GRADE 8 - UNIT 13

GRAMMAR:
1. Passive Form
2. Compound Words : NOUN + V-ING : a rice-cooking contest, a water-fetching
competition
3. Reported Speech

VOCABULARY
No. NOUN ADJECTIVE VERB ADVERB

1 The ancients Ancient /ˈeɪnʃənt/

Anciently
(people)

Keen ON
# UNkeen ON = not
2 eager, not sharp,
Keenness
blunt
à an unkeen knife

(IN)explicable
3 explanatory (notes)
Explanation Explain sth TO sb
/ɪkˈsplænətri/

Competition
Compete WITH sb/
A Competitor
/kəmˈpetɪtə(r)/ sth
4 (UN)competitive (UN)competitively
Competitiveness Compete FOR /
/kəmˈpetətɪvnəs/ AGAINST sth

Position
A position = a post
5 = a job Positional Position
Positioning
à the positioning
of speed cameras

6 Urge = a strong Urge sb TO do sth =

desire/ impulse try to persuade sb

Separate /ˈseprət/
7 = different, distinct Separate
Separation Separated à /ˈsepreit/FROM
marital status
(single, married,

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(IN)separable

Award-winning
8 Award Award sth TO sb =
à an award-
An awardee Award sb sth
winning foreign film

A Contest
/ˈkɒntest/
Contest sth /kɒn’test/
= a competition
9 = take part in sth
à 3 candidates
A Contestant
contested the election
/kənˈtestənt/

Addition Add sth TO sth

10
à in addition to = additional à to add up = seem Additionally
besides + N reasonable
11 Decoration
/ˌdekəˈreɪʃn/
Decorative
Decorate /ˈdekəreɪt/
/ˈdekərətɪv/
A Decorator sth WITH sth
/ˈdekəreɪtə(r)/

Tradition traditional Traditionally

12
A traditionalist

Design
à graphic design
13
à interior design Design
A designer

Performance
14 Perform
A performer

15 (UN)suitability (UN)suitable Suit (UN)suitably

à FIT

(UN)popular
16 Popularization WITH
Popularize
Popularity = famous, well-
known FOR
Appearance
DISappearance (DIS)appear
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NON-appearance
= not present

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 A patron
/ˈpeɪtrən/
A Patroness patronize/ˈpætrənaɪz/
18 /ˌpeɪtrəˈnes/ /ˈpeɪtrənaɪz/

Patronage =
support

19 Description Descriptive Describe

20 Basis = foundation
/ˈbeɪsɪs/
à (plural) bases
/ˈbeɪsiːz/

an oasis à oases
a crisis à crises Basic
Base /beɪs/
/ˈbeɪsɪk/ Basically
à the basis for
sth
à on a regular
basis
The basics = the
essential facts of a
subject
Jolly
à jolly sb along =
Jolly
encourage sb in a
21 Jolly = cheerful à He’s jolly busy
friendly way
= extremely busy
à jolly sb up = make
sb cheerful

Unit 13: FESTIVALS

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. The poem was _____ “A visit from Santa Nicholas”.
a. said b. told c. called d. marked
2. Everyone liked the poem and it became _____ in the USA.
a. readable b. enjoyable c. popular d. famous
3. Vietnam is a _____ country.
a. rice-export b. rice-exported c. rice-exporting d. export-rice
4. This custom _____ throughout Europe and finally to America in the 1800s.
a. moved b. got c. traveled d. spread

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 5. The group members didn’t like the game because they thought it was _____ for small children.
a. suitable b. unsuitable c. interested d. competitive
6. _____ are a message of good wishes for someone’s health, happiness, and so on.
a. Greetings b. Sayings c. Wishings d. Thinkings
7. Jack didn’t come to the party last night. He _____.
a. isn’t invited b. hasn’t been invited c. wasn’t invited d. didn’t invite
8. My neighbor and I had a disagreement. I _____ him that he _____ wrong.
a. said / was b. told / is c. said / is d. told / was
9. Susan told her friends that she _____ a scholarship to college.
a. won b. had won c. has won d. wins
10. You can’t play the piano today. It _____ right now.
a. is repairing b. is repaired c. being repaired d. is bring repaired
11. Paper money _____ for over a thousand years.
a. had been used b. has used c. is used d. has been used
12. Tom likes _____. He spends lots of hours watching them.
a. bird-watching b. bird-watch c. watch-bird d. watching-bird
13. Milk _____ cows and goats.
a. belongs to b. comes from c. is made of d. is made from
14. My little brother is fond _____ reading comics.
a. in b. of c. on d. about
15. It is impossible to separate belief _____ emotion.
a. from b. away c. into d. between

