UNIT 1 : MY HOME
THÌ HIỆN TẠI ĐƠN - THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
1. Khái niệm Thì hiện tại đơn
Thì hiện tại đơn dùng để diễn tả những sự việc lặp đi lặp lại như một thói quen, sở thích, một
chân lý, hoặc thời gian biểu, kế hoạch, dự đoán.
2. Cách dùng Thì hiện tại đơn
Thì hiện tại đơn dùng để diễn tả:
a. Hành động lặp đi lặp lại như một thói quen
Eg: I go to school by bike everyday. (Tôi đạp xe đi học mỗi ngày.)
b. Sự thật hiển nhiên (chân lý)
Eg: The Earth moves around the Sun. (Trái Đất quay quanh Mặt Trời.)
c. Thời gian biểu, kế hoạch, dự đoán
Eg: The train leaves at 9.00. (Chuyến tàu rời đi lúc 9h.)
d. Khả năng của ai đó
Eg: She can speak English very well. (Cô ấy có thể nói tiếng Anh rất tốt.)
e. Nhận thức, cảm giác, tình trạng
Eg: Mary doesn’t like music. (Mary không thích nhạc.)
3. Cấu trúc Thì hiện tại đơn
(+) Khẳng định
Động từ “to be” Động từ thường
I + am + …… I + V 1 + ……
Eg: I am a pupil. (Tôi là một học Eg: I like ice-cream. (Tôi thích kem.)
sinh.)
You/ We/ They + are + … You/ We/ They + V1
Eg: They are tall. (Họ thì cao.) Eg:We go to the cinema at weekend.
(Chúng tôi đi xem phim ở rạp vào cuối
tuần.)
She/He/ It + is + …… She/ He/ It + Vs/es
Eg: She is a nurse. (Cô ấy là một y Eg: He gets up at 6 o’clock every
tá.) morning.
(Cậu ấy thức dậy lúc 6h mỗi sáng.)
(-) Phủ định
Động từ “to be” Động từ thường
I + am not ('m not) + …… I/ You/ We/ They + do not (don’t) + V1
Eg: I am not an engineer. Eg: We don’t live far away.
(Tôi không phải là kĩ sư.) (Chúng tôi sống không xe đây
lắm.)
You/ We/ They + are not (aren’t) + …
Eg: You aren’t my classmates.
(Các bạn không phải bạn cùng lớp của
mình.)
She/ He/ It + is not (isn’t) + …… She/ He/ It + does not (doesn’t) + V1
Eg: It is not a ruler. Eg: She doesn’t like him.
(Nó không phải cái thước kẻ.) (Cô ấy không thích cậu ta.)
(?) Nghi vấn
Động từ “to be” Động từ thường
(Từ để hỏi) + am + I? (Từ để hỏi) + do + I/ you/ we/ they + V1?
Eg: Who am I? (Tôi là ai?) Eg: Do you live here? (Bạn sống ở đây
à?)
(Từ để hỏi) + is + she/ he/ it?
Eg: Is he your boyfriend?
(Cậu ấy có phải bạn trai cậu
không?)
(Từ để hỏi) + are + you/ we/ they? (Từ để hỏi) + does + he/ she/ it + V1?
Eg: Are you a student? Eg: What does he do? (Cậu ấy làm gì?)
(Bạn có phải là học sinh không?)
Dấu hiệu nhận biết thì HTĐ:
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
4. Cách thêm s/es vào động từ Thì hiện tại đơn
Động từ nguyên thể Cách chuyển Ví dụ
Động từ kết thúc tận cùng: o, s,ch, Thêm “es” Watch – watches
x,sh, z (xem)
Kiss – kisses
(hôn)
Động từ còn lại Thêm “-s” Look – looks
Những động từ (Verbs) tận cùng bằng (nhìn)
"Y" thì phải xét hai (2) trường hợp sau Visit – visits
đây. (thăm)
➤ Nếu trước Y là nguyên âm (vowel), She plays the
giữ nguyên y và chỉ thêm S piano very well.
We play →She/he plays
➤ Nếu trước Y là phụ âm (consonant) He often carries
thì sẽ chia như sau: (Y --- IES) money with him
We carry She / he carries whenever he goes
They worry She / he worries out.
5. Cách phát âm động từ đuôi “s/es”
Đọc là /iz/ khi động từ kết thúc là: Watches /wɒtʃiz/
Đọc là /s/ khi động từ kết thúc là: Picks /pɪks/
Đọc là /z/ với các động từ còn lại. Runs /rʌns/
Ví dụ cách thêm es :
miss →
mix →
buzz →
watch →
wash →
do →does
go →goes
kiss→
brush→
PRACTICE
❖ To be:
1. We ……………..fine, thank you (be)
2. His hometown ………………….. in the south of Italy. (be)
3. Miss Lan ……………… 20. (be)
4. What ………….. it famous for? (be)
5. Ken’s sister ………………. a college student. (be)
6. They ……………… fine. (be)
7. The yard ……………. in front of the house. (be)
8. Lan and Nga ………….. students. (not be)
9. Marry and I ………………..11. (not be)
10. She …………….. my teacher. (be)
11. I ………….. twelve and Lan ……………. eleven. (be)
12. My classroom ………………… on the first floor. (be)
13. How old …………….. your Mom? (be)
❖ Động từ thường:
