Present Continuous Future
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PRESENT CONTINUOUS PRESENT CONTINUOUS WITH A FUTURE MEANING WITH A FUTURE MEANING - - 1 1 a) When you are talking about what you have already arranged to do, use the present continuous . Do not use the present simple: - What are you doing tomorrow evening? - I'm going to the theatre. - Are you playing football tomorrow? - Yes, but Tom isn't playing. He has hurt his leg. - Ann is coming tomorrow. - Oh, is she? What time is she arriving?
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PRESENT CONTINUOUS PRESENT CONTINUOUS WITH A FUTURE MEANING WITH A FUTURE MEANING -- 11
a) When you are talking about what you have already arranged to do, use the present continuous. Do not use the present simple:
- What are you doing tomorrow evening?- I'm going to the theatre.- Are you playing football tomorrow?- Yes, but Tom isn't playing. He has hurt his leg.- Ann is coming tomorrow.- Oh, is she? What time is she arriving?
PRESENT CONTINUOUS PRESENT CONTINUOUS WITH A FUTURE MEANING WITH A FUTURE MEANING -- 22
b) The time is nearly always given and is usually in the immediate future:
- He is playing in the concert tonight.- We are meeting him after the performance.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS PRESENT CONTINUOUS WITH A FUTURE MEANING WITH A FUTURE MEANING -- 33
c) It is also possible to use going to + infinitive in these sentences:
- What are you going to do tomorrow evening?- Tom is going to play tennis on Monday afternoon.
d) Do not use will to talk about what you have arranged to do:
- What are you doing this evening? (not 'what will you do').
- Alex is getting married next month. (not 'Alex will get').
PRESENT CONTINUOUS PRESENT CONTINUOUS WITH A FUTURE MEANING WITH A FUTURE MEANING -- 44
e) This method of expressing the future cannot be used with verbs which are not normally used in the continuous tenses. These verbs should be put into the future tense (shall/will):
- I'm meeting him tonight.But - I shall know tonight.
- They will be there tomorrow.i) To see, however, can be used in this tense with a
future meaning:- I am seeing him tomorrow (= I have an appointment with him, 'I am meeting him tomorrow').
ii) To be can be used when it forms part of a passive verb:
- Our new piano is being delivered this afternoon.
THE SIMPLE PRESENT THE SIMPLE PRESENT WITH A FUTURE MEANINGWITH A FUTURE MEANING
a) We use the present simple when we are talking about time-tables, programmes, etc. (for example, for public transport, cinemas):
- What time does the film begin?- The train leaves Plymouth at 10.30 and arrives in London at 13.45. - The football match starts at 8 o'clock. - Tomorrow is Wednesday.
b) But we do not normally use the present simple for personal arrangements:
- What time are you meeting Ann? (not 'do you meet').
