This document provides instruction on using the simple present tense in Vietnamese. It includes: - Forms of the simple present tense for regular and irregular verbs as well as the verb "to be". - Uses of the simple present tense to describe habitual actions and general truths. - Time expressions that indicate the simple present tense such as "always", "usually", "every day". - Examples of filling in verbs in the simple present tense and forming questions. - An exercise reviewing using and identifying the simple present tense through filling in verbs, finding mistakes, and choosing the correct verb form.

1. ÔN TẬP NGỮ PHÁP (LỚP 6)
THÌ HIỆN TẠI ĐƠN (THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE)
I. Công thức
1/ Động từ thường
Khẳng định Phủ định Câu hỏi / Nghi vấn
I / You / We / They + V1…
He / She / It … + Vs/es
I / You / We / They + don’t + V1…
He / She / It … + doesn’t + V1
Do + I / You / We / They + V1 …?
- Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.
Does + He / She / It + V1 …?
- Yes, he does. / No, he doesn’t.
- Thêm –es khi động từ tận cùng bằng o, s, ch, sh, z, x
Ex: go  I go to school. He goes to school.
do 
miss 
watch 
wash 
fix 
- Động từ tận cùng bằng –y mà trước nó là phụ âm thì đổi thành -ies
Ex: study  You study English. Hoa (study)
………… English.
carry 
2/ Động từ to be (thì,là, ở)
Khẳng định Phủ định Câu hỏi / Nghi vấn
I am …
You / We / They + are …
He / She / It … + is …
I am not
You / We / They + aren’t
He / She / It … + isn’t
Am + I …?
- Yes, I am.
Are + You / We / They + …?
- Yes, we are. / No, we aren’t
Is + He / She / It + …?
- Yes, he is. / No, he isn’t.
Chú ý động từ have (có, ăn)
I / you / we / they have … They (have) ……………… a big
house..
He / She / It has … Nam (have) ………………..
breakfast at 6:30 am.
Chú ý danh từ số nhiều:
Woman 
Man 
Child 

2. Foot 
Tooth 
Person 
II. Cách dùng:
- Chỉ thói quen ở hiện tại.
Ex: She usually (get) ……………… up at 6 a.m.
- Chỉ một sự thật hiển nhiên, một chân lý.
Ex: The sun (set) ………………..in the west.
III. Dấu hiệu: today, usually (thường), often (thường), sometimes (thỉnh thoảng), always
(luôn luôn), every, everyday (mỗi ngày), every year (mỗi năm), every month (mỗi tháng),
every afternoon (mỗi buổi trưa), every morning (mỗi buổi sáng), every evening (mỗi buổi
tối)… , once a week (một lần 1 tuần), twice a week (2 lần 1 tuần), three times a week (ba
lần một tuần), rarely = seldom (hiếm khi), never (không bao giờ), frequently (thường),
normally (thông thường)
Trạng ngữ chỉ tần suất usually, often, sometimes, always, rarely, seldom  đứng trước
động từ thường, đứng sau động từ to be.
Ex: They go to school late. (sometimes)
We are close friends. (always)
EXERCISE
I. Put the verbs in brackets into correct forms of present simple tense.
1. Nina (walk)……………………….to school every day.
2. I (listen)………………………………to music every night.
3. ……………..they (love)……………………..English?
4. He (study)………………………..Information Technology every night.
5. He (carry)……………………..a big TV.
6. …………..you (ride)……………………a bike every day?
7. Every day, Fred (cycle)……………… to work, but his wife (go) …………………….by
car
8. I (use)………………………… this pen to draw.
9. My father (not / be) …………………… a farmer.
10. They (not / visit) ……………………..us often.
11. You (play) …………………….basketball once a week.
12. Tom (not / work)……………… every day.
13. He always (tell) ………………us funny stories.
14. She never (help) …………………me with that.
15. Martha and Kevin (swim) ……………….twice a week.
16. In this club people usually (dance) …………………a lot.
17. Linda (take) …………………….care of her sister.
18. John rarely (leave) ………………..the country.
19. We (live) …………………….in the city most of the year.
20. ………………….Lorie (travel)…………………….. to Paris every Sunday?
21. I (bake) ……………………..cookies twice a month.
22. You always (teach) ……………………me new things.
23. She (help)…………………………. the kids of the neighborhood.

