LESSON 1: THE PRESENT SIMPLE & THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE.THÌ HIỆN TẠI ĐƠN & THÌ HIỆN TẠI TIẾP DIỄN I.. Diễn tả một hành động hoặc một thói quen ở hiện tại always, usually, often, sometimes
Trang 1LESSON 1: THE PRESENT SIMPLE & THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE.
(THÌ HIỆN TẠI ĐƠN & THÌ HIỆN TẠI TIẾP DIỄN)
I The Present Simple Tense:
1 Form: To be
- Affirmative: S + V1… S + am/is/are……
- Negative: S + do/does + not + V… S + am/is/are + not…
- Interrogative: Do/Does + S + V….? Am/Is/Are + S ….?
2 Use:
a Diễn tả một hành động hoặc một thói quen ở hiện tại (always, usually, often, sometimes, occasionally, seldom, rarely, every…….)
Ex: I usually go to school in the afternoon
b Diễn tả một chân lí, một sự thật lúc nào cũng đúng
Ex: The earth moves around the sun
3 Đối với ngôi thứ ba số ít: He, She, It.
a Thêm “S” vào sau động từ thường.
Ex: Lan often gets up early in the morning
b Thêm “ES” vào sau các động từ tận cùng là: ch, sh, s, x, o, z.
Ex: He watches a lot of TV on Sundays
II The Present Progressive Tense:
1 Form:
- Affirmative: S + am/is/are + V-ing……
- Negative: S + am/is/are + not + V-ing…
- Interrogative: Am/Is/Are + S + V-ing ….?
2 Use:
Diễn tả một hành động đang xảy ra trong lúc nói (now, at the moment, at this time, at present….)
Ex: - I am looking for the latest newspaper now
- They are watching a sport game show at the moment
3 Note:
Một số động từ không dùng ở thì Present Progressive, mà chỉ dùng ở thì Present
Simple: to be, to want, to need, to have (có), to know, to understand…
Ex: - We are tenth-grade students now
- I understand the lesson at the moment
LESSON 2: EXERCISES
Put the verbs in parentheses into the correct tense:
1 He (practice) _ the piano every day
2 I (believe) you
Trang 23 Maria (have) _ a cold now.
4 He (swim) _ right now
5 John (hate) smoke
6 Jill always (get up) at 6.00 a.m
7 Joan (travel) _ around the world
8 Maryam (stay) with us at the moment
9 Listen to those people! What language they (speak) _?
10 It (not rain) much in our country in winter
11 They usually (work) _ five day a week
12 What subjects you (study) today, Nam?
13 We (talk) to our friends now
14 Every day, he (brush) teeth at 5:30 and (have) _ breakfast at 6
15 Nam (go) _ to his school by bike every day, but today he (take) _ a bus
16 The students (plant) trees in the garden at the moment
17 Quang (not want) any coffee
18 The boys (play) volleyball?
19 WORKDAY:
My father (be) a driver He (work) for a company in Ha Noi Everyday, he (go) to work at 6 a m and (come) _ back home at 5 p m Sometimes he (go) to work earlier and (get) _ home late He often (go) to Hai Phong on his business He never (travel) _
to Ho Chi Minh city or Hue He (love) his job very much
NOW:
At the moment he (not work) _ and he (relax) _ at home He (listen) to music and (read) newspaper He (wait) _ a phone call from one of his friends
20 Thang usually (play) piano after school?
21 They (look) at me but they (not say) _ anything
22 You often (fly) kites in the fall?
32 What your father (do)?
33 Your sister (do) her homework?
34 How many people (be) _ there in your family/
35 The teacher (explain) the exercises to the students right now
LESSON 3: THE FUTURE SIMPLE : THÌ TÖÔNG LAI ÑÔN
1 Form:
- Affirmative: S + will/shall + Vo….
- Negative: S + will/shall + not + Vo…
Trang 3- Interrogative: Will/Shall + S + Vo….?
(will not = won’t; shall not = shan’t)
2 Use:
Diễn tả một hành động xảy ra ở tương lai (tomorrow, in the future, next… ),
không có dự định trước
Ex: It will rain tomorrow
3 Notes:
a Trong câu nghi vấn, chúng ta chỉ dùng Shall I/Shall We… ?
Ex: Shall we go out for a dinner tonight?
b be going + Vo: Diễn tả một dự định ở tương lai.
Ex: I am going to play volleyball on Sunday
EXERCISES Put the verbs in parentheses into the correct tense:
1 They (drive) to school tomorrow
2 We (hold) _ a soccer match next Sunday
3 He (go) _ to that book shop tomorrow
4 We (visit) her house on this Sunday?
5 They (go) camping _ this summer in a foreign country
6 Hoa (have) a party this evening and it (end) _ at 7 o’clock
7 I (phone) you tomorrow evening?
8 Tam and his family (be) at his farm all of the next harvest time
9 They (not come) back soon?
10 She (be) abroad for her higher study next year
LESSON 4: EXCLAMATIONS : CÂU CẢM THÁN
1 WHAT + A/ AN + SINGULAR COUNTABLE NOUN!
EX: What a beautiful picture!
