Present Simple & Present Continuous

(Thì hiện tại đơn & thì hiện tại tiếp diễn)

1. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.

(Chia động từ trong ngoặc ở thì Hiện tại đơn hoặc Hiện tại tiếp diễn.)

1 My brothers ________________ (always/argue) with each other. It's so annoying!

2 ________________ (Daniel's aunt/live) only a few kilometres from you?

3 ________________ (you/go) shopping with your parents tomorrow?

4 My sister ________________ (not/do) her chores at the weekend.

5 What time ________________ (the train/leave)?

6 My father ________________ (not/drive) to work every day. He takes the bus.

7 My aunt and uncle ________________ (move) into their new house next week.

8 ________________ (we/have) a family reunion tonight?

2. Choose the correct option.

(Chọn phương án đúng.)

1 I _______ my homework at the moment.

A don't do

B 'm not doing

C isn't doing

D doesn't do

2 We _______ a dog. Our house is too small.

A aren't having

B isn't having

C doesn't have

D don't have

3 Penny and Ron _______ with their grandparents this summer.

A are staying

B is staying

C stay

D stays

4 My mum _______ home from work at 8:00 every evening.

A is coming

B come

C comes

D coming

5 _______ for us now?

A Does Jack wait

B Is Jack waiting

C Jack is waiting

D Do Jack wait

6 My younger sister ________ my things. It's upsetting!

A is always taking

B are always taking

C always takes

D always is taking

Stative verbs

(Động từ tình thái)

3. Choose the option (A, B, C or D) to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following sentences. Then correct the mistake.

(Chọn phương án (A, B, C hoặc D) để chỉ ra phần gạch chân cần sửa trong mỗi câu sau. Sau đó sửa các lỗi sai.)

1 Max thinks of studying Psychology at university after he leaves school.

             A              B                       C                                  D

2 I don't want to eat the soup in the fridge because it is smelling strange.

           A              B                C                                    D

3 Lewis can't come to watch our dance show tomorrow because he sees Magda at 7:30.

                   A             B                                                               C              D

4 Why do you look out of the window when you are supposed to be revising?

                  A             B                        C                                         D

5 Beth is wanting to call her cousins in the USA this evening.

               A               B                    C              D

6 The children have dinner with their grandparents at a famous Italian restaurant at present.

                       A                        B                                            C                       D        

4. Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meanings, using the words in the list.

(Viết lại các câu sau mà không làm thay đổi ý nghĩa của chúng, sử dụng các từ trong danh sách.)

1 Anna believes life is difficult for teenagers.

(Anna tin rằng cuộc sống rất khó khăn đối với thanh thiếu niên.)

Anna thinks life is difficult for teenagers.

(Anna nghĩ rằng cuộc sống của thanh thiếu niên thật khó khăn.)

2 My parents are eating rice for dinner.

_________________________________

3 My father seems to be very tired.

_________________________________

4 Ken is behaving in a rude way today.

_________________________________

5 I understand what you mean, but I don't agree.

_________________________________

6 My grandmother's cake has a sweet flavour.

_________________________________

Linking verbs

(Liên từ)

5. Choose the correct option.

(Chọn phương án đúng.)

1 You _______ upset. What happened?

A are looking

B look

C looks

D looking

2 They aren't coming to the party. They _______ really tired.

A are

B be

C are being

D is

3 Is Ellen OK? She _______ angry.

A seem

B seeming

C is seeming

D seems

A sounding

4 Dad _______ awful. Has he got a cold?

A sounding

B sound

C sounds

D is sounding

5 These cakes _______ delicious!

A taste

B are tasting

C are taste

D is tasting

6 My mother _______ mad when I forget to do chores.

A get

B gets

C getting

D is getting

6. Choose the correct option.

(Chọn phương án đúng.)

1 My brother is shy. He usually stays quiet/ quietly at the back of the room at parties.

2 Julie is really sad/sadly because she's just had an argument with her parents.

3 You often become angry/angrily when you play video games.

4 The baby is looking at his toys happy/ happily.

5 The food you're cooking smells really nice/ nicely!

6 My dad is family counsellor/a family counsellor.

7 My mother is tasting the soup careful/ carefully to see if it needs more salt.

8 My cousin Mary looks anxious/anxiously about her exam results.