw last week.
6.Holidays are more pleasant than working days.
7.Which is the highest mountain in your country?
8. A house is stronger than a dog.
9. Robert is fatter than his brother.
10.The Pacific is the largest ocean in the world.
VIII. Choose the underline word or phrase that is incorrect
1. Tim is at the same age as Hoa.
AB C D
2. At recess, the students practice to play basketball.
A B C D
3. Do you know how much a banana cost?
A B C D
4. The teacher says Ba will be a famous artist in one day.
A B C D
5. Some boys are playing marble in the school yard at recess.
A B C D
6. Some students are playing games as blind man’s buff and catch.
A B C D
7. I’d love coming to your birthday but I’m much too busy.
A B C D