Chúng ta sử dụng Thì Hiện Tại Đơn để nói về các thói quen hoặc sự việc trong thời gian lâu. vĩnh viễn.
chúng ta đang nói về các hành động hoặc sự kiện thường xuyên.
•They drive to the office every day.
•She doesn't come here very often.
•The news usually starts at 6.00 every evening.
•Do you usually have bacon and eggs for breakfast?
Chúng ta nói về sự thật hiển nhiên :
•We have two children.
•Water freezes at 0° C or 32° F.
•What does this expression mean?
•The Thames flows through London.
Chúng ta nói về sự thật ở tương lai, thường được tìm thấy trong các biểu đồ hoặc lịch trình.
•Christmas Day falls on a Monday this year.
•The plane leaves at 5.00 tomorrow morning.
•Ramadan doesn't start for another 3 weeks.
•Does the class begin at 10 or 11 this week?
Chúng ta nói về suy nghĩ, cảm xúc tại thời điểm đang nói. Mặc dù các cảm xúc này chỉ xảy ra ngắn n, chúng ta sử dụng hiện tại đơn, không dùng thì hiện tại tiếp diễn.
•They don't ever agree with us.
•I think you are right.
•She doesn't want you to do it.
•Do you understand what I am trying to say.
EXCERCISES :
I.Choose the correct form of the following verbs:
wake(s) up - open(s) - speak(s) - take(s) - do(es) - cause(s) - live(s) - play(s) - close(s) - live(s) - drink(s)
1.Ann ___ handball very well.
2.I never ___ coffee.
3.The swimming pool ___ at 7:00 in the morning.
4.It ___ at 9:00 in the evening.
5.Bad driving ___ many accidents.
6.My parents ___ in a very small flat.
7.The Olympic Games ___ place every four years.
8.They are good students. They always ___ their homework.
9.My students ___ a little English.
10.I always ___ up early in the morning.
II.Put the verbs between brackets in the correct form:
1.Jane (not/drink) ___ tea very often.
2.What time (the banks/open) ___ in Britain?
3.Where (John/come) ___ from?
4.It (take) ___ me an hour to get to work.
5.She (not/wake) ___ up early on Sundays.
III.Choose the right verbs to complete the sentences. Sometimes you need the negative:
write - turn - eat - tell - rise
1.The earth ___ around the sun.
2.The sun ___ in the east.
3.Vegetarians ___ meat.
4.A liar is someone who ___ the truth.
5.A novelist ___ novels.
ANSWERS
I...
1.Plays
2.Drink
3.Opens
4.Closes
5.Causes
6.Live
7.Take
8.Do
9.Speak
10.Wake up
II...
1.Does not drink / doesn’t drink
2.Do the banks open
3.Does John come
4.Takes
5.Does not wake up / doesn’t wake.
III...
1.Turns
2.Rises
3.Do not eat/ don’t eat
4.Does not tell / doesn’t tell
5.writes