Learn · Sentences Time and Sequence Sentences

We have to leave soon; they, in an hour.

B1

Sentence

Narrator

We have to leave soon; they, in an hour.

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Giving Instructions

We need to leave soon; they'll be here in an hour.

Making a Statement

It's time to go; our guests are arriving in an hour.

Expressing Urgency

We must depart immediately; they're due to arrive within the hour.

Setting a Deadline

Let's wrap things up; we have to leave in sixty minutes.

Rephrased versions

Formal

Our departure must commence shortly; their arrival is anticipated within sixty minutes.

Casual

Let's get going; they'll be here in an hour.

Simpler English

We have to go now; they are coming in an hour.

Phrases to learn

leave soon

To depart in the near future.

in an hour

After a period of sixty minutes.