simple present (future meaning)

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PRESENT SIMPLE(FUTURE MEANING) The present simple (future meaning) 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. For timetables , programmes etc. the PRESENT SIMPLE is used. THE PRESENT SIMPLE VERB: TO DO VERB: TO START VERB: TO BEGIN I leave I start I begin You leave You start You begin He/she/it leaves He/she/it starts He/she/it begins

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PRESENT SIMPLE(FUTURE MEANING)

The present simple (future  meaning)  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.• For timetables , programmes etc. the PRESENT SIMPLE is used.                                           THE PRESENT SIMPLE • VERB: TO DO                    VERB: TO START              VERB: TO BEGIN • I leave                            I start                                         I begin • You leave                      You start                                    You begin•  He/she/it leaves         He/she/it starts                       He/she/it begins•  We leave                      We start                                    We begin • They leave                     They start                                 They begin

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PRESENT SIMPLE(FUTURE MEANING)

• Only the verbs below can be used in the simple present to talk about a future scheduled event:

• arrivebebeginclosedepartendfinishflyleaveopenstart

 

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Arrives from london at 10:30• When does the plane  arrive from London?

• The plane arrives from London at 10:30

Leaves Cusco at  7:00• Whe does the train  leave cusco?•  The train leaves cusco at 7:00

Arrives from Argentina at 9:00 • When does the bus arrive from Argentina?• The bus arrives from Argentina at 9:00

TIME TABLE

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In this activity you have to use the PRESENT SIMPLE with future meaning: Let’s do these exercises

a) What time  ______________________________  (the train to Oxford/leave)?

b) The film  _________________________________at quarter to nine. (start)

c) We  _________________________art at 11:00(start)

d) When  _______________________(the movie /finish)?

e) The movie____________________________at half past nine.

f) What time __________________________ (we/have/the geography test)?