DE CUONG HKI - L8

GRADE EIGHT’S GRAMMAR & EXERCISES

((THE 1ST SEMESTER((

((Tenses((
1. The simple present tense:
Form:
To Be:
I + am
You/ We/ They + are
She/ He/ It + is
Ordinary verbs:
I/ You/We/They + Verb ( bare infinitive)
She/ He/ It + Verb – S/ ES ( most of verbs add /S/ except the verbs ending with O/ S/SH/CH/X +/ ES/

Advs:
always, usually, often, sometimes, seldom, rarely, never
every (day/week/month…)
once/twice/ three times (an hour/ a day/ a week…)
In the morning/ afternoon/evening
Uses:
1. Diễn tả một sự việc xãy ra thường xuyên, lặp đi lặp lại hoặ thói quen.
E.g: Maria usually goes to the church.
2. Diễn tả chân lý hay những điều luôn luôn đúng.
E.g: A magnet attracts iron.
3. Diễn tả tình cảm, nhận thức hay tình trạng tồn tại của sự việc.
E.g: I like carrots.
4. Diễn tả một hành động sẻ diễn ra ở tương lai theo theo thời khoá biểu
E.g: The film starts at 7.30 tonight.
((Exercises((
I. Use the simple present of the verbs in brackets:
Jet engines (make) a lot of noise.
I (not/ live) in London. I (live) in Brighton.
The sea (cover) two – thirds of the world.
Loud music (give) me a lot of headache.
We (not/ come) from Canada. We (come) from the USA.
She (work) from Mondays to Fridays. She (not/ work) at the weekend.
Andrew and Lee (not/ go) to school by bus every day. Most morning, Andrew (go) by bicycle and Lee (walk).
You (not/ write) to your pen friend very often, but he (write) to you every week.
She (go) to school everyday?
The sun always (rise) in Egypt.
Bad students never (work) hard.
It (rain) in winter?
He (not/ wake) up at 7.00 o’clock.
The sun (rise) in the east and (set) in the west.
She often (meet) you on the corner of this street.
Engineers (not/ make) plans of buildings.
Ships (travel) from Southampton to New York in four or five days?
The sun (warm) the air and (give) us light.
2. The present progressive tense:
Form:
I + am
You/ We/ They + are + V _ ing
She/ He/ It + is

Advs: now, at the moment, at this time, at present, at speaking time…
Uses:
1. Diễn tả một sự việc đang diễn ra tại thời điềm phát ngôn.
E.g: My mother is in the kitchen now. She is cooking.
2. Diễn tả một sự việc đang xảy ra trong một khoảng thời gian ở hiện tại (không nhất thiết xãy ra tại thời điểm phát ngôn).
E.g: Minh is in Ha Noi now. She is working there.
3. Thể hiện sự phàn nàn về thói quen xấu lặp đi lặp lại. (always/constantly/ continuosly/ forever)
E.g: You are always borrowing money from me.
4. Diễn tả một hành động ở tương lai gần đã được sắp đặt.
Noets: Một số động từ chỉ trạng thái không được dung ở thì tiếp diễn: ASTONISH, APPEAR, BE, BELIEVE, BELONG, COST, CONCERN, CONSIST, CONTAIN, DISLIKE, DOUBT, DEPEND, DESERVE, FIT, GUESS, HAVE, HATE, IMAGINE, IMPRESS, INCLUDE, INVOLVE, LIKE, LACK, LOVE, MATTER, NEED, MEAN, OWE, PLEASE, POSSESS, PREFER, REALIZE, RESEMBLE, SMELL, SOUND, SUPPOSE, SEEM, SATSFY, SURPRISE, TASTE, UNDERSTAND, WANT, WISH,
3. The present perfect tense:
Form:
I/ You/ We/ They + have + V ed/ V3
She/ He/ It + has

Advs: just, already, ever, never, not…yet, since, for, before, several times, recently, lately, the first time, so far, for a long time, for ages…
Uses:
1. Diễn tả một sự việc bắt đầu trong quá khứ và còn tiếp diễn đến hiện tại (có thể hoàn thành hoặc tiếp tục tiếp diễn)
E.g: I have learnt English for six years.
2. Diễn tả một hành động đã hoàn thành nhưng không xác định rỏ thời gian.
E.g: They have been to Paris before.
3. Diễn tả một sự việc được lặp đi lặp lại một vài lần trong quá khứ.
E.g: They have seen this movie several times.
4. Diễn tả một sự việc vừa mới diễn ra.
E.g: She has just returned from the trip to Mexico.
5. Diễn tả hành động thứ nhất của hai hành động xảy ra kế tiếp trong tương lai.
E.g: I will inform you after I have known the result.
4. The simple past tense:
a. Form:
Be:
I/ She/ He/ It + was
Yow/ We/ They + were
Ordinary verbs:
Regular verb: Verb _ ED
Irregular verb: V2


b. Advs: yesterday, last ( night, week…), ago, the last time, in ( 2002), from (2000) to (2004)
c. Uses:
1. Diễn tả một sự việc diễn ra trong quá khứ (có xác định rỏ thời gian)
E.g: He went home early last night.
2. Diễn tả một sự việc diễn ra trong quá khứ chấm dứt không còn liên quan đến hiện tại.
E.g: I was in Cape Town during the summer of 1954.
3. Diễn tả một chuổi hành động xãy ra trong quá khứ.
E.g: He came home, took a bath and went to bed.
5. The simple future tense:
Form:
S( I/ We) + will/ shall + V ( bare infinitive)
S ( She/ He/ It/ You/ They) + will


