ENGLISH 8

HỌC KỲ 1
UNIT 6: FOLK TALES
A. PHONETICS
I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of
the others in each group
1. A. greedy B. cheerful C. engineer D. volunteer
2. A. buddha B. hare C. horse D. neighborhood
3. A. giant B. generous C. ogre D. generation
4. A. brave B. fable C. buddha D. tale
5. A. knight B. evil C. lion D. child
6. A. fable B. brave C. dragon D. tale
7. A. scream B. read C. reach D. hear
8. A. walked B. filled C. swallowed D. screamed
9. A. giant B. witch C. knight D. kind
10. A. eyes B. ogres C. stories D. cakes
11. A. sticky B. fairy C. story D. reply
12. A. honest B. human C. hero D. historian
13. A. looked B. stopped C. screamed D. missed
14. A. character B. church C. choose D. cheerful
15. A. washed B. handed C. laughed D. helped
16. A. school B. architect C. change D. chemical
17. A. buffalo B. minority C. gold D. close
18. A. end B. pencil C. open D. bench
19. A. wanted B. washed C. watched D. stopped
20. A. remote B. explore C. relax D. diverse
21. A. match B. pan C. transmit D. safety
22. A. equipment B. upset C. end D. help
23. A. folk B. mother C. photo D. neighbor
24. A. fairy B. train C. afraid D. wait
25. A. excited B. prince C. once D. escape
26. A. south B. sound C. mouth D. touch
27. A. nice B. wife C. children D. knife
28. A. fair B. straight C. awake D. moderate
29. A. tall B. ball C. call D. adjective
30. A. worked B. looked C. naked D. cooked
II. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of
the other in each group.
1. A. hidden B. entrance C. music D. typhoon
2. A. electrician B. accidental C. industrial D. manufacture
3. A. interview B. disagree C. employee D. Japanese
4. A. divide B. revise C. review D. foreign
5. A. cartoon B. honor C. culture D. honest
6. A. character B. adventure C. library D. knowledge
7. A. discovery B. calculator C. aeroplane D. difficulty
8. A. volunteer B. understand C. lemonade D. Australia
9. A. husband B. married C. cassette D. beautiful
10. A. anniversary B. celebration C. ceremony D. politician

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11. A. reflect B. fable C. spindle D. legend
12. A. ancestor B. origin C. stepmother D. continue
13. A. capture B. granny C. command D. swallow
14. A. rescue B. religion C. servant D. tortoise
15. A. emperor B. woodcutter C. announce D. suddenly
B. MULTIPLE CHOICE
I. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
1. You can use my bicycle you bring it back tomorrow.
A. as long as B. although C. nevertheless D. in spite of
2. My brother always at cards. No wonder he won every game.
A. cheated B. lied C. tricked D. deceived
3. He was so tired that he wasn’t capable driving himself home.
A. to B. for C. of D. from
4. Fill in the form as indicated and return in the envelope .
A. provided B. offered C. prepared D. given
5. I wish you to her why we couldn’t go.
A. would explain B. to explain C. explained D. will explain
6. If we hurry, we might get there to catch the early train.
A. right B. in time C. on time D. before time
7. Cut the cake into six pieces.
A. same B. like C. alike D. equal
8. Our neighbors are very on camping holidays.
A. eager B. enthusiastic C. interested D. keen
9. The mosquito bit and made my eyelid and I couldn’t open my eye properly.
A. swell B. grow C. stretch D. spread
10. I had to wear uniform when I worked in the hotel.
A. a B. some C. any D. an
11. The doctor advised me not to take so much work in future.
A. after B. on C. over D. to
12. If he phones, him to buy some potatoes on the way home.
A. remember B. recall C. remind D. recollect
13.Who was the first person the South Pole?
A. reaching B. who reaches C. to reach D. reached
14.The of the murderer lasted six weeks
A. process B. trial C. charge D. conviction
15.A chicken can up to three eggs a day.
A. lie B. lay C. put D. place
16.The nurse was on in the hospital all night.
A. work B. alarm C. duty D. service
17. I suggest we outside the cinema tomorrow at 8:30.
A. meeting B. meet C. met D. will meet
18. playing professional basketball, she also enjoys tennis.
