He drinks tea at breakfast. She only eats fish. They watch television regularly

thói quen

We catch the bus every morning. It rains every afternoon in the hot season.

hành động lặp đi lặp lại

Water freezes at zero degrees. The Earth revolves around the Sun.

chân lí, sự thật hiển nhiên

The school term starts next week. The train leaves at 19.45 this evening. We fly to Paris next week

lịch trình, thời gian biểu cụ thể

I'll talk to John when I see him. You must finish your work before you go home. If it rains we'll get wet. He won't come unless you ask him.

sử dụng sau: after, when, before, if, unless

S + V(s/es) + O

S + don't / doesn't + V(inf) + O

Do / Does + S + V(inf) + O?

I'm just leaving work. I'll be home in an hour. Please be quiet. The children are sleeping.

diễn tả hành động xảy ra tại thời điểm nói

Mary is going to a new school next term. What are you doing next week?

Diễn đạt một hành động sắp xảy ra trong tương lai gần (một kế hoạch đã lên lịch sẵn)

These days most people are using email instead of writing letters. What sort of clothes are teenagers wearing nowadays? What sort of music are they listening to?

Diễn tả một cái gì đó mới, đối lập với những gì có trước đó

The children are growing up quickly. The climate is changing rapidly. Your English is improving.

Mô tả cái gì đó phát triển hơn, đổi mới hơn

- He is always losing his keys. - He is always coming late.

Hành động thường xuyên lặp đi lặp lại gây sự bực mình hay khó chịu cho người nói. Cách dùng này được dùng với trạng từ “always, continually”

- I’m quite busy these days. I’m doing my assignment. - I am looking for a job.

Hành động mang tính chất tạm thời

S + am/is/are + V_ing

S + am/is/are + not + V_ing

Am/Is/Are + S + V_ing?

to feel* to hear to see* to smell to taste

to assume to believe to consider to doubt to feel (= to think) to find (= to consider) to suppose to think*

to forget to imagine to know to mean to notice to recognise to remember to understand

to envy to fear to dislike to hate to hope to like to love to mind to prefer to regret to want to wish

to contain to cost to hold to measure to weigh

to look (=resemble) to seem to be (in most cases) to have (when it means "to possess")*