English 10 (Optional lessons) Lê Ngọc Thạch
LESSON 1: THE PRESENT SIMPLE AND THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE
Aim: By the end of the lesson, Students will be able to review and use the present simple and the past
simple.
Teaching aids: lesson plan, handouts, paper, blackboard.
Procedure:
T Stages and contents T’s activities Ss’ activities
I. The Present Simple Tense
1. Form to be
- Affirmative: S + V1…. S + am/is/are……
- Negative: S + do/does + not + V….. S + am/is/are + not…..
- Interrogative: Do/Does + S + V….? Am/Is/Are + S ….?
2. Use
a. Diễn tả một hành động hoặc một thói quen ở hiện tại (always,
usually, often, sometimes, occasionally, seldom, rarely, every…….)
Ex: I usually go to school in the afternoon.
b. Diễn tả một chân lí, một sự thật lúc nào cũng đúng.
Ex: The earth moves around the sun
3. Đối với ngôi thứ ba số ít: He, She, It.
a. Thêm “S” vào sau động từ thường.
Ex: Lan often gets up early in the morning.
b. Thêm “ES” vào sau các động từ tận cùng là: ch, sh, s, x, o, z.
Ex: He watches a lot of TV on Sundays.
II. The Past Simple Tense
1. Form to be
- Affirmative: S + V2/ed…. S + was/were……
- Negative: S + did + not + V….. S + was/were + not…..
- Interrogative: Did + S + V….? Was/Were + S ….?
2. Use
a. Diễn tả một hành động xảy ra trong quá khứ xác đònh rõ thời gian
(yesterday, ago, last……, in the past, in 1990)

the exercises.
1. B
2. D
3. C
4. A
5. D.
6. A
7. A
8. B
English 10 (Optional lessons) Lê Ngọc Thạch
A. takes B. take C. has taken D. took
8) Mr. Lam goes to work on foot once a week. It means he ……....…….. walks
to work.
A. never B. sometimes C. often D. usually
II. Put the verbs in parentheses into the present simple or past simple
tense.
1) We (listen) ............................ to music every day.
2) The accident (happen) ................................. a year ago.
3) He usually (play) ............................ tennis in his free time.
4) They (not work) ................................ on Saturdays or Sundays.
5) We (go) ............................... to see our parents last week.
6 She (buy) ................................ a new car for her parents yesterday.
7) The Earth (be) ............................. round.
8) They (live) .................................... in Chicago from 1970 to 1995.
-gets Ss to do
the exercises.
1) listen
2) happened
3) plays
4) do not work

-reviews the
form, the use of
the present
progressive
and past
simple.
-look at, listen
and answer the
T’s questions.
2. Use
a. Diễn tả một hành động xảy ra trong quá khứ xác đònh rõ thời gian
(yesterday, ago, last……, in the past, in 1990)
Ex: - My father bought this house 10 years ago.
- Mr. Nam worked here in 1999.
b. Diễn tả một loạt các hành động xảy ra liên tiếp trong quá khứ.
Ex: - Last night, I had dinner, did my homework, watched TV and went
to bed.
- When she came here in 1990, she worked as a teacher.
EXERCISES
Put the verbs in parentheses into the correct tense:
1. practices
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English 10 (Optional lessons) Lê Ngọc Thạch
1. He (practice)_______________ the piano every day.
2. I (believe)____________ you.
3. Maria (have)_____________ a cold now.
4. He (swim)_____________ right now.
5. John (hate)____________ smoke.
6. Jill always (get up)____________ at 6.00 a.m.
7. Maryam (stay)____________ with us at the moment.

b. Diễn tả một hành động xảy ra và hoàn thành trước một hành động khác
trong quá khứ (before, after, by the time, when). Hành động xảy ra trước
dùng thì Past Perfect, hành động xảy ra sau dùng thì Past Simple.
Ex: - After Nam had done his homework, he went to bed.
- They had lived in Dong Thap before they moved to HCM city.
II. The Present Perfect Tense
1. Form - Affirmative: S + has/have +V3/ed….
- Negative: S + has/have + not + V3/ed…..
- Interrogative: Has/Have + S + V3/ed….?
-reviews the
form, the use of
the past simple,
past perfect
and the present
perfect.
-look at, listen
and answer the
T’s questions.
2. Use
a. Diễn tả một hành động xảy ra trong quá khứ và kéo dài đến hiện tại
(never, ever, not…yet, since, for, so far, until now, up to now,…….)
Ex: We have learnt English for 5 years.
b. Diễn tả một hành động vừa mới xảy ra (just, recently, lately).
Ex: She has just gone out.
c. Diễn tả một hành động xảy ra trong quá khứ không xác đònh rõ thời
gian (already, before)
Ex: Have you seen this movie before?
3. Notes
a. Cách dùng của since và for
- SINCE: chỉ mốc thời gian (2000, September, I last saw you, …)