A. Besides B. Moreover C. Apart D. Together
19. She him of lying to her.
A. threatened B. blamed C. criticized D. accused
20. Did Ms. Brown the operator’s manual from the library?
A. loan B. borrow C. lend D. send
21. Since I moved house, I haven’t had much________ with those friends.

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 A- connection B. contact C. business D. meeting
22. I will take these folk tale stories_________ to the library.
A- on ' B. with C. back D. off
23. It’s snowing. Would you like to ________ on Saturday or Sunday?
A- skiing B. go to ski C. go skiing D. go ski
24. She told me a story _________ I found hard to believe.
A. what B. which C. in which D. at which
25. The Queen flew_________ a jealous rage and ordered her huntsman to take Snow
White into the woods to be killed.
A. of B. into C. out D. in
26. Everyone was attracted by her graceful
A. performer B. performing C. performed D. performance
27. When the dwarves came home that evening, they found Snow White on the ground.
A. laid B. lied C. to lie D. lying
28. You need to support your ideas with facts and
A. numbers B- figures C. informations D. material
29. What are the between women in old times and women in modern times?
A. differs B. different C. difference D. differences
30. In the past, people believed that women's …….. roles were as mothers and wives.
A. nature B. natural C. naturism D. naturalist
31. Thach Sanh was very when he let Ly Thong and his mother go back to their
hometown.
A. selfish B. mean C. generous D. brave
32. The ogre was so , and was a to catch Thach Sanh with its sharp claws.
A. fierce B. mean C. clever D. ugly
33. Thach Sanh was so that he could push back the troops with his magical rice pot.
A. kind B. clever C. hard-working D. fast
34. An Tiem was very to move to a deserted island.
A. brave B. honest C. kind D. generous
35. Khoai was very , but his landowner was .
A. lazy - cunning B. clever – brave C. honest - wise D. honest - cunning
36. Tam was a very girl who had to work all day.
A. mean B. generous C. hard-working D. lazy
37. Cam was very when she killed the nightingale, cooked it and threw the
feathers in the Imperial Garden.
A. wicked B. ugly C. honest D. mean
38. Luu Binh was very to invite Duong Le to come and live with him.
A. selfish B. kind C. mean D. brave
39. The toad was very____________ because he tried to find way to the heaven to sue
God.
A. brave B. kind C. generous D. mean
40. The King was very to allow his daughter, Tien Dung, to travel to the many
wonderful places of the kingdom.
A. wise B. mean C. kind D. wicked
41. The Peacock was well known to be a/an animal, so he just applied black colour
to the Crow's feathers.
A. hard-working B. lazy C. ugly D. clever
42. The wife of the fisherman was very _____when she demanded for bigger and bigger

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things.
A. kind B. generous C. greedy D. fierce
43. Ali Baba was very when he also used the words "Open Sesame!" to enter
cave of treasures.
A. wise B. cunning C. kind D. evil
44. The servant was very ___to mark other houses with white chalk so that the thieves
couldn't find Ali Baba's house.
A. mean B. wicked C. kind D. clever
45.The tale is about a prince who is turned _________ a frog by his wicked stepmother.
A. to B. into C. out D. over
46.The hare always boasted _________ how fast he could run.
A. at B. for C. on D. about
47.A _________ is a story from ancient times about famous people and events that may
or may not be true.
A. legend B. folktale C. fable D. fairytale
48.In many cultures, a fox is the symbol for a _________ person.
A. brave B. fierce C. cunning D. kind
49.Vanessa is interested in reading Vietnamese folktales _________ she can’t read
Vietnamese well.
A. although B. because C. while D. whereas
50.What a _________ man he is! There’s nothing he wouldn’t do for us.
A. mean B. generous C. gruel D. greedy
C. WORD FORMS
I. Give the correct form of the word given to complete the sentence.
1. Snow White lived_______ with the dwarves in the wood. (HAPPY)
2. One beautiful evening a young princess put on her bonnet and (HER)
clogs: and went out to take a walk by________ in a wood.
3. When the prince set eyes on Cinderella, he was struck by (BEAUTIFUL)
her__
4. The countryside in the area is______ and most of the (CHARM-
buildings there are made from an ______type of light stone. ATTRACT)
5. Banh Chung was square and _______the earth. Banh Day (SYMBOL)
was round and _______ the sky.
