Present Simple As Future

Present Simple As Future

by Jayza Rosario

IMPORTANT TO KNOW

​We the use the present simple to describe an organized future timetable. Future events that have been scheduled.

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​Examples would be meetings, timetables, airline schedules, etc.

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​"What time does our train leave?"

​"The train leaves at eight, we arrive at Dover at twelve, and get on the ferry an hour late."

Open Ended

Give an example using present simple as future.

​Do these sentences refer to the habitual present or the future?

Multiple Choice

I leave home at eight, walk to the station, and catch the 8:30 train. I always get to the office before nine.

• PRESENT

• FUTURE

Multiple Choice

The committee leaves Stockholm on Sunday morning, arrives in Australia on Monday and starts work on Tuesday.

• PRESENT

• FUTURE

Multiple Choice

Your plane leaves London at 8:30 and arrives in Cairo at 12:00.

• PRESENT

• FUTURE

Multiple Choice

I travel by the 8:30 train because it gets to London before ten o'clock.

• PRESENT

• FUTURE

Multiple Choice

You take the 1:30 train from Berlin which connects with the night ferry from the Hook of Holland. You arrive in London an hour before your appointment.

• PRESENT

• FUTURE

Multiple Choice

I always take the night train from Edinburgh which arrives in London at half-past six.

• PRESENT

• FUTURE

Multiple Choice

The hovercraft leaves Felixstowe at 12:00. It takes an hour, so you get there at 12:00 French time.

• PRESENT

• FUTURE

Multiple Choice

The Prime Minister arrives in India on Tuesday, spends a couple of days in Delhi, then goes on to Malaysia.

• PRESENT

• FUTURE

Multiple Choice

The local train is very slow and stops at all the stations between here and Peterborough.

• PRESENT

• FUTURE

Multiple Choice

The bus leaves at four o'clock, we get to Dublin at seven, and we have to register at the hotel before half-past eight.

• PRESENT

• FUTURE