II. ERROR CORRECTION

1. They told me that they have finished their work.
A B C D
2. The floor is still dirty. Was it cleaning this morning?
A B C D
3. Both beer and wine is served at that restaurant.
A B C D
4. I have been living in England for several years, so I used to driving on the left side of the road.
A B C D
5. I didn’t have many fun at the party. It was boring.
A B C D

III. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION

A – Passive voice ó Active voice

1. They made the fire in the traditional way.

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2. Four bottles of water must be collected.
_______________________________________________________________________
3. Irving Berlin wrote the famous song “White Christmas”.
_______________________________________________________________________
4. How is this kind of food cooked?
_______________________________________________________________________
5. Their parents are redecorating the sitting-room.
_______________________________________________________________________

B – Direct speech ó Indirect speech

6. ‘My brother doesn’t like eating sticky rice,’ said Linh.
_______________________________________________________________________
7. ‘We can come next Monday,’ said Mrs. Bruce.
_______________________________________________________________________
8. ‘Don’t throw this bottle away, Katy!’ said Minh.
_______________________________________________________________________
9. Anne asked me if I knew what I was doing.
_______________________________________________________________________
10. He told her he had been to Hong Kong two years before.
_______________________________________________________________________

C – Compound word :
NOUN + V-ING : a rice-cooking contest, a water-fetching competition

11. This is a farm which grows vegetables.

_______________________________________________________________________
12. It is a festival in which people splash water on each other.
_______________________________________________________________________
13. In Viet Nam there are some contests in which people sail boats.
_______________________________________________________________________
14. We took a class in which we learned how to arrange flowers.
_______________________________________________________________________
15. This is a machine which is used to dry fruit.
_______________________________________________________________________
16. It is a contest in which participants have to make a fire.
_______________________________________________________________________
17. Thailand is a country which exports lots of fruit.

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18. The United States has a big industry that makes cars.
_______________________________________________________________________
19. This is a show in which animals perform a lot.
_______________________________________________________________________
20. Our school is going to hold a contest in which students just speak English.
_______________________________________________________________________

IV. GUIDED CLOZE TEST

Tet is a national and family (1) _____. It is an occasion for every Vietnamese to (2) _____ a good time
while thinking about the last year and the next year. At Tet, spring (3) _____ are organized, streets and public
buildings are (4) _____ decorated and almost all shops are (5) _____ with people shopping for Tet. At home,
everything is tidied, special food is (6) _____, offerings of food, fresh water, flowers and betel are made on the
(7) _____ altar with burning joss-sticks scenting the air. First-footing is made when the (8) _____ visitor
comes and children are given (9) _____ money wrapped in a red tiny envelop. Tet is also a time for peace and
love. During Tet, children often behave well. Everybody gives each other best (10) _____ for the new year.

1. a. occasion b. festival c. meeting d. chance

2. a. have b. get c. obtain d. make
3. a. stores b. shops c. fairs d. market
4. a. bright b. brightless c. brightlessly d. brightly
5. a. full b. crowded c. filled d. up
6. a. cooked b. done c. made d. served
7. a. home b. house c. family d. household
8. a. one b. first c. second d. last
9. a. luck b. fortune c. luckily d. lucky
10. a. phrases b. wishes c. sentences d. words

V. WORD FORM :

1. Police have issued a ____________________ of the gunman. (describe)

2. They were reunited after a ____________________ of more than 20 years. (separate)

3. Body and soul are not ____________________. (separate)

4. ____________________, the bus service will run on Sundays, every two hours. (add)

5. One of the band’s rare live ____________________ took place last year in Singapore. (perform)

6. The mirror is functional yet ____________________. (decorate)

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7. The book opens with an ____________________ of why some drugs are banned. (explain)

8. The phenomenon is quite ____________________. They cannot explain it clearly. (explain)

9. That policy would destroy jobs and make industry ____________________. (compete)

10. Over 200 ____________________ entered the race last season. (compete)

11. This article will form the ____________________ for our discussion. (base)

12. ____________________, you still attend lectures twice a semester. (base)

13. The performance calls for many ____________________ in different fields. (patron)

14. ____________________ of the arts comes from businesses and private individuals. (patron)

15. There have been some problems but ____________________ it’s a good system. (base)

END OF PRACTICE TEST