6. Is The False Grandmother one of the ____________ versions (ORIGIN)
of Little Red Riding Hood?
7. The king wanted to repay his servant’s _____ in another way. (LOYAL)
8. The fox ____________ stole the egg by distracting the (CUNNING)
mother with a rock.
9. The first thing that saved All Baba was his lack of ______. (GREEDY)
10. Saint George is one of the most ___ heroes in the western (LEGEND)
world.
11. The stepfather was a wicked man and treated his stepson (CRUELTY)
very ____________.
12. Giving gifts to servants is an example of King’s _________. (GENEROUS)
13. Princess Elsa ____________ magic that allows her to (POSSESSION)
control and create ice and snow.
14. _______, his parents passed away when he was 12 years old. (FORTUNE)
15. The princess was so _____ that she lost her ability to speak. (FRIGHT)
16. He calls people sir and madam and he is very __________. (RESPECT)
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 17. In Japan, up until recently, marriages were ____________ (CUSTOM)
arranged by a special matchmaker.
18. There is the Poh Bang _______ by a magician in the temple. (PERFORM)
19. A fairy tale usually involves ________ creatures and magic. (IMAGE)
20. In the story, a _____ rescues Red Riding Hood with his axe. (WOODCUT)
D. VERB FORMS
I. Write these sentences, putting one verb into the correct form of “used to” and the
other into the past simple.
1. He (live) in London before he (go) abroad.
2. I (earn) a lot of money, but then I (lose) my job.
3. I’m surprised that they (join) the tennis dub. They (not/ like)tennis.
4. you (travel) a lot before you (become) a teacher?
5. That radio (work) before I (drop) it.
6. We (see) them every week, but then we (have) an argument.
7. She (play) tennis a lot before she (break) her leg.
8. She (drive) a lot before she (have) an accident.
9. We (have) a garden, but then we (move) to a different house.
II. Put the verbs in brackets in past simple or past continuous.
1. While Tom (read) ________, Mai Ly (watch) _________ a documentary on TV.
2. Mark (come) ________ home, (switch) _________on the computer and (check)
_______ his emails.
3. The thief (sneak) ________ into the house, (steal) _______the jewels and (leave)
________ without a trace.
4. Nobody (listen) ________while the teacher (explain) _________the tenses.
5. While we (do) _________ a sight-seeing tour, our friends (lie) ____ on the beach.
6. He (wake) _______ up and (look) _________ at his watch.
7. The receptionist (welcome) _______ the guests and (ask) ______them to fill in
the form.
8. The car (break) _______down and we (have) __________to walk home.
9. The boys (swim) ______ while the girls (sunbathe) _________
10.My father (come) ________in, (look) _______ around and (tell) ______ me to
tidy up my room.
III. Put the verbs in brackets in past simple or past continuous.
In my last holiday, I went to Hawaii. When I (1) (go) ______ to the beach
for the first time, something wonderful happened. I (2) (swim) ______ in the sea
while my mother was sleeping in the sun. My brother was building a castle and my
father (3) (drink) _____ some water. Suddenly I (4) (see) _______a boy on the
beach. His eyes were blue like the water in the sea and his hair (5) (be) _________
beautiful black. He was very tall and thin and his hair was brown. My heart (6) (beat)
_____ fast. I (7) (ask) _______him for his name with a shy voice. He (8) (tell)
______ me that his name was John. He (9) (stay) ______with me the whole
afternoon. In the evening, we met again. We ate pizza in a food stall. The following
days we (10) (have) ______ a lot of fun together. At the end of my holidays when I
left Hawaii I said good-bye to John. We had tears in our eyes. He wrote to me a letter
very soon and I answered him.
E. CORRECTION
I. Find ONE mistake in each of the following sentences and correct it.
1. The beloved tale of Cinderella is one of the world’s best-known fairy tale, renowned

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 A B C D
as a ‘happily ever after’ story.
2. Little Red Riding Hood’s mother sent her to Grandma’s house with a basket of
A B
goodies and told her to not talk to strangers.
C D
3. Snow White’s evil stepmother wanted to be more beautiful in the land and was
jealous of Snow White’s beauty. A B C
D
4. The fog turned into a handsome prince, married the princess and they lived happily
A B C
after ever.
