Unit 2: Making arrangements (Vocabulary Exercises) – Bài giảng tiếng anh 8

Unit 2: Making arrangements

(Vocabulary Exercises)

WORD CHART

EXERCISE 1: Complete the sentence with the correct form of the word in parentheses. (Hoàn thành mỗi câu với hình thức thích hợp của từ trong ngoặc.)

Example: No one has ever known the truth of his death. (true)

1. The experiment was _________ , so they had to do it again. (success)

2. What is the _________ between the Moon and the Earth? (distant)

3. There was a wave of_________ from Europe to America in the 19th century. (emigrate)

4. Thomas Watson worked as the only __________ to Alexander G. Bell, (assist)

5. The supporters of the team cheered when the referee blew the_________ whistle. (finally)

6. Alexander G. Bell was among the greatest _________ of all times. (invent)

7. This program is a live ___________ from the Olympic Games. (transmit)

8. Alexander Bell’s invention was __________ successful. (commerce)

9. This _________ gives young artists an opportunity  to display their work. (exhibit)

10.The cost of schooling should be an _________ between the school and parents. (arrange)

11. I have warned him ___________ times, but he won’t listen. (count)

12.Confidence is an important element of _________ . (succeed)

EXERCISE 2: Complete each blank space in the passage with one of the words in the box. use each word only once. (Hãy hoàn thành mỗi khoảng trông trong đoạn văn sau bằng một từ trong khung. Dùng mỗi từ chỉ một lần.)

JAMES WATT (1736-1819)

It is said that James Watt developed his (1) idea for the steam engine by watching a boiling (2) ________ in his mothers kitchen and seeing how the (3)________ pushed things out! He first became interested in machines when he worked as an ordinary (4) _________ at Glasgow University, which had been

founded centuries before in 1451. His (5) ________ in the steam engine turned it into one of the most powerful and important machines in the Industrial Revolution.

Throughout his ỉife, he could not stop (6) __________all kinds of machines, some of which were still being used the early 20th century.

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