1. Verbs of liking Adore (đam mê) Love Like, enjoy, fancy Don’t mind Hate Detest = hate 2.They liked __________ together when they were kids. A. hanging B. playing C. doing 2. I fancy  _____  out with friends at the weekend. A. Playing B. eating C. doing 3.  ____ DIY brings you a lot of amazing benefits. A. Eating B. Playing C. Doing 4. My family often get together to  __________ board games after dinner. A. Play B. do C. go 5. If you want to enjoy the outdoors, __________ mountain biking. A. Hang B. go C. do 3. 3. Write the correct form of the verbs. Mai enjoys …………(make) crafts, especially bracelets. People in Britain love ………….………...(watch) TV in their free time. Do you fancy ….................... (skateboard) in the park this Sunday? Nick likes …………….....………(learn) Vietnamese. Ngoc hates …………….. (sit) at the computer for too long. 4. 1. She adores _________ with young children. (work) 2. She likes _______________ English with the new teacher. (learn) 3. They hate ____________ their son texting his friends all day. (see) 4. He doesn’t mind ________ homework. (do) 5. I enjoyed ________ him last week in the library. (meet) 6. We prefer ____________ outdoor games. (play) 5. Sometimes I hear adults around me say that it is (0.good) better for children to grow up in the city than in the countryside. They say that the city offers a child more opportunities for (1. high) _______ education, and (2. easy) _______ access to (3.good) _______ facilities. Life there is (4.exciting) ______________ and (5.convenient) _________________. They may be right, but there’s one thing they might not know. I feel (6.happy) _________ here than in a crowded and noisy city. Country folk are (7.friendly) ______________ than city folk. I know every boy in my village. Life here is not as (8. fast) _____ as that in the city and I feel (9.safe) ______. Perhaps the (10.good) _______ place to grow up is the place where you feel at home. 1. Can you speak _______________? My English is not good. 2. After a hard working day, we usually sleep _______________. 3. Nowadays, people dress __________________, so it’s difficult to say which country they are from. 4. It’s not always true that rich people donate __________________ than poor people. 5. If you want to stay slim, you have to eat _______________. 1. Your exam score is low. I am sure you can do __________. 2. We’ll be late for the fair. Can you drive ______? 3. On Sunday, we can get up _______ than usual. 4. The farmers have to work ________ at harvest time. 5. You look tired. Are you feeling ________ than you did this morning? 6. My mother has to get up __________ than us to milk the cows. 4. Read the situations and complete the sentences with suitable forms of the adverbs in brackets. A horse can run 80km/hr while a camel can only run 12km/hr. (fast) → A horse can run ____________________. According to a survey, 75% of the population in the countryside are happy with their life. This rate in the city is only

2. Learning tip
Verbs of liking
Adore (đam mê)
Love
Like, enjoy, fancy
Don’t mind
Hate
Detest = hate
+ Gerund (V_ing)

3. 1. They liked __________ together when they
were kids.
A. hanging B. playing C. doing
2. I fancy _____ out with friends at the weekend.
A. Playing B. eating C. doing
3. ____ DIY brings you a lot of amazing benefits.
A. Eating B. Playing C. Doing
4. My family often get together to __________
board games after dinner.
A. Play B. do C. go
5. If you want to enjoy the outdoors, __________
mountain biking.
A. Hang B. go C. do
Choose the best answer.

4. 3. Write the correct form of the verbs.
1. Mai enjoys …………(make) crafts, especially
bracelets.
2. People in Britain love ………….………...(watch) TV
in their free time.
3. Do you fancy ….................... (skateboard) in the park
this Sunday?
4. Nick likes …………….....………(learn) Vietnamese.
5. Ngoc hates …………….. (sit) at the computer for too
long.
making
watching/ to watch
skateboarding
learning/ to learn
sitting/ to sit

5. 3. Fill the gaps with the correct form of the verbs.
1. She adores _________ with young children.
(work)
2. She likes _______________ English with the
new teacher. (learn)
3. They hate ____________ their son texting his
friends all day. (see)
4. He doesn’t mind ________ homework. (do)
5. I enjoyed ________ him last week in the library.
(meet)
6. We prefer ____________ outdoor games. (play)
working
learning/to learn
seeing/to see
doing
meeting
playing/to play