D
5. The Hare ran across a field as fastly as he could, and all the animals agreed that the
A B C D
Hare was was very fast.
6. While Cinderella danced with the prince, she remembered her fairy godmother’s
A B C
words and rushed to go home.
D
7. What an amazing fables they are! Most children enjoy hearing or reading them.
A B C D
8. Read folktales is a great way to share valuable lessons with your children and
A B
entertain them with interesting stories.
C D
9. Snow White and Sleeping Beauty are both fascinating fairy tales, but Snow White is
best. A B C
D
10. Despite of her misfortune, she is always cheerful and ready to play a small joke.
A B C D
11.The custom to carve jack-o’-lanterns can be traced back to an old Irish folk tale.
A B C D
12.One day a dragon flew over the tower when he heard the princess cry for help.
A B C D
13.Legends relate to history because they are based on history events and heroes.
A B C D
14.It is considered impolite to not take off your shoes before entering a house in Japan.
A B C D
15.Erin had a three-weeks vacation; therefore he went to Vietnam and took part in some
A B C D
Spring festivals.
II. There are five mistakes in this passage. Find and correct them.
Heart song
There was a great man who married the woman of his dreams. With their love,
they created a little lovely girl. When the little girl was grew up, the great man
would hug her and tell her, "I love you, little girl." The little girl would pout ______
and say, "I'm not a little girl anymore." Then the man would laugh and say,
"But to me, you'll always be my little girl." ______
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 The little girl decided to leave her home and went into the world. As she
learned more about herself, she learned more about the man. One of his ______
strengths was his ability to express his love to his family. It didn't matter
where she goes in the world, the man would call her and say, "I love you, little _______
girl."
The day came when the little girl received an unexpected phone call. The great ______
man was ill. He had a stroke. He couldn't talk, smile, laugh, walk, hug, dance
or tell the little girl that he loved her.
And so she went to the side of the great man. When she walked into the room
and saw him, he looked small and not strong at all. He looked at her and tried
to speak, but he can’t. The little girl did the only thing she could do. She sat
next to the great man, drew her arms around the useless shoulders of her
father.
Her head on his chest, she thought of many things. She remembered she had
always felt protected and cherished by the great man. She felt grief for the loss
she was to endure, the words of love that had comforted her.
And then she heard from within the man, the beat of his heart. The heart beat
on, steadily unconcerned about the damage to the rest of the body. And while
she rested there, the magic happened. She heard what she needed to hear.
His heart beaten out the words that his mouth could no longer say....
I love you, little girl … I love you, little girl … and she was comfortable.
Patty Hansen
F. READING
I. Read the passage and choose the correct answers.
Once upon a time, in an underwater kingdom, there was a mermaid princess. On
her 18th birthday, the mermaid was allowed to come up to the surface. While she was
enjoying the new view, she saw and rescued a handsome prince from drowning. The
little mermaid returned to her kingdom but she still longed for the surface. Desperately,
she sought out the Sea Witch who gave her a human form in exchange for her voice. She
must also win the prince’s love, otherwise she would die.When the mermaid met the
prince, he didn’t recognise her at all. Unfortunately, the prince didn’t know that she
onced saved him and was in love with someone else. The only way to stay alive now was
to kill the prince. Not able to do such a cruel act, the mermaid returned to the sea and
waited for her death. However, thanks to her selflessness, she was returned into an
immortal spirit.
1. What happened on the mermaid princess’s birthday?
A. She first came up to the surface. B. She first met the prince.
C. A and B are correct. D. A and B are incorrect.
2. What can be inferred from the fact that the mermaid still longed for the surface?
A. She missed the prince.
B. She wanted to enjoy the view of the surface again.
C. She preferred leaving her underwater kingdom.
D. She waited for her next birthday.
3. What did the little mermaid do to meetthe prince?
A. She gave up her voice to receive a human form.
B. She accepted the risk of death.
C. A and B are correct.
D. A and B are incorrect.

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 4. Why does the writer say the mermaid princess was selfless?
A. Because she exchanged her voice for the human body.
B. Because she loved the prince.
C. Because she finally returned to the sea.
D. Because she didn’t kill the prince.
5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. The mermaid first saw the surface on her 18th birthday.