2 WHAT + PLURAL COUNTABLE NOUN!
EX: What pretty girls!
3 WHAT + UNCOUNTABLE NOUN!
EX: What nice weather!
EXERCISES
Write the exclamations for the given situations:
1 wet day
_
2 dirty hand
_
3 difficult task
Trang 4 _
4 busy week
_
5 cold days
_
6 delicious cakes
_
7 good milk
_
8 friendly people
_
9 interesting story
_
10 cold water
_
11 muddy road
_
12 lovely postcards
_
13 boring party
_
14 intelligent student
_
15 beautiful flowers
_
LESSON 5: READING
A Hoa is eighteen years old She is a student at University In Ha Noi Her
family is in Ha Noi with her too Her father is a factory worker and her mother is a nurse She is working fof the Central Hospital of Ha Noi Hoa has got a brother and a sister Her brother is a student at University too Her sister is still young She goes to kindergarten
B Tam is twelve years old She is a student at a secondary school in Hai
Phong She is not living with her family Her family lives in Nghe An Her father is a farmer and her mother is a farmer too Her parents work hard on the farm from morning till evening Tam has got a sister and two brothers Her sister is in a primary school Her brothers are twins They are all at a technical college
C Thao is thirty years old She is an engineer She works in a chemical factory
in Ho Chi Minh City Her family is in Nha Trang Her father is a researcher and her
Trang 5mother is a lawyer They both work in Nha Trang Thao is the only child in the family She hasn’t got any sisters or brothers
Read the paragraphs and tick in the suitable columns about Hoa, Tam and Thao:
Hoa Tam Thao
2 Her parents are farmers
3 She is a student in Hai Phong
4 She has got a brother and a sister
5 She is a university student
6 She is an engineer
7 She works in Ha Noi
8 Her brothers are twins
9 Her father is a factory worker
10 Her brothers are college students
11 Her parents work hard all day in the farm
12 Her sister goes to kindergarten
13 She is the only child in the family
14 She has got a brother and sister
15 She is living with her family
16 Her father is a researcher
17 She has got a sister and two brothers
18 Her family is in Nghe An
19 Her brother is a primary school student
20 She is twelve years old
LESSON 6: COMPARISONS
I Comparative: So sánh hơn
1 Short adj/ adv : S1 + V + short adj/adv + ER + than + S2.
* Tính từ/trạng từ ngắn là từ có một vần hay hai vần tận cùng bằng “y”.
fast, cold, thick, lucky, happy …
Ex: - John is stronger than his brother
(John khoẻ hơn anh của cậu ấy.)
- This athlete runs faster than that one
(Vận động viên này chạy nhanh hơn vận động viên kia)
2 Long adj/ adv: S1 + V + more + long adj/adv + than + S2.
* Tính từ/trạng từ dài là từ có hai vần trở lên
modern, patient, difficult, fluently, beautifully, …
Trang 6Ex: - This problem is more difficult than we thought.
(Vấn đề này khó hơn chúng ta nghĩ.)
- He speaks English more fluently than his friend
(Anh ta nói tiếng Anh trôi chảy hơn bạn của anh ta.)
II Superlative: So sánh nhất
1 Short adj/ adv: S + V + the + adj/adv + EST + N
Ex: Yesterday was the hottest day of the year
(Hôm qua là ngày nóng nhất trong năm.)
2 Long adj/ adv: S + V + the + MOST + adj/adv + N
Ex: She is the most beautiful girl in the class
(Cô ấy là cô gái đẹp nhất trong lớp.)
* LƯU Ý:
- Ta có thể dùng the least để chỉ mức độ kém … nhất.
Ex: This story is the least interesting of all
(Đây là câu chuyện kém thú vị nhất trong các câu chuyện.)
LESSON 7: EXERCISES (COMPARISONS)
I Complete the sentences Use the comparative form of one of the words in the list:
big crowed early easily high important
interested peaceful reliable serious simple thin
1 I was feeling tired last night, so I went to bed earlier than usual
2 I’d like to have a _ car The one I’ve got keeps breaking down
3 Unfortunately, her illness was _ than we thought at first
4 You look _ Have you lost weight?
5 I want a flat We don’t have enough space here
6 He doesn’t study very hard He’s in having a good time
7 Health and happiness are _ than money
8 The instructions were very complicated They could have been
9 There were a lot of people on the bus It was than usual
10 I like living in the country It’s than living in the town
11 You’ll find your way around the town if you have a good map
12 In some parts of the country, prices are _ than in others
II Fill in the blanks with the comparative of the adverbs in the box:
