4 TENSES

A/ SIMPLE PRESENT
I/ Lý thuyết
1/ Thể khẳng định
* Động từ TOBE
- I + am
- We / They / Mai and Nam /… + are+ N/Adj
- He / She / It /Mai/ Mary /...+ is+ N/Adj
* Động từ THƯỜNG

(+) I /we /you /they / Mai and Nam/…+ Vbare

EX:
- I watch TV evryday.
- Mai and Nam play basketball once a week.

(+) He / she / it / Mary / Mai /…+Vs/es

EX:
- Mai watches TV every day.
- Nam plays football tiwce a week.
2/ Thể phủ định
* Động từ TOBE
- I + am + NOT

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 - We/They/Mai and Nam/…+are+NOT+N/Adj
- He/She/It/Mai/Mary/…+is+NOT+N/Adj
* Động từ THƯỜNG

(-) I / we / you /they / Mai and Nam /…+ DON’T+ Vbare

EX:
- I don’t play football every day.
- Mai and Nam don’t read book at weekends.

(-) He / she / it / Mai / Mary /…+DOESN’T+Vbare

EX:
- Mai doesn’t speak English .
- He doesn’t do his homework.
3/Thể nghi vấn
* Động từ TOBE
- Am + I + N/Adj
- Are + You/ they/ we / Mai and Mary/…+ N / Adj
- Is + He/ she/it / Mai/Nam/…+N/Adj
Answer: YES/NO
* Động từ thường

(?) DO+ I/ we / you / they /Mai and Nam /…+ Vbare ?

Answer: YES/NO

EX:
- Do you read book on every Mondays ? Yes, I do.
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 - Do they draw picture every day after school ? No, they don’t.

(?) DOES+ he /she / it /Mai / Mary /…+Vbare?

Answer: YES/NO
EX :
 Does Mary do her homework ? Yes, she does.
 Does he eat dinner ? No, he doesn’t.

II/ Luyện tập

I.Put the verbs into the correct form. Use Present Simple.
1. They ______________ (play) football and basketball at school.
2. My father ______________ (read) the newspaper every morning.
3. We ______________ (have) English, Maths and Science on Monday.
4. She never ______________(do) her homework.
5. I ______________ (go) swimming twice a week.
6. Cars ______________ (be) more expensive than motorbikes.
7. Jane always ______________ (have) breakfast at 6 o’clock.
8 He usually ______________ (watch) TV after dinner.
9. London ______________ (be) a very big country.
10. I ______________ (be) a student and my parents _________(be) teachers
II. Choose the correct form of the verb in simple present tense.
1) They (study) English on Tuesday.

2) He (cook) on Tuesday.

3) I (wash) the car on Wednesday

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4) We (cook) on Sunday.

5) You (wash) the car on Friday.

6) She (wash) the car on Saturday.

7) We (study) English on Sunday.

8) It (cook) on Thursday.

9) He (study) .English on Friday.

10) You (wash) the car on Thursday.

11) They (cook) .on Wednesday.

12) She (study) English on Thursday.

III.Choose the correct form of the verb in simple present tense.

1) Dennis (cook) ___________________ on Wednesday.

2) Mariella and I (cook) ______________________ on Tuesday.

3) Spencer (wash) _______________________ his car on Sunday.

4) Tammy and I (wash) __________________ our car on Monday.

5) You (study) _______________________ science on Thursday.

6) Thomas (study) ______________________ math on Friday.

7) Rickie (play) ___________________________ golf and tennis.

8) Justin and I (play) _________________basketball and soccer.

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 9) Kim (read) __________________ fiction novels.

10) Richard and David (read) ______________the newspaper.

IV. Choose the correct answer

1. I ——————— at a bank.
A. work B. works C. working

2. She ——————– with her parents.

A. live B. lives C. living

3. Cows ———————– on grass.

A. feed B. feeds C. feeding

4. He ———————- a handsome salary.

A. earn B. earns C. earning

5. Janet ———————- to be a singer.

A. want B. wants C. wanting

6. Emily ———————– delicious cookies.

A. make B. makes C. making

7. Arti and her husband ——————- in Singapore.

A. live B. lives C. living

8. Rohan and Sania ———————- to play card games.

A. like B. likes C. liking

9. Sophia ————————– English very well.

A. speak B. speaks C. speaking

10. Martin ———————– for a walk in the morning.

A. go B. goes C. going

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11. My grandfather ——————– his pet dog.
A. adore B. adores C. adoring

12. Plants ———————– water and sunlight for making their food.
A. need B. needs C. needing

V. Find mistakes and correct them

1. I often gets up early to catch the bus to go to work.

………………………………………………………………………
2. She teach students in a local secondary school.