B. The mermaid couldn’t live another life after her death.
C. The Sea Witch helped the princess become human.
D. The prince didn’t realise the mermaid when they met again.
II. Read this fable, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each gap.
Wisdom
A farmer was ploughing his field. Sometimes, he shouted at and beat the buffalo
that was (1) the plough. A tiger happened to stroll along the edge of the field.
"Buffalo, you are so big. (2) do you let this weak man beat you?”, he asked.
The buffalo answered, "The man is small (3) his wisdom is big.”
The tiger did not understand what wisdom was (4) he shouted at the man. "Hey
you, man, what is wisdom? Let me see it."
"Wisdom? Oh, my wisdom (5) at home”, replied the man, looking at the tiger's
teeth and claws.
“Go home (6) get it. Bring it here so that l can see it”, the tiger ordered.
"Oh, no! I am afraid that you will eat my buffalo (7) I am gone. (8)
youagree to be tied with rope. I will run home and fetch my wisdom.”
The tiger agreed. (9) fastening the tiger, the farmed beat its back.
“(10) is my wisdom. This is my wisdom", he explained.
1. A.pull B.pulling C.pulled D.to pull
2. A.What B.How C.When D.Why
3. A.and B.but C.so D.or
4. A.and B.but C.although D.so
5. A.is B.are C.was D.were
6. A.but B.and C.so D.yet
7. A.why B.while C.although D.if
8. A.While B.Because C.Although D.If
9. A.Before B.After C.Because D. But
10. A.Here B.There C.She D.That
III. Read this legend, then answer the following questions..
Kitchen Gods
Once upon a time, there was a childless couple. The wife was faithful and loved
the husband passionately while the husband was treated his wife badly. One day he beat
the poor wife with a stick and dismissed her from home. The women had come to
another place. She then got married with a kind man, and they 1ived in harmony.
One afternoon when her husband had gone for hunting, a beggar came and asked
for some food. The woman was kind; filled the poor beggar’s bag and recognized that the
beggar was her former husband. The man also recognized his wife then. She felt sorry
for the man when hearing that from the day he dismissed her, he was deeply sad and
regretful. So he decided to go away to find her until he spent all money and became a
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 After being offered a big meal, the man was drunk so the woman had to drag him
out and hid him in a stack of straw because it was time for her recent husband to come
back from the forest.
After a while, there was a knock at the door, the hunter appeared with a deer on his
back. He then happily asked the woman to go to the market to prepare for the
dinner.When the women came back, she found that the stack of straw, where her drunk
former husband was sleeping, had been burned with a deer roasted. She cried painfully,
and then jumped into the fire. The hunter didn’t know what had happened and what to do
but jumped into the fire to die beside his wife.
At that moment, God was in the heaven, he was moved by the story so he turned
three of them into three parts of the earthen tripod so that they could live side foreverand
conferred them with the title of Kitchen God to oversee all the cooking of people. Every
year, they all together came back to the heaven on the 23 rdof the 12th lunar month to
report to God.
1. Why did the wife have to leave for another place?
______________________________________________________________________
2. What did the former husband do after dismissing his wife from home?
______________________________________________________________________
3. Why did the wife jump into the fire?
______________________________________________________________________
4. What did the hunter do then?
______________________________________________________________________
5. Why did God turn them into three parts of the earthen tripod?
G. WRITING
I. Write full sentences, using the words or phrases provided. You can add some
words or make suitable changes.
1. Prince Tiet Lieu/ please/ the emperor/ by/ create/ Chung cakes/ Day cakes
____________________________________________________________
2. While/ Little Red Riding Hood/ pick/ some flowers/ path/ she/ meet/ wicked wolf
____________________________________________________________
3. When/ the crow/ drop/ cheese/ the fox/ eat/ it
____________________________________________________________
4. The fox/ sleep/ under/ tree/ when/ she/ hear/ sound of humans.
____________________________________________________________
5. The princess/ sleep/ one hundred years/ until/ prince/ arrive/ the castle/ give/ a kiss
____________________________________________________________
6. Once/ time/ there/ little girl/ live/ village/ near/ forest
____________________________________________________________
7. When/ the dwarfs/ return/ their cottage/ they/ find/ Snow White/ sleep/ their beds
____________________________________________________________
8. As/ we/ wander/ through/ the castle/ we/ see/ beautiful girl/ cry/ help
____________________________________________________________
II. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence.
