GA tu chon 10(CTC) HKI

English 10 (Optional lessons) Lê Ngọc Thạch
LESSON 1: THE PRESENT SIMPLE AND THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE
Aim: By the end of the lesson, Students will be able to review and use the present simple and the past
simple.
Teaching aids: lesson plan, handouts, paper, blackboard.
Procedure:
T Stages and contents T’s activities Ss’ activities
I. The Present Simple Tense
1. Form to be
- Affirmative: S + V1…. S + am/is/are……
- Negative: S + do/does + not + V….. S + am/is/are + not…..
- Interrogative: Do/Does + S + V….? Am/Is/Are + S ….?
2. Use
a. Diễn tả một hành động hoặc một thói quen ở hiện tại (always,
usually, often, sometimes, occasionally, seldom, rarely, every…….)
Ex: I usually go to school in the afternoon.
b. Diễn tả một chân lí, một sự thật lúc nào cũng đúng.
Ex: The earth moves around the sun
3. Đối với ngôi thứ ba số ít: He, She, It.
a. Thêm “S” vào sau động từ thường.
Ex: Lan often gets up early in the morning.
b. Thêm “ES” vào sau các động từ tận cùng là: ch, sh, s, x, o, z.
Ex: He watches a lot of TV on Sundays.
II. The Past Simple Tense
1. Form to be
- Affirmative: S + V2/ed…. S + was/were……
- Negative: S + did + not + V….. S + was/were + not…..
- Interrogative: Did + S + V….? Was/Were + S ….?
2. Use
a. Diễn tả một hành động xảy ra trong quá khứ xác đònh rõ thời gian
(yesterday, ago, last……, in the past, in 1990)

Ex: - My father bought this house 10 years ago.
- Mr. Nam worked here in 1999.
b. Diễn tả một loạt các hành động xảy ra liên tiếp trong quá khứ.
Ex: - Last night, I had dinner, did my homework, watched TV and went
to bed.
- When she came here in 1990, she worked as a teacher.
-reviews the
form, the use of
the present
simple, past
simple.
-look at, listen
and answer the
T’s questions.
EXERCISES
I. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.
1) When I was a child, I usually ……….. fishing with my brother.
A. go B. went C. have gone D. am going
2) We …………… dinner at home on Saturdays.
A. haven’t had B. didn’t had C. aren’t have D. don’t have
3) I’ve been in this city for a long time. I …. here sixteen years ago.
A. have come B. am coming C. came D. come
4) Nam ………….. his hair cut twice a month.
A. has B. haveC. is having D. will have
5) My sister went to Ha Noi …………… .
A. last week B. a week ago C. yesterday D. All are correct
6) We ……………. at the station ten minutes late.
A. arrived B. came C. went D. left
7) It ……………. me 15 minutes to get to school every morning.
-gets Ss to do

the exercises.
1. B
2. D
3. C
4. A
5. D.
6. A
7. A
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A. takes B. take C. has taken D. took
8) Mr. Lam goes to work on foot once a week. It means he ……....…….. walks
to work.
A. never B. sometimes C. often D. usually
II. Put the verbs in parentheses into the present simple or past simple
tense.
1) We (listen) ............................ to music every day.
2) The accident (happen) ................................. a year ago.
3) He usually (play) ............................ tennis in his free time.
4) They (not work) ................................ on Saturdays or Sundays.
5) We (go) ............................... to see our parents last week.
6 She (buy) ................................ a new car for her parents yesterday.
7) The Earth (be) ............................. round.
8) They (live) .................................... in Chicago from 1970 to 1995.
-gets Ss to do
the exercises.
1) listen
2) happened
3) plays
4) do not work

5) went
6) bought
7) is
8) lived
LESSON 2: THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE AND THE PAST SIMPLE
Aim: By the end of the lesson, Students will be able to review and use the present progressive and the past
simple.
Teaching aids: lesson plan, handouts, paper, blackboard.
Procedure:
T Stages and contents T’s activities Ss’ activities
I. The Present Progressive Tense
1. Form
- Affirmative: S + am/is/are + V-ing……
- Negative: S + am/is/are + not + V-ing…..
- Interrogative: Am/Is/Are + S + V-ing ….?
2. Use Diễn tả một hành động đang xảy ra trong lúc nói (now, at the
moment, at this time, at present….)
Ex: - I am looking for the latest newspaper now.
- They are watching a sport game show at the moment.
3. Note:
Một số động từ không dùng ở thì Present Progressive, mà chỉ dùng ở thì
Present Simple: to be, to want, to need, to have (có), to know, to
understand….
Ex: - We are tenth-grade students now.
- I understand the lesson at the moment.
II. The Past Simple Tense
1. Form to be
- Affirmative: S + V2/ed…. S + was/were……
- Negative: S + did + not + V….. S + was/were + not…..
- Interrogative: Did + S + V….? Was/Were + S ….?

