TENSES

Ms Nguyen Hoai An
 Simple Present

Tenses Simple Past

Present
Continuous
 * Usage Simple Present
General truths Habits Schedules
- Thịnh is a student. - He drinks tea at - The train starts
breakfast. at 9 o’clock
- I feel hungry. - I usually read book everyday.
in my free time.
- Water freezes at zero - She always wears - We have the first
degrees. dress. class at 7 a.m.
* Signal Simple Present

every always sometimes usually

often never once/twice

 * Usage Simple Past
Finished actions, states or habits in the past.
- Thịnh is a student. - He drinks tea at - The train starts
breakfast. at 9 o’clock
everyday.

- Thịnh was a student. - He drank tea at - The train started

breakfast. at 9 o’clock
yesterday.
* Signal Simple Past

yesterday The day before last

ago In the past This morning *

 Simple Present
Đơn (giản) Hiện tại

Simple Past

Đơn (giản) Qúa khứ

 Verb

To be Regular Verb
To be
Simple
S am/is/are a/n Present
S was/were a/n Past

I am a student. I am tired.
I was a student. I was tired.
They are happy.
They were happy.
 S am/is/are not a/n Present
S was/were not a/n Past

I am a student. I am not a student.

I was a student. I was not a student.
They are happy. They are not happy.
They were happy. They were not happy.
 Am/Is/Are S a/n ? Present
Was/Were S a/n ? Past

I am a student. Are you a student?

I was a student. Were you a student?
They are happy. Are they happy?
They were happy. Were they happy?
Regular Verb
 Simple
S V (s/es) Present
S V (2/ed) Past

I go to the zoo. I look at him.

I went to the zoo. I looked at him.
* Note 1 Simple Present

“abc” C = o s ch x sh
Ông Sáu Chạy Xe SH
“abces”
• fix – fixes • miss – misses
• do – does • wash – washes
* Note 2 Simple Present

“abc” C=Y “aby”

• copy – copies “abies”

• study – studies
Simple
S do/does not V1 Present
S did not V1 Past

I don’t go to the zoo.

I didn’t go to the zoo.
He doesn’t go to the zoo.
He didn’t go to the zoo.
 Do/Does S V1? Present
Did S V1? Past

Do you go to the zoo?

Did you go to the zoo?
Does he eat an apple?
Did he eat an apple?
* Usage Present Continuous
 things that are happening at the moment of speaking
 temporary situations/habits

• We are studying English now.

• Your father is working at the present.
• She's staying with her friend for a week
* Signal Present Continuous

now At the present At the moment

Look! Listen! right now

 S am/is/are V_ing

I am thinking.
He is talking.
We are playing badminton.
They are walking through the forest.
 S am/is/are not V_ing

I am thinking.
I am not thinking.
He is talking.
He is not (isn’t) talking.
We are playing badminton.
We are not (aren’t) playing badminton.
 Am/Is/Are S V_ing ?

I am thinking.
Are you thinking ?
He is talking.
Is he talking ?
They are walking through the forest.
Are they walking through the forest ?
* Note 1 Present Continuous
“abc” C=E 
“abe”

• take – taking “abing”

• drive – driving
* Note 2 Present Continuous
1 syllable (1 âm tiết)
win put
“abc”

vowel consonant

Abcc-ing winning putting

* Note 3 Present Continuous

“abc” C = IE “abie”

• lie – lying “abying”

• die – dying
 Pres
Simp
ent
le
conti
pres
nuou
ent
s

Everyday I go to school by bike, but today I’m going to

school by bus.

John's working in a bar until he finds a job in his field.

* Những từ không chia thì HTTD
want suppose know mean

like remember belong lack

love forget hope appear

prefer understand realize sound

need depend hate contain

believe seem wish taste