Date of preparing: 03 / 10 / 2010
Date of teaching: 04 / 10 / 2010

TENSES
Present simple + present propressive
A. Ojectives
Ss review the present simple and the present progressive tenses and practice to
do exercises in real situations.
B. Preparation
T : some exercises
Ss : review the present simple and present progressive
C. Procedu c e
I./ PRESENT SIMPLE
1. Form
* Tobe: am/is/are.
Eg. I am a teacher.
(+) S + am/is/are…
(-) S + am/is/are not…
(?) am/is/are + S…?
Notice: am not = ’m not ; are not = aren’t; is not = isn’t
* Ordinary verbs:
(+) S + V-(s,es)
Eg: I walk to school.
She goes to school.
(-) S + do not/does not + V
Eg: We don’t walk to school.
He doesn’t go to school.
(?) Do/does +S + V…? Yes, S + do/does
No, S + don’t/doesn’t
Eg: Do you go to school? Yes, I am/ No, I’m not
Does she go to school? Yes, she does/ No, she doesn’t.

always
Past Present - usually
x x x x x x - ofen
- sometimes
- sedom
- rarely
- never
* He is selfish and he is being selfish
I’m being = I’m behaving/I’m acting
Eg: I can’t understand why he’s being so selfish.
- He never thinks other people. He is very selfish.
He isn’t usually like that
( being selfish = behaving selfish at the moment )
( am/ is /are being : hành vi cư sử của ai đó)
II./ PRESENT PROGRESSIVE.
1. Form
(+) S + am/is/are + V-ing…
Eg: She is writing a letter every day.
I’m going to school by bike now.
(-) S + am/is/arenot + V-ing…
Eg: He isn’t writing a letter every day.
We aren’t going to school by bike.
(? ) Am/is/are + V-ing ?
Eg: Are you writing a letter ? - Yes,I am
- No, I’m not
Is she going to school by bike ? - Yes, she is
- No, she isn’t.

Note: V-ing
- Verb ending in ‘e’ drop ‘e’ before adding ‘ing’

6 - Modals: except “be, have” in certain use – present progressive never use the
stative verbs: know, understand, have, hate, need, hear, love, see, like, smell, want,
wish…
2. Use
- expresses an actiavity that is in progress (is occurring/happening) right now. The
event is in progress at the time.The speaker is saying the sentence.
Eg: I’m speaking E now.
- expresses an action which is happening aroud now but it isn’t necessary
happening at the moment of speaking.
Eg: We’re living in BN district.
- expresses an action which is happening with other at the moment.
Eg: I’m teaching while you are learning.
- expresses a plan in the future.
Eg: I’m going to the markert tomorrow.
Can use: today, this week/evening…(near time in the furture)

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Start now finish
* * *

In progress
D. Practice
Exercise 1: Change the sentences into negative and interogative.
1- Ba goes to school 6 days aweek.
2- They do their housework.
3- There are 4 seasons in a year.
4- My mother wants to buy a new bike.
5- You ofen invite your brother to the concert.
6- We have Math, History and English.

No, I’m ( not believe) ……any of it.
- don’t build; use
- is having
- drinks;is drinking
- is making ; makes
- am wearing
- is boiling
- are putting
am going. Are coming
Do…mind
- buy/am always buying;
win
- do…love ;
like ; don’t love
- Are…writing ;
write ; do…want
- Do…believe; don’t
believe; do read

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Then why you (read)… newspappers ?
12- This car (make)………a very strange noise. You
(think) …….it is all right ?
Oh,that noise (not matter)……. it always (make)
……….a noise like that
- Is making; Do…think ;
doesn’t matter ; makes
E. Feedback
Remark the main mistakes and the things need to notice
Eg : The water is boiling. Can you turn it off?

