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The present simple tense
A.GRAMMAR: The present simple tense:
1. To Be: ( am / is / are )
a) Affirmative:
S + am / is / are + …………
Ex: We are students.
b) Negative:
S + am / is / are + not + …………
Ex: My mother is not a farmer.
isn’t
c) Interrogative:
Am / Is / Are + S + ……………….?
Ex: Is your brother a worker? → Yes, he is / No, he isn’t.
2. Ordinary verbs:
a) Affirmative: ( Khẳng định )
I / We / You / They / S ( Số nhiều ) V
He / She / It / S ( số ít ) V( s / es )
Ex: I go to school every day.
She goes to school every day.
b) Negative: ( phủ định )
I / We / you / they / S ( số nhiều ) do not ( don’t)
V(bare
infinitive)
He / She / It / S ( số ít ) does not( doesn’t )
Ex: I don’t go to school on Sundays.
She doesn’t go to school on Sundays.
c) Interrogative (nghi vấn)
Do We / you / they / …. V (bare
infinitive ) ?
Does He / she / …….

Tom brushes his teeth everyday.
2.2. Những động từ (Verbs) tận cùng bằng "Y" thì phải xét hai (2) trường hợp sau đây.
 Nếu trước Y là nguyên âm (vowel) thì sẽ chia như quy tắc 2.1 trên đây. Y Y
+ S
We play She/he plays
Ví dụ: She plays the piano very well.
 Nếu trước Y là phụ âm (consonant) thì sẽ chia như sau:
(Y IES)
We carry She/he carries
They worry She/he worries
Ví dụ: He often carries money with him whenever he goes out.
 Các trạng từ dùng trong thời HTT:
- Always, usually, often, not often, sometimes, occasionally, never;
- Everyday, every week/month/year , on Mondays, Tuesdays, , Sundays.
- Once/twice / three times a week/month/year ;
- Every two weeks, every three months (a quarter)
- Whenever, every time, every now and then, every now and again, every so often
 Cách phát âm: Với các ngôi thứ ba (3) số ít, đuôi "S" được đọc như sau:
Cách đọc Các động từ có kết thúc với đuôi
/s/ F, K, P, T
/iz/ S, X, Z, CH, SH, CE, GE + ES
/z/ Không thuộc hai loại trên
01> Cách dùng thì hiện tại đơn trong tiếng anh
Thì hiện tại đơn (The simple present) là một thì rất quan trọng trong tiếng Anh và được dùng
thường xuyên để diễn tả :
Thì hiện tại đơn dùng để chỉ thói quen hằng ngày:
• They drive to the office every day. Hằng ngày họ lái xe đi làm.
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• She doesn't come here very often. Cô ấy không đến đây thường xuyên.

Vd :
+ I use internet everyday.
+ She often goes to school
at 7 o’ clock.
Câu phủ định: S +
do not/don't + V +
(O)
S + does
not/doen't + V +
(O)
Vd :
I don’t think so
She does not like
it
Câu nghi vấn: (Từ để
hỏi +) Do/does + S + V
+ (O)?
Vd: What does she
do ?
(Từ để hỏi +)
Don't/doesn't + S + V +
(O)?
Vd: Why don’t you
study Enghlish ?
(Từ để hỏi +) Do/does
S + not + V + (O)?
Vd: Why does she not
goes to beb now ?
03> Dấu hiệu nhận biết thì hiện tại đơn
1. Thì hiện tại đơn dùng để diễn tả những sự việc mà bạn thường xuyên làm, hoặc thói quen

6. Mai ( not have) Math on monday
7. You ( be) in class 6B?
8. What time you ( start) your class?
9. Everyday my sister (watch) TV.
10. Nam (go ) …………. to the English club
every Saturday
11. Nan always ( play ) basketball in the winter.
12. Ba and Nam ( not be)………………
doctors.
13. He is tired . He’d like (sit ) down.
14. His father (not be) ………. ……….a
businessman
15. Nga ( be ) my friend . He (play) games
everyday.
16. We (not read) books after lunch.
17. Your children ( play) soccer every
afternoon?
Ex2. Choose a correct answer to complete the following statements
1. Do you play games ? - No, I ( do / don’t)
2. Jack’s brother (watches / watch ) TV everyday.
3. We have geography ( on / at ) Wednesday.
4. What time does Lan ( finish / finishes) her classes every Friday?
5. Tuan and Hung ( listen / listens ) to music after school.
6. Our children (have / has) dinner at half past five.
7. He ( don’t / doesn’t) have a big breakfast every morning
8. She goes ( home / house) at a quarter past four in the afternoon
9. (Do / does) your father read newspaper before breakfast?
10. What do your students ( do / does) after school?
Ex3. Rewrite the following statements so as to stay the same meaning
1. Lan is Ba’ sister. Ba

