2. When an event is on a schedule or timetable
(for example, the take-off time for a plane), we
often use the present simple to express the
future.
We usually also use a future word (expressed or
understood) like:
tomorrow, at 6.30pm,
next week.
3. Only a few verbs are used in this way, for example:
be, open, close, begin, start, end, finish,
arrive, come, leave, return
Look at these sentences:
The train leaves Detroit at 9pm tonight.
John starts work next week.
Tomorrow is Thursday.
4. Exercise 1.
Order the words to form sentences.
1. ./tonight/at/arrives/the/7:30/train
2. is/holiday/Monday/next/a/?
3. the/bank/in/./closes/an hour/half
4. until/the/./9 o’clock/doesn´t/show/start/next
5. tomorrow/time/bus/what/our/?/does/
leave/morning
10. Look at the following timetableAt what time does the flight to Washington depart?It departs at 12:55 in the afternoon
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11. Look at the following timetable1. At what time does the flight to Atlanta depart?
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12. Look at the following timetable2. At what time does the first flight to New York
depart?
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13. Look at the following timetable3. At what time does the flight to Boston depart?
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14. Look at the following timetable4. At what time does the flight to Las Vegas depart?
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15. Look at the following timetable5. At what time does the flight to Miami depart?
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16. Answers…
1. It departs at 2:30 in the afternoon.
2. It departs at 12:00.
3. It departs at 1:50 in the afternoon.
4. It departs at 12:20 in the afternoon.
5. It departs at 1:45 in the afternoon.
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