2. Use:
- expresses activities or situations that occurred (or didn’t occur) “before now” at
some unspesified time in the past

- He has already eaten lunch
Time - She hasn’t eaten lunch
* * - Have you ever eaten at that restaurant?
I’ve never eaten there
- expresses acrtivities that were repeated several or many times in the past.The exact
times are unpecified

- He has eaten at that restaurant many times
* * - I’ve been to that theater 5 or 6 times
x x x - We’ve had three tests so far this week

- When the present perfect is used with “since” or “for” it expresses situations that
began in the past and continue to the present
- I’ve worked here since 2000/for 9 years

- She has been in classroom since 6.00 a.m
* * Since: a point in time
For : a period of time

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IV./ PAST SIMPLE
1. Form
a. To be: was/were
b. Ordinary verb
(+) S + V- ed (past verb – V-2) ( - V-ed: regular verb
- V-2 : irregular verb )

Ex1: Put the verbs in the following sentences into past simple and present perfect
Eg: I go to school by bike
I went to school by bike
I have gone to school by bike
1. She speaks slowly 6. His roses grow well
2. You eat too much 7. He sleeps badly
3. Who knows the anwer ? 8. they ride their bikes
4. We buy them here 9. I read books
5. It costs 30 p 10. Hoa and Nga get up early
Ex2: Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect and past simple tenses
1. This is my house
How long you (live)……… here?
I (live)……… here sine 1990
1. Have .… lived/have …. been
living – have lived/have been
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2. You (wear) ………… you hair long when you
were at school?
Yes. My mother (insist)………… on it
3. Shakespeare (write)………….a lot of plays.
4. He (not smoke)……… for 2 weeks. He is
trying to give it up
5. When……… she (arrive)………?
H e (arrive)……… at 2.00
6. You (have)………… breakfast yet?
Yes. I (have)…………. it at 8.00
7. …….You (see)……… the moon last night?
8. The concert (begin)……… at 2.30 and (last)

1. The last time we went to Lon don was two years ago
We haven’t…………………………………………………………………………
2. I’ve never talked to the headmaster before
It’s…………………………………………………………………………………
3. The last time I went skiing was ten year ago
I haven’t…………………………………………………………………………….
4. Hoa hasn’t written to her parants for three months
The last…………………………………………………………………………….
D./ Feedback
Remark the main mistakes and give the diffirence between them
E./ Homework
Ask Ss to learn by heart the methods and do exercises again and rewiew the past
progressive and past perfect.
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Date of preparing: 16 / 10 / 2010

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Date of teaching : 18 / 10 / 2010
TENSES
Past progressive + past perfect
A. Ojectives
Ss review the past progresive and study the past perfect. By the end of the lesson
Ss can use them to practice in real situations.
B. Preparation
T : some exercises
Ss: review the past progressive
C. Procedure
VI./ PAST PROGRESSIVE
1. Form
(+) S + were / was + V-ing

(?) Had + S + P.P ? Yes. S + had

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No. S + hadn’t
Eg: Had you learnt Viet namese before you came to Viet nam ?
Yes. I had / No. I hadn’t
2. Use
- expresses an activity that occurred before another time in the past
eg : I wasn’t hungry because I had already eaten
(At moon. I wasn’t hungry because I had already eaten before 1.00 p.m)
- expresses an activity that was completed before a particular time in the past
eg: I had eaten when he came
(I ate at moon . He came at 1.00 p.m .My meal was completed before he came)
Note: It is used with when, before, after , or by the time
0r: The past perfect tense is used to
• Refer to an earlier past:
eg: - She arrived when the train had left
- The boys loved the zoo. They had never sseen wild animals before
- Before a point of time
Eg: He hadn’t finished by yesterday evening
• As the past equivalence of the present perfect
Eg: - I’ve lost my pen
- I had lost my pen and I had to borrow hers
* As the past equivalence of the simple past tense
Eg: He met her in 2000 and again ten years later
Her hair, which had been grey at their first meeting, was white then
D. Practice
Ex 1 : Put he verbs in brackets into the correct form: past progressive, past perfect or
past simple
1. He usually wears sandals but when I last saw him