3. Mr.Hoang is doctor
4. There is lamp on the table.
5. Is your father engineer?
6. No, he isn’t. He’s teacher
7. We live in house on Ngo Quyen street.
EX7. Read the passage and answer True or False.
Minh is my classmate. She is twelve years old. There are five people in her family:
Her father, her mother, her brother, her and her. Her father is forty nine years old. He’s a doctor. Her
mother is thirty-five and she is a nurse. Her brother is twenty-three. He is an engineer. Her sister is
eighteen and she is a students.
1 T Minh is twelve years old.
2 Minh is a student
3 Her father is 45 years old
4 Her mother is a nurse
5. Her brother is a student, too
6. Her sister is 18 years old.
Ex 8: Put “DO or DOES” into the following sentences to make questions
9……. the students study hard every day?→ ……………………………………………
10…….Mr. Brown go to his office every day?→ …………………………………………
11… you want cream and sugar in your coffee?→ ……………………………………….
12…….the children go to bed very early?→ ………………………………………………
13 . …that girl come from South Africa?→ …………………………………….………
14……you know that Italian student?→ ………………………………………… ……
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15……Miss Lan prefer coffee to tea?→ …………………………………………………
16…your English lessons seem very difficult?→ …………………………………………
Ex 9: Make questions from the words given.
17. does / what time / get up / she→ ………….… …………… ?– At seven o’clock.
18. for / does / have / breakfast / she / what→…………? – A bread and an egg.

e. always make
f. always makes
3. His students ________ (not, speak)
German in class.
g. don’t speak
h. doesn’t speak
i. not speak
4. She ________ (not, be) six years old.
j. isn't
k. not is
l. are not
5. John ________ (work) in a supermarket.
m. works
n. working
o. work
6. The flowers _______________ (be, normally)
watered by Bob
p. are normally
q. normally are
r. normally is
7. Danny ________ (phone) his father on Sundays.
s. phons
t. phones
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u. phone
8. I ___________ (not, know) what you
mean.
v. doesn't know
w. not know

r. eats
s. are eating
t. is eating
Ex 3:
1. The bank ________ at four o'clock.
a. close
b. closies
c. closes
2. We ________ to Spain every summer.
d. fly
e. flys
f. flies
3. She ________ in Florida.
g. live
h. lives
i. livees
4. My best friend ________ to me every
week.
j. write
k. writies
l. writes
5. John ________ very hard in class, but I don't
think he'll pass the course.
m. try
n. trys
o. tries
6. I ________ in a bank.
p. work
q. works
r. workes

7. Those shoes _________ (cost) too much.
8. I ___________ (visit, never) my grandma on Fridays.
9. The earth _____________ (go) around the sun.
10. I ________ (be) broke!
Ex 5: Rewrite the sentence in negative form
1) We _______________ handball at school. (not/to play)
2) Laura __________________ her room. (not/to clean)
3) Mark _____________ his homework. (not/to do)
4) Susan and Jerry _______________ TV. (not/to watch)
5) They ________________ at 6.30. (not/to wake up)
6) You ______________ shopping. (not/to go)
7) Mrs Smith _______________ a big box. (not/to carry)
8) My brother ______________ English. (not/to teach)
9) The teachers _______________ stories. (not/to tell)
10) I _____________________ in a plane. (not/to fly)
Ex 6: Make a yes/no question
1) They play volleyball every week.
2) John is nice.
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3) This car makes a lot of noise.
4) I like computer games.
5) We are from Greece.
6) You wear pullovers.
7) They speak English.
8) He watches TV.
9) I am from Spain.
10) Steve draws nice pictures.
Simple tense - Ex
Ex 1:

ss. phone
8. I ___________ (not, know) what you mean.
tt. doesn't know
uu. not know
vv. don't know
Ex 2:
1. My husband and his colleague
__________ golf whenever they are not
too busy.
u. play
v. plays
w. are playing
x. is playing
2. John always __________ on time for meetings.
y. arrive
z. arrives
aa. are arriving
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bb. is arriving
3. Barbara usually __________ dinner
for her husband after work.
cc. cook
dd. cooks
ee. are cooking
ff. is cooking
4. Mr. and Mrs. Parsons __________ to
work together every day.
gg. drive
hh. drives

mm. tries
6. I ________ in a bank.
nn. work
oo. works
pp. workes
7. It ________ almost every day in
Manchester.
qq. rain
rr. rains
ss. raines
8. My life is so boring I just ________ TV
every night.
tt. watch
uu. watchies
vv. watches
9. Jo is so smart that she ________ every exam
without even trying.
g. pass
h. passies
i. passes
10. My mother ________ eggs for breakfast
every morning.
j. fry
k. frys
l. fries
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Ex 4:
1. When father ______ (come back), will we go out?
2. My mother __________ (prepare, usually) breakfast at 10 a.m.
3. Every morning, Mark __________ (drive) his children to school.

