Present simple You use the present simple for fixed events in the future: timetables (bus, train, etc.) and schedules (flights, classes, etc.). My flight leaves at 3.45 tomorrow afternoon. Tonight’s class starts at 7.00 and ends at 8.30. am / is / are You can also talk about the future in simple sentences with am/ is / are and – adjectives like free, busy, home, away, back. I’m away next week. – expressions with in, on, at, etc. I’m at a conference. You usually use time expressions with all the above forms. For example: tomorrow afternoon, at 7.00, next month … Form be going to Use be going to with the infinitive. Are you going to see her again? I’m going to see her on my next trip to Malaysia. Yes, I am. No, I’m not. I’m not going to see her this month. The present progressive, the present simple See Grammar reference for Unit 1, p. 147. Practice 1 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use be going to or the present simple. 1 W hen your train ? (arrive) 2 What you this summer? (do) 3 I my essay this weekend. (finish) 4 I think the last bus at 11.30 p.m. (leave) 5 We friends of ours in Bombay this summer. (visit) 6 The meeting at 2.30 as usual. (start) 2 Complete the sentences with the present progressive or be. Use these verbs. 1 We a party for Margaret next Wednesday. 2 I to the hairdresser this afternoon at 3.00. 3 We a cat this weekend. The whole family are really excited. 4 We from home next week. 5 I her this evening around 6.00. 6 I checked his schedule. He Paris tomorrow. Unit 9 Relative clauses Meaning A relative clause is part of a sentence. Relative clauses identify which particular person/thing we are talking about or give us extra information about someone/something. They are often introduced by relative pronouns like who or which. Form You can introduce a relative clause with who to talk about people and with which to talk about things. The woman who lives next door is an engineer. The people who I work with are very nice. My father bought a new car which is very fast. I didn’t really enjoy the film which we saw yesterday. Note: 1 Relative clauses can also begin with: ■■ whose: to show possession. I met a girl whose father writes detective stories. Is this the company whose website we looked at? ■■ whom: for people as the object of the relative clause, or immediately after a preposition. The woman whom I wanted to see was in a meeting. Is that the girl from whom you received a letter? In spoken and informal written English, it is much more common to use who or that (or nothing), and to put the preposition at the end of the clause. The woman (who/that) I wanted to see was not there. / Is that the girl (who) you received a letter from? ■■ where: to talk about places. I’d like to live in a country where the sun shines all year. ■■ when: to talk about time. I remember the day when my sister was born. phone go be away have get be in 156 G Grammar reference and practice Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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