3. 24. Jeff (buy) …………………..his food in small shops, but Jane (do) ………………..all
her shopping at the supermarket.
25. Diana (like) …………………Physics, Chemistry and biology; she always (get)
………………….good marks in her science exams.
26. For breakfast Ann (eat) ………………. cereal with milk and then she (have)
…………..some toast.
27. Where ………..you (live) …………….?
28. We (not / be) …………………………. students.
29. The apples (be) …………………… ……………… on the table?
30. What your father (do) ……………………………..? – He (be) ………………..a teacher.
31. My brother (not / like) ………………………….going out in the evening.
32. Her friends (be) …………………good at maths.
33. In the summer, I usually (go)______________to park with my friends and in the
spring , we (have) _____________Tet Holiday, I (be)________happy because I always
(visit) ______________mygranparents.
34. _____________your father (go)_____________to work by bus ?
35. How ___________your sister (go)___________to school?
36. What time _____________they (get up)_________________?
37. What ____________they (do)________________in the winter?
38. Today,we (have)______________English.
39. Her favourite subject (be)__________________English .
40. Ha never(go)_________________fishing in the winter
II. Find mistake in each sentence.
1. Does he watches TV at 7.00 ever morning?
A B C D
2. Ha like coffee, but I don’t like it very much.
A B C D
3. How are your children go to school everyday?
A B C D
4. My father goes to work by bike but sometimes he walk.
A B C D
5. I hate living here because it always rain.
A B C D
III. Form questions.
Example: where / they / to have / breakfast Answer: Where do they have breakfast?
1) how / Linda / go / to the park ___________________________?
2) Frank / often / get / early ___________________________
3) where / she / live ___________________________?
4) be / Peter / from Australia ___________________________?
5) John / not / speak / English well ___________________________
6) when / his mum / come / home ___________________________?

4. 7) there / some / students / classroom ___________________________
8) what / they / eat / for breakfast ___________________________?
9) she / walk / school / everyday ___________________________
10) Marie and Joe / like / homework ___________________________?
IV. Choose the best answers
1. My husband and his friend __________ golf whenever they are not too busy.
A. play B. plays C. playes D. is playing
2. John always __________ on time for meetings.
A. arrive B. arrives C. are arriving D. is arriving
3. Barbara usually __________ dinner for her husband after work.
A. cook B. cooks C. don’t cook D. doesn’t cooks
4. Mr. and Mrs. Parsons __________ to work together every day.
A. drive B. drives C. don’t drives D. doesn’t drive
5. My parents normally __________ breakfast at 7:00 a.m.
A. eat B. eats C. eating D. doesn’t eat
6. The bank ________ at four o'clock.
A. close B. closies C. closes D. don’t close
7. We ________ to Spain every summer.
A. fly B. flys C. flies D. flying
8. My best friend ________ to me every week.
A. write B. writing C. writes D. are writing
9. John ________ very hard in class, but I don't think he'll pass the course.
A. try B. trys C. tries D. trying
10. It ________ almost every day in Manchester.
A. rain B. rains C. raines D. are raining
11. My life is so boring -- I just ________ TV every night.
A. watch B. watching C. watches D. is watching
12. Jo is so smart that she ________ every exam without even trying.
A. pass B. passed C. passes D. to pass
13. My mother ________ eggs for breakfast every morning.
A. fry B. frys C. fries D. is fried
14. My mother __________ breakfast at 10 a.m.
A. usually prepare B. usually prepares C. prepare usually D. prepares usually
15. The earth _____________ around the sun.
A. go B. going C. goes D. is going

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