Day 4 exercise: present simple 2

1. Use the historic present to tell your friend about what happened last night. Start with ‘so we’

and explain that you went to a restaurant and the waiter came over to the table and told you to

leave.

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2. Explain to your good friend that you’ll definitely come to her wedding, even if it’s in another

country. Start with ‘I’ll fly to your wedding wherever it’ and use the verb ‘be’.

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3. Your sister is waiting for her passport and she really wants to go on holiday soon. Tell

another friend. Start with ‘she’ll leave the moment that she’ and use the verb phrase ‘receive

her passport’.

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4. Tell a friend about the weather for tomorrow. You want to emphasise that it’s still relevant

now. Use the verb phrase ‘say it will be sunny’ and start with ‘the weather forecast’.

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5. You’re talking about the play ‘Romeo and Juliet’. Tell your friend about the death of Romeo.

Start with ‘In the play, Romeo’ and use the verb phrase ‘kill himself’.

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 6. Tell your friend about a timetable in the future. She thinks the end of the class is at six, but

that’s wrong. Start with ‘the class’ and use the verb phrase ‘finish at six’.

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7. Tell your colleague about a timetable in the future. Start with ‘the meeting’ and use the verb

phrase ‘take place on Tuesday’.

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8. Your friend has the wrong idea about a timetable in the future. It’s not the case that the plane

is going to leave at 8am. Start with ‘the plane’ and use the verb phrase ‘leave at 8am’.

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9. You’re talking to your friend about the future. Start with ‘I’ll let you know when she’ and use

the verb ‘arrive’.

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10. Explain to your colleague what your boss said. You want to emphasise that it’s still relevant

now. Use the verb phrase ‘say we can leave early’ and start with ‘the boss’.

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11. Promise that you’ll tell your mum about your job interview as quickly as possible. Start with

‘I’ll call you as soon as I’ and use the verb phrase ‘hear anything’.

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12. Tell a child that they can have dessert after they sit down. Start with ‘we’ll eat dessert once

you’ and use the verb phrase ‘sit down’.

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 13. You’re talking about the book ‘The Hobbit’. Tell your friend what happened in the book.

Start with ‘In the Hobbit, Bilbo’ and use the verb phrase ‘find a ring’.

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14. You’re talking to your colleague about the future. Start with ‘we’re going to finish after the

client’ and use the verb phrase ‘leave the country’.

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15. Explain your future plans to your friend. Start with ‘we’ll rent out our flat before we’ and use

the verb phrase ‘go travelling’.

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16. Tell your friend about your plans for your next trip. You want to write a book and travel at the

same time. Start with ‘I’m going to write a book as I’ and use the verb phrase ‘travel around’.

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17. Suggest to your student that it’s a good idea to take a coat because it might get cold later.

Start with ‘you should take a coat in case it’ and use the verb phrase ‘get cold later’.

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18. Tell your flatmate that you’re going to the library later and offer to get him a book. Start with

‘I’ll get you a book when I’ and use the verb phrase ‘be at the library’.

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19. Talk about your colleague. He’s already very late with a report and might not finish and your

boss isn’t happy. Tell a friend about it. Start with ‘the boss won’t be happy whether or not he’

and use the verb phrase ‘finish the report’.

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 20. You talk to your nephew about going to a sweet shop. Tell him that he’ll be able to choose

anything. Start with ‘you’ll be able to choose whatever you’ and use the verb ‘want’.

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Answers:

1. So we go to a restaurant and the waiter comes over to the table and tells us to leave.

2. I’ll fly to your wedding wherever it is.

3. She’ll leave the moment that she receives her passport.

4. The weather forecast says it will be sunny tomorrow.

5. In the play, Romeo kills himself.

6. The class doesn’t finish at six.

7. The meeting takes place on Tuesday.

8. The plane doesn’t leave at 8am.

9. I’ll let you know when she arrives.

10. The boss says we can leave early.

11. I’ll call you as soon as I hear anything.

12. We’ll eat dessert once you sit down.

13. In the Hobbit, Bilbo finds a ring.

14. We’re going to finish after the client leaves the country.

15. We’ll rent out our flat before we go travelling.

16. I’m going to write a book as I travel around.

17. You should take a coat in case it gets cold later.

18. I’ll get you a book when I’m at the library.

19. The boss won’t be happy whether or not he finishes the report.

20. You’ll be able to choose whatever you want.

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