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MENTIMETER ACTIVITY
 The Present Simple
And Present Continuous
With future meaning

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When do we use the present simple to refer to the future? It is not the
most common use of a present tense verb referring to the future (the
present continuous is more common), but we do use the present
simple to refer to organized future events which have already been
arranged.

Examples:
• The office closes at 5 O’clock today
• The flight leaves before lunchtime tomorrow
• My friend arrives from Chicago on Wednesday

In all of these examples, we have used the present simple when

referring to the future. This is because all of these events have been
pre-arranged in relation to time. This can also be used in the
interrogative form
When do we use the present continuous to refer to the future? There are a
couple of ways in which we can use the present continuous to refer to the
future in English. One of them is referring to an action which you are about
to start in the immediate future.

Examples:
I’m visitting my gran in 5 minutes
They are leaving for the airport in a moment
We’re going shopping once I finish my homework
Another way in which we use the present
continuous is for future plans which are
generally agreed between more than one
person.

Examples:
• I’m going to Spain with my friend in August
• They’re coming to visit us in Summer
• He’s flying to Miami in July
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