Future time

Future time

by Ana Martinez

Multiple Choice

It's getting cloudy.  I think it's going to rain.

• Plan

• Prediction

• it's happening right now

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Next weekend, we're going to visit our grandparents.

• Plan

• Prediction

• Happening at the moment

Multiple Choice

I feel tired. I'll take some rest.

• Plan

• Prediction

• Decision at the moment

Multiple Choice

Traveling to other planets will be possible in the year 2050.

• Plan

• Prediction

• Decision at the moment

​Simple present to express future

​We can use the simple present to express future time when the events are on a definite schedule or timetable.

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​Only some verbs can be used to express future, such as:

• ​arrive

• ​leave

• ​start

• ​begin

• ​end

• ​finish

• ​open

• ​close

• ​be

The school years finishes in two months.

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​Classes start next month in most schools in the US.

Multiple Choice

A friend is traveling next week, his plane .... at 9 am on Sunday.

• is leaving

• leaves

• is going to leave

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This movie .... in two hours.

• finishes

• finish

• will finish

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There's no meeting today. It .... tomorrow at 10 am.

• will be

• are

• is

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The coffee shop ... at 7:30 tomorrow, I'll meet you there.

• is going to open

• open

• opens