Advs: tomorrow, next ( week, month…), the coming time…
Uses:
Diễn tả một sự việc sắp xảy ra hoặc dự đoán xảy ra trong tương lai.
E.g: He will be here at 5 o’clock.
Dùng cho một lời hứa, lời đề nghị, hay xin phép làm gì
E.g: I will pick you up at 6 this afternoon.
Will you be quiet please? I am studying.
Shall we go out for lunch?
3. Di ễn tả một quyết tâm.
E.g: I will go with you whether it rains or not.
4. Diễn tả một sự đe doạ.
E.g: He will kill you if you tell the truth.
7. The near future tense:
Form:
I + am
She/ He/ It + is + going to + V( bare infinitive)
You/ We/ They + are

Advs:
Uses:
1. Diễn tả một dự định, một kế hoạch trong tương lai.
E.g: She is going to buy a new computer. (She has saved for a year.)
2. Diễn tả một dự đoán có căn cứ.
E.g: There isn’t a cloud in the sky. It’s going to be a lovely day.
3. Diễn tả một quyết t âm.( Có thể thay thế bằng will)
E.g: We will/ are going to win the match.
((Exercises((
A. Supply the correct tense, simple present or present progressive:
Nam________ (watch) television every evening.
The earth ________ (revolve) around the sun.
Please shut the windows. The rain ________ (come) in now.
I go to bed easily when the radio ________ (play).
We ________ (leave) for Da Lat early next month.
The sun ________ (not/ rise) in the west, it (rise) in the east.
When the Scotts usually ________ (stay) when they come to the town?
- At a hotel, but tonight they ________ (stay) with us.
My mother ________ (cook) some food in the kitchen at the moment. She always ________ (cook) in the morning.
My sister usually________ (not/ quarrel) with anyone.
Be careful! The teacher________ (look) at you.
The baby falls asleep when its mother ________ (sing) a lullaby.
You ________ (look) for George? I think he ________ (read) in the library.
She ________ (speak) English very well but she (not/ understand) Spanish.
Nothing ________ (be) faster than the speed of light.
On my way to work, I often ________ (meet) a lot of children who ________ (go) to school.
B. Supply the correct tense, simple past or present perfect:
When I last saw him, he ________ (be) in good health.
She ________ (do) very little work recently.
Miss Clark ________ (be) with this company for two years.
As soon as he ________ (save) 500 thousand dollars, he will retire.
When I was a boy, every vacation ________ (seem) ideal.
The patient’s condition ________ (improve) considerably since last night.
I shall wait until you ________ (finish) your letter.
My brother ________ (serve) in the army from 1890 to 1893.
Ba ________ (study) French for a few months last years.
You ever ________ (ask) yourself what make life beautiful and worth living?
We ________ (not/ hear) from her for nearly six months.
Is John in? – No, he ________ (go) to the cinema.
Men have traveled since they first ________ (appear) on the earth.
Tom________ (meet) Mary in 1980 and they ________ (be) good friends since then.
A taxi just ________ (come) round the corner. Perhaps we’d better take it.
They just________ (decide) to buy a house.
“Gone with the wind” is the most interesting film we ________ (see) recently.
You (see) Nam last Sunday? – Oh, no. I (not/see) him for many days now.
Since when you ________ (learn) English? – I ________ (learn) since I ________ (be) a girl of twelve.
You ever________ (be) to Ho Chi Minh City? _No, I ________ (not/be) there yet. But my parents________ (be) there twice this year.
They ________ (do) nothing since they ________ (get) up.
My brother ________ (join) the army when he ________ (be) 18. He ________ (serve) in the army for three years and then went to university.
How long you ________ (live) in this two? _ I ________ (live) in this town for ten years.
My sister ________ (finish) school in 1997 and ________ (be) a student at the National University since then.
My parents ________ (go) out. They will be back soon.
I. Give correct tenses/ formsof the verbs in the parentheses:
Alexander Graham (be) born in Edinburgh.
Can I (speak) to Lan, please? – Sorry, she’s out. Would you like (leave) a message?
She’s going (stay) home to do home work tonight.
I (buy) a ticket yesterday. I and my friends (be) going (see) a movie tomorrow.
Alexander Graham Bell first (introduce) the telephone in 1876.
My grandfather (die) when I (be) only 2 years old.
Can we meet at 7 a.m tomorrow? – Yes, I (pick) you up at 7 a.m.
What are you doing? – I (play) hide and seek with my cousin. – Where (be) he? – I don’t know. I think he may (be) upstairs.
He (use) to (smoke) a lot 10 years ago. He (give) it up last year.
Women (have) to do hard work in the past.
There (be) not any electricity in the past so we (play) hide and seek every night.
She (live) in Hanoi when she was young. She (move) to Da Lat 2 years ago.
Who (do) all the chores yesterday? – It (be) me.
Where (be) you last weekend? – I (come) to Cat Ba with my friends.
You (use) to walk to school? – Yes, I did.
He (not/use) to be rich. But now he (be) a millionaire.
I often (go) to the market once a week when I (live) alone last year, but now I (stay) with my uncle and I (try) to go shopping everyday.
Once up a time, a king (have) a beautiful princess. She (sing) very wonderfully and (draw) very well.
You (have) a good weekend? – Yes, I did. I