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
Please look at the following sentences in the present simple and select the appropriate function
1. Mark gets up at six every morning. A routine 2. Water freezes at 0° Celsius. A general or scientific truth 3. Julie smokes about 20 cigarettes a day. A habit 4. The train to London leaves at 11.30. A schedule or regularly occurring or predictable event (such as a timetable) 5. Mark doesn't speak fluent Japanese. Information about a person's ability 6. Pope Visits War Zone. A newspaper headline or reported event 7. Every Wednesday night we all play squash after work. A routine 8. Squirrels hibernate in the winter. A general or scientific truth 9. I'll give you 50 pence if you run down to the shop for me. A promise 10. The sun rises at 6.43am tomorrow. A general or scientific truth 11. Show your face here again and I'll call the police. A threat 12. Bryan is a great actor. Information about a person's ability 13. Don't you ever darken my doorstep again! A warning 14. Why don't you go back to university and do a postgraduate course? A suggestion 15. If you pass your exams, I'll buy you a new bicycle. A promise 16. Professor Melvyn Fenwick Gives Talk on Moon. A newspaper headline or reported event 17. Mark shares a house with his mother at the moment. A fact about the present 18. Damian can play the piano very well. Information about a person's ability 19. Fifty or so trains run on the Indian Pacific Railroad every week A routine
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