FUTURE: present simple and present continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

H3A - English

 Monday 27 January 2025

 Goals & Planning 

Goals: 

-by the end of this lesson you'll have learnt 2 ways to talk about the FUTURE 

TAKE NOTES!!

Tekst

Examples

The bus leaves at 9 pm.

I'm flying to London tomorrow. I've already bought my ticket.

What is the difference between the 2 sentences?

Discuss

Both sentences tell us something that will happen in the future.

They contain 2 different tenses:

1. present simple

2. present continuous

The bus leaves at 9 pm.

Present simple (verb/verb+s): used to refer to events in the future which are certain because they are facts or there is a fixed schedule/timetable (shops, trains, school, etc).

Her birthday falls on a Friday next year. (fact)

School starts at 8,45. (timetable)

The shops open at 10 o'clock.

I'm flying to London tomorrow. (tickets)

Present continuous (am/is/are + verb+ ing): to talk abot plans (arrangments have been done)

I'm meeting Sally tonight. ( We have arranged to meet)

They are visiting the museum on Saturday.

Let's check your understanding of present simple and present continuous used to talk about the future.

Quiz time!

You use the simple present to talk about the future for

1. arrangements
2. timetables

You use present continuous to talk about the future for

1. facts
2. schedules
3. plans

The airplane is landing at 3 o'clock.
The sentence is:

1. correct
2. wrong

I'm meeting my sister at the airport tomorrow.
This sentence is:

1. wrong
2. correct

I have dinner with Sue next Saturday.
This sentence is:

1. wrong
2. correct

Fill the gap with present simple or present continuous: My dad..........(to drive) me to basketball practice tonight.

Fill the gap with present simple or present continuous: The restaurant ......(to open) at 19,30 tonight.

Fill the gap with present simple or present continuous: My parents ..........(to go) on holiday next Monday.

Fill the gap with present simple or present continuous: Tomorrow..........(to be) Friday.

Fill the gap with present simple or present continuous: What time ......the movie...........tonight?

Fill the gap with present simple or present continuous: .......you..............(to go) to the party tomorrow?

Are there any questions?

Practice with present simple and present continuous to talk about the future: handout.

Practice what you have learnt

Read grammar page 119.

Do ex 51 d and 52 a page 119-120: HOMEWORK for Thursday.