Present Simple Future Time

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The present simple can be used to talk about 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.

Tomorrow is Friday.

The train to Ottawa leaves at 11:30 a.m.

What time does the movie begin tonight?

What time do you finish work tomorrow?

When do you leave for NYC?

What time does the store open tomorrow?

Final exams start next week.

The concert begins at 6:30 p.m.

The plane departs at 8 p.m.

Her train arrives at 8:35 a.m. tomorrow morning.

The Monet exhibit closes on Sunday.

The sale ends next week.

I fly to Paris next week.

Only the verbs below can be used in the simple present to talk about a future scheduled event:

arrive

be

begin

close

depart

end

finish

fly

leave

open

start

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