1. I (be) ________ at school at the weekend.
2. She (not study) ________ on Friday.
3. My students (be not) ________ hard working.
4. He (have) ________ a new haircut today.
5. I usually (have) ________ breakfast at 7.00.
6. She (live) ________ in a house?
7. Where _________your children (be) ________?
8. My sister (work) ________ in a bank.
9. Dog (like) ________ meat.
10. She (live)________ in Florida.
11. It (rain)________ almost every day in Manchester.
12. We (fly)________ to Spain every summer.
13. My mother (fry)________ eggs for breakfast every morning.
14. The bank (close)________ at four o'clock.
15. John (try)________ hard in class, but I (not think) ________ he'll pass.
16. Jo is so smart that she (pass)________ every exam without even trying.
17. My life (be) so boring. I just (watch)________ TV every night.
18. My best friend (write)________ to me every week.
19. You (speak) ________ English?
20. She (not live) ________ in Hai Phong city.
II. Chia động từ trong ngoặc ở thì Qúa Khứ Đơn:
1.The homework ………………very difficult yesterday.(be)
2 The children …………….in the park five minutes ago.(play)
3, I………………late for school yesterday(be)
4, ………… you …………. to the zoo yesterday ?(go)
5, They …………… home yesterday(return)
6,Two years ago, he………Math in a small school in the countryside.(teach)
7,Yesterday was Sunday. Mr Tam …………….go to school( not go)
8, I……….very funny on my last vacation. ( be)
9, She …………………last night. (not come)

19. I ( watch) ______________TV with my parents in the living room now.
20. Some people( not drink)_____________coffee now.
IV. Chia động từ trong ngoặc ở thì Qúa Khứ Tiếp Diễn:
1. Yesterday at six I (prepare)___________dinner,
2. The kids (play)_______in the garden when it suddenly to rain.
3. I (practise)________the guitar when he came home.
4. We (not/cycle) ________all day.
5. What (you/do) ________yesterday?
6. Most of the time we (sit) _________in the park.
7. At this time yesterday we (play)__________tennis in the schoolyard.
8. At 7:00 p.m yesterday I (watch) _________TV.
9. Yesterday while my father (watch) ________TV, my mother (read) ______the newspaper, my
sister (do) ________her homework and I (play) _______chess with my friend.
10. She (do) ____ her homework at the time yesterday.
11. Marry (water) ________the flowers at 3:00 p.m yesterday.
12. They (visit) ________the zoo at ten o’clock yesterday.
13. At this time last year we (learn) ________English in London.
14. Peter and I (do) ____the exercise at this time last night.
15. When I phoned my friends, they (play) _________cards
Những ĐT Ko chia ở HTTD
- know - understand - fall
- keep - be - want
- see - hear - have to
- hope - wish - wonder
- smell - seem -fell
- need - consider -wonder
- expect - sound -feel
- agree - notice -prefer
- look - start - love/ like
- begin - finish - enjoy - stop

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.
III. Hoàn thành các câu sau:
1) We handball at school. (not/to play)
2) Laura her room. (not/to clean)
3) Mark his homework. (not/to do)
4) Susan and Jerry TV. (not/to watch)
5) They at 6.30. (not/to wake up)
6) You shopping. (not/to go)
7) Mrs Smith a big box. (not/to carry)
8) My brother English. (not/to teach)
9) The teachers stories. (not/to tell)
10) I in a plane. (not/to fly)
IV. Hoàn thành các câu sau: (Chuyển sang câu phủ định)
1) They play volleyball every week. - They volleyball every week.
2) John is nice. - John nice.
3) This car makes a lot of noise. - This car a lot of noise.
4) I like computer games. - I computer games.
5) We are from Greece. - We from Greece.
6) You wear pullovers. - You pullovers.
7) They speak English. - They English.
8) He watches TV. - He TV.
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9) I am from Spain. - I from Spain.
10) Steve draws nice pictures. – Steve nice pictures.
V. Hoàn thành các câu sau: (Chuyển sang câu phủ định)

