UNIT 6: FOLK TALES
PERIOR ...: REVIEW
Chuyên đề Tiếng Anh 8

Table of contents

I
III

Vocabulary
1. Từ vựng trọng tâm
2. Từ vựng mở rộng

Grammar
1. Review: THE PAST
SIMPLE TENSE
2. THE PAST
CONTINUOUS TENSE

II
IV

Pronunciation
Intonation in exclamatory
sentences

Practice
A. Phonetics
B. Vocabulary and Grammar
C. Writing

I
Vocabulary

1. Từ vựng trọng tâm
1. boast (v) : khoe khoang, nói khoác
2. cruel (adj) : độc ác
3. cunning (adj) : xảo quyệt, mưu mô, tinh ranh
4. fable (n) : truyện ngụ ngôn
5. fierce (adj) : hung dữ, dữ tợn
6. generous (adj) : hào phóng
7. knight (n) : hiệp sĩ
8. legend (n) : truyền thuyết
9. mean (adj) : keo kiệt, bủn xỉn
10. origin (v) : nguồn gốc, dòng dõi
11. rescue (n) : sự giải cứu
12. woodcutter (n) : người tiều phu

2. Từ vựng mở rộng
● fairy tale (n) : truyện cổ tích
● giant (n) : người khổng lồ
● evil (adj) : xấu xa về mặt đạo đức
● princess (n) : công chúa
● wicked (adj) : xấu xa, độc ác
● imaginary (adj) : tưởng tượng
● once upon a time : ngày xửa
ngày xưa

II
Pronunciation

Intonation in exclamatory
aentences
Exlamatory sentences (Câu cảm thán) thường được sử dụng để
diễn tả sự ngạc nhiên, sự thích thú hoặc những cảm xúc mạnh.

Cấu trúc câu cảm thán
What + a/an + adj + N (singular countable) + S + V!

Ví dụ 1

Ví dụ 2

What a handsome
prince he is! (Thật là 1
chàng hoàng tử đẹp
trai!)

How handsome prince
is! (Thật là 1 chàng
hoàng tử đẹp trai!)

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Ngữ điệu trong câu cảm thán: Đối với cả hai dạng câu cảm thán
trên đều có ngữ điệu là người nói sẽ lên giọng ở đầu câu, nhấn
mạnh vào tính từ trong câu và xuống giọng ở cuối câu
Ví dụ: What a straight nose she has!
“What” ở đây để nhấn
mạnh là cô ấy có một cái
mũi thẳng

III
Grammar

1. Review: THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE
a. Cấu trúc
Đối với động từ “to be”
Affirmative (+)
(Khẳng định)

Negative (-)
(Phủ định)

Interogative (?)
(Nghi vấn)

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S + was/were +
adj/N + ...

S + was/were +
not + ...

Was/Were + S + ...?
→ Yes, S + was/were
No, S + wasn't/weren't
Wh-words... + was/were + S + ...?

VD: She was in her
bedroom.

VD: She wasn't
in her bedroom.

VD1: Was she in her bedroom?
→ Yes, S + did
No, S + didn't
Wh-words + did + S + V(bare infinitive) + ...?
VD2: Where did Ann go last week?

1. Review: THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE
a. Cấu trúc
Đối với động từ thường
Affirmative (+)
(Khẳng định)

Negative (-)
(Phủ định)

Interogative (?)
(Nghi vấn)

S + V-ed/V(past)

S + didn't +
V(bare-infinitive)

Did + S + V(bare-inf) + ...?
→ Yes, S + did
No, S + didn't
Wh-words + did + S + V(bare-infinitive) + ...?

VD: Ann went to
school last week.

VD: Ann didn't
go to school last
week.

VD1: Did Ann go to school last week?
→ No, she didn't.
VD2: Where did Ann go last week?

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b. Cách dùng
1. Diễn tả hành động đã xảy ra và kết
thúc hoàn toàn tại một thời điểm xác
định trong quá khứ

VD: Last year, Robert and his wife
had a wonderful vacation in Phu
Quoc. (Năm ngoái, Robert và vợ anh
ấy đã có một kì nghi tuyệt vời ở Phú
Quốc.)