1. The fable is very exciting.
What_______________________________________________________
2. The book was so good that I couldn’t stop reading it.
Itwas_______________________________________________________

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 3. The children were doing their homework when I got home.
While ______________________________________________________
4. She finds it difficult to remember all the story.
It’s ________________________________________________________
5. Sleeping Beauty is not as interesting as Beauty and the Beast.
Beauty and the Beast is ________________________________________
6. In spite of having no interest in folklore, Sylvia still enjoyed the story.
Although____________________________________________________
7. My mother last told a fairy tale two years ago.
It’s_________________________________________________________
8. I think it would be a good idea if you joined the beginner’s class.
I suggest ____________________________________________________
9. Charles Perrault wrote Cinderella in French in 1697.
Cinderella___________________________________________________
10. I had a shower and the telephone rang.
When I______________________________________________________
III. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the words given.
1. It was not a good idea for you to refuse the offer of that job. (down)
You should__________________________________________________
2. My teacher suggested that I spent the summer in England. (advised)
My teacher___________________________________________________
3. The film is not as interesting as the novel was. (much)
The novel____________________________________________________
4. Could you speak English when you were younger? (able)
When you were younger, _______________________________________
5. Could I borrow some change for the telephone? (lend)
Could_______________________________________________________
6. It’s ages since my sister and I had an argument. (for)
My sister and I________________________________________________
7. While we were going home, we had an accident. (way)
We_________________________________________________________
8. I’ve been learning English for three years. (started)
I _______________________________________________________
II. Write a short paragraph about the folk tale that you are impresses the most,
telling the moral lesson you have learnt from it.
ANSWER KEYS
UNIT 6: FOLK TALES
A. PHONETICS
I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of
the others in each group.
1. A 7. D 13. C 19. A 25. D
2. A 8. A 14. A 20. D 26. D
3. C 9. B 15. B 21. D 27. C
4. C 10. D 16. C 22. A 28. A
5. B 11. D 17. B 23. B 29. D
6. C 12. A 18. C 24. A 30. C

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II. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the other in
each group.
1. D 4. D 7. A 10. C 13. C
2. C 5. A 8. a 11. A 14. B
3. A 6. B 9. C 12. d 15. c
C. MULTIPLE CHOICE
I. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
1.A 11.B 21.B 31.C 41.B
2.C 12.C 22.C 32.A 42.C
3.C 13.A 23.C 33.B 43.A
4.A 14.B 24.C 34.A 44.D
5.D 15.B 25.B 35.D 45.B
6.C 16.C 26.D 36.C 46.D
7.D 17.B 27.D 37.A 47.A
8.D 18.A 28.B 38.B 48.C
9.A 19.D 29.D 39.A 49.A
10.A 20.B 30.B 40.C 50.B
C. WORD FORMS
I. Give the correct form of the word given to complete the sentence.
1. happily 6. original 11. cruelly 16. respectful
2. Herself 7. loyalty 12. generosity 17. customarily
3. Beauty 8. cunningly 13. possesses 18. performance
4. charming / attractive 9. greediness 14. Unfortunately 19. imaginary

5. Symbolized / symbolized 10. legendary 15. frightened 20. woodcutter

D. VERB FORMS
I. Write these sentences, putting one verb into the correct form of “used to” and the other into
the past simple.
