2019-10-24
6 分钟Hi there, this is Harry and welcome back to my English learning podcast. Here I help you improve English speaking, grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation through the use of short sentences. Today, the sentence that I have for you - The UK is set to live the EU on the 31st October and the government has insisted it will not negotiate a further delay beyond the Halloween deadline. How to use the Present Simple for future events. Enrol in Harry's English Club at www.englishlessonviaskype.com ...
Hi there, and welcome to the fourth and final podcast of this particular week.
So what do we have for you for this?
Well, again, we're looking at a sentence in English, and I'll explain the grammar rules in this particular sentence.
This particular sentence, again, is about Brexit.
Sorry, but it's just to keep you up to date as to what is happening.
But it also demonstrates some interesting use of grammar here.
There is the reference to the future.
Okay, but in one particular situation, we're using the present simple, which you don't use so often to describe some future event.
Okay, so let me give you the first reading of the sentence.
The UK is set to leave the EU on the 31 October, and the government has insisted it will not negotiate a further delay beyond the Halloween deadline.
Okay, second reading.
The UK is set to leave the EU on the 31 October, and the government has insisted it will not negotiate a further delay beyond the Halloween deadline.
Okay, so what do we have in this sentence?
As I said, this is some use of future tenses.
So there are two in particular here.
The first one is the UK is set to leave.
Okay, so it's talking about some event in the future because it says it is set to leave the EU on the 31 October.
So it's not today or tomorrow, it's the 31 October.
So it's talking about the future, but they're using the present simple is set to leave.
Is set to leave.