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7.3 Simple Present: Future Schedules

Statements Questions
My train leaves at 4:00 this afternoon. Does the train leave at 5:00?
The game doesn’t start until 3:00. When does the game start?
The stores close at 6:00 this evening. What time do the stores close?
They don’t close late tonight. Do the stores close late tonight?

1. Use the simple present to talk about Next semester starts on January 15.
future events that are scheduled or on Our flight leaves at 10:45.
a timetable.

2. The simple present is often used to A: What time does the concert end
talk about the future with these verbs: tomorrow night?
arrive, begin, close, end, finish, leave, B: I think it ends around ten.
open, and start.

4 Complete the conversations with the verbs in parentheses. Use the simple present.

1. A: What time does the lecture begin (begin)?
B: It begins (begin) at ten-thirty.

2. A: When Professor Miller (leave) for vacation?

B: She (leave) tonight.

3. A: Excuse me, what time flight 225 from Chicago (arrive)?
B: It (arrive) at 1:45.

4. A: When fall classes (start)?

B: They (not start) until September 20.

5. The stores (not open) until noon on Sunday.

6 A: What time Martha’s train (get) to Miami?
B: It (get) there at ten-fifteen.

7. Hurry up! The cafeteria (close) in 20 minutes.

8. Our bus (not leave) until one-thirty. Let’s get something to eat.

9. A: When Linda (start) her new job?

B: She (start) next Monday.

10. A: I (finish) work at six tomorrow. Do you want to have dinner?
B: No, sorry. My son (have) an important hockey game tomorrow night.

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