LESSON 1: THE PRESENT SIMPLE & THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE.
(THÌ HIỆN TẠI ĐƠN & THÌ HIỆN TẠI TIẾP DIỄN)

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 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.

LESSON 2: EXERCISES
Put the verbs in parentheses into the correct tense:
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. Joan (travel)___________ around the world.
8. Maryam (stay)____________ with us at the moment.
9. Listen to those people! What language they (speak)___________?
10. It (not rain)______________ much in our country in winter.
11. They usually (work) ___________ five day a week.
12. What subjects you (study) __________ today, Nam?
13. We (talk) ________ to our friends now.
14. Every day, he (brush)__________ teeth at 5:30 and (have) _______ breakfast at 6.
15. Nam (go) _______ to his school by bike every day, but today he (take)_____ a bus
16. The students (plant) ________ trees in the garden at the moment.
17. Quang (not want) __________ any coffee.
18. The boys (play) ______ volleyball?
19. WORKDAY:
My father (be) ________ a driver. He (work)__________ for a company in Ha Noi. Everyday, he (go) __________ to work at 6 a. m and (come) _______ back home at 5 p. m. Sometimes he (go) ______ to work earlier and (get) _____ home late. He often (go) ______ to Hai Phong on his business. He never (travel) _______ to Ho Chi Minh city or Hue. He (love) ______ his job very much.
NOW:
At the moment he (not work)_______ and he (relax) _________ at home. He (listen) ______ to music and (read) ______ newspaper. He (wait) _______ a phone call from one of his friends.
20. Thang usually (play) __________ piano after school?
21. They (look) ______ at me but they (not say) _________ anything.
22. You often (fly) ______ kites in the fall?
32. What your father (do)?
33. Your sister (do) ______ her homework?
34. How many people (be) _____ there in your family/
35. The teacher (explain) ________ the exercises to the students right now.

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