PRESENT TENSES (1)

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in the group.

1. A. grapes B. roofs C. hats D. chairs

2. A. looks B. stops C. cars D. cuts
3. A. goes B. watches C. misses D. dishes
4. A. studies B. flies C. changes D. spies
5. A. colors B. rivers C. types D. nations
II. Choose the correct answer:
1. The water _______. Can you turn it off?
A. boils B. is boiling C. are boiling D. boil
2. Look! That man _______ to open the door of your car.
A. is trying B. tries C. trying D. try
3. The moon _______ around the earth.
A. goes B. is going C. go D. going
4. I usually _____ to work by car.
A. go B. going C. goes D. am going
5. (at a party) Usually I _______ parties but I ________ this one very much.
A. enjoy/ don’t enjoy B. am enjoying/ don’t enjoy
C. enjoy/ am not enjoying D. enjoy/ not enjoying
6. My mother sometimes _________ vegetables at this market.
A. buys B. is buying C. buy D. are buying
7. Her father _______ me next month.
A. is visiting B. visits C. visiting D. is visit
8. The teacher is very angry with him because he _______ noise in class.
A. is always making B. always makes C. always making D. always make
9. Daisy ______ some food in the kitchen at the present. She always ______ in the morning.
A. cooks/ cooks B. is cooking/ cooks C. cooks/ is cooking D. is cooking/ is cooking
10. “ ______ to the radio every day?” -“No, just occasionally.”
A. Do you often listen B. Are you often listening
C. You often listen D. Does you often listening
III. Simple present tense or present continuous tense?

1. Be quiet! The baby (sleep). - is sleeping

2. We seldom (have) breakfast before 7.00.
3. Let’s go out. It (not rain) now.
4. Water (boil) at 100 degrees Celsius.
5. Normally I (finish) work at 5.00, but this week I (work) until 6.00 to earn a bit money.
6. It (rain) much in winter. It (rain) at the moment.
7. We (leave) for Dalat next Sunday.
8. The train is never late. It always (leave) on time.
9. Jim is very untidy. He always (leave) his things all over the place.
10. I (do) an exercise in the present tenses at this moment and I (think) that I (know) how to use it now.

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 NONPROGRESSIVE VERBS
(các động từ KHÔNG thường dùng với thì tiếp diễn)

(1) Động từ về tinh thần, trí tuệ know, believe (tin), imagine (tưởng tượng), want
(muốn), realize (nhận ra), feel (cảm thấy), doubt (nghi
ngờ), need, understand (hiểu), suppose (cho rằng =
think), remember (nhớ), prefer (thích hơn), recognize
(nhận ra), think, forget (quên) , mean (ý là/ có nghĩa)

(2) Động từ về tình cảm love, like, dislike (ghét), hate (ghét), envy (ghen tỵ),
fear (sợ), care (quan tâm), mind (phiền), appreciate
(đánh giá cao)
(3) Động từ chỉ sở hữu possess = have = own: có; sở hữu;
belong to: thuộc về
(4) Động từ về giác quan taste (có vị), hear (nghe thấy), see (thấy/ hiểu)
, smell (có mùi), feel (cảm thấy)
(5) Động từ về sự tồn tại consist of = contain = include ( bao gồm), exist (tồn
tại), be, weigh (cân nặng), owe (nợ), cost (tốn),
seem = look = appear (trông có vẻ)

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 PRESENT TENSES (2)
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in the group.
1. A. cried B. planted C. studied D. arrived
2. A. looked B. stopped C. watched D. rained
3. A. worked B. called C. answered D. stayed
4. A. asked B. laughed C. washed D. happened
5. A. started B. finished C. typed D. cooked
II. Choose the best answer.
1. We _______ ten kilometers. (nhấn mạnh kết quả →ta chia HTHT)
A. have walked B. have been walking
2. We _______ for three hours.
A. have walked B. have been walking
3. Ann _______ her driving test three times because she’s so bad at reversing. However, she ______ reversing
for the last week, and I think she has got a bit better at it.
A. has failed/ has practiced B. has failed/ has been practicing
C. has been failing/ has been practicing D. has been failing/ has practiced
4. Tom started reading a book two hours ago. He is still reading it and now he is on page 53. He ____ for two
hours.
A. has read B. has been reading
5. Tom started reading a book two hours ago. He is still reading it and now he is on page 53. He ____ 53
pages so far.
A. has read B. has been reading
6. How long ________ this book? - For two hours.
A. have you read B. have you been reading
7. You look tired. _______ hard?
A. Have you worked B. Have you been working
8. My brother is an actor. He ________ in several films.
A. has appeared B. has been appearing
9. Where have you been? _______ tennis?
A. have you played B. have you been playing
10. I ______ that film several times because I like it.
A. have seen B. have been seeing
III. Present perfect tense or present perfect continuous tense?
1. How long you (study) English? – For 5 years. (HTHTTD) → have you been studying
2. I (wait) for her for two hours, but she (not come) yet.
3. They (live) in Ho Chi Minh since 1975.
4. She (read) all the books written by Dickens. How many books (you/ read)?
5. He (not be) here since Christmas. I wonder where he (live) since then.
6. Jack (go) to Paris for a holiday. He never (be) there.
7. You (sleep) so far? I (ring) the bell for the last twenty minutes.
8. He (write) a novel for two years, but he (not finish) it yet.
9. Mary (lose) her hat and she (look) for it until now.
10. How many books (you write) up to now?

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IV. Give the correct tense of the verbs in brackets: Present Tenses.
1. Listen! I (think) someone ( knock) at the door.
2. Up to the present, we (write) almost every lesson in the book.
3. The earth (circle) the sun once every 365 days.
4. The farmers (work) in the field at the moment.
5. How many times you (see) him since he went to London?
6. Rivers usually (flow) to the sea.
7. Look! The boy (cry).
8. He always (mess) up the kitchen.
9. Mrs. Green always (go) to work by bus.
10. We (be) from France. We (be) there for 20 years.
11. I (be) sorry. I (forget) that girl’s name already.
12. Mary always (leave) her dirty socks on the floor for me to pick up! Who does she think I am? Her
maid?
13. I constantly (pick) up Mary’s dirty socks.
14. We usually (grow) vegetables in our garden but this year we (not grow) any.
15. You ever (see) a lion?
SOME IRREGULAR VERBS
be was/were been
become became become
begin began begun
buy bought bought
build built built
come came come
cut cut cut
do did done
drive drove driven
fall fell fallen
flow flew flown
forget forgot forgotten
grow grew grown
leave left left