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The present simple tense
A.GRAMMAR: The present simple tense:
1. To Be: ( am / is / are )
a) câu khẳng định
S + am / is / are + …………..
Ex: We are students.
b)phủ định:
S + am / is / are + not + …………
Ex: My mother is not a farmer.
isn’t
c)nghi vấn:
Am / Is / Are + S + ……………….?
Ex: Is your brother a worker? → Yes, he is / No, he isn’t.
2. Ordinary verbs:
a) Affirmative: ( Khẳng định )
I / We / You / They / S ( Số nhiều )
V
He / She / It / S ( số ít )
V( s / es )
Ex: I go to school every day.
She goes to school every day.
b) Negative: ( phủ định )
I / We / you / they / S ( số nhiều )
do not ( don’t)
V(bare
infinitive)
He / She / It / S ( số ít )
does not( doesn’t )
Ex: I don’t go to school on Sundays.
She doesn’t go to school on Sundays.
c) Interrogative (nghi vấn)

Do
We / you / they / ….
V
(bare
infinitive ) ?
Does
He / she / …….
Ex1: Do you play volleyball?
→ Yes, I do / No, I don’t
Ex2 : Does Lan listen to music after school?
-Yes, she does / No, she doesn’t
+ Use: Diễn tả một sự thật ở hiên tại, một quy luật, một chân lý hiển nhiên
Diễn tả một thói quen,môt sự việc lập đi lập lại ở hiện tại, một phong tục.
Note: Trong thời hiện tại thường, các ngôi (thứ nhất số ít/nhiều, thứ 3 số nhiều) được chia
như ví dụ tổng quát 1/ trên đây, riêng ngôi thứ 3 (ba) số ít (He, she, it - Tom, John, Hoa ...),
ta cần lưu ý các quy tắc sau:
1. Phải thêm "s" vào sau động từ ở câu khẳng định. ( V+s)
Ví dụ: He likes reading books.
She likes pop music.
- Câu phủ định (Xem ví dụ tổng quát 2/ trên đây )
- Câu nghi vấn? (Xem ví dụ tổng quát 2/ trên đây)
2. Ngoài việc "s" vào sau động từ, ta phải đặc biệt chú ý những trường hợp sau:
2.1. Những động từ (Verbs) tận cùng bằng những chữ sau đây thì phải thêm
"ES".
O, s, x , z, ch, sh
Ôi,sông, xanh, zờ, chặn shóng

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(do, go) + ES
Ví dụ: miss misses
mix mixes
buzz buzzes
watch watches
wash washes
do does
go goes
Ví dụ: He often kisses his wife before going to work.
Tom brushes his teeth everyday.
2.2. Những động từ (Verbs) tận cùng bằng "Y" thì phải xét hai (2) trường hợp
sau đây.
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Nếu trước Y là a, e, o, u, I (uể oải) thì sẽ chia như quy tắc 2.1 trên
đây. Y ---- Y + S
We play She/he plays
Ví dụ: She plays the piano very well.
 Nếu trước Y chữ cái còn lại thì sẽ chia như sau:
(Y ---- IES)
We carry She/he carries
They She/he worries
worry
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Ví dụ: He often carries money with him whenever he goes out.
Các trạng từ dùng trong thời HTT:
Always, usually, often, not often, sometimes, occasionally, never;
Everyday, every week/month/year..., on Mondays, Tuesdays, .... , Sundays.
Once/twice / three times... a week/month/year ...;

Every two weeks, every three months (a quarter)
Whenever, every time, every now and then, every now and again, every so
often
B-Exercises

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Ex1. Give the correct form of verbs in the brackets
1. Nam often (do) …………………his
10. Nam (go ) …………. to the English
homework .
club every Saturday
2. Minh ( watch ) ………………..television 11. Nan always ( play ) basketball in the
every night
winter.
3. Would you like ( play
)…………. … 12. Ba and Nam ( not be)………………..
badminton?
doctors.
4. Hoa ( not have ) ………. a lot of friends in 13. He is tired . He’d like (sit ) down.
Hue.
14. His father (not be) ………. ……….a
5. The students (not go ) ……………. to businessman
school on Sundays.
15. Nga ( be )……….. my friend . He (play)
6. Mai ( not have) …………..Math on monday ………….games everyday.
7. You ( be)…………… in class 6B?
16. We (not read) books after lunch.
8. What time you ( start)………….. your class? 17. Your children…………….. ( play)
9. Everyday my sister (watch) ……..TV.
soccer every afternoon?

