Find all the examples of the past simple and the present perfect in the article. Complete the rules in the Learn this! box below with present perfect or past simple. Then underline an example of each rule in the article.

LEARN THIS! Present perfect and past simple

a. We use ¹___________ to talk about a specific occasion in the past.

b. We use ²___________ to talk about a specific period of time that is still continuing.

c. We use ³___________ to say how long a situation has existed, often with for, since, or how long.

d. We use ⁴___________to talk about an event that has a strong connection with the present, often with just, already, or yet.

e. We use ⁵___________to talk about an experience at an unspecified time in the past, often with ever or never.

3. Find examples of some and any in the text in exercise 2. Then complete the rules in the Learn this! box.

(Tìm các ví dụ về “some” và “any” trong bài khóa trong bài tập 2. Sau đó hoàn thành các quy tắc trong hộp Learn this!)

LEARN THIS! some and any

We use some and any with uncountable and plural countable nouns.

a. We use _____ in affirmative sentences.

b. We use _____ in negatives sentences and questions.

Read the Learn this! box and complete the rules. Use the dialogue to help you. How many examples of this tense are there in the dialogue?

Present continuous and present simple

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

Exercise 3. Complete the table with sentences 3-6. Which time expressions do we use with a) the present simple, and b) the present continuous?

(Hoàn thành bảng với các câu 3-6. Cụm từ chỉ thời gian nào chúng ta sử dụng với thì hiện tại đơn, và thì hiện tại tiếp diễn?)

1. We sometimes do projects.

2. We're doing a project today.

3. I usually check new words.

4. I'm checking a new word at the moment.

5. They always wear uniforms.

6. They're wearing their uniforms now.

7. Look at the highlighted first conditional sentence in the text in exercise 6, and read the Learn this! box below. Complete rule a with present simple and will + verb. Then find two more examples in the text.

(Nhìn vào câu điều kiện loại 1 được tô nổi lên trong bài đọc ở bài số 6, và đọc hộp Learn this! ở dưới. Hoàn thành quy tắc a với thì hiện tại đơn và will + động từ. Sau đó tìm thêm hai ví dụ khác trong bài đọc.)

LEARN THIS! The first conditional(Câu điều kiện loại 1)

a. We use the first conditional to predict the result of an action. We use the (1) _____ to describe the action, and (2) _____ to describe the result. 

If I get the job, I'll have to move to New York.

b. The if clause can come before or after the main clause. If it comes after, we don't use a comma. 

I won’t take the job if it isn't challenging enough.

Study the examples of the present perfect simple and continuous from the blog on page 32. Then complete rules 1-3.

Present perfect simple 

She has stopped off in Mexico...

“I've worked hard!”

“It hasn't always been easy or fun.”

Present perfect continuous 

Liz Clark has been living that dream…

I've been following her inspirational blog...

Adverts on Liz's blog have been paying for her trip.

GRAMMAR 

  I.Give the correct form of the words in the blank (the present simple and present continuous).

 Chia động từ trong ngoặc ở thì hiện tại đơn và hiện tại tiếp diễn

1.   Lan (not have) ................... many friends in her new school.

2.   Hung (come) ............................. from Vinh

3.   We (not drive) ....................... to work every day. We (go) ....................... by bus.

4.   Who you (talk) ............................. to on the phone now, Minh?

5.   Where your new friend (live) ............................., Nga?- She (live) ............................. on Hang Bai street.

6.   you (be) ............................. in class 7A?- No, I (be)  ............................. in class 7D.

7.   Look! Jane (play).................. the guitar. This afternoon, she will play table tennis.

8.   I (not talk) ............................. to her at present

9.   How often............................. she (go) ............................. fishing?- She (go) ............................. once a year.

10.  (Be) ............ your friends........... students?- Yes, they (be) .............................

IB. Contrast: present simple and continuous (So sánh: Thì hiện tại đơn và hiện tại tiếp diễn)

1. Complete the sentences with the present simple affirmative form of the verbs below.

(Hoàn thành các câu với dạng khẳng định của thì hiện tại đơn của các động từ dưới đây.)

1. My aunt _____ in Scotland.

2. Carl _____ his grandparents every weekend.

3. Audrey _____ TV in her bedroom every evening.

4. My mum’s a scientist: she _____ climate change.

5. Brooklyn _____ the piano really well.

6. My cousin _____ to school in Switzerland.

7. Now that she’s at secondary school, she _____ her old teachers from primary school.

8. Grace _____ double maths every Tuesday.