REVISION FOR THE FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
Subject: English 8. School year: 2011-2012
1/ Present simple tense (thì hiện tại đơn)
* S + V (s/es)
* He / She / It / teân rieâng + Ves / s (-o, -ch, -sh, -s, -x, -z +ES))
* Advs: always, usually, often, sometimes, seldom, occasionally, rarely, every …, on Mondays / Tuesdays, once a week
2/ The near future tense: (be going to)
* S + tobe (am/is/ are) + going to + V-inf…
* Advs: Next, tonight, tomorrow, soon, one day
3/ The present progressive tense (HTTD)
* S + tobe (am/is/are) + V-ing….
* now, right now, tomorrow, tomorrow morning/ afternoon, evening, at present, at the moment, this week / month / …, listen!; look!, …)
4/ Present perfect tense (HTHT)
* S + have/has + V-pp…
* since, for, yet, ever, just, recently, already, never
* Since + mốc thời gian ; for + khoảng thời gian
5/ Past simple tense (QKĐ)
* S + V-qk ……….(Tobe: was / were)
* yesterday ; last night / …, ago
Exercise 1: Supply the correct tense of the verbs
- Yesterday, Ba ( go).............................to Da Nang by car.
- Hoa often (do)............................................the homework after school.
- Look! A baby (cross)...............................................the road.
- My mother (buy).............................................a house last week.
- They often (go) …………..for dinner on Saturday afternoon.
- The sun (rise) …………. in the east and (set) ………….. in the west.
- My class (start) …………… at 7.00 a.m and (finish) …………….. at 11.15 a.m.
- We (receive) …………. your letter two days ago.
- Yesterday I (be) …………..busy so I (not / have) …………… time to phone you.
- We (not / see) ………………….. each other since last week.
1/ went 2/ does 3/ is crossing 4/ bought 5/ go 6/ rises – sets
7/ starts 8/ finishes 9/ was - didn’t have 10/ haven’t seen
- Our dad (start) …………………… a new job since yesterday.
- Last night, I (go) …………..to bed late. Suddenly I (hear) …………… a noise.
- What ……………. you (use) …………… to do in your free time? I used to go jogging.
- What …………….. you (do) …………… last night? I (watch) ……………TV.
- I (read) ………...........…… this book for two hours.
- Lan (be) …………............…. to the USA for 2 years.
- We (learn) ……………..............… since 1999.
- They (eat / already) …………………… Chinese food
- How long ……….. you (live) …………in Hanoi? I (live) …………… there for 10 years.
- What ………… they (do) …………… next summer vacation? They (visit) ……………… their parents in HCM city.
11/ has started 12/ went – heard 13/ did you use to do 14/ did you do 15/ have read 16/ has been 17/ have learnt 18/ have already eaten 19/ have you lived – have lived 20/ will they do / must visit
6. …to be (not) + adj + enough + (for s.o) + to + V-inf
Exercise 2: Combine these two sentences, using “enough” structure
1. He is tall. He can play volleyball.