Present simple vs.

Present continuous
Let’s start
I go to English class at 6 pm.
I am singing English now.
 To be Verb

Affirmative S + is/am/are+O S+V(s/es)+O

I’m a student I go to bed at 10 pm.

Negative S+is/am/are not+O S+don’t/doesn’t

It isn’t a good pen. +Vinf+O
She doesn’t like eating
pork.

Interogative Is/am/are+S+O? Do/does +S+Vinf?

Are you ready? Do you get up early?
 Present continuous

Positive S+ am/is/are+Ving +....

I am doing my English
excercises.

Negative S+am/is/are not+Ving+....

She is not singing.

Interogative Am/is/are+S+Ving.....?
Are you talking?
 Present simple tense Present continuous tense
1.Diễn tả 1 hành động xảy ra thường xuyên, lặp đi lặp 1. Diễn tả hành động đang xảy ra và kéo dài ở hiện
lại theo quy luật/thói quen tại.
My dad gets up at 6 am every morning. My mom is cooking dinner at the moment.

2. Diễn tả 1 sự thật hiển nhiên, chân lý. 2. Phàn nàn về 1 hành động nào đó thường xuyên xảy
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. ra.
A new student is always going to class without the
textbook.

3. Diễn tả 1 lịch trình, thời gian biểu, kế hoạch đã biết

trước.
The film starts at 6 pm tomorrow evening.

Dấu hiệu nhận biết: Dấu hiệu nhận biết:

1. Trạng từ chỉ tần suất: always, often, usually, 1. Trạng từ chỉ thời gian: now, at present, at the
sometimes, every day/week/month moment, right now
2. Các động từ có tính đề nghị, mệnh lệnh như: look,
listen, be quiet.
They’re the cooks. They usually cook.
Today, they are eating at a restaurant.
He is a musician. He usually plays the
piano. Today, he is listening to a CD.
Preposition of Place-
Movement-Time
Let’s start
Beside the house
Towards the house
Behind their backs
At the front door
no
no
yes
yes
no
yes
 from to
beside
on
beside
in opposite
Behind
on
behind
 along
on

opposite
under
 for
in
for
in
on
on

in
by
 in
in
in
in at
on on
at in
at on on
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at in
At
in
in

in On
on
 Is dad washing the car?
No, he isn’t. He is watering the plants.

Are the boys drinking lemonade?

Is the girls sitting under the tree? No, they aren’t. They’re eating apples.
No, they aren’t. They’re sitting on
the table
 Are you cooking
‘m trying
Am going
smells
works
‘m going
is
want
Are you doing need
‘m studying
Do you want understand

sounds
 Does Lily read comics on Thursday evenings?

Does Lily go to the library on Thursday evenings? Yes, she does. She often reads comics on Thursday evening
No, she doesn’t. She never goes to the library on Thursday
evenings.

Do Ethan and Jamie read comics on Thursday evenings?

Yes, they do. They sometimes read comics on Thursday

evenings.