Trình độ sử dụng ngữ pháp đúng là yếu tố quan trọng trong việc học tiếng Anh. Trong phần này, chúng ta sẽ tìm hiểu về hai thì quan trọng trong tiếng Anh là Hiện tại đơn [Present Simple] và Hiện tại tiếp diễn [Present Continuous]. Đây là những thì cơ bản mà bạn cần nắm vững để sử dụng ngôn ngữ Anh một cách chính xác và tự tin. Chúng ta sẽ đi qua các bài tập ngữ pháp để nắm rõ cấu trúc và cách sử dụng của hai thì này. Hãy chuẩn bị tâm lý học và rèn luyện kỹ năng ngôn ngữ của bạn thông qua các hoạt động thực hành trong phần này.
- Complete the sentences, putting the verbs into the present simple or present continuous]
[Hoàn thành các câu, chia động từ ở thì hiện tại đơn hoặc hiện tại tiếp diễn]
1. Tim [live] __lives_____ in Manchester but he [spend] _is spending____ this month in Wales
2. A: _______ [you/work] today?
B: No, I _______. I usually [work] _______ on Fridays but I’ve got the day off.
3. A: What _______ [Josephine/ do]?
B: She [be] _______ a teacher but she [not teach] at the moment.
She [look] _______ for a job.
4. A: Can I have that paper or _______ [you/read] it?
B: No, I [not read] _______ it. I never [read] _______ that paper.
I [prefer] _______ the Daily News.
5. A: _______ [This bag/belong] to you?
B: No, It _______, but I [know] _______ Anita [look] _______ for her bag
6. I [not smoke] _______ but my husband _______. He [try] _______ to stop at the moment but it’s not easy.
7. _______ [you/remember] my friend Matthew? He [stay] _______ with me at the moment.
8. A: _______ [you/speak] German?
B: No, I _______, but I [want] _______ to learn. I [look] _______ for a coursebook.
9. Emma and Katie usually [visit] _______ me on Saturdays but they _______ [camp] in the New Forest this weekend.
10. A: _______ [Simon/help] you very much?
B: No, not usually, but he [help] me today.
11. A: What _______ [you/do]?
B: I [write] _______ a letter to my parents. I [write] _______ them every weekend
12. A: Let’s go out
B: Look! It [snow] _______ outside. It [come] _______ down quite hard.
13. A: What time _______ [you/usually/start] work?
B: Normally, We [start] _______ work at eight o’clock, but we [start] _______ at seven this weekend. We’re very busy at the moment.
14. A: _______ [you/listen] to the radio? B: No, You can turn it off.
15. A: _______ [you/look] for someone?
B: Yes, I [need] _______ to sepak to Neil. Is he in?
A: Yes, but I [think] _______ he’s busy. He [talk] _______ to the boss at the moment.
16. A: I [want] _______ a new computer. I [save] _______ up to buy one.
B: But computers [cost] _______ so much money.
What’s wrong with the one we’ve got?
A: It [get] _______ out of date.
17. A: What _______ [you/do]?
B: I [weigh] _______ this letter. I [need] _______ to know how many stamps to put on it.
18. A: I [think] _______ this road is really dangerous. Look how fast that lorry [go] _______
B: I [agree] _______. People shouldn’t go so fast.
19. A: I [always/fall] _______ asleep. I just can’t keep awake.
B: What time _______ [you/go] to bed?
A: About ten o’clock usually. But it [not/make] _______ any difference.
20. A: Are you free on Friday?
B: No, We’re very busy now. We [have] _______ a party on Sunday.
II. Are the underlined verbs right or wrong? Correct the verbs that are wrong,
Những động từ được gạch chân sau đây đúng hay sai? Hãy sửa lại những từ sai.
1. Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius _______
2. The water boils. Can you turn it off? _______
3. Let’s go out. It doesn’t rain now. _______
4. Listen to those people. What language do they speak? _______
5. The moon goes round the earth. _______
6. I must go now. It gets late. _______
7. I usually go to work by car. _______
8. “Hurry up! It’s time to leave”. “I come” _______
9. I hear you’ve got a new job. How do you get on? _______
10. John is never satisfied. He always complain . _______
III.
2. What ___is___he [do] ___doing_____now?
He [water]__is watering_______flowers in the garden.
3. What ____does_____she [do]___do______?
She [be]____is_____a teacher.
4. Where _____are_____you [be] from?
5. At the moment, my sister [play] ____________ volleyball and my brother [play] ______________soccer.
6. It is 9.00; my family [watch]___________________TV.
7. In the summer, I usually [go] ______________ to the park with my friends, and in the spring, we [have] ___________Tet Holiday; I [be] ________ happy because I always [visit] ______________ my granparents.
8. ____________your father [go]_____________to work by bus?
9. How ___________your sister [go]___________to school?
10. What time _____________they [get up]_________________?
11. What ____________they [do]________________in the winter?
12. Today, we [have]______________English class.
13. Her favourite subject [be]__________________English.
14. Now, my brother [like]_________________eating bananas.
15. Look! A man [call]_________________you.
16. Keep silent ! I [listen]____________________to the radio.
17. ______________ you [play]_________________badminton now?
18. Everyday, my father [get up]_________________ at 5.00 a.m, but today, he [get up] __________________ at 6.00 am.
19. Every morning , I [watch]_________________TV at 10.00, but today I [listen] ________________ to music at 10.00.
20. Everyday , I [go] __________to school by bike but today I go to school by motorbike.
21. Every morning, my father [have] ______________a cup of coffe but today he [drink]____________milk.
22. At the moment, I[read]_______________a book and my brother [watch]_______ TV.
23. Hoa [live]________________in Hanoi, and Ha [live]________________in HCM City.
24. Hung and his friend [play]_______________badminton.
25. They usually [get up]___________________at 6.oo in the morning.
26. Ha never [go]______________fishing in the winter but she always [do]_____________ it in the summer.
27. My teacher [tell]__________________Hoa about Math.
28. There [be]____________________ animals in the circus.
29. _______________he [watch]______________TV at 7.00 every morning?
30. What _____________she [do] _________________at 7.00 am?
31. How old _________she [be]?
32. How ___________she [be]?
33. My children [go]________________to school by bike.
34. We sometimes [go]_______________to supermarket to buy some food.
35. Mr. Hien [go]________________on business to Hanoi every month.
36. Ha [like]______________coffee very much, but I [not like]______________it.
37. She [like]________________tea, but she [not like]____________________coffee.
38. I [love]_______________ cats, but I [not love]__________________dogs.
39. Everyday I [go]____ ____to school on foot, but today I [go]____ _____to school by bike.
40. Who you _________________[wait] for Nam?
I _______________________[wait] for Mr. Hai.
41. My sister [get]____ ___ dressed and [brush]____ ____her teeth herself at 6.30 everyday.
42. Mrs. Smith [not live]____________downtown. She [rent]___________ an appartment in the suburb.
43. How _________your children [go]_________________to school everyday?
44. It's 9 o'clock in the morning. Lien [be]__is__in her room. She [listen] __is listening____to music.