PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Lưu ý:
More and more: càng ngày càng => dùng hiện tại tiếp diễn
Vd: The sky is getting more and more gloomy.
Always: trong câu mang tính phàn nàn => dùng hiện tại tiếp diễn
Vd: Mr John (always, forget) … his keys.
Mr John is always forgetting his keys.
You are always talking in the meeting.

I. Choose the correct answer.

1. My father………….. about the way I behave.
A. always complained B. always complains
C. has always complains D. is always complaining
2. I’m sorry I can’t come. I……………my school friend tomorrow.
A. see B. will see C. am seeing D. have been
3. We..................a party next Saturday. Can you come?
A. will have B. are having C. have D. will have had
4. The results of the research ____________that, presently, several East Asian
countries _____ rapidly.
A. have indicated – were developing B. indicate – are developing
C. are indicated – have been developing D. had indicated – developed
5. – “What are you doing under the desk?” – “I ____________ to find my
pen.”
A. tried B. try C. have tried D. am trying
6. We’ve won a holiday for two to Florida. I ____________ my mum.
A. am taking B. have taken
C. take D. will talk
7. “No. mine there behind the door.”
A. is hanging B. has hung
C. hangs D. hung
8. I don’t really work here, I _______ until the new secretary arrives.
A. just help out B. have just helped out
C. am just helping out D. will just help out
9. How's the weather?
A. It rain. B. It's rain C. It's raining D. It rainy
10.Keep silent! The baby __________ .
A. sleeps B. is sleep C. sleeping D. is sleeping
11.We __________ in grade 12 now.
A. are B. are being C. being D. is
12.At the moment, our children __________ in the garden.
A. is playing B. playing C. are playing D. are play
13.It’s 7 o’clock in the morning, my mother __________ in the kitchen.
A. cooks B. is cook C. is cooking D. cook
14.“Why __________?” my father said angrily.
A. you always tell lie B. are you always tell lie
C. are you always telling lie D. do you always tells lie
15.I _______ at home now.
A. not staying B. aren’t staying
C. am not staying D. stay
16.Today Mr. and Mrs. Bike _______ to work separately because one of them
has to go to a meeting after work.
A. drives B. drive C. is driving D. are driving

17.Tom’s mother isn’t at home now so he _______ dinner for himself.

A. cooks B. cook C. is cooking D. is cook
18.I _______ in the room right now.
 A. am being B. was being C. have been being D. am
19.Her brother _______ in Canada at present.
A. working B. works C. is working D. work

20.My mother _______ dinner while my father _______ the floor.

A. cooks – is cleaning B. is cooking – cleans
C. is cooking – is cleaning D. cooks – cleans
21.The new cook _______ the soup at the moment.
A. tastes B. has tasted C. has been tasting D. is tasting
22.Either George or Robert _______ to the meeting tonight.
A. are coming B. is coming C. have come D. comes
23._______ next to the beautiful girl over there at present?
A. Your brother is sitting B. Is your brother sitting
C. Is your brother sit D. Does your brother sit
24.Now she _______ to her mother about her bad marks.
A. is lying B. lie C. is lying D. lying
25.I’m sorry I can’t come. I _______ my school friend tomorrow.
A. see B. will see C. am seeing D. have seen
II. Hth
1. It (get) ______ dark. Shall I turn on the light?
2. They don't have any where to live at the moment. They(stay) ________ with
friends until they find somewhere.
3. Why are all these people here? What (happen) ________ ?
4. Where is your mother? She ________ (have) dinner in the kitchen.
5. The student (not, be) ________ in class at present.
6. Some people (not drink) ________ coffee now.
7. At present, he (compose) ________ a piece of music.
8. We (have) ________ dinner in a restaurant right now.
 9. Sit down! A strange dog (run)___________ to you.
10.My brothers (not/ drink)__________ coffee at the moment.
11.Look! Those people (climb)__________ the mountain so fast.
12.That girl (cry)_______ loudly in the party now.
13.What (you/ do)________ in the kitchen?
14.Tonight we (not/ go)_______ to our teacher’s wedding party.
15.Where are you? We (wait)__________ for you!
16.It’s 12 o’clock, and my parents (cook) ________ lunch in the kitchen.
17.Now she (lie) ________ to her mother about her bad marks. (bad mark: điểm
xấu >< good marks: điểm tốt)
18.Now they (try) ________ to pass the examination.: vượt qua
III. Find the mistake.
1. Are you do homework right now?
2. The children play football in the back yard: sân sau at the moment.
3. What does your elder/older / younger sister doing?
4. All of Andy’s friends having fun at the party right now.
5. Look! Those people are fight with each other: lẫn nhau
6. . Noah is tries very hard for the upcoming exam.: kì thi sắp diễn ra
7. My English speaking skill improving thanks to ELSA Speak.
8. What kind of clothes are children wear nowadays?
9. My mother is busy today. She is cook dinner.
10.They are try to pass the examination.
IV. Sắp xếp từ thành câu hoàn chỉnh
1. doing/ is/ mother/ what/ your/ ?
2. An/ Hung /are/ what/ doing/ now/ and/ ?
3. that/ Hanoi/ to/ going/ businessman/ is
4. truck/ is he/ driving/ his/ ?
5. waiting/ is/ who/ he/ for?
6. driving/ to /Quang/ is/ Hue.
7. vegetable/ the/ market/ to/ taking/ is/ he/ the.
8. Nha Trang/ the /is/ train/ to/ going.
9. the garden/ the/ are/ children/ playing/ in.
10.brushing/ teeth/ Mai/ her/ is.
V. Dùng từ gợi ý , viết thành câu hoàn chỉnh ở thì Hiện tại tiếp diễn.
1. They/ play/ soccer/ at present.
 2. She/listen/ music/ in room.
3. My sister/ read/ book/ her room.
4. My mother/ work/ in the garden/ now
5. Nga and Phuong/ watch/ TV/ now
6. -What/ she/ do/ at the moment? - She/ cook the dinner.
7. -Where/ you/ go/ now? - I/ go/ the post office.
8. He /do/his housework/ now?