1. used to live – went 6. used to see – had
2. used to earn – lost 7. used to play – broke
3. joined – didn’t use to like 8. used to drive – had
4. Did (you) use to travel – became 9. used to have – moved
5.used to work – dropped
II. Put the verbs in brackets in past simple or past continuous.
1.was reading; was watching 6.woke; looked
2.came; switched; checked 7.welcomed; asked
3.sneaked; stole; left 8.broke; had
4.was listening; was explaining 9.were swimming; were sunbathing
5.were doing; were lying 10.came; looked; told
III. Put the verbs in brackets in past simple or past continuous.
1. went 2. was swimming 3. was drinking 4. saw 5.was
6. was beating 7. asked 8. told 6. was beating 7. asked
E. CORRECTION
I. Find ONE mistake in each of the following sentences and correct it.
1. C (fairy tales) 6. B (was dancing) 11. A (of carving)
2. D (not to talk) 7. B (amazing) 12. A (was flying)
3. B (the most) 8. A (Reading folktales) 13. D (historical)
4. D (ever after) 9.D (better) 14. B (not to take off)
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 5. B (as fast as) 10. A (Despite) 15. A (three-week)
II. There are five mistakes in this passage. Find and correct them.
Heart song
There was a great man who married the woman of his dreams. With their
love, they created a little lovely girl. When the little girl was grew up, the
great man would hug her and tell her, "I love you, little girl." The little 1. grew up
girl would pout and say, "I'm not a little girl anymore." Then the man -> was
would laugh and say, "But to me, you'll always be my little girl." growing
The little girl decided to leave her home and went into the world. As she up
learned more about herself, she learned more about the man. One of his
strengths was his ability to express his love to his family. It didn't matter
where she goes in the world, the man would call her and say, "I love you,
little girl."
The day came when the little girl received an unexpected phone call. The
great man was ill. He had a stroke. He couldn't talk, smile, laugh, walk,
hug, dance or tell the little girl that he loved her.
And so she went to the side of the great man. When she walked into the 2. goes ->
room and saw him, he looked small and not strong at all. He looked at went
her and tried to speak, but he can’t. The little girl did the only thing she
could do. She sat next to the great man, drew her arms around the useless 3. had ->
shoulders of her father. had had
Her head on his chest, she thought of many things. She remembered she
had always felt protected and cherished by the great man. She felt grief 4. can’t ->
for the loss she was to endure, the words of love that had comforted her. couldn’t
And then she heard from within the man, the beat of his heart. The heart
beat on, steadily unconcerned about the damage to the rest of the body.
And while she rested there, the magic happened. She heard what she
needed to hear. 5. beaten
His heart beaten out the words that his mouth could no longer say.... out -> beat
I love you, little girl … I love you, little girl … and she was comfortable. out
Patty Hansen
F. READING
I. Read the passage and choose the correct answers.
1. C 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. B
II. Read this fable, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each gap.
1.B 2.D 3.B 4.D 5.A
6.B 7.B 8.D 9.B 10.A
III. Read this legend, then answer the following questions..
1. Because one day her husband beat her with a stick and dismissed her from home.
2. He was deeply sad and regretful, so he decided to go away to find her until he spent
all money and became a beggar.
3. Because she found that the stack of straw, where her drunk former husband was
sleeping, had been being burning with a deer roasted it.
4. He jumped into the fire to die beside his wife.
5. God turned them into three parts of the earthen tripod so that they could live side by
side forever.

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G. WRITING
I. Write full sentences, using the words or phrases provided. You can add some
words or make suitable changes.
1. Prince Tiet Lieu pleased the emperor by creating Chung cakes and Day cakes.
2. While Little Red Riding Hood was picking some flowers on the path, she met a
wicked wolf.
3. When the crow dropped the cheese, the fox ate it.
4. The fox was sleeping under a tree when she heard the sound of humans.
5. The princess slept for one hundred years until a prince arrived at the castle and
gave her a kiss.
6. Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived in the village near the forest.
7. When the dwarfs returned to their cottage, they found Snow White sleeping on
their beds.
8. As we were wandering through the castle, we saw a beautiful girl cry for help.
II. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence.
1. What an exciting fable!
2. It was such a good book that I couldn’t stop reading it.
3. While the children were doing their homework, I got home.
4. It’s difficult for her to remember all the story.
5. Beauty and the Beast is more interesting than SleepingBeauty.
6. Although Sylvia has no interest in folklore, she enjoyed the story.
7. It’s two years since my mother last told a fairy tale.
8. I suggest you should join the beginner’s class.
9. Cinderella was written in French by Charles Perrault in 1697.
10. When I was having a shower, the telephone rang.
III. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the words given.
1. You should not turn down the offer of that Job.
2. My teacher advised me to spent the summer in England.
3. The novel was much more interesting than the film.
4. When you were younger, were you able to speak English?
5. Could you lend me some change for the telephone?
6. My sister and I haven’t had an argument for ages.
7. We had an accident while we were on our way home.
8. I started learning English three years ago.

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