-reviews the
form, the use of
the present
progressive
and past
simple.
-look at, listen
and answer the
T’s questions.
2. Use
a. Diễn tả một hành động xảy ra trong quá khứ xác đònh rõ thời gian
(yesterday, ago, last……, in the past, in 1990)
Ex: - My father bought this house 10 years ago.
- Mr. Nam worked here in 1999.
b. Diễn tả một loạt các hành động xảy ra liên tiếp trong quá khứ.
Ex: - Last night, I had dinner, did my homework, watched TV and went
to bed.
- When she came here in 1990, she worked as a teacher.
EXERCISES
Put the verbs in parentheses into the correct tense:
1. practices
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1. He (practice)_______________ the piano every day.
2. I (believe)____________ you.
3. Maria (have)_____________ a cold now.
4. He (swim)_____________ right now.
5. John (hate)____________ smoke.
6. Jill always (get up)____________ at 6.00 a.m.
7. Maryam (stay)____________ with us at the moment.

8. Listen to those people! What language they (speak) _________?
9. It (not rain)______________ much in our country in winter.
10. I (buy) ______________ this motorbike 2 months ago.
-gets Ss to do
the exercises.
2. believe
3. has
4. is swimming
5. hates
6. gets up
7. is staying
8. are they
speaking
9. does not rain
10. bought
LESSON 3: THE PAST SIMPLE, THE PAST PERFECT
AND THE PRESENT PERFECT
Aim: By the end of the lesson, Students will be able to review and use the past simple, the past perfect and
the present perfect.
Teaching aids: lesson plan, handouts, paper, blackboard.
Procedure:
T Stages and contents T’s activities Ss’ activities
I. The Past Perfect Tense
1. Form
- Affirmative: S + had + V3/ed….
- Negative: S + had + not + V3/ed…..
- Interrogative: Had + S + V3/ed….?
2. Use
a. Diễn tả một hành động xảy ra trước một thời điểm trong quá khứ.
Ex: By the end of last month, she had made 4 skirts.

b. Diễn tả một hành động xảy ra và hoàn thành trước một hành động khác
trong quá khứ (before, after, by the time, when). Hành động xảy ra trước
dùng thì Past Perfect, hành động xảy ra sau dùng thì Past Simple.
Ex: - After Nam had done his homework, he went to bed.
- They had lived in Dong Thap before they moved to HCM city.
II. The Present Perfect Tense
1. Form - Affirmative: S + has/have +V3/ed….
- Negative: S + has/have + not + V3/ed…..
- Interrogative: Has/Have + S + V3/ed….?
-reviews the
form, the use of
the past simple,
past perfect
and the present
perfect.
-look at, listen
and answer the
T’s questions.
2. Use
a. Diễn tả một hành động xảy ra trong quá khứ và kéo dài đến hiện tại
(never, ever, not…yet, since, for, so far, until now, up to now,…….)
Ex: We have learnt English for 5 years.
b. Diễn tả một hành động vừa mới xảy ra (just, recently, lately).
Ex: She has just gone out.
c. Diễn tả một hành động xảy ra trong quá khứ không xác đònh rõ thời
gian (already, before)
Ex: Have you seen this movie before?
3. Notes
a. Cách dùng của since và for
- SINCE: chỉ mốc thời gian (2000, September, I last saw you, …)