PRESENT SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS

I. Complete the sentences by using suitable form of the verbs in the box.
bite bleed flow rain grow leave
wake seem take shine belong
1. The River Nile ______ into the Mediterranean.
2. This book is mine. That one ______ to Pierre.
3. Look at Joan. She ______ her fingernails. She must be nervous.
4. We usually ______ vegetables in our garden.
5. Let’s go out. It (not) ______ now.
6. Every morning, the sun ______ in my bedroom window and ______ me up.
7. Jim is very untidy. He always ______ his things all over the place.
8. Ann ______ very happy at the moment.
9. He’s a photographer. He ______ a lot of photos.
10.Oh! What’s the matter with your hand? It ______ .
II. Complete the sentences using the correct form of verbs.
1. Lan (not have) ............................. many friends in her new school.
2. Hung (come) ........… .................. from Vinh but he (stay) .............................
with his relatives in Ho Chi Minh city at the moment.
3. We (not drive) ............................. to work every day. We
(go) ............................. by bus.
4. Who you (talk) ............................. to on the phone now, Minh?

5. How often ............................. she (go) ............................. fishing?

- She (go) ............................. once a year.
 6. It often __________________ in Ireland. That’s why they call it the “Green
Island”. But it__________________ there at the moment. (rain, not rain)
7. Such behavior normally __________________ me furious. (make)
8. Stop right now! You __________________ the flowers every time the ball
__________________ in the flower bed. (break, land)
9. The black car _____________________ to my grandmother. (belong)
10.I _____________________ what you _____________________ me but I
don’t agree with you (hear, tell)
11.Why _____________________ my dress? – Oh, I’m sorry. It
_____________________like mine! (you wear, look)
12.What _____________________ for a living? - He is a government official
but he quit his job a few weeks ago. – And what _____________________
now? – Now he ________________ for a new job. (your Dad do, he do,
look)
13.I hate living in Hue City because it always (rain) ________ there.
14.Jimmy (currently write) _______ about his adventures.
15.Computers (become)________ more and more popular these days.
III. Fnbvje
PARAGRAPH 1
It (be) is Sunday evening and my friends and I (be) _______ at Jane's
birthday party. Jane (wear) ______ a beautiful long dress and (stand) ______ next
to her boyfriend. Some guests (drink) ______ wine or beer in the corner of the
room. Some of her relatives (dance) ______ in the middle of the room. Most
people (sit) ______ on chairs, (enjoy) ______ foods and (chat) ______ with one
another. We often (go) ______ to our friend’s birthday parties. We always (dress)
______ well and (travel) ______ by taxi. Parties never (make) ______ us bored
because we like them.
PARAGRAPH 2
Dear Editor! I ______ (write) this letter because it ______ (seem) to me that
far too many changes ______ (take) place in my country these days, and, as a
result, we ______ (lose) our identity. I ______ (live) in a small town but even this
town ______ (change) before my eyes. For example, town authorities ______
(build) a burger place where my favorite restaurant used to be. Our culture ______
(belong) to everybody, and I ______ (not understand) why the town leaders
______ (not do) to preserve it. They simply ______ (not care). In fact, I ______
(think) of starting an action group. I ______ (appear) on a TV show on Friday
evening to make people aware of how important this issue is. It’s time for us to
start doing something before it ______ (get) too late.
IV. Rerange
1. He/ often/ have/ breakfast/ late.
2. You/ do/ the housework/ at the moment?
3. I/ not/ go/ to school/ on weekends.
4. John's girlfriend/ wear/ a red T-shirt/ now.
5. They/ like/ beer or wine?
6. What/ he/ usually/ do/ at night?
7. The teacher/ never/ lose/ his temper.
8. Why/ you/ listen/ to music/ loudly now?
V. Find mistake
1. John sleeping in the car soundly.
2. Ted and Baker always arrives late.
3. Megan speak softly to her mother.
4. Jane and her children playing happily in the garden.
5. Are you always come early in the morning?
6. Why do they always makes the room dirty?
7. What are Rosa doing during the vacation?
8. I needs to boil some eggs.
9. My father are driving the car fast.
10.This dress look gorgeous on you.
11.Are you do homework right now?
12.The children playing football at the moment.
13.What does your mother doing?
14.Look! Those people fight with each other.
15.My son tries very hard for the upcoming exam.
16.Somebody are climb up this tree over there.
17.Lan is always going to school by bus.
18.The river flows very past at present.
19.She is lives with some best friends until her brother can find a flat.
 20.My sister usually washing the dishes after dinner.