⇒
11. (what sports / Lucy / like?)
⇒
12. (how / they / get to work?)
⇒
13. (how often / I / come here?)
⇒
14. (where / she / live?)
⇒
15. (why / you / eat so much chocolate?)
⇒
16. (what / this machine / do?)
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17. (who / she / meet on Saturdays?)
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18. (how many brothers / she / have?)
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19. (how much / this / cost?)
⇒
20. (where / you / eat lunch?)
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VII. Hoàn thành các câu hỏi sau:
1. Where / John?
⇒ Where is John?
2. Why / they / hungry?
⇒ Why are they hungry?
3. Where / we?
⇒

19. Where / she?
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20. Who / Julie / with?
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VIII. Hoàn thành các câu sau: Ở dạng nghi vấn
1. (you / like cake?) - Do you like cake?
2. (she / live in London?)
3. (they / hate studying?)
4. (you / drink tea every morning?)
5. (you smoke?)
6. (he / play tennis on Saturdays?)
7. (you / go shopping at the weekend?)
8. (you / drink alcohol?)
9. (she / work in an office?)
10. (they / study French?)
11. (you / meet your friends on Fridays?)
12. (you / read a lot?)
13. (John / come from New Zealand?)
14. (they / like pizza?)
15. (we / arrive at 9 p.m.?)
16. (it / snow here in winter?)
17. (Lucy / study History?)
18. (I / work as a teacher?)
19. (he / eat rice often?)
20. (you / like coffee?)
IX. Hoàn thành các câu sau: Ở dạng nghi vấn
1. John / in the garden? - Is John in the garden?
2. They / hungry?

10. It (not / be) cold today.
11. We (be) from Portugal.
12. (we / make) too much noise at night?
13. Where (Harry / study)?
14. (it / be) foggy today?
15. We (not / be) late.
16. They (not / like) animals.
17. Where (you / be)?
18. He (not / be) an accountant.
19. (the dog / eat) chicken?
20. She (be) my sister.
XI. Hoàn thành các câu sau:
1. She (play) tennis every Sunday.
2. He (buy) a cup of coffee every morning.
3. Julie (study) French at school.
4. Luke (try) hard to be polite.
5. She (enjoy) going swimming.
6. Lucy (wash) her hair every day.
7. John never (cry).
8. My mother always (say) that love is more important than money.
9. I hope Julie (pass) the exam.
10. The plane (fly) low over the airport.
XII. Hoàn thành các câu sau:
1. (he / drive to work every day)
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2. (I / not / think you're right)
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3. (we / have enough time?)
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4. (I / eat cereal in the morning)

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19. (what / you / buy in the supermarket?)
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20. (how / he / carry such a heavy bag?)
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XIII. Hoàn thành các câu sau:
1. (they / wear suits to work?)
____Do they wear suits to work?____________________________________
2. (he / not / say much)
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3. (when / she / study?)
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4. (she / know a lot about cooking)
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5. (we / make dinner at the weekends)
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6. (I / not / leave work on time very often)
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7. (she / meet her brother every week?)
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8. (they / find London’s weather cold)
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9. (we / use the computer every day?)
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10. (you / not / smoke)
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11. (why / we / always get into trouble?)
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7. (we / not / believe the Prime Minister)
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8. (you / understand the question?)
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9. (she / not / want to go to the cinema)
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10. (I / like trying new kinds of food)
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11. (David / want some coffee?)
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12. (what / Lucy / do at the weekends?)
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13. (they / not / work late on Fridays)
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14. (she / have three daughters)
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15. (you / own a car?)
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16. (where / Alicia / work?)
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17. (when / she / go to her Chinese class?)
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18. (I / not / believe you)
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19. (she / think about her holidays often)
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20. (you / like going to restaurants?)

7. Danny ________ (phone) his father on Sundays.
ooo. phons
ppp. phones
qqq. phone
8. I ___________ (not, know) what you mean.
rrr. doesn't know
sss.not know
ttt. don't know
Ex 2:
1. My husband and his colleague
__________ golf whenever they are not
too busy.
oo. play
pp. plays
qq. are playing
rr. is playing
2. John always __________ on time for
meetings.
ss. arrive
tt. arrives
uu. are arriving
vv. is arriving
3. Barbara usually __________ dinner for her
husband after work.
ww. cook
xx. cooks
yy. are cooking
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zz. is cooking

5. John ________ very hard in class, but I
don't think he'll pass the course.
iii. try
jjj. trys
kkk. tries
6. I ________ in a bank.
lll. work
mmm. works
nnn. workes
7. It ________ almost every day in
Manchester.
ooo. rain
ppp. rains
qqq. raines
8. My life is so boring I just ________ TV
every night.
rrr. watch
sss.watchies
ttt. watches
9. Jo is so smart that she ________ every exam
without even trying.
m. pass
n. passies
o. passes
10. My mother ________ eggs for breakfast
every morning.
p. fry
q. frys
r. fries
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