Simple Present with future meaning – Interrogative form

You will study the Simple Present with future meaning in the interrogative form.

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Simple Present with future meaning – Interrogative form

Nassau, Bahamas

Imagen: "Bay street, Bahamas", Jpatokal (2007), wikimedia commons.

Instructions: Read the text. Look at the underlined words.

Do you explain about Nassau next session?

Yes, I do. Let me practice. Nassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city, has an estimated population of 274,400, or 70 percent of the entire population of the Bahamas. Lyden Pindling International Airport, the major airport for the Bahamas, is located about 16 kilometers west of Nassau city centre, and has daily flights to major cities in Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and the United States. The city is located on the island of New Providence, which functions much like a business district. Nassau is the site of the House of Assembly and various judicial departments and was considered historically to be a stronghold of pirates. The city was named in honour of William III of England, Prince of Orange-Nassau.

Nassau, Bahamas. Retrieved and adapted April, 2017 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassau,_Bahamas

Getting started: City Centre

Instructions: Read the text, then do the activity suggested.

The city centre is the hub for all activities in Nassau. Thousands of people visit daily to shop, dine, sightsee and to enjoy the tropical climate of the city. While the busiest part of central city is the Bay Street thoroughfare and the Woodes Rogers Walk, located across the street form the port and parallel to Bay, the area extends for several blocks in each direction. It starts at West Bay, around the Junkanoo Beach area. A few hotels and restaurants are located on West Bay.

Nassau, Bahamas. Retrieved and adapted January, 2019, from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassau,_Bahamas

Nassau population

Instructions: Choose Yes or No to answer each question.

QuestionYesNo
Do many people visit Bay Street tomorrow?

Is Nassau’s city centre full of tourist next summer?

Is it snowing tomorrow in Nassau?

Let’s find out about the Simple Present with future meaning in the negative form.

Instructions: Look at the information about the Simple Present with future meaning in the negative form.

Remember:

  • The simple present can be used to talk about scheduled future events (things that happen according to a schedule or timetable). These events are usually scheduled by someone else and they are usually public events.

    • Is friday tomorrow?

    What time does dad come to the premiere tonight?

  • The simple present can have a future meaning when we talk about timetables (for buses, trains or planes) or schedules (for concerts, films or theatre).

    • What time does he leave Nassau?

  • The simple present has a future meaning when we use it to talk about fixed plans.

    • "When does he start his new film?"

    "Does she usually start working at nine?"

Look at the word order in simple present with future meaning in the interrogative form:

 

Auxiliary Do or DoesSubjectVerbComplement?Short Answers
Doesthe moviebeginat 7:00 pm tomorrow?Yes, it does. / No, it doesn’t.
Doyougoto the movies with him?Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.

QUIZ

Visiting Nassau

Instructions: Make interrogative sentences with the following prompts:

1. many / Do / Nassau /visit / year / tourists / this ?

2. after / Do / Nassau / vacacionists / Paradise / go / island / to ?

3. admire / Do / the / Summer / you / Ocean / in / Atlantic ?

4. you / see / Does / on / coral / your / with / mother / reefs / vacation ?

5. the / you / Do / this / your / travel / Bahamas / with / to / family / year ?

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QUIZ

City centre

Instructions: Match questions and answers.

a) Yes, we do.

b) Yes, she does.

c) No, they don´t.

d) Yes, I do.

e) No, he doesn’t.

1. Do you stay in the city centre of Nassau in Summer?

2. Do your family and you shop, dine, sightsee and enjoy the tropical climate of the city?

3. Does your husband work in Bay Street while you visit the place?

4. Do he and your father have dinner at the restaurants located on West Bay?

5. Does your mother visit the Christ Church Cathedral while you are there?

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Evaluation

About Nassau

Instructions: Choose the best option.

1. Do / Does you explain about Nassau next session?

2. Do / Does your classmates read about American slaves in Nassau?

3. Do / Does your best friend visit Nassau this year?

4. Do / Does he stay in the city centre of Nassau in Summer?

5. Do / Does his family go with him?

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