1. I _______ (clean) the kitchen every morning.
2. Lily _______ (do) the shopping on the weekend.
3. Jack and Paul sometimes _______ (make) dinner together.
4. Lily's dad rarely _______ (clean) the bathroom.
5. Their mom _______ (do) the most housework at home.
6. My brother _______ (play) football very well.
7. My brother (live) _______ in the USA.
8. I often _______ (get) up early to catch the bus to go to work.
9. She _______ (teach) students in a local secondary school.
10. They _______ (not have) a house. They still have to rent one to live.
11. What _______ your sister _______ (do) every day?
12. John and Harry _______ (not go) swimming in the lake every afternoon.
13. Jenny _______ (speak) Vietnamese very well.
14. How often _______ she _______ (go) shopping in the supermarket?
15. My mother usually _______ (make) breakfast for me.
16. My sister never _______ (do) the laundry
17. My brother rarely _______ (do) the dishes.
18. My father never _______ (make)the bed.
19. We (have) _______ a dog.
20. _______ he (live) _______ in Hanoi?
❖ MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. I like sitting outside on my ____ of my apartment when it's hot. (balcony/ apartment/ gym/
yard)
2. North, East, South, and ____are the four cardinal points of the compass. (East/ South/ West/
North)
3. After eating dinner, I do the ______________ (floor/ kitchen/ dishes/ center)
4. I live in the countryside. My ______________ is very small. It only has a few houses and one
store. (city/ country/ balcony / village)
5. My house has a very big ____. I like playing soccer there with my friends. (pool/ balcony/ gym/
yard)
6. Does your uncle live in a house in Ha Noi? - No, he doesn't. He lives in ______________ (a
home/ a house/ an apartment/ a village)
7. My mother goes to the ______________ twice a week. (city/ garage/ yard/ balcony)
8. A ______________ is in the countryside and usually has a few houses. (pool/ village/ town/
gym)
9. Does your apartment have a ______________? (house/ balcony/ home/ center)
10. Do you park the car in the ______________? (gym/ balcony/ garage/ pool)
11. Does your house have a big ______________? (apartment/ balcony/ town/ yard)
12. Yes, it does. We plant trees and ______________ there. (flower/ flowers/ pool/ garage)
13. Our ____ is small and has two bedrooms. (pool/ house/ gym/ garage)
14. A ____ has many big buildings, schools, parks and hospitals. (village/ countryside/ country/
city)
15. ____ grow rice, vegetables, and different fruits. (Teachers, Farmers, Doctors, Chefs)
16. ____ does the shopping? – Ken’s mom. (What, When, Where, Who)
MORE PRACTICE
I.Find the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation.
1. A. flashlights B. students C. books D. schools
2. A. stops B. showers C. cleans D. has
3. A. units B. topics C. parks D. ways
4. A. Bins B. cups C. trees D. papers
5. A. machines B. devices C. drones D. computers
6. A. helps B. laughs C. cooks D. finds
7. A. phones B. streets C. books D. makes
8. A. nations B. speakers C. languages D. minds
9. A. works B. shops C. shifts D. plays
10. A. miles B. attends C. drifts D. glows
II. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others in eachgroup.
1. A. Teaching B. speaking C. wearing D. cleaning
2. A. Egg B. vegetable C. kitchen D. men
3. A. Parks B. groups C. markets D. farmers
4. A. Live B. listen C. think D. write
5. A. Bus B. fun C. sunny D. busy
III. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the
other in each group.
1. A. Temperature B. balcony C. restaurant D. apartment
2. A. Dinner B. laundry C. machine D. shopping
3. A. Secondary B. attention C. museum D. possession
4. A. Hometown B. canal C. country D. delta
5. A. Kitchen B. basement C. garage D. center
IV. Fill in the blanks using the words in the box
pool housework shopping garage town
yard gym apartment block village breakfast
6. I lived on the ground floor of an ______________.
7. Does the hotel have a ______________?
8. Don’t forget to put the car in the ______________.
9. Her books are about ______________ life.
10. The nearest ______________ is ten miles away.
11. Who does the ______________ when you’re both at work?
12. They have a gorgeous old oak tree in their front yard.
13. She doesn’t eat much ______________.
14. She is in the fashionable ______________ area of London.
15. I just joined a ______________.
V. Put the adverbs of frequency in the correct position of the sentence
He plays golf on Sundays. (sometimes)
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The weather is bad in November? (always)
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We have fish for dinner. (seldom)
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Peter doesn’t get up before seven. (usually)
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They watch TV in the afternoon. (never)
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My brother, Tony, is late for interview. (rarely)
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He helps his father. (always)
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How do you go shopping? (often)
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I don’t do my homework after school. (hardly)
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The school bus arrives at seven. (every day)
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