6. English 8
UNIT 2 .
PERIOD 14 LOOKING BACK AND PROJECT

7. Sometimes I hear adults around me say that it is
(0.good) better for children to grow up in the city than in
the countryside. They say that the city offers a child more
opportunities for (1. high) _______ education, and (2. easy)
_______ access to (3.good) _______ facilities. Life there is
(4.exciting) ______________ and (5.convenient)
_________________.
They may be right, but there’s one thing they might
not know. I feel (6.happy) _________ here than in a
crowded and noisy city. Country folk are (7.friendly)
______________ than city folk. I know every boy in my
village. Life here is not as (8. fast) _____ as that in the city
and I feel (9.safe) ______. Perhaps the (10.good) _______
place to grow up is the place where you feel at home.
I. Review: Comparative forms of adjectives
safer
higher
easier
more exciting
more convenient
happier
more friendly
fast
best
better

8. 2. Complete the sentences with suitable comparative
forms of adverbs in the box.
1. Can you speak _______________? My English is
not good.
2. After a hard working day, we usually sleep
_______________.
3. Nowadays, people dress __________________, so
it’s difficult to say which country they are from.
4. It’s not always true that rich people donate
__________________ than poor people.
5. If you want to stay slim, you have to
eat _______________.
more generously
more soundly
more healthily
less traditionally
more slowly
Traditionally - soundly- generously - slowly - healthily

9. 3. Finish the sentences below with a suitable
comparative form of hard, early, late, fast, well
and badly.
1. Your exam score is low. I am sure you can do
__________.
2. We’ll be late for the fair. Can you drive ______?
3. On Sunday, we can get up _______ than usual.
4. The farmers have to work ________ at harvest
time.
5. You look tired. Are you feeling ________ than
you did this morning?
6. My mother has to get up __________ than us to
milk the cows.
worse
earlier
later
faster
better
harder

10. 2. Look at each picture and write a sentence describing what each person
is doing. Use the verbs in brackets.
1. (ride) A boy is riding a
horse.
2. (herd) A man is herding
his cattle / sheep.
3. (pick) A girl is picking
apples (from an
apple tree).
A boy is flying a kite.
4. (fly) 6. (collect)
5. (run around)
The children are running around
in the fields / countryside.
A woman is collecting water
from the river.

11. 3. Look at the pictures and complete the sentences, using suitable
comparative forms of the adverbs in brackets.
1. A lion runs __________ a horse. (fast)
2. The Great Wall was built __________ the
White House. (early)
faster than
earlier than

12. 4. A racing driver drives
__________________ a normal
motorist. (skillfully)
3. Homes in the city are often _______
furnished _____ those in the
countryside. (well)
5. A house is ______________ decorated at New Year _____ during the
year. (beautifully)
better
than more skillfully than
more beautifully
than

13. 4. Read the situations and complete the sentences with suitable forms of the
adverbs in brackets.
1. A horse can run 80km/hr while a camel can only run 12km/hr. (fast)
→ A horse can run ____________________.
2. According to a survey, 75% of the population in the countryside are happy with their
life. This rate in the city is only 47%. (happily)
→ People in the countryside live ______________________________.
3. Unlike many other jobs, farmers depend heavily on the weather. (heavily)
→ Farmers depend ____________________________________________________.
4. We are both bad at swimming but I’m better than my sister. (badly)
→ My sister swims ____________________.
faster than a camel
more happily than those in the city
more heavily on the weather than people in many other jobs
worse than I do

14. PERIOD 21 UNIT 3. LOOKING BACK
Vocabulary
1. Complete the sentences with the words/ phrases from the box.
costumes unique activities communal
ethnic cultural groups diverse
1. At the Museum of Ethnology, you can see many ways of life of different
...............................in our country.
2. In each village of the Bahnar there is a ................................ house, where
public.................................. are held.
3. Young women of each ethnic group in Viet Nam have their own
characteristics and......................................., making the beauty of the 54
ethnic groups more.................................... and attractive.
4. Many special schools have been built to improve the education standards
of................................... people.
5. Although ethnic groups have their own ................................ culture, they
have established good relations and cooperation with each other.
cultural groups
communal
activities
costumes
diverse
ethnic
unique

15. Match the words/ phrases in A with the meaning in B
A B
1. Costumes a. hoạt động
2. Unique b. trang phục
3. Activity c. người dân tộc
4. Communal house d. độc đáo
5. Ethnic people e. đa dạng
6. Cultural groups f. nhà Rông
7. Diverse g. nhóm văn hóa
1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7-
b a
d f g
c e