- FOR: chỉ khoảng thời gian (3 months, a long time, ages, …)
b. S + has/have +V3/ed…… since + S + V2/ed….
Ex: We have known each other since we worked in this factory.
c. Các trạng từ: never, ever, just, already thường đứng giữa trợ động từ
(has/ have) và động từ chính (V3/ed).
Ex: I have already finished my homework.
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EXERCISES
Put the verbs in parentheses into the correct tense:
1. John (write)________________ his report last night.
2. After John (wash)_____________ his clothes, he began to study.
3. Tim (go)____________ to France last year.
4. Guillermo (call)_____________ his employer yesterday.
5. Jane sent a letter to his university after she (receive) ___________ her
scholarship check.
6. The plane (flip)_________ ten times before it landed on its roof.
7. What you (do)______________ last weekend?
8. Mr. and Mrs. Ba (take)__________ some beautiful photos a few days
ago.
9. Her brother (talk)_______________ to his pen pal on the phone at the
moment.
10. They (not contact)_____________ to each other for a long time.
11. Nothing (be)______________ done since I moved here.
12. I used to walk to school when I (be)_______________ in primary
school.
13. Lan (drink)_____________ two bottles of water every day.
14. Lan (be)__________ a Vietnamese student. She (be) ___________
born in Ho Chi Minh City. She (go)______________ abroad last year to
study English. She (learn)______________ French before she began to

study English. She (make) _____________ great progress since she
(get)______________ there. Next month, she will take the final exam. She
(be) _____________ able to get a good job when she (return)
_____________ to Vietnam.
-gets Ss to do
the exercises.
-gets feedback
on the answers.
1. wrote
2.had washed
3. went
4. called
5. had received
6. had flip
7. did you do
8. took
9. is talking
10. have not
contacted
11. has been
12. was
13. drinks
14. is/ was/
went/ had
learnt
(learned) / has
made/ got/ will
be/ returns
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LESSON 4: THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE (WITH FUTURE MEANING)
vs BE GOING TO
Aim: By the end of the lesson, Students will be able to use the present progressive tense (with future
meaning) and Be going to.
Teaching aids: lesson plan, handouts, paper, blackboard.
Procedure:
T Stages and contents T’s activities Ss’ activities
I. The Present Progressive Tense
1. Form
- Affirmative: S + am/is/are + V-ing……
- Negative: S + am/is/are + not + V-ing…..
- Interrogative: Am/Is/Are + S + V-ing ….?
2. Use
Thì HTTD (với nghóa tương lai) dùng để:
Nói về một hành động tương lai đã có KẾ HOẠCH thực hiện.
Ex: The first term is coming to an end soon.
II. be going to
- Diễn tả một dự đònh (chưa có kế hoạch).
Ex: I have saved some money. I’m going to buy a new computer.
- Diễn tả một dự đoán có căn cứ.
Ex: Look at those clouds. It is going to rain.
* Lưu ý: will/shall KHÔNG dùng với những ý nghóa trên của thì HTTD và
be going to.
-reviews the
form, the use of
the present
progressive
and be going
to.
-look at, listen

and answer the
T’s questions.
EXERCISES
I. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.
1) Tom and I …………… to Mary’s birthday party together.
A. am going B. are going C. will go D. going
2) I ………… our teacher tomorrow, so I shall give him your note.
A. have seen B. going to see C. will seen D. am seeing
3) Tell me about your plan, Lan. What …….. this Saturday evening?
A. are you doing B. have you done
C. are you going to do D. will you do
4) Our class ……………… a picnic at Thay Pagoda this Sunday.
A. am having B. will has
C. is going to have D. go to have
5) Can you come next weekend? – Sorry, we’d love to, but we …..........….…
to the countryside to visit our relatives.
A. have gone B. will go C. are going D. be going
6) They are going ………………… a boat trip on the Thames.
A. for B. in C. at D. on
7) Be careful! The bus ……………… near.
A. will come B. is coming
C. will coming D. is going to come
8) What about your plans, Tom? .................. home after the exams?
A. Do you return B. Are you returning
C. Will you be returning D. Will you return
-gets Ss to do
the exercises.
1) B. are going
2) D. am
seeing

3) A. are you
doing
4) C. is going
to have
5) C. are going
6) D. on
7) B. is coming
8) B. Are you
returning
II. Put the verbs in brackets in the Present Progressive or be going to
1) Before I go to England next year, I (learn)............. some English.
2) They (leave)................... for HCM City at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow.
3) I don’t understand this exercise, so I think I (see)..................... our
English teacher this afternoon.
4) What you (do)................. next when you have finished this job?
-gets Ss to do
the exercises.
1) am going to
learn
2) are leaving
3) am going to
see
4) are...you
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5) We (have)................ a party at 8 o’clock tonight. Can you come?
6) Viet Nam (play) .................... Thailand in today’s match.
7) I have to get up early tomorrow. I (have)..................... an important
English test at 7:00 a.m.
8) I’m very tired. I (not work)...................... anymore today.

