8th grade Review

2nd term
Vocabulary
Sports
cap, glove, bat, helmet, jersey, cleats, base,
field, goal, pads, stick, puck, skates, racket,
court,net
Health, ilness and treatments
aspirin, shot, vaccine, antibiotics, medicine,
bandage, pill, fever, sore throat, cough, flu,
broken arm, virus, cold, stomachache, infection
Vocabulary
Exercise Verbs
hit a punch bag, stretch your legs, jog quickly,
lift weights, turn your head, bend down, kick a
ball, breath out

Information Technology
send a fax, write na online journal, post
something, log into a site, call from a pay phone,
leave a message, look information up, watch
something online
Vocabulary
Voice mail
start a message, say hello, say who you
are, leave a message, say goodbye]
Gossip
to cheat, start a rumor, to tell a lie, to be a
fake, to badmouth someone, to make
something up, to spread gossip
Grammar
1st, 2nd and 3rd conditional
Make, let, allowed to
So and such
Reported speech
Reported statements
Reported questions
Reported commands, requests, invitations
1st conditional
Use the 1st conditional to talk about present,
real situations and their consequences.
form
If + simple present, will + verb
If I study hard, Ill get a good grade.

I will go to the cinema if my mother gives me
some money.

If I dont read my book, Ill do badly on the test.
Examples

2nd conditional
Use the 2nd conditional to talk about present,
unreal, impossible, imaginary situations.
form
If + simple past, would + verb

3rd conditional
Use the 3rd conditional to talk about past
situations that you would like to change, but
they cannot be changed.
form
If + Past perfect, would + have + past participle
(had + past participle)
Make, Let and allowed to
Allowed to
We use it in any tense to talk about a permission you
have or havent received
I am allowed to watch TV at night
I am not allowed to use cellphones in class
Ill be allowed to drive when I am 18


Be + allowed to + verb
Make
Use make to talk about something that a person
forces you to do make + object + verb
My mother makes me study a lot
My teacher made me copy the topics from the board.
My friends make me laugh a lot.
My father doesnt make me help him with his work.
Let
Use let to talk about something that a person gave you
permission, allowed you to do let + object + verb
My mother lets me talk to my friends
My teacher let me talk to my friends in the end of the class.
My father doesnt let me drive his car yet.
So and such
They are used to intensify an adjective

So + adjective
Such + (a / an) + adjective + noun

It is so hot today. She is so beautiful.
It is such a hot day. She is such a beautiful girl.

They are so generous.
They are such generous people
Reported Speech
Reported Statements (affirmative and negative)
We use when we want to report, to say what
someone told us, or what we heard someone say
Remember:

Am, is, are was, were
Simple present Simple past

Simple past Past perfect
Present Perfect Past Perfect

will would
can could

Simple Present
+ verb 1st column
- dont / doesnt + verb
Simple Past
+ verb 2nd column
- didnt + verb 1st column
Present Perfect
+ have / has + 3rd column
- hasnt / havent + 3rd
Past Perfect
+ had + 3rd column
- hadnt + 3rd column
Reported Questions
Yes / No questions
Add if in the beginning of the
questions
Do you like chocolate?
She asked if I liked chocolate

Are you Brazilian?
She asked if I was Brazilian

Did you do your homework?
I asked if she had done her homework.

WH questions
Questions with WHO, WHEN, WHERE, WHAT, etc.
Use the question word

What do you do?
He asked what I did

Where did he go
He asked me where he had gone

When will you travel?
He asked when I would travel
Reporting commands, requests and invitations
we use verb + object + to infinitive
to report sentences that are giving orders,
or asking for something or inviting for
something else
Command: Do your homework
the teacher told us to do our homework
Request: Can you help?
he asked me to help him.
Invitation: Come to my party next Saturday
she invited me to come to her party next
Saturday.

Verbs used:
Ask, tell,
want, need,
would like,
invite, order
Study time
In order to study effectively for the test, look
at your Practice book and try to remember the
exercises youve done;
Do the conditionals and reported speech file
again (blog);
Redo the exercises from Listo;
Study the reference guide for vocabulary;
Prepare yourself.