So sánh thì Simple present và thì Present continuous

 SO SÁNH THÌ SIMPLE PRESENT
 VÀ THÌ PRESENT CONTINUOUS
 * Thì Simple Present được dùng để chỉ một hành động diễn ra trong thời gian nói chung, không nhất thiết phải là thời gian ở hiện tại. Thời gian nói chung là thời gian mà sự việc diễn ra mỗi ngày (every day), mỗi tuần (every week), mỗi tháng (every month), mỗi năm (every year), mỗi mùa (every spring / summer / autumn / winter)
- He goes to school every day. (Nó đi đến trường mỗi ngày)
- Mr.Brown travels every summer. (Hè nào ông Brown cũng đi du lịch)
* Thì Present Continuous được dùng để chỉ một hành động đang xảy ra (a current activity) hay một sự việc chúng ta đang làm bây giờ (now/ at present/ at this moment), hôm nay (today), tuần này (this week), năm nay (this year)
- We are learning English now. (Bây giờ chúng tôi đang học tiếng Anh)
- Mary is playing the piano at the moment.
(Hiện giờ Mary đang chơi dương cầm)
Hãy so sánh :	- I work in a bakery every day.(Tôi làm việc ở tiệm bánh mỗi ngày)
	-I’m working in a bakery this week.
 (Tuần này tôi đanglàm việc ở tiệm bánh)
	* CHÚ Ý :
(1) + Thì Simple Present thường được dùng với các động từ chỉ tri giác (verbs of perception) như : feel (cảm thấy), see (nhìn thấy), hear (nghe) và các động từ chỉ trạng thái như : know (biết), understand (hiểu), mean (có ý định), like (thích), prefer (thích hơn), love (yêu), hate (ghét), need (cần), want (muốn), remember (nhớ), recognize (nhận ra), believe (tin)
+ Ngoài ra chúng ta còn dùng thì Simple Present với động từ : be, appear (có vẻ), belong (thuộc về ai), have to (phải)
+ Thì Simple Present còn được dùng với các trạng từ chỉ tần suất lập đi lập lại (adverbs of frequency) như : always (luôn luôn), usually (thường thường), often (thường), sometimes (đôi khi), seldom (ít khi), generally (thường), rarely (hiếm khi), never (không bao giờ) 
- That child needs care. (Đứa bé đó cần sự chăm sóc)
- This book belongs to me. (Quyển sách này là của tôi)
- He never comes late. (Nó không bao giờ đến trễ)
+ Chúng ta cũng dùng thì Simple Present để chỉ một chân lý hay một sự thật hiển nhiên (a general truth).
- The sun rises in the east. (Mặt trời mọc ở hướng đông)
- Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom.
(Không gì quí hơn độc lập tự do)
(2) Thì Present Continuous còn được dùng để chỉ hành động ở một tương lai gần (a near future action) và thường đi với các trạng từ chỉ tương lai như : tomorrow (ngày mai), next week (tuần tới), next month (tháng tới), next year (năm tới), next summer (mùa hè tới)  
	- I am going out tonight. ( Tối nay tôi sẽ đi chơi)
	- My father is travelling to Japan next week.
	(Ba tôi sẽ du lịch tới Nhật trong tuần tới)
Exercise I : Put the verbs in brackets in the present simple or the present continuous tense.
1/ I (have) __________ coffee for breakfast every day.
2/ My brother (work) __________ in a shoe store this summer.
3/ The student (look) ___________ up that new word now.
4/ She (go) __________ to school every day.
5/ We (do) __________ this exercise at the moment.
6/ Miss Helen (read) ___________ a newspaper now.
7/ It (rain) __________ very much in the summer. It (rain) _________ now.
8/ Bad students never (work) __________ hard.
9/ He generally (sing) ________ in English, but today he (sing) ________ in Spanish.
10/ We seldom (eat) __________ before 6.30.
11/ She sometimes (buy) ___________ vegetables at his market.
12/ Be quiet. The baby (sleep) ____________.
13/ We always (do) ___________ our exercises carefully.
14/ Look. A man (run) ________ after the train. He (want) _______ to catch it.
15/ It (be) __________ very cold now.
16/ John (travel) __________ to England tomorrow.
17/ I (need) ____________ some money for my textbooks.
18/ Tom (like) __________ to go to the museums.
19/ Mary (love) __________ ice-cream.
20/ My mother (cook) __________ some food in the kitchen at present. She always (cook) __________ in the mornings.
21/ I often (leave) __________ the city at weekends.
22/ The guests (watch) __________ the TV programmes now.
23/ I (see) ___________ you (wear) ___________ your best clothes.
24/ The sun (set)__________ in the west.
25/ My friend (study) __________ English for an hour every night.
26/ Listen. I (hear)___________ someone knocking at the front door.
27/ I (do) ____ an exercise on the present tense at the moment and I (think) ___that I (know) _____how to use it now.
28/ Honesty (be) __________ the best policy.
29/ The earth (go) __________ round the sun.
30/ Two and two (make) __________ four.
Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
1.	It's hard work looking	three children all day.
a. after	b. up	c. to	d. through
2.	When my mother is busy preparing dinner, my father often gives a hand
	tidying the living room.
a. on	b. with	c. for	d. about
3. You are old enough to take	for what you have done.
a. responsible b. responsibility c. responsibly d. irresponsible
4. These quick and easy	can be effective in the short term, but they have a cost.
a. solve	b. solvable	c. solutions	d. solvability
5. Billy, come and give me a hand with cooking,
a. help	b. prepared	c. be busy d. attempt
6.	Where is Jimmy? - He is	work. He is busy	his monthly report.
a. on / for	b. in / about	c. to / through d. at / with
7.	We are not allowed _ 	jeans at school.
a. wear	b. to wear	c. wearing	d. worn
8.	Sometimes I do not feel like	_ to my sibling about my troubles,
a. talk	b. to talk c. talking	d. talked
9.	Right now, Jim	the newspaper and Kathy dinner.
a. reads / has cooked b. is reading / is cooking
c. has read / was cooking d. read / will be cooking
10.	My husband and I both go out to work so we share the	.	
a. happiness	b. household chores c. responsibility d. employment
11.	He was very respectful at home and _ 	to his parents.
a. responsible b. caring	c. obedient	d. lovely
12.	It's hard work looking	three children all day.
a. after	b. up	c. up to	d. at
13. She is never willing to 	any personal question.
a. answer b. to answer	c. answering d. answered
14.	Every day I ..up at 6 o'clock, .breakfast at 7 o'clock and ..for work at 8 o'clock
a. get / eat / leave b . have got / eating / leaving 
c. got / ate / left d. will get / have eaten / left
15. We enjoy _ . time together in the evening when the family members gather in the living room after a day of working hard.
a. spending	b. caring	c. taking	d. doing
16.	It is parents' duty and responsibility to	hands to take care of their
children and give them a happy home.
a. shake	b. hold	c. join	d. take
17.	He is a	boy. He is often kind and helpful to every classmate.
a. frank	b. lovely	c. obedient	d. caring
18.	Doctors are supposed to	responsibility for human life.
a. do	b. take	c. rush	d. join
19.	Sometimes Mr. Pike has to work very late	night to do some important experiments.
a. in	b. at	c. for	d. on
20. Peter was _	_ a hurry to go so he did not stop to greet me.
a. in b. on	c. with	d. over
21.	the eldest child, he works hard to help his parents support the family.
a. Be	b. Is	c. To be	d. Being
22.	She	trying to pass her driving test but fails every time.
a. kept	b. is keeping	c. had kept	d. keeps
23.	I	complete silence now while I am trying this experiment.
a. am wanting b. want	c. did want	d. have wanted
24.	The students	by Mrs. Monty. However, this week they _ _ by Mr. Tanzer.
a.	are usually taught / are being taught	b.	usually teach / are teaching
c.	have usually been taught / have been teaching	d.	were usually teaching / are teaching
25. My mother always the first ______ up and the last	to bed.
a. getting / going b. to get / going c.	getting / to go d. to get / to go
Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
I was born to dance. I've been dancing all my life, ever since my mother, who gave up a dancing career on the stage when she married my father, picked me up
and twirled me around as an infant. As much as I loved dancing with her, her greatest gift to me was her "unconditional love" during her lifetime.
My parents divorced after only 5 years of marriage, but my father remarried a lovely lady who also loved to dance. They used to take me to a dancing club where I would listen to the music and watch them dance—occasionally my stepmother, Mary, invited me to dance.
I also met my wife, Charlotte, in a dancing party. I danced with her for about 15 minutes, and during that brief span, I realized that I fell in love with her. We kept dancing throughout our marriage. My earliest memories of dancing with my daughters started when I came home from work to our small home in Marblehead, Massachusetts, and my daughter Laura was about 3 years old. It was very relaxing for me to turn on the record player, pick up Laura in my arms, and dance her around the room!
Our family danced a lot. My daughters, Laura and Anne, and I continued to dance on every occasion. One favorite memory I have of dancing with Laura and Anne was when I took each of them when they were seniors in high school to the Daddy-Daughter dance. We won both dance competitions!
As their father, I have tried to provide my daughters with unconditional love, as my Mother provided to me, endless emotional and loving support, and good educations and life experiences which have helped prepare them for happy and successful adult lives. Being a father who is worthy of their love and respect, I consider fatherhood a privilege, not an entitlement.
In 1994, my oldest daughter Laura gave me a lovely book, which I still have, entitled "Fathers and Daughters." My Father's Day suggestion to every father is to dance with your daughters at every opportunity. It will not only bring you closer, it will give them memories of you "to hang onto" long after we are gone.
26. Of the characters mentioned in the passage, who did not like dancing?
a. Mary	b. Laura	c. Anne	d. No one
27. The writer	.
a.	could not dance well
b.	had a devoted mother
c.	had not met his father since his parents divorced
d.	did not like to dance with his step mother
28.	Which sentence is not true?
a.	He used to go to a dancing club with his father and step mother.
b.	The writer had two daughters.
c.	The writer enjoyed dancing with his daughters.
d.	The writer never danced with his step mother
29.	Which is not referred to what the writer provides his daughters with?
a.	the arts of dancing
b.	unconditional love
c.	endless emotional and loving support
d.	good educations and life experiences
30.	The writer	fatherhood.
a. underestimates b. appreciates c. dislikes	d. disapproves of