1. Complete the rules. Write present simple or present continuous.
(Hoàn thành các quy tắc. Viết ở thì hiện tại đơn hoặc hiện tại tiếp diễn.)
We use the:
1 ……………………… for something that happens regularly, always or never.
2 ……………………… for something happening at this moment.
3 ……………………… for something happening around this time.
4 ……………………… for a fact that is always true.
5 ……………………… with certain verbs that we don’t usually use in continuous tenses, e.g. believe, know, etc.
Đáp án
1 present simple 2 present continuous 3 present continuous 4 present simple 5 present simple
2. Match the sentences (a-h) with the rules in exercise 1. Write 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5.
(Nối các câu (a-h) với các quy tắc trong bài tập 1. Viết 1, 2, 3, 4 hoặc 5.)
a This week my dad is working in London.
b I’m wearing a blue T-shirt.
c School finishes at four o’clock.
d Do you understand this word?
e I don’t want a sandwich.
f The sun comes up in the east.
g We usually walk to school.
h Why are you smiling?
Đáp án
a 3 b 2 c 1 d 5 e 5 f 4 g 1 h 2
3. Complete the email. Use the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
(Hoàn tất email. Sử dụng thì hiện tại đơn hoặc hiện tại tiếp diễn của động từ trong ngoặc.)
To: mel@email.com
Hi Mel,
What 1……………………. (you / do) at the moment?
I 2……………………. (sit) in Mario’s café.
I 3……………………. (drink) a milkshake. This café 4……………………. (make) the best milkshakes in town!
I 5……………………. (often / come) here after school with my friend Sally. In fact, 6……………………. (wait) for her now. She’s always late. I 7……………………. (not understand) why! Anyway, can I borrow your geography textbook? I 8……………………. (need) it for that test next week. I can’t find mine. Oh, Sally 9……………………. (come) into the café now.
Bye, see you later!
Dan
Đáp án
1 are you doing 2 ’m sitting 3 ’m drinking 4 makes
5 often come 6 ’m waiting 7 don’t understand
8 need 9 is coming
4. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the present simple in one gap and the present continuous in the order.
(Hoàn thành câu với dạng đúng của động từ trong ngoặc. Sử dụng thì hiện tại đơn và thì hiện tại tiếp diễn.)
1 Tom often …………………… trainers to school, but today he …………………… shoes. (wear)
2 We …………………… a DVD at the moment, but we …………………… TV most evenings. (watch)
3 I usually …………………… a sandwich for lunch, but today I …………………… some soup. (have)
4 My mum …………………… in an office in Manchester, but his month she …………………… in Glasgow. (work)
5 It hardly ever …………………… here, but it …………………… at the moment. (snow)
6 Jason and Tilly …………………… their bedrooms right now, but they usually …………………… them at the weekend. (tidy)
Đáp án
1 Tom often wears trainers to school, but today he’s wearing shoes.
2 We’re watching a DVD at the moment, but we watch TV most evenings.
3 I usually have a sandwich for lunch, but today I’m having some soup.
4 My mum works in an office in Manchester, but this month she’s working in Glasgow.
5 It hardly ever snows here, but it is snowing at the moment.
6 Jason and Tilly are tidying their bedrooms right now, but they usually tidy them at the weekend.
5. Complete the sentences with the verbs below. Use the affirmative or negative form of the present simple or the present continuous.
(Hoàn thành câu với các động từ dưới đây. Sử dụng dạng khẳng định hoặc phủ định của thì hiện tại đơn hoặc hiện tại tiếp diễn.)
have know laugh like prefer sing watch
1 Which …………………… you ……………………, history or geography?
2 ‘Where’s George?’ ‘He …………………… a shower.’
3 I …………………… this pizza. It’s horrible!
4 ‘We …………………… the answer to this question.’ ‘Well, ask the teacher.’
5 ‘What’s that terrible noise?’ ‘Kate ……………………!’
6 ‘Why …………………… Ben ……………………?’ ‘Because he …………………… a funny film.’
Đáp án
1 do, prefer 2 ’s having 3 don’t like 4 don’t know
5 is singing 6 is, laughing, ’s watching
6. There are mistakes in five of these sentences. Find the mistakes and write the five sentences correctly.
(Có năm lỗi trong số những câu này. Tìm lỗi sai và viết lại năm câu cho đúng.)
1 ‘Are you wanting an ice cream?’ ‘No, thanks.’
……………………………………………………
2 Right now I do my homework.
……………………………………………………
3 I’m reading a really good book about Cristiano Ronaldo.
……………………………………………………
4 Josh and Sam are hating maths.
……………………………………………………
5 I don’t believe in ghosts.
……………………………………………………
6 I’m sometimes play the guitar in my bedroom.
……………………………………………………
7 It’s sometimes raining a lot in Scotland.
……………………………………………………
Đáp án
1 Do you want an ice cream?
2 Right now I’m doing my homework.
4 Josh and Sam hate maths.
6 I sometimes play the guitar in my bedroom.
7 It sometimes rains a lot in Scotland.
7. Complete the sentences with the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs below.
(Hoàn thành câu với thì hiện tại đơn hoặc hiện tại tiếp diễn của các động từ dưới đây.)
buy go not go out not like make not want not wear work
1 I ……………………….. a skirt for the party, but it isn’t finished.
2 I ……………………….. this shop. It’s expensive.
3 Tina usually ……………………….. clothes shopping with her friends.
4 My sister’s at the shopping centre. She ……………………….. a dress for her friend’s wedding.
5 Tony’s cold. He ……………………….. a coat.
6 My brother ……………………….. to buy new trousers. He’s happy with his old jeans.
7 We’re tired. We ……………………….. tonight.
8 People in clothes factories in Bangladesh ……………………….. very long hours.
Đáp án
1 ’m making 2 don’t like 3 goes 4 ’s buying 5 isn’t wearing
6 doesn’t want 7 aren’t going out 8 work