Bài tập bổ trợ và nâng cao Tiếng Anh lớp 8
Unit 6. Folk tales – (Phần 2)
VI. Complete the following sentences by putting the verbs in blackets in the correct form
1. When the villagers (have)____________________ a party, a dragon suddenly (appear) _____________ and took a fiery breath.
2. “We-(not ride)__________________ horses to the beach at this time last week”, said the knights.
3. Sinbad and his men (leave)______________the cave while the giant (sleep) ______ in his lair.
4. When their parents (die)_________ the older brother (take)______ almost everything, and only (give)_________________ the younger brother a cottage and a star fruit tree.
5. While Cinderella (do) _________________ the housework, her stepsisters (travel) ___ to the ball.
VII. Choose the best answer to complete the followinng sentences.
1. A_______ can be an ancient story about brave people or magical events that are probably not true.
A. table
B. fairytale
C. folktale
D. legend
2. The main_________ of the fable “The Tortoise and the Hare” are a tortoise and a hare.
A. characters
B. personalities
C. plots
D. titles
3. A/ An_______ is a human-like creature, but it is extremely tall, strong and often bad and cruel.
A. mermaid
B. giant
C. ogre
D. elf
4. The fox used his tricks to get food from the crow. What a_______ fox!
A. mean
B. stupid
C. cunning
D. fierce
5. The Snow White’s stepmother is_________ . She has tried to kill her several times.
A. ugly
B. kind
C. clever
D. evil
6. A good_______ quickly chanted a magic spell to change the curse.
A. emperor
B. fairy
C. knight
D. dwarf
7. In folk tales like Little Red Riding Hood, the_______ is always bad.
A. lion
B. horse
C. wolf
D. hare
8. One day, Mai An Tiem________ a bird eating a red fruit.
A. see
B. saw
C. is seeing
D. was seeing
9. .______ to the princess at midnight last night?
A. Was a fairy talking
B. Did a fairy talk
C. Has a fairy talked
D. Does a fairy talk
10. When Tam__________ her hair, Cam all fish from Tam’s basket into hers.
A. washed – poured was
B. washing – was pouring
C. was washing – poured
D. was washing – was pouring
VIII. Choose the most suitable words given in the box to complete the passage. Use each word once only. There are 3 words that are not used.
beautitul cunning envy guarding
jealous open riding rescue
Once upon a time, in the kingdom of Love, there lived a (1)______________ princess. A wicked witch was (2)________________ of her beauty. She kidnapped the princess and locked her in a dungeon with a dragon (3)_____________ at the gate.
One day, a handsome prince passed by, (4)_______________ on his white horse. The princess shouted for help.
“Don’t worry, I will (5)_______ you!” said the prince. He killed the dragon and shought with the witch. The princess was saved.
IX. Read the following story and choose the best answer for each question
Once upon a time, there lived in Morocco one of the richest men on earth. He was King Jodas. He loved gold more than anything else in the world except his lovely, young daughter with silky, black hair and sparkling eyes. Whenever King Jodas walked among his fruit trees and flower bushes, he wished he could turn them all into gold.
Early one morning, a god called Terrus came to visit King Jodas in his palace. He came to reward King Jodas for doing him a favour. Terrus offered to grant King Jodas whatever he wanted on earth. The King immediately asked that everything he touched be turned into gold. Terrus unwiilingly granted King Jodas his wish and vanished.
Everything was fine till one fateful day. The King wept aloud in despair as he hugged a golden figurine he loved so much. He did not mean to turn her into gold. He begged Terrus to take away the curse of the golden touch.
1. Which of the following was King Jodas’ most favoured?
A. gold
B. fruit trees
C. flower bushes
D. his daughter
2. King Jodas’ love for gold tells me that he was_________________ ,
A. greedy
B. selfish
C. rich
D. cruel
3. Terrus was in Morroco because he________________ .
A. wanted to visit King Jodas
B. wanted to return King Jodas a favour
C. decided to marry King Jodas’ daughter
D. heard about King Jodas’ wish
4. King Jodas cried because __________________ ,
A. Terrus was not going to grant him his wish
B. Terrus vanished
C. his daughter was turned into gold
D. Terrus took away his wish
5. Which of the following titles is the most suitable for the story?
A. The golden king
B. A reward
C. The king and his daughter
D. The golden touch
X. Each of the following sentences contains a mistake. Underline it and write the correct answer in the space provided.
1. Over two thousand years ago, there were living a good king 1 /___________________
and his queen.
2. The woodcutter worked in the woods with his friends at half 2/____________________
past eleven two days ago.
3. When the prince waited outside the cave, he saw two ogres 3/____________________
walk toward him.
4. Tiet Lieu was making Banh Chung and Banh Day while other 4/___________________
princes prepared their special food.
5. Little Red Riding Hood was meeting a wolf when she was 5/_______________________
walking to her grandmother’s house.
XI. Use the words given to write meaningful sentences in the past simple and past continuous tense.
1. When / ogre / roar / anger / prince / hit / eye / sword //.
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2. While / Tam / sort / rice / f lock / sparrow / come / help
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3. Frog / turn / handsome / prince / and / marry / princess //.
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4. One day / knights / patrol / around / castle / when / hear / someone / cry / help //.
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5. Little Red Riding Hood / pick / flowers / while / grandmother / wait //.
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XII. Read the story summary below. Then write a folk tale of about 120 words. What lesson do you learn from this folk tales?
| Title | The Goose and the Golden Egg |
| Genre | Folk tale |
| Main characters | A countryman, and a goose |
| Plot: beginning | A countryman possessed most wonderful goose; every day goose laid a beautitul, glittering, golden egg. |
| Plot: middle | – Countryman took eggs to market and soon began rich.
– But he grew impatient with goose because she gave him only single golden egg a day. – He not getting rich fast enough. |
| Plot: end | – One day, after counting money, idea came he could get all golden eggs by killing goose and cutting it open.
– But when deed done, not single golden egg find, and goose dead. |
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FUN CORNER
FOLK TALE RIDDLES : WHO AM I ?
Match the riddles with the pictures and characters.
Aladdin Princess Ariel Pinocchio
Cinderella Little Red Riding Hood
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