PRESENT TENSE
I. Choose the correct answer.
1. Lan …….. a shower at the moment, so could you call back in about half
an hour?
A. takesB. is takingC. has takenD. has been taking
2. ……….. to Ipswich before?
A. Do you ever goB. Are you ever going
C. Have you ever beenD. Have you ever been going
3. I ……… to all the local newspapers and TV stations to complain.
A. already writeB. already writing
C. have already writtenD. have already been writing
4. ……….. TV for the last four hours? Turn it off and get some exercise!
A. Do you watchB. Are you watching
C. Watched youD. Have you been watching
5. Eric, ………. hockey competitively or just for fun?
A. do you usually playB. are you usually playing
C. have you usually playedD. have you usually been playing
6. That’s the first time ………. an answer right today!
A. I getB. I am goingC. I have gotD. I have been getting
7. Jessica has ……… left , I’m afraid.
A. alreadyB. yetC. stillD. so far
8. Dan ………… in the living room while we redecorate his bedroom.
A. sleepsB. is sleepingC. has sleptD. does slept
9. Unfortunately, Simone ……… a day off very often.
A. doesn’t getB. isn’t gettingC. hasn’t gotD. hasn’t been getting
10.Actually, I ……….. a cup of tea first thing every morning but then I
switch to coffee.
A. do drinkB. am drinkingC. have drunkD. have been drinking
II. Circle the correct word or phrase.
1. Elizabeth usually goes/ is usually going to bed at around eleven o’clock.
2. Dan talks/ is talking on the other phone right now.
3. We don’t eat/ aren’t eating any meat at the moment as we’re both on a diet.
4. Does air travel get/ Is air travel getting increasingly safe?
5. My mum calls/ is calling me every weekend without fail.
6. How much do babysitters generally earn/ are babysitters generally
earning?
7. You always come/ You’re always coming up with excuses for not having
done your homework. It’s so annoying!
8. I don’t go/ I’m not going out much during the week but I always try / I’m
always trying to go out somewhere on Saturday night.
9. No, the train does stop / is stopping at Cirencester on Saturdays.
10.My mum takes / is taking part in ice-skating competitions almost every
weekend.
III. Rewrite correctly. Change the words or phrases in bold.
1. My dad is often getting up late on Saturday mornings.
________________________________________________
2. Are you speaking any other languages apart from English?
________________________________________________
3. I already buy all my Christmas presents and it’s only October!
________________________________________________
4. It’s the first time I’m ever having a party at home.
________________________________________________
5. Actually, I think Darren does works quite hard sometimes.
________________________________________________
6. Carlo is never eating Chinese food before.
________________________________________________
7. Sean already books a table for tonight.
________________________________________________
8. Needs Melanie any help painting her new flat?
________________________________________________

IV. Complete using the correct form of the verb in brackets.

1. It’s the first time ___________ (I / ever / eat) octopus!
2. Sandy ___________ (not / see) his sister since she went to university.
3. They ___________ (go) on holiday to Spain and won’t be back until the
end of the month.
4. Poor Tracy! She ___________ (write) that essay for hours now and she still
hasn’t finished.
5. ___________ (you / ever/ meet) anyone famous?
6. ___________ (I / try) to get in touch with Jenny all morning but I can’t find
her anywhere.
7. ___________ (I / not finish) the book yet so I can’t tell you what happens.
8. ___________ (I / never / hear) such nonsense!