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straight to bed.
13. Sory I’m late. The car ……… (break) down on my
way here.
14. There was a car by the side of the road. It ………
(break) down and the river was trying to repair it. So we
………(stop) to see if we could help.
13.had broken
14. had broken/
stopped
Ex2: Complete the second sentences so that it has a similar meaning the first. One
using the word given
1. I’d prefer you to start work next week (rather)
I’d ……………………………………………………………………………………
2. I’ve never wacthed a more interresting football match than that (most)
It’s…………………………………………………………………………………….
3. I’ve never eaten with knives and forks before. (first)
It’s ……………………………………………………………………………………
4. I’d like you help me to the chairs away. (help)
Do…………………………………………………………… ?
5. “ Do you remember what you have to do ?” The teacher ask her class. (what)
The teacher asked her class………………………………………………………
6. I don’t know anything about her family. (wish)
I…………………………………………………………………………………….
7. Bob is both talented and handsome. (not only…… but also)
Bob………………………………………………………………………………
8. She met her parents last on New Year’s Day. (since)
She……………………………………………………………………………….

(+) S + have/has + been + V-ing
Eg : I have been preparing the lesson every day.
(-) S + haven’t/hasn’t + been + V-ing
Eg : She hasn’t been watching the cartoons evry night.
(?) Have/has + S + been + V-ing? – Yes. S + have/has
- No. S + haven’t/hasn’t
Eg: Have they been living in Bao nhai? - Yes. They have
- No. they haven’t
2. Use : It is used to express
- actions in progress throughout a period.
Eg: We’ve been living here since 2000
- for reported actions.
Eg: He’s been watching TV every night
* Compare
- I’ve been painting this room. (uncompleted)
- I’ve painted this room . (definitely)
Or
- Expresses how long an activity has been in progress (diễn tả hành động tiến hành
trong bao lâu)
Eg: I has been stadying E at this school since May.
She has been sleeping for 2 hours.
- expresses the duration (the length of time) an activity is in progress.
Eg: I have been sitting in the room since 9.00 o’clock/for 45 minutes.

VIII./ PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
1. Form
(+) S + had + been + V- ing
Eg: I had been doing my homework
(-) S + hadn’t + been + V- ing
Eg : She hadn’t been living in my home

playing tennis?
* How long : bao lâu

- How long have you been reading?
- She has painted the ceiling. (Cô ấy đã
sơn trần nhà)
- The car is OK again now. I’ve repaired
it.
- Have you ever played tennis?
* How much/ how many or how many
times.
- How many pages of that book have you
read?

* How long have you (been)………?
Eg : Bob and Alice are married. They got married exactly 20 years ago. So today is
their 20
th
wedding anniversary.
? How long have they been married?
They have been married for 20 years.
- Are you waiting for some body?
But how long have you been waiting?
* I have been doing sth
Eg ; I’ve been learning E for a long time. (don’t speak : I’m learning)
Sorry I’m late. Have you been waiting long?
* I have been doing : dùng nhiều với : how long/since/for
Eg : I have been learning E for a long time (ít dùng : I’ve learnt)
* Có thể dùng cả hai với động từ: live/work
Eg :John has been living/lived in London for a long time.

5. Jim was on his hands and knees on the floor. He
… ………(look) for his contact lens
6. When I arrived, Kate………….(wait) for me. She
was rather annoyed with me because I was late and
she …………(wait) for a very long time.
7. I was sad when I sold my car. I …………(have) it
for a very long time.
8. We were extremely tired at the end of the journey.
We……….(travel) for more than 24 hours.
1. was walking
2. had been running
3. were eating

4. had been eating/had eaten
5. was looking
6. was waiting/had been
waiting
7. had had
8. had been travelling

Ex 2: Read the situations and make sentences from the words in the brackets.
1. I was very tired when I arrived home.
(I/work/hard/all day) . I had been working hard all day.
2. The two boys came into the house. They had a football and they were both very
tired.
(they/play/football). They had been playing football.
3. There was nobody in the room but there was a smell of cigarettes.

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(somebody/smoke/in the room). Somebody had been smoking in the room.

