The present simple and continuous, the future simple and conditional

PEG 164-7, 172-4, 207-9, 219

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense. Note that in nos. If 13, 17 and 18 the dramatic present tense is used (see PEG 174 C).

Part 1

1 Ann (look) for a bed-sitter. She (see) an advertisement in the local paper and (ring) up Mrs Smith, the owner of the house. Mrs Smith (answer) the phone.

2 Ann: Good afternoon. I (ring) about the room you advertised.

Mrs Smith: Oh yes.

3 Ann: The advertisement (say) 'Share bathroom and kitchen'. How many other people (use) the bathroom and kitchen?

4 Mrs Smith: Only one other – an Italian girl. And she (use) the kitchen very little. She (eat) out most of the time. I (not think) she (like) cooking.

5 Ann: That (suit) me all right. I (like) cooking. But how we (arrange) about paying for the gas we (use) in the kitchen?

6 Mrs Smith: The rent (include) gas for cooking, also hot water and light. But it (not include) heating. Each room has its own fire and meter.

7 Ann: I (see). And the room (face) the front or the back?

8 Mrs Smith: It (face) the front. It (looks) out on the garden square; and it (get) a lot of sun.

9 Ann: That (sound) very nice. Could I come and see it this evening?

Mrs Smith: Yes, the earlier the better.

10 Ann: 7 p.m. (suit) you? I (not be able to) come before that as I usually (not get) away from the office till 6 p.m.

11 Mrs Smith: 7 p.m. (be) all right. I (not think) you (have) any difficulty in finding us. The 14 bus (pass) the house and (stop) a few doors further along, outside the Post Office.

12 Ann: I'm sure I (find) it all right. I (see) you at 7.00 then, Mrs Smith. Goodbye.

13 At 6.30 Mr Smith (come) home from work. He (ask) his wife about the room.

14 Mrs Smith: I haven't let it yet but a girl (come) to see it at 7.00.

15 Mr Smith: She probably (come) at 7.30 just as we (sit) down to supper. People coming here for the first time always (get) lost. I (not think) you (give) proper directions.

16 Mrs Smith: Oh yes, I (do). But nobody (listen) to directions these days. Anyway I'm sure this girl (be) in time.

17 Just then the doorbell (ring). Mrs Smith (look) at her husband and (smile).

18 'You see,' she (say), and (go) to open the door.

Part 2 Weekend plans.

19 Bill (on phone): Hello, Peter. Bill here. I (speak) from Southwold. I (spend) my holidays here this year in a caravan. You (like) to come for the weekend?

20 Peter: I (love) to. But how I (get) to you?

21 Bill: Get the 8 o'clock train to Halesworth and I (meet) you at the station.

22 Peter: OK. I (do) that. Are you near the sea. Bill?

23 Bill: Yes. When the tide (come) in. I'm almost afloat!

24 Peter: It (sound) marvellous!

25 Bill: It is. Wait till you (see) it!

26 (Friday) Peter's mother: What you (do) this weekend, Peter? (What plans have you made?)

27 Peter: I (spend) it with Bill in a caravan on the Suffolk coast.

28 Mother: The east coast in this wind! You (freeze) to death – if Bill's cooking (not kill) you first! How you (get) there? (What travel arrangements have you made?)

29 Peter: I (catch) the 8 o'clock train and Bill (meet) me at Halesworth.

30 Mother: Then I (lend) you my alarm clock, and we'd better have breakfast at seven. I (tell) Mary.

31 Peter: Poor Mary! She (like) a lie-in on Saturdays!

32 (Friday evening) Mother: I (give) you a call at 6.30, Peter, in case you (fall) asleep again after your alarm (go) off. By the way, Mary, we (have) breakfast at seven tomorrow as Peter (go) away for the weekend and (catch) an early train.

33 Mary (petulantly): Peter always (go) away. I never (go) anywhere!

34 Mother: When he (come) home on Sunday night and you (hear) how awful it was, you (be) very glad you stayed at home!

Conditionals

139 Conditional sentences: type I
PEG 221

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

1 I'll look for your notebook and if I (find) it I (give) you a ring.

2 If you (smoke) in a non-smoking compartment the other passengers (object).

3 I'll wash the glasses in this nice hot water. ~ No, don't. If you (put) them into very hot water they (crack).

4 If you (see) Tom tell him I have a message for him.

5 If he (win) he (get) £1,000; if he (come) in second he (get) £500.

6 If you (feel) too hot during the night turn down the central heating.

7 Tom: Jack is a translator; he translates 1,000 words a day and gets £100 a week, which he says isn't enough to live on.

Bill: Well, if he (want) more money he (have) to do more work.

Advise him to translate 2,000 words a day.

8 If you (finish) with your dictionary I'd like to borrow it.

9 Jack (in canoe): Watch me! I'm going to stand up!
Tom (on the bank): He's an idiot! If he (stand) up in the canoe it (capsize).

10 The lift wasn't working when I was here last. If it still (not work) we (have) to use the stairs.

11 I shan't wake if the alarm clock (not go) off.

12 I shan't wake unless I (hear) the alarm.

13 If you'd like some ice I (get) some from the fridge.

14 He's only sixteen but he wants to leave school at the end of the term. ~ If he (leave) now he (be) sorry afterwards.

15 I expect it will freeze tonight. ~ If it (freeze) tonight the roads (be) very slippery tomorrow.

16 That book is overdue. If you (not take) it back to the library tomorrow you (have) to pay a fine.

17 Unless Tom (take) his library book back tomorrow he (have) to pay a fine.

18 You'd better take the day off if you (not feel) well tomorrow.

19 If a driver (brake) suddenly on a wet road he (skid).

20 If you (like) I (get) you a job in this company.

21 If you (like) a job in this company, I'll get you one.

22 My dog never starts a fight. He never growls unless the other dog (growl) first.

23 You can use my phone if yours (not work).

24 If you (not know) the meaning of a word you may use a dictionary.

25 If Jack (refuse) to help we'll have to manage without him.

26 If Jack (not help) we'll have to manage without him.

27 (Tom is putting his coat on.) Ann: If you (go) out would you buy me some cigarettes?

28 Henry can't count. ~ Why you (employ) him as a cashier if he can't count?

29 The police will test the knife for fingerprints. If your fingerprints are on it you (be) charged with murder.

30 Tom: I hate my job

Peter: If you (hate) it why you (not change) it?

31 You can ask for a continental breakfast if you (not want) a full breakfast.

32 If you (hear) from Tom could you please let me know?

33 Caller: Could I speak to Mr Jones, please?
Secretary: If you'd wait a moment I (see) if he's in.

34 I'm not expecting any messages, but if someone (ring) while I am out could you say that I'll be back by 6.00?

35 (Notice in a box of chocolates): Every care has been taken with preparation and packing, but if these chocolates (reach) you in a damaged condition please return them to us and we will send you another box.

36 If you (care) to see some of his drawings I (send) them round to your office.

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