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• We leave We start We begin • They leave They start They begin
PRESENT SIMPLE(FUTURE MEANING)
• Only the verbs below can be used in the simple present to talk about a future scheduled event:
• arrivebebeginclosedepartendfinishflyleaveopenstart
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
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)?