Eg : She will not visit her parents next week.
(?) Will/Shall + S + V ? - Yes, S + will/shall
- No, S + will/shall not
Eg : Will you go to school tonight? - Yes, I will
- No, I won’t
Note: will/shall = ’ll ; will not = won’t ; shall not = shan’t
2. Use :
It is used to express
- the speaker’s opinions, assumptions, speculations about the future: (ý kiến, giả định,
sự suy đoán về tương lai)
Eg : He’ll come back.
They’ll wait for us.
- future habitual actions which we assume will take place: (thói quen được giả định
trong tương lai)
Eg : Spring will come again.
- in sentences containing clauses of condition time, and some purpose.
Eg : If you drop that glass, it will break.
When it gets waemer, the bears will wake up.
* But not in an If – clause or time clause even when the meaning is in the future:
Eg : If he is late tomorrow………(not: If he will be late tomorrow)
- in fomal announ cements of future plans and weather forecasts
Eg : It will rain tomorrow

II./ BE GOING TO + V
Eg : I’m going to meet her at the station
He is going to be a dentist when he grows up
They are going to sing an English song
Note : the use of shall (with I or we) to express future time is infrequent and formal.

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* Present plans for future activities using : intend, plan, hope
“ Entend, plan, hope” are used in present tense to express present ideas about future
activities.
Eg: - I’m entending/entend to go to Paris.
- I’m planning/plan to take a trip next month.
- I’m hoping/hope to fly to Paris next week.
“Entend, plan, hope” are followed by an infinitive (To-V the simple form of a verb)
Note: Structures
- to be going to do sth
- to entend to do sth
- to be to + V
- to be about + V-ing
- to be on a point of + V- ing
Eg : I’m to teach you = I’m about teaching you.

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V./ THE FUTURE PROGRESSIVE TENSE
1. Form: will/shall be + V-ing
2. Use : It is used:
- as an ordinary progressive tense (actions start before a point of time and probably
continue after it)
Eg : When you arrive, they will be cooking the meal
- to express future with attention
Eg: You will be taking the exam next week.
D. Practice
Ex1: Which is correct?
1. ‘Did you phone Ba?’ ‘Oh no, I forgot. I phone/I’ll phone her now!
2. I can’t meet you tomorrow afternoon. I’m playing/I’ll play tennis.
3. ‘I need some money’ ‘Ok, I’m lending/I’ll lend some you. How much do you
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progressive is mainly used for very definite arrangements in the near future. The be
going to form can be used more widely.
Eg: I’m playing bridge tonight with Tom and Ann.
It’s very cold. I’m going to light a fair.
* The present progressive and the simpl future.
The be going to form could be instead of the present progressive, but for the sake of
simplicity students are advided to use only 2 tenses first mentioned.
Eg: I’ll see/am seeing you tomorrow.
* Will + V and the be going to form
Future with intention can usually be expressed by will + V or the be going to
form.Very often either of these can be used, but when the intention is clearly
premeditated the be going to form must be used, and when the intention ins clearly
unpremeditated we must use will + V.
F. Homework
Ask Ss to learn by heart the old knowledge and do exercises again. Review for
test1.
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Date of preparing : 06 / 11 / 2010
Date of teaching : 08 / 11 / 2010
TEST 1
I. Change these sentences into negative and interogative. (10p)
1. They watched a TV program called “The Wonders of The World”
2. Mai always goes shopping with her mother.
3. We have studied English for 3 years.
4. Hoa and Ba are going to have a pinnic.
5. Tom had just gone at home when Peter arrived.

the FM radio. I also like music program on TV (10)…………… Sundays. What about
you? What is your hobby?
IV. Put the verbs into the correct form. (10p)
1- I (lose)_________my pen. I can’t find it anywhere.

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2- Last night, my father (arrive)__________ home at half past ten. He (have) ______
__ a bath and then (go)__________ to bad.
3- I (give)_________ Lan our letter when I (see)__________ her tomorrow.
4- He (sleep)_________ so he didn’t understand what you said.
5- Tom was very tired because he (run)___________ for an hour.
6- Where you (be)_________ all this morning? It’s nearly midday now.
7- My friend suggests (go)_________ to the movie tonight, but I can’t go because I
(be)____________busy (work) on the homework (give)__________ by my math
teacher.
8- Were I (know)____________ the answer, I would tell you right away.
9- Why Long(not/want)__________ to play soccer last Sunday?
10- She doesn’t know Hung’s sister. She(never/ meet)___________ her.
11- When you (start)___________ school? - When I (be)_________ six.
12- He wishes I (meet)_________ him earlier. But I can’t. If I’m not busy, I (come)_
_______ early.
V. Read the first sentences, and then complete the second sentence with the same
meaning. (15p)
1- Someone gave Mary this pressent an hour ago.
Mary……………………………………………………………………………….
2- “How often do you go to school?” Nam asked.
Nam asked her…………………………………………………………………….
3- Has somebody repaired this telephone? Yes, it’s working again.
Has this telephone…………………………………………………………………
4- “ Do you have many friends?” She asked me.

