Alice Chu
Member
- Joined
- Oct 14, 2019
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- Chinese
- Home Country
- Taiwan
- Current Location
- Taiwan
Hello.
Could you please tell me if my understanding is correct?
Begin, start, end, open, close, leave, depart, arrive, be, and have can be used with simple present tense to indicate a timetable / schedule in the near future.
1) The final exam starts on Monday and ends on Wednesday.
2) The orchid exhibition opens tomorrow and closes next Sunday.
3) The movie is at 7:00 tonight.
4) I have an appointment with my friends at 7:00 tonight.
5) The next train arrives in ten minutes.
6) My train leaves / departs at seven o’clock tonight.
→The action is fixed and regular in the near future.
7) We leave at seven o’clock tonight.→wrong
→The sentence is wrong because the action is not regular.
Could you please tell me if my understanding is correct?
Begin, start, end, open, close, leave, depart, arrive, be, and have can be used with simple present tense to indicate a timetable / schedule in the near future.
1) The final exam starts on Monday and ends on Wednesday.
2) The orchid exhibition opens tomorrow and closes next Sunday.
3) The movie is at 7:00 tonight.
4) I have an appointment with my friends at 7:00 tonight.
5) The next train arrives in ten minutes.
6) My train leaves / departs at seven o’clock tonight.
→The action is fixed and regular in the near future.
7) We leave at seven o’clock tonight.→wrong
→The sentence is wrong because the action is not regular.