Simple present tense
(Thì hiện tại đơn)
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I. The affirmative form of the simple present: (câu khẳng định của thì hiện
tại đơn)
I, you, we, they play games
He, she, it plays games
I, you, we, they watch TV
He, she, it watches TV
S + V_bare (khi chủ ngữ số nhiều thì dùng động từ nguyên
mẫu)
S + Vs/es (khi chủ ngữ số ít thì dùng động từ thêm s/ es)
For example, "he plays, she sings,it works."
He watches TV
She washes her face
My brother goes to school
Examples:
Nancy and James speak good German.
Nancy works in a restaurant downtown.
The children play in the garden every weekend.
1. I have breakfast at 7:30 in the morning.
2. Nga and I go to the park at the weekend
3. My mother cooks dinner
4. My grandmother and grandfather read newspaper
II. The negative form of the simple present: ( câu phủ định của thì hiện
tại đơn)
I, you, we, they do not play games
don't go to the park
He, she, it does not
doesn't
S + don’t + V_bare (khi chủ ngữ số nhiều thì dùng don’t và động từ nguyên mẫu)
S + doesn’t + V_ bare (khi chủ ngữ số ít thì dùng doesn’t và động từ nguyên mẫu)
Examples:
I don’t go to bed before 10 p.m
She doesn’t go to school late
My father doesn’t go fishing
Lan and her sister don’t go to the zoo at weekend.
III. The interrogative form of the simple present: (Câu hỏi của thì hiện tại
đơn)
Do I, you, we, play games?
they have breakfast?
Doe he, she, it
s
Yes, I/ you/ we/ they do Yes, he/ she/ it does
No, I/you/ we/ they don’t No, he/ she/ it doesn’t
Do + S + V_bare? (khi đặt câu hỏi với chủ ngữ số nhiều thì dùng Do ở đầu câu)
Does +S +V_bare? (Khi đặt câu hỏi với chủ ngữ số ít thì dùng Does ở đầu câu)
Examples:
Do you speak good German?
Yes, I do / No, I don’t
Does Nancy work in a restaurant downtown?
Yes, she does / No, she doesn’t
There are however some special cases. Here are the spelling rules:
Verbs ending Verbs ending
Silent e Vowel + y Consonant + y
in o in s, z, sh, ch
close = play = study = studies go = goes miss = misses
closes plays marry = do = does buzz = buzzes
note = notes say = says marries watch = watches
finish = finishes
teach = teaches
Examples:
She drives to work every morning.
He says he plays football on the weekends
Exception:
The verb to have changes its forms as follows:
I have two sisters and two brothers. But she has one sister and two brothers.
I/ You/ We/ They have
he / she / it has
Things to remember about the simple present:
[Link] the interrogative forms, we use "do" or "does".
"Do you like the house?"
"Does she go to school?"
2. Verbs never take an "s" in the the negative and interrogative forms.
"Does he speak German?"
"Do they play soccer?"
She doesn't like ice cream.
3. don't is the short form of "do not". You can say either:
I do not speak Italian, or
I don't speak Italian.
[Link]'t is the short form of "does not". you can say either:
He does not listen to jazz music, or
He doesn't listen to jazz music.