Các dạng của động từ
Dạng nguyên
/siː/
Past Simple
/sɔː/
Past Participle
/siːn/
Câu ví dụ
Dạng nguyên · see
- I see my dentist twice a year.
Past Simple · saw
- We saw a beautiful sunset at the beach.
- I saw it as soon as I possibly could.
- We saw it together earlier this week.
- She saw without any hesitation.
Past Participle · seen
- Have you seen this film before?
- By the time we arrived, they had seen everything.
- We have never seen anything quite like it.
- He has seen it many times before.
Cụm từ thường gặp
see the point
to understand the reason
see you later
an informal way to say goodbye
Thì chính
| Hiện tại đơn | Quá khứ đơn | Hiện tại hoàn thành |
|---|---|---|
I see he / she / it sees | I saw | I have seen |
| Hiện tại tiếp diễn:I am seeing · he / she / it is seeing | ||
Hướng dẫn ngữ pháp
The verb "see" is fully irregular — all three principal parts are distinct: the base form "see", the past simple "saw", and the past participle "seen". The ABC group contains many of the most common and important verbs in English, so learning them is essential for fluency.
Use the past simple "saw" for actions, events, or states that were completed at a definite point in the past. It is the main verb in the clause and needs no auxiliary: "We saw the whole project in three days." Typical time markers include yesterday, last week, ago, when, and at + a specific time. The past simple is the most frequently used past tense in spoken and written English.
The past participle "seen" is never used on its own as a main verb. It appears in: (1) the present perfect with have/has — "I have never seen anything like it before"; (2) the past perfect with had — "She had already seen before I arrived"; (3) passive voice with a form of be — "The final version was seen by the whole team." These three structures together cover the great majority of perfect and passive constructions in English.
The ABC group demands the most memorisation because each verb has three unique forms to learn. Focus first on the highest-frequency verbs: be (was/were/been), do (did/done), go (went/gone), know (knew/known), take (took/taken), see (saw/seen), give (gave/given), and write (wrote/written). Regular reading and listening is the most effective way to make ABC verb forms automatic — passive exposure reinforces the patterns far better than drills alone.
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