2. Diễn tả một chuỗi các hành
động liên tiếp xảy ra trong quá
khứ.

VD: She closed the window, turned
off the TV and went to bed. (Cô ấy đã
đóng cửa sổ, tắt ti vi và đi ngủ.)

3. Diễn tả một thói quen, một hành
động lặp đi lặp lại trong quá khứ.
VD: When my younger sister was a student, she often
played tennis with her friends after school.
(Khi em gái tôi còn là học sinh, cô ấy thường chơi quần
vợt với bạn của cô ấy sau mỗi buổi học.)

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c. Dấu hiệu nhận biết

Các trạng từ thường xuất hiện trong câu quá khứ đơn:
ago (...trước, cách đây)

three days ago (3 ngày trước)

yesterday (hôm qua)
in the past (trong quá khứ)
in + time (in the past)

in 2010, in 2020

last week/ month/ year

tuần/ tháng/ năm ngoái/ trước

when (khi)

when I was young (Khi tôi còn trẻ)

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2. THE PAST
CONTINUOS
TENSE

a. Cấu trúc
Affirmative (+)
(Khẳng định)

Negative (-)
(Phủ định)

Interogative (?)
(Nghi vấn)

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S + was/were + V-ing
+ ...

S + was/were +
not + V-ing + ...

Was/Were + S + V-ing + ...?
→ Yes, S + was/were
No, S + wasn't/weren't
Wh-words ... + was/were + S + V-ing...?

VD: Peter was
cleaning the floor at
this time yesterday.

VD: Peter wasn't
cleaning the
floor at this time
yesterday.

VD1: Was Peter cleaning the floor at this
time yesterday?
→ Yes, he was.
VD2: What was Peter doing at this time
yesterday?

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b. Cách dùng
1. Diễn tả một hành động đang xảy
ra ở một thời điểm cụ thể đã xác
định trong quá khứ

2. Diễn tả một hành động đang
xảy thì có một hành động khác
xen vào.

VD: At 7 o'clock yesterday, Thomas
was having breakfast with his
family.
(Vào lúc 7 giờ ngày hôm qua, Thomas
đang ăn sáng với gia đình của anh ấy.)

VD: When she was learning
English, her classmate called
her.
(Cô ấy đang học Tiếng Anh thì bạn
cùng lớp đã gọi điện cho cô ấy.)

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b. Cách dùng
3. Diễn tả hai hay nhiều hành động
song song cùng xảy ra tại thời điểm
nào đó trong quá khứ.

4. Diễn tả một hành động lập đi lập
lại trong quá khứ khiến người khác
khó chịu, bực mình. Trong câu
thường có trạng từ “always”.

VD: While I was studying at my
bedroom, my brother was playing
the guitar. (Khi tôi đang học ở phòng
ngủ, em trai tôi đang chơi đàn ghi-ta.)

VD: He was always making noise at
night. (Anh ấy luôn gây tiếng ồn vào
ban đêm.)

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c. Dấu hiệu nhận biết

Các trạng từ và cụm trạng từ chỉ thời gian thường
xuất hiện trong thì quá khứ tiếp diễn như:
at this/that time +
time in the past

at + specific time
(in the past)

(Tại thời điểm này): at
this/that time
yesterday.

(lúc...): at 10 o'clock
yesterday,...

in + year
in 2019

when

while

(khi)

(trong khi)

IV
PRACTICE

A. Phonetics
Exercise 1: Choose the word whose underlined part differs from
the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
1. A. story
A ogre
2. A.
.A invade
3. A.
. heaven
4. A.
5. A. knight

B. swear
B. plot
B. handsome
B. hit
B. knot

C

C. sugar
.
C. popular
C. magic
C. household
C. knee

D. servant
D. moral
D. capture
D hour
D.
.Dking
D.

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B. Vocabulary and Grammar

Exercise 1: Choose the best answers to complete the
following sentence.