………………………………………………………………………
3. They doesn’t own a house. They still have to rent one to live.

………………………………………………………………………
4. Bui Tien Dung am a famous goalkeeper in the National Football Team.

………………………………………………………………………
5. What do your sister do?

………………………………………………………………………
6. John and Harry doesn’t go swimming in the lake.

………………………………………………………………………
7. Liam speak Chinese very well.

………………………………………………………………………
8. How often does she goes shopping in the supermarket?

………………………………………………………………………
9. Our dogs aren’t eat bones.

………………………………………………………………………
10. Claire’s parents is very friendly and helpful.

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……………………………………………………………………...
VI.Choose the correct answer
1. I don’t stay/ doesn’t stay at home.

2. We don’t wash/ doesn’t wash the family car.

3. Doris don’t do/ doesn’t do her homework.

4.They don’t go/ doesn’t go to bed at 8.30 p.m.

5. Kevin don’t open/ doesn’t open his workbook.

6. Our hamster don’t eat/ doesn’t eat apples.

7. You don’t chat/ doesn’t chat with your friends.

8.She don’t use/ doesn’t use a ruler.

9. Max, Frank and Steve don’t skate/ doesn’t skate in the yard.

10. The boy don’t throw/ doesn’t throw stones.

VII. Change into a negative sentence ( Chuyển thành câu phủ định )
1. She feeds the animals.
-> She __________________ the animals.

2. We take photos.
->We ______________ photos.

3. Sandy does the housework every Thursday.

-> Sandy _____________ the housework every Thursday.

4. The boys have two rabbits.

-> The boys ___________ two rabbits.

5. Simon can read English books.

-> Simon ___________ read English books.
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 6. He listens to the radio every evening.
-> He ___________ to the radio every evening.

7. Annie runs around the park every morning.

-> Annie __________around the park every morning.

8. The children are at home.

- The children ___________ at home.

9. The dog runs after the cat.

- The dog __________ after the cat.

VIII. Complete the sentences below with the suggested words in the box

open – speak – take – do – cause – live – play – close – live – drink

1. Ann _____________ handball very well.’

2. I never _____________ coffee.

3. The swimming pool _____________ at 7:00 in the morning.

4. It _____________ at 9:00 in the evening.

5. Bad driving _____________ many accidents.

6. My parents _____________ in a very small flat.

7. The Olympic Games _____________ place every four years

8. They are good students. They always _____________ their homework.

9. My students _____________ a little English.

B/ SIMPLE PAST
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I/Lý thuyết
1/ Thể khẳng định
* Động từ TOBE
- I/He/She/It/Singular Noun+ WAS
- We/They/You/Plural Noun+ WERE

EX:

- I was at my uncle’s house yesterday afternoon. (Tôi đã ở nhà bác tôi chiều hôm
qua)

- They were in Hanoi on their summer vacation last month. (Họ đã ở Hà Nội vào
kỳ nghỉ hè tháng trước.)

* Động từ THƯỜNG

- S+ V-ed /V2

List of irregular verbs (V2)

infinitive past simple infinitive past simple

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 be was/were do did

beat beat draw drew

become became drink drank

begin began drive drove

bite bit eat ate

blow blew fall fell

break broke feel felt

bring brought fight fought

build built find found

buy bought fly flew

catch caught forget forgot

choose chose get got

come came give gave

cost cost go went

cut cut grow grew

infinitive past simple

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 hang hung

have had

hear heard

hide hid

hit hit
hold held
hurt hurt
keep kept
know knew
leave left
lend lent
let let
lie lay
light lit
lose lost
shine shone
show showed

shut shut

sing sang

sit sat

sleep slept

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 speak spoke
spend spent
stand stood
steal stole
swim swam
take took
teach taught
tear tore
tell told
throw threw

understand understood
wake woke
wear wore
win won
write wrote

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