Look at the following
examples o f the present simple tense and answer the questions:
1. Complete the
dialogue:
John: _________usually
_____at Christmas?
Dave: I normally go to my
parents´ house.
2. Is Dave talking
about
(i)one specific
Christmas
(ii)Christmas
holidays in general?
2. What is the missing word?
A: Excuse me. I wonder if you can help me.
I want to
go to Brighton on Saturday and
I want to
arrive about midday.
B: About midday? There´s a slow train that
________at 10.00.
It gets in at 11.45.
3. Put the words in the correct order:
travels about
Earth 107,000 km
an The at
hour
4. Does this suggest a temporary of a permanent address?
THE
AUTHOR
Josceline
lives in London with her husband, journalist and broadcaster David Dimbleby,
and their three children.
5. a) Who is speaking?
b) Who is
he/she speaking to?
c) Why
is he/she speaking?
…Manchester City once more. Baker plays it up the line
for Tolmey. Tolmey fires a shot but it´s deflected. Keagan tries to pass it out
to Beardsley but doesn´t succeed…
6. THE GUARDIAN
a) What is The Guardian?
Australia mourns
AUSTRALIA is holding a weekend of national mourning for the 70 victims of the bush fires. An appeal has been launched for 8,000 others left homeless. Page 6.
b) What verb forms are these?
c) They refer to the same event. Why are two different forms used?
Two boys die on mountain
By a Staff Reporter
Two boys believed to be from London died and seven others were injured in the Snowdonia mountain range yesterday. The boys were roped together when one fell while on Craig-Yr-Ysfa.
North Wales police said that night the boys were too confused to give full details of the accident or from where they came. One boy walked five miles.
b) What verb forms are these?
c) They refer to the same event. Why are two different forms used?
8. a) Dave: Peter tells me you start your holidays on Saturday.
John: That´s right. We´re going to Venice for a week.
Does the verb tells refer to
i)the time Dave is speaking?
ii) the recent past?
iii)the distant past?
i)the time Dave is speaking?
ii) the recent past?
iii)the distant past?
b) Is the trip already booked? ________________
9. Rosemary: Don´t forget to send me a postcard
when you get there.
Andrew: No, of course not. I´ll send you a card of the Eiffel Tower
9. Rosemary: Don´t forget to send me a postcard
when you get there.
Andrew: No, of course not. I´ll send you a card of the Eiffel Tower
as soon as I arrive.
Does this refer to the present or to the future?
10. Penny: John, have you heard the one about the swimming pool?
John: No.
Penny: Well, there´s this man in a swimming pool and he
goes to the top of the diving board and he´s just
about to dive off when an attendant comes rushing
along and says, ´There´s no water in the pool.´´
That´s alright,´says the man. ´I can´t swim any-
way!´
a) What does ´the one´refer to?
b) Are there any past tenses in the story? If so, what are they? If not, why not?
11. a) Which review is
(i) of a film?
(ii) of a TV documentary?
b) Which verb forms are used in each review and why?
8.30pm
Does this refer to the present or to the future?
10. Penny: John, have you heard the one about the swimming pool?
John: No.
Penny: Well, there´s this man in a swimming pool and he
goes to the top of the diving board and he´s just
about to dive off when an attendant comes rushing
along and says, ´There´s no water in the pool.´´
That´s alright,´says the man. ´I can´t swim any-
way!´
a) What does ´the one´refer to?
b) Are there any past tenses in the story? If so, what are they? If not, why not?
11. a) Which review is
(i) of a film?
(ii) of a TV documentary?
b) Which verb forms are used in each review and why?
TV GUIDE
NEW
Legwork
MARGARET COLIN
First in a new thriller series introducing beautiful private eye Claire McGarron, who runs her New York business with a little help from her police lieutenant brother. In this opening episode Claire becomes involved in murder and drugs smuggling when a client is killed as he is about to pay her the money he owes her.
Claire McGarron
Margaret Colin
Terrance Considine
Timothy Carhart
Haddix Bowman
Peter Crombie
2.30pm
All Our
Yesterdays
MARGARET COLIN
First in a new thriller series introducing beautiful private eye Claire McGarron, who runs her New York business with a little help from her police lieutenant brother. In this opening episode Claire becomes involved in murder and drugs smuggling when a client is killed as he is about to pay her the money he owes her.
Claire McGarron
Margaret Colin
Terrance Considine
Timothy Carhart
Haddix Bowman
Peter Crombie
2.30pm
All Our
Yesterdays
Bernard Braden
In 1963 Sir Winston Churchill became an honorary citizen of the United States and his son, Randolph, started a massive biography of his father that was not completed until 1988. On television, politicians were shocked by the satire of That Was The Week That was. With film from the archives of Pathe Newsreel, ITN, BBC and Granada Television.
FILM RESEARCH
GRAHMA MURRAY
RESEARCH WALLEN MATTHIE
DIRECTOR MIKE BECKER
PRODUCER MIKE MURPHY
In 1963 Sir Winston Churchill became an honorary citizen of the United States and his son, Randolph, started a massive biography of his father that was not completed until 1988. On television, politicians were shocked by the satire of That Was The Week That was. With film from the archives of Pathe Newsreel, ITN, BBC and Granada Television.
FILM RESEARCH
GRAHMA MURRAY
RESEARCH WALLEN MATTHIE
DIRECTOR MIKE BECKER
PRODUCER MIKE MURPHY
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