[Music] hey guys it's teacher grant again coming to you with another lesson today we're gonna talk about the present for future events okay so i'm gonna read you off what this says so it's crystal clear to you so you can completely understand what we're going to talk about so the present for future events the present simple and present continuous can be used to talk about future events that are already planned they are usually used with a future time word or time phrase for example the train arrives at 10 pm tonight arise is the present simple tonight refers to the point in the future the present simple can be used to talk about events that are scheduled to take place in the future this is how we form it the train arrives at 10 pm tonight the subject is the train the present simple is arise the future time phrase is tonight or 10 p.m tonight some further examples don't forget we have an early meeting tomorrow morning have is the present simple the next flight to new york departs at six this evening departs present simple the concert is next wednesday i hope we're ready by then the bank opens late tomorrow because it's the weekend all the blue highlighting is the present simple the present continuous for future events the present continuous can be used to talk about pre-arranged future events time markers usually show whether the event is in the present or the future right so here we go let's look at the color-coded words and purple is now and green is tomorrow all right so at the moment so at the moment shows actions refers to the present date is working present continuous refers to dave's present activity but tomorrow time clause tomorrow shows the action to the future he is playing golf present continuous refers to a future event that is planned how to form dave is playing golf tomorrow the present continuous is playing is playing the future time is tomorrow jack's playing soccer tomorrow sue is studying this evening i'm having dinner with mike next weekend tom and samantha are getting married tomorrow i'm seeing a movie later lisa is playing golf tomorrow jay is meeting some friends tomorrow evening i'm running a race for charity this weekend okay guys so that is going to do it for this lesson so any questions any comments any concerns you can put them down and comment below thank you everyone till then have a good morning good afternoon good evening and good night and i will see you next time bye