study English. She (make) _____________ great progress since she
(get)______________ there. Next month, she will take the final exam. She
(be) _____________ able to get a good job when she (return)
_____________ to Vietnam.
-gets Ss to do
the exercises.
-gets feedback
on the answers.
1. wrote
2.had washed
3. went
4. called
5. had received
6. had flip
7. did you do
8. took
9. is talking
10. have not
contacted
11. has been
12. was
13. drinks
14. is/ was/
went/ had
learnt
(learned) / has
made/ got/ will
be/ returns
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and answer the
T’s questions.
EXERCISES
I. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.
1) Tom and I …………… to Mary’s birthday party together.
A. am going B. are going C. will go D. going
2) I ………… our teacher tomorrow, so I shall give him your note.
A. have seen B. going to see C. will seen D. am seeing
3) Tell me about your plan, Lan. What …….. this Saturday evening?
A. are you doing B. have you done
C. are you going to do D. will you do
4) Our class ……………… a picnic at Thay Pagoda this Sunday.
A. am having B. will has
C. is going to have D. go to have
5) Can you come next weekend? – Sorry, we’d love to, but we …..........….…
to the countryside to visit our relatives.
A. have gone B. will go C. are going D. be going
6) They are going ………………… a boat trip on the Thames.
A. for B. in C. at D. on
7) Be careful! The bus ……………… near.
A. will come B. is coming
C. will coming D. is going to come
8) What about your plans, Tom? .................. home after the exams?
A. Do you return B. Are you returning
C. Will you be returning D. Will you return
-gets Ss to do
the exercises.
1) B. are going
2) D. am
seeing

going to do
5) are having
6) is playing
7) am having
8) am not
working
LESSON 5: WRITING (Write about people’s background)
Aim: By the end of the lesson, Students will be able to write about people’s backgrounds.
Teaching aids: lesson plan, handouts, paper.
Procedure:
T Stages and contents T’s activities Ss’ activities
 Task 1. Work in pairs. Match these people with their relevant
information.
A B
1. Ho Chi Minh
2. Washington
3. Louis Pasteur
4. Shakespeare
5. Peleù
6.Leonardo de Vinci
7. Beethoven
8. Bill Gates
a. the world-famous French chemist.
b. the Brazilian football player.
c. the President of the USA.
d. the Italian artist.
e. the general manager of the Microsoft.
f. the leader of the Vietnamese Communist
party.
g. the German music composer.

of Albert
Einstein in the
table.
1. f
2. c
3. a
4. h
5. b
6. d
7. g
8. e
-fill in the
table.
Name: Albert Einstein Mr./ Ms
Date of birth: March 14
th
, 1879
Place of birth: Ulm, Germany
Education:
School attended: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich,
Switzerland
Exams passed: Physics
Jobs: a private Physics and Mathematics tutor
a job in the Swiss Patent Office
a professor
Interests: science
Date of death: April 18
th
, 1955
Place of death: the USA

-go around and
read to
compare.
LESSON 6: READING (PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND)
Aim: By the end of the lesson, Students will be able to read and talk about daily activities.
Teaching aids: lesson plan, handouts, pictures.
Procedure:
T Stages and contents T’s activities Ss’ activities
 Task 1. Work in pairs. Ask and answer about your daily routine.
A: What time do you get up/ go to school/ have breakfast/ have lunch/ have
dinner/ go to school?
B: I usually get up at six.
A: What do you often do in the morning/ afternoon/ evening?
B: I do the housework.
Read the passage and then do the tasks that follow.
Every morning I get up at six. The first thing I do is to wash my dishes.
Then I cooked breakfast. We eat at about seven fifteen. Usually we have
bread and butter, sometimes we have rice, or boiled sweet potatoes.
-asks Ss to ask
and answer in
pairs.
-pairwork.
It takes me about ten minutes to walk to school, and school begins with an
assembly period at seven forty-five. There are fifteen hundred children in
our school and so we meet in three assemblies; the infant department, the
middle department, and the senior department.
We have seven periods from eight to one. We study Maths, Geography,
History, Music, Art and Crafts, and English. I like English best and next to
that, Maths. At ten we have a chance to eat an orange and some peanuts.
At noon, we do not rest. At one we clean up our classroom and close the

5. Why is dinner described as simpler than lunch?
 Task 3. Make a brief note about the girl’s daily routines.
In the
morning
6:00
Get up
7:15
Eat breakfast
7:45
School begins
8:00-1:00
Have 7 periods
10:00
Have a chance to eat an orange and
some peanuts
In the
afternoon
1:00
Clean up their room and close the
school
After lunch
Sleep for half an hour
In the afternoon
Play netball
In the
evening
6:00 (6:30)
Have dinner
10:00
Go to bed

T C F R I E N D
U N L B O I D P
D T E A C H E R
E E S G S N S Z
N U S A N S K P
T B O O K E O F
S U N B O A R D
 Task 2. Compete Linh Lan’s letter to her parents with the words
provided.
Roman treats relatives months hear voices
Tet family newcomers helpful special grandma
faces worry Braille
Nguyen Dinh Chieu Special School for the Blind
November 25, 2006
Dear Mom and Dad
It has been four (1)____________ since I left home. Life in this
(2) ____________ school has been all right as ever. I have
many new friends now but I cannot see their (3)____________!
I can only (4)____________ them through their
(5)____________ . I have learned many things, especially (6)
____________. Now I can read and write in Braille. My
homeroom teacher has helped me translate the letters into the
(7)____________ alphabet so that you both can read them. I
miss the whole (8)____________ very much but don’t
(9)____________ about me. I’m doing all right. The letter you
sent me was also read by my homeroom teacher. She is a nice
teacher with a sweet voice, and she is very kind and
(10)____________ to us,
the (11) _____________ to this school. She (12)____________
us like her young brothers and sisters. I will come back home

(4) hear
(5) voices
(6) Braille
(7) Roman
(8) family
(9) worry
(10) helpful
(11)
newcomers
(12) treats
(13) Tet
(14)
relatives
(15)
grandma
 Task 3. Match the words or phrases in column A with those in column
B.
A B
1. Linh Lan has left home
2. She cannot see
3. Now she can read and write
4. Her teacher is
a. on the Tet holidays.
b. Braille.
c. for four months.
d. a nice lady with a sweet voice.
-gets Ss to
match the
phrases to
makecomplete