Soạn bài tiếng Anh lớp 8 Unit 2 Getting Started

1. Bài soạn tiếng Anh lớp 8 Unit 2 Getting Started

Task 1. Listen and read.

It's harvest time!

Nguyen: Nguyen speaking.

Nick: Hi Nguyen, how's your stay there?

Nguyen: Hi Nick! Well, it's more exciting than I expected.

Nick: What are you doing?

Nguyen: Lots of things. It's harvest time, so we help load the rice onto buffalo-drawn carts, ride it home and dry it. Have you ever ridden a cart?

Nick: No, but I'd like to.

Nguyen: And sometimes I go herding the buffaloes with the boys.

Nick: You've made new friends?

Nguyen: Yeah-right on my first day. They came and we went flying kites together.

Nick: Where can you buy a kite in the countryside?

Nguyen: The people here don't buy kites – they make them. My grandfather's made me the largest, most colourful kite I've ever had. It looks great up there in the sky.

Nick: Oh, I'm so envious!

Nguyen: Ha...ha... I guess. I live more happily here, and there's still a lot more to explore.

Nick: Sounds great!

Nguyen: And everything seems to move more slowly here than in the city.

Nick: I wish I could join...

Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? 

Answer the following questions

1. Where is Nguyen now?

2. When was he able to make new friends?

3. What is Nguyen’s kite like?

4. Who is Nguyen probably staying with?

5. Does Nick want to be there with Nguyen?

Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

1. When a thing has lots of bright colours, it is                     .

2. When people are not in a hurry, they                     .

3. A busy time when people collect their crops is called                     .

4. A place where rice grows is called a                      .

5. My brother is taking his buffaloes out to feed them. He’s                       them.

6. Rice is loaded onto a                      to transport it home.

Task 2.  Match the activities with the pictures. 

Task 3. Can you think of some more things that children do in the countryside? Make a list.

Example:

They climb trees.

They go swimming in the river.

Task 4. GAME: COUNTRYSIDE CHARADES

Play charades in two teams using the class list of countryside activities from 3. The teacher whispers an activity to one person from Team I.This person mimes the activity for their team to guess. If their team guesses incorrectly, Team 2 can try. The teams take turns until all the activities have been mimed.The team with the most points wins.

2. Đáp án bài tập tiếng Anh lớp 8 Unit 2 Getting Started

Task 1. Listen and read.

Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? 

1. T

2. F

3. F

4. T

5. T

Answer the following questions

1. He’s in the countryside.

2. Right on his first day here.

3. It’s big and colorful.

4. His grandfather.

5. Yes, he does.

Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

1. When a thing has lots of bright colours, it is colourful.

2. When people are not in a hurry, they move slowly.

3. A busy time when people collect their crops is called harvest time.

4. A place where rice grows is called a paddy field.

5. My brother is taking his buffaloes out to feed them. He’s herding them.

6. Rice is loaded onto a buffalo-drawn cart to transport it home.

Task 2.  Match the activities with the pictures. 

1 - e: flying a kite : thả diều

2 - f: hearding buffaloes : chăn trâu

3 - a: riding a horse : cưỡi ngựa

4 - c: collecting water: lấy nước

5 - d: drying the rice : phơi lúa

6 - b: loading the rice : tải lúa

Task 3. Can you think of some more things that children do in the countryside? Make a list.

They go fishing in the river. 

They collect the fruits. 

Task 4. GAME: COUNTRYSIDE CHARADES

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