Hello, fellas. In the previous session of #GrammarTrivia on June 11, 2019, we learned how the future is expressed in time clauses.
(More on the future in time clauses: https://englishtips4u.com/2019/06/15/grammartrivia-expressing-the-future-in-time-clauses/)
Our session today is about using the present progressive and the simple present to express the future.
The future is expressed by the present progressive when a sentence concerns a planned event or definite intention. Its future meaning is conveyed by future time words or the context.
Example:
My sister is seeing a doctor next Wednesday.
The simple present may also be used to express the future in a sentence if it concerns a definite schedule or timetable. It usually contains future time words. Only several verbs are used in this way, e.g., open, close, begin, end, start, finish, arrive, leave, come, return.
Example:
The competition starts tomorrow.
Source:
Betty Schrampfer Azar, Understanding and Using English Grammar: Third Edition
Compiled and written by @fathrahman for @EnglishTips4U on Wednesday, June 19, 2019