going to do
5) are having
6) is playing
7) am having
8) am not
working
LESSON 5: WRITING (Write about people’s background)
Aim: By the end of the lesson, Students will be able to write about people’s backgrounds.
Teaching aids: lesson plan, handouts, paper.
Procedure:
T Stages and contents T’s activities Ss’ activities
 Task 1. Work in pairs. Match these people with their relevant
information.
A B
1. Ho Chi Minh
2. Washington
3. Louis Pasteur
4. Shakespeare
5. Peleù
6.Leonardo de Vinci
7. Beethoven
8. Bill Gates
a. the world-famous French chemist.
b. the Brazilian football player.
c. the President of the USA.
d. the Italian artist.
e. the general manager of the Microsoft.
f. the leader of the Vietnamese Communist
party.
g. the German music composer.

h. the famous English playwright.
 Task 2. Read Albert Einstein’s background and fill the information in
the form.
Albert Einstein was born on March 14
th
, 1879 in Ulm, Germany. His interest
in science began when he was only five years old.
When his family moved to Milan, Italy, Albert decided to study Physics at
the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland. He passed
and entered in 1896. He graduated in 1900. Then he became a private
physics and mathematics tutor for two years.
In 1902, Einstein took a job in the Swiss Patent Office in Bern. In 1909,
Einstein finally left his job at the Patent Office and began his belong career
in the academic world. His genius had begun to be recognized, and by 1914
he was at the top of his profession as a member of the Royal Prussian
Academy of Science in Berlin. In 1921, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in
Physics.
In 1933, when Hitler came into power, Einstein moved to the USA. He
became a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study and remained there
until his death on April 18
th
, 1955.
-gets Ss to
match the
people in
column A with
the information
in column B.
-gets Ss to fill
the information

of Albert
Einstein in the
table.
1. f
2. c
3. a
4. h
5. b
6. d
7. g
8. e
-fill in the
table.
Name: Albert Einstein Mr./ Ms
Date of birth: March 14
th
, 1879
Place of birth: Ulm, Germany
Education:
School attended: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich,
Switzerland
Exams passed: Physics
Jobs: a private Physics and Mathematics tutor
a job in the Swiss Patent Office
a professor
Interests: science
Date of death: April 18
th
, 1955
Place of death: the USA

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 Task 3. Work in groups. Write a paragraph about Linda Pascal.
Name: Linda Pascal Mr. / Ms
Date of birth: 1973
Place of birth: California, the USA
Education:
School attended: University of California.
Exams passed: Master of Bachelor in 2002.
Jobs: a sales manager for her uncle’s trading company.
a house manager of Stevenson Hotel.
Interests: an ambitious businesswoman.
Key:
Linda Pascal was born in 1973 in California, the USA. She got a Master of
Bachelor of Arts from University of California in 2002. After working as a
sales manager for her uncle’s trading company, she got a job as a house
manager of Stevenson Hotel. She is an ambitious businesswoman. She loves
her present job very much.
 Task 4. Exhibition. Stick some finished paper on the board.
-asks Ss to
write about
linda Pascal’s
background.
-exhibit some
paper on the
board.
-in groups,
write about
linda Pascal’s
background.

-go around and
read to
compare.
LESSON 6: READING (PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND)
Aim: By the end of the lesson, Students will be able to read and talk about daily activities.
Teaching aids: lesson plan, handouts, pictures.
Procedure:
T Stages and contents T’s activities Ss’ activities
 Task 1. Work in pairs. Ask and answer about your daily routine.
A: What time do you get up/ go to school/ have breakfast/ have lunch/ have
dinner/ go to school?
B: I usually get up at six.
A: What do you often do in the morning/ afternoon/ evening?
B: I do the housework.
Read the passage and then do the tasks that follow.
Every morning I get up at six. The first thing I do is to wash my dishes.
Then I cooked breakfast. We eat at about seven fifteen. Usually we have
bread and butter, sometimes we have rice, or boiled sweet potatoes.
-asks Ss to ask
and answer in
pairs.
-pairwork.
It takes me about ten minutes to walk to school, and school begins with an
assembly period at seven forty-five. There are fifteen hundred children in
our school and so we meet in three assemblies; the infant department, the
middle department, and the senior department.
We have seven periods from eight to one. We study Maths, Geography,
History, Music, Art and Crafts, and English. I like English best and next to
that, Maths. At ten we have a chance to eat an orange and some peanuts.
At noon, we do not rest. At one we clean up our classroom and close the

