Tổng hợp về thời thì trong Tiếng Anh (1)

Grammar:
V e r b Te n s e s
Zested Education



Present Simple , Present Continuous
Present Simple
§  Action in  the  present  taking  place  once,
never or several times
I go to the gym twice a week.

Use

Signal 
Words

§ General truths
Water boils at 100 degree Celsius.
§ Actions taking place one after another
Every morning, I wake up, have breakfast,
and then go to school.
§ Action set by a timetable or schedule 
=> The train leaves at 9 a.m.

Present Continuous
§ Action taking place in 
speaking

the 

moment 

of 

Look! The thief is running away.

§  Action taking place only for a limited 
period of time
I usually go to bed at 10.00 pm, but today I am 
going to bed at 11.00 pm.

§  Action arranged for the future 
⇒ I am catching the 10.00 am train tomorrow.
§ Annoying habits ( usually with Always )
⇒ My brother is  always  borrowing  my CDs without
asking !

 always, never, normally, often, seldom,
• at the moment, just, just now, now, right now
sometimes, usually, rarely
• Listen!, Look!
 every/each …; once/twice/ three times a….
 If sentences type I (If I talk, …)


Stative Verbs
Usually describe ACTIONS

Stative Verbs

Describe STATES ( feelings,
thoughts…)
I like reading books in my
Common
Stative Verbs
free time.
I’m liking reading books
appear
include
in my
free time.

be
believe
When verbs (be, have, think…)
belong to
describe ACTIONS.
hate
have

Common Stative Verbs
appear

include

see

be

know

seem

believe

like

taste

belong to

love

think

hate

need

understand

have

prefer

want

Not normally used in
see
continuous tenses.

know
seem
What like
do you think abouttaste
his new songs?
Used in CONTINUOUS
love
think
TENSES.
I’m thinking about last
need
understand
night’s
match.
I’m prefer
seeing the present want
tomorrow. (=meeting)


Watch out !!!

listen-hear
watch- see
look- see

listen-watch-look: deliberate verbs???
can use the present continuous
I’m listening to the radio.
I hear someone knocking the door.

listen-hear

Hear! Someone is knocking the door.
Listen! Someone is knocking the door.

hear: nghe thấy, không có chủ ý nghe mà do ở ngoài có tiếng động nên nghe
thấy.
listen: nghe có chủ ý, chăm chú nghe.


Past Simple
Past Simple

Present Simple
§  Action in the present taking place
once, never or several times
I go to the gym twice a week.

Use

§ General truths
Water boils at 100 degree Celsius

§ Action in the past taking place once, never or

several times
I went to the gym twice a week.

General truths about the past
50 years ago, people didn’t spend as much on

entertainment as they do today.

§ Actions taking place one after another §  Actions taking place one after another in the 

past. (Main events in a story)
Every morning, I wake up, have breakfast,
and then go to school.

I got up, had breakfast, and then went to school.
§  Action taking place in the middle of another 

action
I was having a bath when the phone rang.

Signal 
Words

 always, never, normally, often, seldom,
sometimes, usually, rarely
 every …
 If sentences type I (If I talk, …)

• yesterday, 2 minutes ago, in 1990, the other day
• last Friday
• If sentence type II (If I talked, …) 


Past Continuous
Present Continuous
Use

Past Continuous

§ Action taking place in  the  moment  of  § Action going on at a certain time in 
speaking
Look! The thief is running away.

Past Simple
§  Action taking place in the middle of 

another action
I was having a bath when the phone rang.

the past

At 9 pm last night, I was watching a movie.
§  Actions taking place at the same time 
While I was watching TV, my cat was playing 
with my toe.
§ Action in the past that is interrupted by 

another action
I was having a bath when the phone rang.

Signal 
Words

• at the moment, just, just now, now, right
now
• Listen!, Look!

• at that moment
• at one/ two/ three … o’clock
• while; when; as long as


Used to, Be used to,
Get used to
Use

Example 

Used to V

1 thói quen, hành động
thường xuyên xảy ra trong
quá khứ, bây giờ  không 
còn nữa.

When I was four, I used to eat ice cream every
day.
Brad is a teacher, but he used  to  be  a train
driver

Be used to Ving

Đã  quen  với  hành động,
sự việc diễn ra thường
xuyên, thói quen ở hiện
tại.

I’m used to doing exercises in the morning.
(Tôi đã quen với tập thể dục buổi sáng )
He didn’t complain about the noise next door,
he was used to it.
(…anh ta đã quen với nó rồi)

Get used to Ving

Quá trình diễn ra 1 hành I got used to getting up early in the morning.
động đang dần  trở  thành  (Tôi quen dần với việc dậy sớm buổi sáng)
thói quen.
After a while he didn’t mind the noise in the
office, he got used to it.
(…anh ta quen dần với nó)


Present Present Simple , Present Present Continuous
Present Present Simple

Present Present Continuous

§  Putting emphasis on the result 
I have lived there for 2 years.
§ Action that is still going on 
School has not started yet.
.

Use

§  Action that stopped recently 
I have just called my mother.

§  Finished action that has an influence on the
 present
I have mastered Contemporary Dancing.

§  Action that has taken place once, never or            
several times before the moment of speaking 
This is the third time he has been late for school

Signal 
Words


Watch out !!!
When we want to say WHEN
something happened in the past
When we want to show that
something happened BEFORE
NOW or is it STILL
IMPORTANT NOW.
When we want to emphasis the
RESULT of an action

When we want to emphasis the
ACTION, THE TIME spent
on the action

Present Perfect Simple

Past Simple

I did my homework last night.

Present Perfect Simple

I ‘ve finished! Can I go home
now?

Past Simple
Present Perfect Simple
Present Perfect Continuous
Present Perfect Simple
Present Perfect Continuous

I ‘ve written an article for
the school newspaper.
(=I’ve finished it)
I ‘ve been writing an
article for the school
newspaper.
(=I’ve started, but I
haven’t finished it yet.)