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Thì hiện tại đơn

(+) S + V(s/es)

(−) S + don’t / doesn’t + V

(?) Do / Does + S + V?

Wh- + do / does + S + V?

(+) S + am / is / are + …

(−) S + am / is / are + not + …

(?) Am / Is / Are + S + …?

I, you, we, they, danh từ số nhiều + V nguyên thể / don’t. He, she, it, danh từ số ít + V(s/es) / doesn’t.

Cách dùngVí dụ
Hoạt động lâu dài, ổn địnhHe works at a bank.
Thói quen, hành động lặp lạiI get up at 6:00 every day.
Sự thật hiển nhiênTen times ten makes one hundred.
Lịch trình, thời gian biểuThe flight leaves at 12.30 tomorrow.
Trạng thái: suy nghĩ, cảm xúc, sở hữu, giác quanDo you know that?

  • every day / week / month / year

    My dogs wake me up every morning.

  • once / twice / three times + khoảng thời gian

    We have English lessons twice a week.

  • always (100%)

    She always gets up early.

  • usually (90%)

    I usually walk to school.

  • often (70%)

    It is often cloudy here.

  • sometimes (50%)

    She sometimes gets up early.

  • occasionally (30%)

    We occasionally eat out.

  • seldom (10–20%)

    He seldom watches TV.

  • rarely (5%)

    They rarely go to the cinema.

  • never (0%)

    She never gets up early.

  • Trước động từ chính

    She always gets up early.

  • Sau to be

    It is often cloudy.

  • Đầu câu (usually, often, sometimes, occasionally)

    Sometimes I meet her for a coffee.

SaiĐúng
We likes to go shopping.We like to go shopping.
They doesn’t play football.They don’t play football.
Do he do homework often?Does he do homework often?
She trys to study English.She tries to study English.
What time you get up?What time do you get up?
I am living in Ho Chi Minh City. (lâu dài)I live in Ho Chi Minh City.