school.
I go home for lunch, but this time, my sister Patricia gets the meals. We
often eat yams with soup and other dishes. After lunch, I usually sleep for
half an hour. In the afternoon, we play netball. I sometimes skip, run, and
jump with the other girls.
At about six or six thirty we have dinner. Either my sister or I cook it. The
meal is simpler than the mid-day meal. We eat fruit or rice, and sometimes
we have bread and tea. Then in the evening, I do my homework and go to
bed at about ten.
1. The first
thing the girl
does when she
gets up is to
wash her
dishes.
2. No, they
don’t.
3. Noon.
4. Her second
best subject at
school is
Maths.
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 Task 2. Answer the following questions.
1. What is the first thing the girl does when she gets up?
2. Do members of her family eat bread with butter and rice for breakfast?
3. Twelve o’clock can be called mid-day. What other word does the girl use
to mean the same thing?
4. What is her second best subject at school?

5. Why is dinner described as simpler than lunch?
 Task 3. Make a brief note about the girl’s daily routines.
In the
morning
6:00
Get up
7:15
Eat breakfast
7:45
School begins
8:00-1:00
Have 7 periods
10:00
Have a chance to eat an orange and
some peanuts
In the
afternoon
1:00
Clean up their room and close the
school
After lunch
Sleep for half an hour
In the afternoon
Play netball
In the
evening
6:00 (6:30)
Have dinner
10:00
Go to bed

 Task 4. Work in groups. Talk about your father’s
(mother’s/brother’s/sister’s ) daily routines.
-gets Ss to read
the text and
answer the
questions
-has Ss to fill in
the table.
-asks Ss to
work in groups
5. Because
they only eat
fruit or rice
andsometimes
they have
bread and tea.
-fill the
suitable in
formation in
the table.
-groupwork.
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LESSON 7: READING (SPECIAL EDUCATION)
Aim: By the end of the lesson, Students will be able to read a letter of a disabled child.
Teaching aids: lesson plan, handouts, posters.
Procedure:
T Stages and contents T’s activities Ss’ activities
 Task 1. Work in groups. Find the words about the topic “SCHOOL”.
S C H O O L U E

T C F R I E N D
U N L B O I D P
D T E A C H E R
E E S G S N S Z
N U S A N S K P
T B O O K E O F
S U N B O A R D
 Task 2. Compete Linh Lan’s letter to her parents with the words
provided.
Roman treats relatives months hear voices
Tet family newcomers helpful special grandma
faces worry Braille
Nguyen Dinh Chieu Special School for the Blind
November 25, 2006
Dear Mom and Dad
It has been four (1)____________ since I left home. Life in this
(2) ____________ school has been all right as ever. I have
many new friends now but I cannot see their (3)____________!
I can only (4)____________ them through their
(5)____________ . I have learned many things, especially (6)
____________. Now I can read and write in Braille. My
homeroom teacher has helped me translate the letters into the
(7)____________ alphabet so that you both can read them. I
miss the whole (8)____________ very much but don’t
(9)____________ about me. I’m doing all right. The letter you
sent me was also read by my homeroom teacher. She is a nice
teacher with a sweet voice, and she is very kind and
(10)____________ to us,
the (11) _____________ to this school. She (12)____________
us like her young brothers and sisters. I will come back home

on the (13)_____________ holidays and stay with you all for ten
days. I love you, Mom and Dad. Send my regards to our
(14)_____________, and particularly, to (15) ___________. Tell
her I love her and miss her, too.
Love
Linh Lan
-has Ss find out
the words from
the
wordsquare.
-gets Ss to fill
the missing
words in the
blanks of the
letter.
SCHOOL
TEACHER
BOOK
FRIEND
BOARD
STUDENT
S
LESSON
DESK
BAG
 CLASS
 PEN
(1) months
(2) special
(3) faces

(4) hear
(5) voices
(6) Braille
(7) Roman
(8) family
(9) worry
(10) helpful
(11)
newcomers
(12) treats
(13) Tet
(14)
relatives
(15)
grandma
 Task 3. Match the words or phrases in column A with those in column
B.
A B
1. Linh Lan has left home
2. She cannot see
3. Now she can read and write
4. Her teacher is
a. on the Tet holidays.
b. Braille.
c. for four months.
d. a nice lady with a sweet voice.
-gets Ss to
match the
phrases to
makecomplete

sentences.
1. c
2. f
3. b
4. d
5. a
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