ĐỀ CƯƠNG ÔN TẬP GIỮA HỌC KÌ II - LỚP 8
A. VOCABULARY: Unit 7 ,8, 9
B. READING : Topics: Pollution; English Speaking Countries ; Natural Disasters
C. PRONUNCIATION :
1. Hậu tố –ic,–al, ial, ical, ity,…. nhấn âm trước nó
Example: ar’tistic ‘physical he’roic
2. Hậu tố –ese,–ee, -eer, -ique nhấn ngay trên nó
Example: Chi'nese refu'gee trai'nee Japa'nese
3. Hậu tố /ə/ + p.âm + /i/ family
Example: sociology clima'tology bibli'ography de'mography
soci'ology /,səʊsiˈɒlədʒi/
D/ GRAMMAR :
I. Conditional sentences:
* Conditional sentences type 1
If + S + V ( present simple), S + will + V
Ex: If it is hot, we will go swimming.
* Condituonal sentences type 2
If + S + V( past simple ), S + would/ could / might + V ( bare infinitive)
Ex: If I were a billionare, I would travel around the world.
Note: chúng ta có thể sử dụng “were” cho tất cả các ngôi trong mệnh đề “if”
II. Tenses :
1. Present Simple tense. (Thì hiện tại đơn)
2. Present progressive Tense: (Thì hiện tại tiếp diễn)
3. Past progressive Tense: (Thì quá khứ tiếp diễn)
4. The simple future tense: (Thì tương lai đơn)
5. Past Simple tense. (Thì quá khứ đơn)
6. Thì hiện tại hoàn thành (Present Perfect):
7. Thì quá khứ hoàn thành (Present Perfect):
III. STRUCTURES:
1. - Grammatical structures : cause/ efffect
because/ since + clause
Due to / because of + sth
So + clause
Cause/ lead to/ result in
2. PASSIVE FORMS (Thể bị động)
EXERCISES I
A. PHONETICS
I. Mark the stress on the correct syllable for the following words
| 1. ‘biography | 6. physiology | 11. photography | 16. meteorology |
| 2. biology | 7. ethnography | 12. sociology | 17. astrology |
| 3. radiography | 8. ethnology | 13. apology | 18. zoology |
| 4. radiology | 9. geography | 14. bibliography | 19. demography |
| 5. physiography | 10. geology | 15. climatology / | 20. psychology |
II. Circle the word with a different stress pattern from the others.
1. A. technology B. disaster C. available D. temporary
2. A. accommodation B. evacuation C. oceanography D. Environmentalist
3. A. tsunami B. evacuee C. ecology D. volcanic
4. A. volunteer B. scientific C. sociology D. property
5. A. electronic B. biology C. photography D. astrology
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.
1. The river water is severely polluted, mostly________ the dumping of raw sewage.
A. due to B. lead to C. because D. cause
Due to = because of = Owing to + N/ V-ing: ng nhân
lead to/ result in/ cause: kết quả
Because = As = Since + S + V…
2. Sudden changes in water temperature can _____ mass killings of fish, plants, or amphibians.
A. come up B. result in C. dump into D. thank to (nhờ vào)
3. Water pollution________ the death of all forms of life in the water bodies.
A. occurs B. results of C. creates D. leads to
4. ________ plastic takes so long to break down, it pollutes the land and ocean.
A. Because B. Due to C. Even if D. Although
5. Many flights were cancelled ________ the smoke from forest fires.
A. so B. because C. because of D. result in
6. ________the garbage dump smells terrible, no one lives around there.
A. Because of B. As C. As a result of D. Even though
7. ________the grain consumption is rising, forests will be cut to provide more room for planting crops.
A. Since B. Although C. Unless D. Due to
8. Grace didn’t love nature, ________ she wasn’t happy when her group went camping in a jungle.
A. but B. and C. because D. so
9. Thousands of fish were killed ________ a discharge of poisonous Chemicals from a nearby factory.
A. because B. lead to C. result in D. as a result of
10. ________the fog, there were no take-oils from the airport yesterday.
A. Since B. Because C. Owing to D. Thanks to
II. Choose the correct answers.
1. A drought happens when there_________ no rain in a place for a long time.