curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-how-to-plan-future-events/6750784c1399a9ef62b27e9e.md
Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.
The training BLANK BLANK for Thursday afternoon.
is
This word is a form of the verb to be and is part of the Present Simple tense.
planned
This word means arranged or scheduled for a specific time.
The sentence The training is planned for Thursday afternoon uses the Present Simple tense.
This tense is often used to describe fixed future events, like schedules or timetables, because it expresses certainty. For example:
The meeting starts at 10 AM tomorrow. - This means the meeting is already scheduled for a specific time.
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