Thi cua dong tff cho biet thdi gian cua dong tff do. T rons tieng Anh, dong tff co sau thi. Moi thi co hai dang: can ban va tiep dien (con dvfcJc goi la hoan thanh . Dang can ban chi hanh dong, viec xav ra hoac trang thai ton tai dang dien ra d day va ngay bay gid. Dang can ban cung la ner tang cho dang tffdng lai (tffc la / will sleep; they will sleep).
B ing sau day cho thay sdu dang cua dong tff to walk:
Thi Dang can ban Dang tiep dien
Hien tai walk am walking
Qua khff walked was walking
Tffdng lai will walk will be walking
Hien tai hoan thanh have walked have been walking Qua khff hoan thanh had walked had been walking Tffdng lai hoan thanh will have walked will have been walking Cac thi cua dong tff trong tieng Anh dffdc thanh lap tff trd dong tff va hffng phan chinh. Moi dong tff deu co bon phan chinh, nhff dffdc the ien trong bang sau.
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Hi£n tai Hi^n tai phan tff Qua khff Qua khff phan tff
look looking looked looked
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1. Thi hien tai (the present tense)
Dong tff d dang hien tai dffdc dung de thanh lap thi hien tai (“I look") va thi tffdng lai ( “I will look"). Tieng Anh dilng trd dong tff
will de chi thi tffdng lai.
2. Hien tai phan tff (the present participle)
Dang hien tai phan tff cua dong tff dung de thanh lap tat ca sau dang tiep dien ( “I am looking, ” “I was looking, ” va van van) 3. Thi qua khff (the past tense)
Dang qua khff chi dung trong mot thi duy nhat la thi qua khff. Nhff vdi trtfdng hdp thi hien tai, phan chinh cua dong tff dffng mot minh. 4. Qua khff phan tff (the past participle)
Dang qua khff phan tff thanh lap nen ba thi cuoi cung la thi hien tai hoan thanh ( “I have looked"); thi qua khff hoan thanh ( “I had looked") va thi tffdng lai hoan thanh ( “I will have looked”). De tao nen dang qua khff phan tff, ban hay bat dau vdi mot trd dong tff nhff
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