1. They watched a TV program called “The Wonders of The World”
(-) They didn’t watch…………………………………………………………….
(?) Did they watch……………………………………………………………….?
2. Mai always goes shopping with her mother.
(-) Mai doesn’t always go…………………………………………………………
(?) Does Mai always go………………………………………………………….?
3. We have studied English for 3 years.
(-) We haven’t studied……………………………………………………………
(?) Have we studied…………………………………………………… ?
4. Hoa and Ba are going to have a pinnic.
(-) Hoa and Ba aren’t………………………………………………………………
(?) Are they going……………………………………………………………….?
5. Tom had just gone at home when Peter arrived.
(-) Tom hadn’t just gone………………………………………………
(?) Had Tom just gone…………………………………………………………?
6. I have been preparing the lesson everyday.
(-) I haven’t been preparing…………………………………………………….
(?) Have I / you been preparing……………………………………………….?
7. She had been working hard all day.
(-) She hadn’t been working…………………………………………………
(?) Had she been working………………………………………………………?
8. You will write a letter tomorrow.
(-) You won’t write……………………………………………………………….
(?) Will you write……………………………………………………………….?
9. We went out for our short holiday.
(-) We didn’t go ………………………………………………………………
(?) Did we/ you go…………………………………………………………… ?
10. They were playing soccer when I came.
(-) They weren’t………………………………………………………………
(?) Were they………………………………………………………………….?

1- I (lose) have lost my pen. I can’t find it anywhere.
2- Last night, my father (arrive) arrived home at half past ten. He (have) had a bath
and then (go) went to bad.
3- I (give) will give Lan our letter when I (see) see her tomorrow.
4- He (sleep) was sleeping so he didn’t understand what you said.
5- Tom was very tired because he (run) had been running for an hour.
6- Where have you (be) been being all this morning? It’s nearly midday now.
7- My friend suggests (go) going to the movie tonight, but I can’t go because I (be)
will be busy (work) working on the homework (give) given by my math teacher.
8- Were I (know) to know the answer, I would tell you right away.
9- Why didn’t Long (not/want) want to play soccer last Sunday?
10- She doesn’t know Hung’s sister. She (never/meet) has never met her.
11- When did you (start) start school? - When I (be) was six.
12- He wishes I (meet) met him earlier. But I can’t. If I’m not busy, I (come) will
come early.
V. Read the first sentences, and then complete the second sentence with the same
meaning.(15p)
1- Someone gave Mary this pressent an hour ago.
Mary was given this present an hour ago.
2- “How often do you go to school?” Nam asked.
Nam asked her how often she went to school
3- Has somebody repaired this telephone? Yes, it’s working again.
Has this telephone been repared? Yes, it’s working again.

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4- “ Do you have many friends?” She asked me.
She asked me if/whether I had many friends
5- They told me that our teacher was sick.
I was told that our teacher was sick.
6- Someone might steal your bike if you leave it outside.

PASSIVE VOICE
A. Ojectives
Ss review the passive voice and apply them to do some exercises. And know some
special forms.
B. Preparation
- T : Some exercises
- Ss : Review the passive voice
C. Procedure
I./ Active voice and passive voice
1. Active voice.
The subject of the verb is the person or thing that does the action.
Eg: Tom has opened the door.
2. Passive voice.
The action is done to the subject → the subject of the active sentence becomes
the subject of the passive one.
Eg: The door has been opened by Tom.

Form: be + P.P

Active: S + V + O

Passive: S + be + p.p + (by 0)

Eg: We write a pen everyday.
S V O
→A pen is written (by us) everyday.
S be P.P by O
II./Tenses in passive voice
All the tenses.
Note: The perfect continuous tenses are very rarely used in the passive.