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Ex2. Choose a correct answer to complete the following statements
1. Do you play games ? - No, I ( do / don’t)
2. Jack’s brother (watches / watch ) TV everyday.
3. We have geography ( on / at ) Wednesday.
4. What time does Lan ( finish / finishes) her classes every Friday?
5. Tuan and Hung ( listen / listens ) to music after school.
6. Our children (have / has) dinner at half past five.
7. He ( don’t / doesn’t) have a big breakfast every morning
8. She goes ( home / house) at a quarter past four in the afternoon
9. (Do / does) your father read newspaper before breakfast?
10. What do your students ( do / does) after school?
Ex3. Rewrite the following statements so as to stay the same meaning
1. Lan is Ba’ sister.
Ba...................................................................
2. My school has 700 students.
There..............................................................
3. It is a school bag. The school bag is big.
It..................................................................
4. Trung is Mr Nam’s son.
Mr
Nam.........................................................
5. Are there four windows in her room?
Does..............................................................
6. Mr and Mrs Ha has a daughter.
Mr and Mrs Ha ...........................................
Ex4. Fill in the gap with a suitable word

A: Hi . What (1)..............................do you get up?
B: I get up at half(2)..................................six
A: Do you go to school at a (3)...............................past seven
B: No, I don’t I go to school at seven o’clock
A: When do (4)........................classes start?
B: They (5) ...................at 7.00 and (6).......................at 11.30
A: What do you do (7)...............school?
B: I go home and(8) .....................lunch.
A: What do you do (9).....................the afternoon?
A: I stay(10)........................home and do my homework
B: Do you (11)......................sports?
A: Yes, I play soccer and badminton.
Ex5. Match the words or phrasers in A,B,C appropriately.
A
B
C
Half past six
twelve fifteen
5.30
A quarter to nine
five thirty
12.15
A quater past twelve
eigth twenty-five
6. 30
Half past five
six thirty
8. 25
Twety-five past eight
eight forty-five

8.45
EX6. Fill a or an into the gaps in the following statements
1. There is ................armchair, ................stool and ....................table in his room
2. What’s this? – It’s ........................eraser.
3. Mr.Hoang is ........................doctor
4. There is .............................lamp on the table.
5. Is your father.........................engineer?
6. No, he isn’t. He’s.......................teacher
7. We live in .......................house on Ngo Quyen street.
EX7. Read the passage and answer True or False.
Minh is my classmate. She is twelve years old. There are five people in her family:

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Her father, her mother, her brother, her and her. Her father is forty
nine years old. He’s a doctor. Her mother is thirty-five and she is a
nurse. Her brother is twenty-three. He is an engineer. Her sister is
eighteen and she is a students.
1....... T.....Minh is twelve years old.
4................Her mother is a nurse
2.......... ...Minh is a student
5. ...... .......Her brother is a student, too
3.......... .....Her father is 45 years old
6. ..............Her sister is 18 years old.
Ex 8: Put “DO or DOES” into the following sentences to make questions
9……. the students study hard every day?→ ……………………………………………
10…….Mr. Brown go to his office every day?→ …………………………………………
11…..you want cream and sugar in your coffee?→ ……………………………………….
12…….the children go to bed very early?→ ………………………………………………

13 . …that girl come from South Africa?→ …………………………………….………..
14……you know that Italian student?→ …………………………………………..……
15……Miss Lan prefer coffee to tea?→ …………………………………………………..
16…your English lessons seem very difficult?→ …………………………………………
Ex 9: Make questions from the words given.
17. does / what time / get up / she→ ………….…..…………… ?– At seven o’clock.
18. for / does / have / breakfast / she / what→…………? – A bread and an egg.
19. to work / she / does / go / how→ ……………...?– By bus.
20. she / does / what / in the evening / do→ ………..? – She watches television.
21. bed / time / does / go to / what / she→ …………………..? – At nine o’clock.
Ex10 :Make questions for these sentences with questions words.
1. Long often goes to school at 6.30 => What
time ...................................................................................
2. Tran usually does her homework after
dinner.=>What ..........................................................................
3. Ly and Nhi always go to school by
bus.=>How .....................................................................................
4. Vu went to cinema with Thao last night.
=>Who ...................................................................................
5. Ngoc usually goes to the English-speaking club on Sundays. =>Where
………………………………
6. They ate bread for breakfast yesterday. =>What
………………………………………………………
7. Uyen visits her grandparents twice a month. =>How often
…………………………………………
8. The blue dress is Vy’s. =>Which dress
……………………………………………………………

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