English TENSEs Của học chò thầy Chìu

I. Present tenses.
a. Present simple tense: Routine ( thói quen ), daily events ( những việc thường ngày diễn ra
) , truth ( sự thật hiển nhiên ), scheduled events ( những việc diễn ra theo kế hoạch ),
S + V( s/es) … S + do/does not + V … Do/does + S + V … ?

Ex: He wakes up at six in the morning every day.

She works from early morning till mid-night.
Rivers flow to the sea.
We have Math on Friday mornings, and we practice English in the afternoon.
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b. Present continuous tense: What is happening when talking (việc diễn ra ngay thời điểm
nói ), temporary (việc tạm thời), what annoys others (những điều diễn ra liên tục gây
phiền toái) (always, continually, constantly), near future… (tương lai rất gần )
S + am/is/are V.ing … S + am/is/are not + V.ing … Am/is/are + S + V.ing … ?

Ex: He is riding a horse in the garden now.

He usually drives to school but today he is walking to school.
He’s always talking very loudly when we are in the movie theater. What a Jack!
I’m meeting my dad tonight, We haven’t met each other for ages.
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Không dùng thì tiếp diễn với các động từ sau:
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c. Present perfect tense: what has just happened ( vừa mới xảy ra ), or activities that
started in the past and continues in the present ( những việc diễn ra và kéo dài đến hiện
tại) , experience to the present ( trải nghiệm cho tới hiện tại )
S + have/ has + V3/ed … S + have/has not + V3/ed … Have has + S + V3/ed … ?

*V3: past participle of Irregular verbs (động từ bất quy tắc dạng quá khứ phân từ)
Ex: I have just met John.
They have watched that movie for about an hour.
Peter has eaten Giant Lobsters twice.
Teresa isn't at home. I think she has gone shopping.
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d. Present perfect continuous tense: Emphasis that something is still continuing in the
present ( Nhấn mạnh 1 việc bắt đầu ở quá khứ và tới hiện tại vẫn còn, ít nhất là thấy hậu
quả. )
S + have/ has + been + V.ing … Have has + S + been + V.ing … ?
S + have/has not + been + V.ing
…

Ex: She has been living in Liverpool all her life.

It's been raining for hours.
I'm tired out. I've been working all day.
She has been running for about an hour. She looks exhausted.
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II. Past tense:

a. Past simple tense: Past events, past routines, past facts (Thói quen cũ, tình trạng cũ,
những chuyện xưa cũ )
*V2: past tense of Irregular verbs ( động từ bất quy tắc dạng quá khứ) go => went, came
=> come, drive => drove, be => was, were
S + V2/ed … S + did not + V.inf … Did + S + V.inf … ?

Ex: She was a teacher. I spent a lot of money on cloths.

I played piano in the school’s band.
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b. Past continuous tense: Something happened at a specific time in the past, highlight the
continually of an action in the past, 2 action happen at the same time or what happens
cross another. (Diễn ra tại một thời điểm chính xác trong quá khứ, hoạt động diễn ra liên
tục, hai hoạt động diễn ra cùng lúc hoặc xen vào nhau. )

S + was/were + V-ing … Ex: - The Browns was having a great time in Venice this
time last summer.
S + was/were not + V-ing …
- She wasn’t preparing for dinner the whole evening, She
was watching TV/
Was/were + S + V-ing … ? - Were you jogging when your house was burning?
- I was reading when Iron man showed up at my door.
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c. Past perfect tense: Finish before a time or an action in the past. (Trước một thời điểm hay
hoạt động diễn ra trong quá khứ )

S + had + V3/ed …
S + had not + V3/ed…
Had + S + V3/ed … ?
Ex: They had destroyed all the document before we arrived.
I hadn’t worked in that company by the time I met you.
Had her mother left before 1975?

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d. Past perfect continuous tense: started in the past ended in the past and happened
continuously.(diễn ra liên tục trong 1 khoảng thời gian trong quá khứ)
Ex: I found the calculator. I had been looking for it for ages.
S + had + been + V-ing …
He hadn’t been living in Ohio for a long time before he moved
S + had not been + V-ing… to Florida.
The teacher had been explaining for 15’ when we came into
Had + S + been + V-ing … ? the class.

