Work in pairs. Find out what your partner usually does at weekends and is doing this weekend

Grammar

1. SPEAKING. Work in pairs. Find out 

(NÓI. Làm việc theo cặp. Tìm hiểu xem)

a) when and where your partner usually does his / her homework

b) what type of homework he / she likes most and least.

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2. Read and listen to the dialogue. Why is Sue annoyed with Dan at the end?

(Đọc và nghe đoạn đối thoại. Cuối cùng thì tại sao Sue lại khó chịu với Dan?)

Sue: You aren’t wearing your sports kit. P.E. starts in ten minutes. You seem very busy these days.

Dan: I haven't got my sports kit today.

Sue: You're always forgetting things!

Dan: Well, I don't like P.E., so I’m not feeling too sad about it.

Sue: Sport is important. It makes you fit. What are you doing instead?

Dan: Mr Harley is giving me some extra maths homework to do in the library.

Sue: Mr Harley always gives us really difficult homework.

Dan: I don’t mind. I need to do some extra work. We have exams next week.

Sue: I know. That’s why we're revising together on Saturday. We arranged it last week. 

Dan: I don’t remember that! Sorry! I'm going away on Saturday.

Sue: Like I said ... you're always forgetting things!

Dan: Let’s revise when I get back on Sunday afternoon.

Sue: Sorry. I'm visiting my grandparents then.

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3. Why is present simple or present continuous used in each of the highlighted examples from the dialogue?

(Tại sao hiện tại đơn hoặc hiện tại tiếp diễn được sử dụng trong mỗi ví dụ nổi bật từ đoạn hội thoại?)

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4. Read the Learn this box. Complete the rules (a—g) with the correct tenses: 'present simple' or 'present continuous'.

(Đọc Learn this. Hoàn thành quy tắc (a—g) với thì đúng: 'hiện tại đơn' hoặc 'hiện tại tiếp diễn')

LEARN THIS! Present simple and continuous

We use:

a. the __________ for habits and routines.

b. the __________ for something happening now or about now.

c. the __________ for describing annoying behaviour (with always). 

d. the __________ for a permanent situation or fact.

e. the __________ for timetables and schedules.

f. the __________ for future arrangements.

g. the __________ in future time clauses (starting with when, as soon as, after, if, etc).

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5. Read the Learn this! box. Find five stative verbs in the dialogue in exercise 2. How do you know they are stative verbs?

(Đọc Learn this! Tìm năm động từ trạng thái trong đoạn hội thoại ở bài tập 2. Làm sao bạn biết chúng là động từ trạng thái?)

LEARN THIS! Dynamic, stative and linking verbs in the continuous form

a. Dynamic verbs describe actions and can be used in the simple or continuous form.

b. Stative verbs describe states or situations and are not usually used in continuous tenses. Common stative verbs include:

believe     belong     hate     know     like     love     mean     mind

need     prefer     remember     understand      want

c. Linking verbs serve as a connection between a subject and further information about that subject. We normally use the present simple (not continuous) with linking verbs. Some linking verbs are:

be     become     seem     appear     sound     smell     look     feel     taste

d. However, some stative verbs and linking verbs can sometimes be used in the continuous form to describe a temporary situation.

She is thinking of giving up her job. (= She is considering it.)

You're looking well today. (or You look well today)

How are you feeling now? (or How do you feel now?)

He’s being so selfish. (= He's behaving selfishly now.)

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6. Complete the sentences with the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

(Hoàn thành các câu với dạng hiện tại đơn hoặc hiện tại tiếp diễn của động từ trong ngoặc)

1. I _________________ (meet) Jack in town later. _________________ (you / want) to come?

2. We usually _________________ (walk) to school, but tomorrow we _________________ (go) by bus.

3. My friends _________________ (not want) to play tennis because it _________________ (rain).

4. _________________ (you / enjoy) this film? Or _________________ (you / prefer) comedies?

5. I _________________ (not believe) Ben's story. He _________________ (always / invent) things.

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