Sunday, October 8th, 2006

The tenses
The simple present tense, the present progressive tense, the near future and the simple future tense.
I. Aims:
- Request Ss know again how to use these tenses about usage, structures and help them do some exercises.
II. Theory
1. The simple present tense: - Give the ways to use this tense about:
Usage:
Adv of time: every day/week....
Adv of frequency: always, usually, often, never,.....
Form:
2. The present progressive/ continuous tense:
- Give the ways to use this tense about:
Usage:
Adv of time: now, at the moment, at present,...
Some Verbs: look, listen,...
Form:
3. The near future tense.
- Give the ways to use this tense about:
Usage:
* Intention (dự định từ 1 phía)
Eg: I`m going to visit Lan tomorrow. ( but Lan didn`t know about this)
* Prediction ( simple signal) (trời sắp mưa)
Eg: Look! It is going to rain tomorrow
Adv of time:tomorrow, next week/ month..., tonight, soon, in afew minutes.
Form:
4. The simple future tense
- Give the ways to use this tense about:
Usage:
Adv of time: tomorrow, next week/ month..., tonight, soon, in afew minutes
Form:
III. Drill exercises
Ex1: Supply the correct form of the Verbs :
(simple present or present progressive tenses)
1. My sister always (have) Math on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
2. Hung usually ( not do) his homework at 3 o`clock P.M.
3. What your mother (do) at the moment?
4. Let`s (go) out now. It`s (not rain) any more.
5. Look! The children ( skip) rope in the shool ground.
6. How often your father (go) to work?
7. My brother often ( like) (go) swimming in the afternoon.
8. Thu (not drive) a car now.
9. She never (study) English hard.
10. What (be) today? Today (be) Sunday.
11. Hai (come) from Hue but he (stay) with his cousins in Da Nang now.
Ex2: Supply the correct form of the Verbs :
(Use the near future or simple future)
1. Hoa, we don`t have any sugar.
Oh, don’t we? I (get) some from the shop then.
2. Why are you turning on the radio?
We (listen) to music.
3. I`ll get dressed first. Then I(go) to school.
4. They (be) back tomorrow.
5. What we (have) for lunch?
We (have) meat rice and soup.
6. We (not be) at home tonight.
7. They (visit) her next week.
8. He (be) ready in a few minutes.
9. How old you (be) on your next birthday?
10. I hope you (come) here soon.
Ex3: Supply the correct form of the Verbs :
1. Why did you buy all these eggs? - You (make) any cakes? (tlg)
2. The buses (leave) in a few minutes.
3. Who you (talk) to on the phone now?
4. Listen! A baby (cry) next room?
5. Where your new friend (live)? - She (live) at 105 Nguyen Du street.
6. Where are they going? Are they going shopping?
Yes, they (buy) something for lunch. (tlg)
7. You usually (do) housework in the afternoon?
8. Let`s (do) exercise 1 now. It (be) difficult.
9. It`s raining . Don`t go out. You (get) wet.
10. When she (be) back? - Tomorrow.
11. What Duc`s address (be) ? - 20 Ha Huy Tap street.
Ex4: Change these sentences in to negative and interrogative form.
1. My sister often does her homework carefully
2. They are singing a song now.
3. He watches TV everyday.
4. We`ll be at home tomorrow.