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Koss78b Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Present Tense Functions

Present Tense Functions
Look at the following list of functions
A sentence or statement can have many different functions. Look at the following list of functions and complete the next exercise:
  1. A general or scientific truth
  2. A routine
  3. A newspaper headline or reported event
  4. A habit
  5. A fact about the present
  6. A schedule or regularly occurring or predictable event (such as a timetable)
  7. Information about a person’s ability
  8. A warning
  9. A threat
  10. A suggestion
  11. A promise

    12. Which one of these fit in with the following sentences

    Thanks

    1. Mark gets up at six every morning.
    2. Water freezes at 0° Celsius.
    3. Julie smokes about 20 cigarettes a day.
    4. The train to London leaves at 11.30.
    5. Mark doesn’t speak fluent Japanese.
    6. Pope Visits War Zone.
    7. Every Wednesday night we all play squash after work.
    8. Squirrels hibernate in the winter.
    9. I’ll give you 50 pence if you run down to the shop for me.
    10. The sun rises at 6.43am tomorrow.
    11. Show your face here again and I’ll call the police.
    12. Bryan is a great actor.
    13. Don’t you ever darken my doorstep again!
    14. Why don’t you go back to university and do a postgraduate course?
    15. If you pass your exams, I’ll buy you a new bicycle.
    16. Professor Melvyn Fenwick Gives Talk on Moon.
    17. Mark shares a house with his mother at the moment.
    18. Damian can play the piano very well.
    19. Fifty or so trains run on the Indian Pacific Railroad every week.

  

Top answer

Hi Koss, and welcome to English Forums. You need to attempt quesitons like this yourself first. Then someone here will check for you.

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  • Hi Koss, and welcome to English Forums.
  • You need to attempt quesitons like this yourself first.
  • Then someone here will check for you.
  • Why don't you find the headlines first?
  • They're quite easy because of the capitalization.
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 Hi Koss, and welcome to English Forums.
You need to attempt quesitons like this yourself first. Then someone here will check for you.
Why don't you find the headlines first? They're quite easy because of the capitalization.
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Hi koss,

You may have difficulty in getting someone to do this exercise until you've made an attempt at it yourself. It's sort of an unwritten policy.

Edit. If the professor gives a talk on the moon, will anyone listen?
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