1. My classmates and I were doing some Internet research ___________ Vietnamsese legends at
haft past eight last night.
D
A. in
B. at
C. about
D. on
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2. Last night, when Jack ________, his girlfriend ___________.
C
A. was arriving, made up
C. arrived, was making up
.
B. was arriving, was making up
D. arrived, made
3. The dragon __________ a handsome prince and married the peincess.
C
A. turned up
B. turned down
C. turned into
D. turned off
.
4. What ________ John ________ (do) yesterday afternoon around 4 p.m?
A
A. was...doing
B. were...doing
C. did...do
D. does...do
.
5. The witch was very _______; she thought of a trick that would help her serve her sole purpose.
C
A. generous
B. cruel
C. cunning
D. mean
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6. The Little Match Girl _______ her arms and legs close to her body and
_________ a match to warm her hands.
B
A. holded, litghted
B. held, lighted
C. was holding, lighted
D.. holds, was lighting
7. Richard was so _________ when he gave her only a small amount of
money.
C
A. generous
B. fierce
C. mean
D. wicked
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8. The wife of the fisherman was so __________ that she demanded
more and more things.
Dgreedy
A. clever
B. kind
C. brave
D.

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Exercise 2: Put the verbsin the correct tence
1. Mary ____________ (buy) a new apartment last month?
2. Yesterday at ten, Mrs. Brown ________________ (drink) coffee with her old
friends at the coffee shop.
3. The students _________________ (discuss) the possibility of working
together when he entered.
4. Anna ______________ (play) the violin while her mother ____________ (talk)
on the phone.
5. When Kate _____________ (live) in London last year, he often __________
(visit) his grandparents twice a week.

Exercise 2: Put the verbsin the correct tence
1. Did Mary ____________
buy
(buy) a new apartment last month?
was drinking (drink) coffee with her
2. Yesterday at ten, Mrs. Brown _________________
old friends at the coffee shop.
3. The students _________________
was discussing (discuss) the possibility of working
together when he entered.
was playing (play) the violin while her mother was
talking (talk)
4. Anna ______________
____________
on the phone.
5. When Kate _____________
(live) in London last year, he often __________
lived
visited
(visit) his grandparents twice a week.

Exercise 3: Choose A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined
part that needs correction in each of the following question.
1. While Jack was studying last night, he was hearing a strange noise. → heard
C
A. While
B. was studying
C. was hearing
D. stange
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2. The fairy appeared and magical changed her old clothes. → magically
B
A. appeared
B. magical
C. changed
D. old
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3. My younger brother was seeing an ant when she was watering she flowers. → saw
B was seeing
A. younger
B.
C. when
D. was watering
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4. What was your brothers
doing at this time yesterday afternoon? → were
AA. was
B. doing
C. at
D. yesterday
. Jane was listening to music in the bedroom while his classmate telephones
5.
him. → telephoned
D telephones
A. was listening B. in
C. while
D.

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C. Writing

Exercise: Put the words in the correct order to make
complete sentences.
1. heard/ Saint Giong/ lying/ when/ bed/ an/ the/ was/ announcement/ on/ he.
→__________________________________________________________________________________
When Saint Giong was lying on the bed, he heard an announcement.
2. was/ Alice/ in/ woods/ the/ she/ footsteps/ her/ studdenly/ walking/ when/ heard/ behind.
→ When Alice was walking in the woods, she studdenly heard footsteps behind her.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
3. government/
new/introduced
last/ the/ to/
tackle/
the/tointroduced/
issue/issue
poliey/
The government
a new
poliey
tackle the social
lastmonth/
month.a/ social.
→_____________________________________________________________________________________________
4. this/
my/ planting/
grandfather/
trees/
time/
at/ yesterday.
was/ yesterday.
My grandfather
was
planting trees
at this
time
→_____________________________________________________________________
5. Tom/
playing/
started/ when
was/ badminton/
to/heavily.
when/ rain.
Tomheavily/
was playing
badminton
it started to it/
rain
→________________________________________________________________________

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