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III. Future tenses:

a. Future simple tense: Promises, decision when talking, guess, wishes or hopes for future. (
Hứa hẹn, quyết định lúc nói, đoán mò, hi vọng, ước ao )
S + will + V-inf Ex: Derek will be 21 next summer.

S + will not + V-inf … I promise I won’t do that again.

Will + S + V.inf … ? Will you be my valentine? Jessica? Because I’m so in love

with you right now.

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b. Future continuous tense: actions at a specific time in the future (hành động ở một thời gian
xác định trong t.lai), continuous actions in the future ( hành động sẽ điễn ra kéo dài trong
t.lai)
Ex: I will be lying on the beach on the 26th June next
S + will/shall be + V-ing… summer.
S + will/shall be + V-ing… No more talking! When mom comes home, we will be
sleeping in bed.

Will/Shall + S + be + V-ing…? Andrew can’t go to the party, he will be working all day
tomorrow.

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c. Future perfect tense: We use the future perfect to say that something will be finished by a
particular time in the future. ( Những việc sẽ hoàn thành trước một thời điểm trong tương
lai )
Ex: I will have been here for six months on the 23rd, next
S + will have + V3/ed… month.
S + will not have + V3/ed… By the time you read this I will have left.

Will + S + have + V3/ed…? Tom will have finished his report by this time next week.

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d. Future perfect continuous tense: start and last continuously until a point in the future. (
Việc xảy ra và kéo dài liên tục trong 1 thời điểm ở tương lai)
Ex: Joana will have been working for this company
S + will/shall + have been + V-ing…
for 6 years, by March 15th.
S + will/shall not+ have been + V-ing… They’ll have been playing tennis for an hour
when he comes.
will/shall +S + have been + V-ing… ?

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Near future tense: A plan, a prediction base on real present situation. ( Kế hoạch, tiên đoán
dựa trên sự việc có thật.)

S + am/is/are + going to + V.inf
S + am/is/are + going to V.inf …
Am/ is/ are + S + going to + V.inf … ?
Ex: The Starks are going to have a great party next
week.
She isn’t going to go home because her car has
broken down.
Are those guys going to clean the windows?

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Cách phát âm s/es

1. Phát âm là /s/

Sau các phụ âm vô thanh /t/ , /p/, /f/ , /k/

- cups, stops, sleeps / / hats, students, hits, writes / / cooks, books, drinks, walks / /
- cliffs, sniffs, beliefs, laughs, graphs, apostrophes / /
(cặp chữ -gh , -ph được phát âm như /f/ )
- myths, tablecloths, months / /
(cặp chữ -th đọc là /θ/ )

2. Phát âm là /iz/

Sau các âm “xuýt”

- races, pauses, nurses, buses, rises, fixes, boxes, hoaxes, amazes, freezes, prizes, quizzes, kisses,
misses, passes, bosses….
- churches, sandwiches, witches, teaches / / dishes, wishes, pushes, crashes / /
- garages, changes, ages, judges / /

3. Phát âm là âm /z/

Sau các âm hữu thanh.

- crabs, rubs, / / cards, words, rides, ends / / rugs, bags, begs / /

deals calls, falls, hills / / plums, dreams / / fans, drains, runs, pens / /
kings, belongs, sings / / wears, cures / / gloves, wives, shelves, drives / /
plays, boys, says, days / / clothes, bathes, breathes / / sees, fleas, goes …….

Cách phát âm đuôi ED.

/d/: Sau các âm hữu thanh (phụ âm và nguyên âm)
Ex: tried, cleaned, robbed, clothed, failed, played, saved, used…
/t/: Sau các âm vô thanh (phụ âm)
Ex: stopped, passed, laughed, looked, watched, finished.
/id/: sau các âm /d/ và /t/
Ex: ended, started, decided, invited.