present simple and continuous for future activities

1. FUTURE ACTIVITIES
PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS
MG. TATIANA BECERRA POSADA

2. PRESENT SIMPLE FOR FUTURE
SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES
 We use simple present to talk about activities that have a Schedule or
timetable; for example:
What time does the plane to
Montevideo leave tomorrow?
It leaves at 8:45 pm
The verb leaves
is in present
simple form but
it refers to the
future
(tomorrow)

3. What time does the movie Trolls start on
Wednesday?
The verb starts
is in present
simple form but
it refers to the
future (next
Wednesday)
It starts at 10 pm

4. What other scheduled activities can we
mention using the simple present in the
future?
 Classes or School = The English class starts at 10 am next saturday
 Train/Bus departures and arrivals = The bus to Bogota leaves at 8 pm next
Friday
 Shops or malls = Alamedas opens at 8 am during Christmas season
 Movie shows = cinemark opens at 10 am next weekend
 Concerts = Silvestre´s concert starts at 9pm next December 23rd
 Banks or office time = Bancolombia closes at 7 pm next Friday
 Restaurants = Terralontana opens from 2pm to 9 pm tomorrow

5. PRESENT CONTINUOUS FOR PLANS OR
MEETINGS
 We use the present continuous to describe plans we have arranged with
someone else for the near future
 I am having dinner with Mary at 7pm on Friday
 You are seeing the doctor next Thursday
 I am travelling to Bogota tomorrow, I already have my ticket.
 They are watching Trolls tomorrow
 We are having clases next Saturday
 Jane is meeting Lucas next Friday