easily early fast carefully high
Trang 7often hard long loud
1 We could have found the place more easily with a map
2 We can’t hear Could you speak a bit ?
3 I can’t jump any _ than that
4 We are late Can you walk _ than that?
5 There are big traffic jams in big cities They happen nowadays
6 Who works the in your family?
7 Of all the student, Mark did the test the
8 The movie starts at eight, but we should get to the theater a few minutes _
9 This exercise may take than we thought
III Complete the sentences Use a superlative (-est or most…) or a comparative (-er or
more…):
1 We stay at the hotel in the town (cheap)
2 Our hotel was than all the others in the town (cheap)
3 The United States is very large but Canada is (large)
4 What’s the river in the world? (long)
5 What is the sport in your country? (popular)
6 Everest is the _ mountain in the world It is than any other mountains (high)
7 We had a great holiday It was one of the holidays we’re ever had (enjoyable)
8 I prefer this chair to the other one It’s (comfortable)
9 What’s the way of getting from here to the station? (quick)
10 Mr and Mrs Brown have got three daughters The is 14 years old (old)
LESSON 33: EXERCISES (COMPARISONS)
I/ Use the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives.
There are lots of hotels in HCM City You get a wider (wide) choice here than in the other cities of Viet Nam The new world hotel is the (famous) because president Bill Clinton once stayed there It’s also one of the (expensive) hotels in the city It is currently the (large) hotel in Viet Nam with 552 guest rooms Hotel Sofitel Plaza is a (small) hotel but it is (expensive) than the New World hotel It’s the (comfortable) of all Hotel Equatorial HCM City is also a superior first-class hotel in the city, but it is _ (cheap) than Hotel Sofitel Plaza These hotels are (popular) with business people than with tourists Personally I can’t think of anything (boring) than a big modern hotel My own favorite is
Trang 8Binh Quoi Tourist Village, which is (small) and (pleasant) than many other hotels The staff at Bing Quoi Tourist Village are (helpful) than at the other hotels Binh Quoi tourist Village is also in a _ (nice) place than the others There are 49 well-furnished rooms in a very quiet atmosphere It is just about 20 minutes by car from the city center
II/ Rewrite the sentences with as… as… or not as… as….
1 Bob is taller than Jack
Jack isn’t
2 Tokyo is bigger than Ha Noi
Ha Noi isn’t _
3 Jill is more intelligent than Bill
Bill is
4 Are you and your husband the same age?
Are you _ your husband?
5 You work harder than I
I don’t
6 Dogs are friendlier than cats
Cats
7 The sun is hotter than the moon
The moon _
8 You look younger than Carol
Carol _
III/ Complete the sentences with an opposite adjective in its comparative or superlative form.
1 A: Dick is the youngest in the family
B: No, he isn’t He is the oldest
2 A: Janet was richer than John
B: No, she wasn’t She was
3 A: This is the easiest exercise in the book
B: No, it isn’t It’s
4 A: Robert is more polite than his brother?
B: No he isn’t He is _
5 A: The weather today is colder than yesterday
B: No, it isn’t It’s _
6 A: Jack is meaner than Alan
B: No, he isn’t He is _
7 A: I am the tallest in this class!
B: No, you aren’t You’re _
8 A: Nam was the happiest in the class
Trang 9B: No, he wasn’t He was _
-LESSON 34: IRREGULAR COMPARISON + EXERCISES
I Tính từ/ trạng từ bất qui tắc
good/well (tốt) better the best
bad/badly (xấu, dở) worse the worst
far (xa) farther/further the farthest/furthest little (ít) less the least
many/much (nhiều) more the most
II Tính từ/ trạng từ tận cùng là “e”
Ex: large larger largest
wide wider widest
nice nicer nicest
III Tính từ tận cùng là “y”
Ex: easy easier easiest
happy happier happiest
pretty prettier prettiest
IV Tính từ/ trạng từ tận cùng là phụ âm đứng trước là một nguyên âm
Ex: hot hotter hottest
big bigger biggest
thin thinner thinnest
EXERCISES
I/ Give the correct form of the adjectives or adverbs in brackets
1 It was an awful day It was the (bad) _ day of my life
2 He was a bit depressed yesterday, but he looks (happy) today
3 John’s car runs (well) than Mary’s
4 That’s the (far) _ way to the city center
5 I feel (good) _ today than I did last week
6 HCM City is the (big) city in Viet Nam
7 Marjorie has (many) _ books than Sue
8 He acts (badly) than ever before
9 This bottle has (little) water than my bottle
10 Nam is (nice) _ than Minh
II/ Rewrite the following sentences, using Comparative
1 My homework is worse than yours
Trang 10Your homework is
2 He does the test more easily than Nga
Nga
3 An dictionary is more expensive than an English book
An English book _
4 He behaves now worse than he used to
He used to
5 My uncle is fatter than my father
My father
6 Viet Nam isn’t as large as the USA
Viet Nam
7 My friend cooks better than I do
I _
8 Hue to Ha Noi is nearer than HCM City to Ha Noi
HCM City to Ha Noi _