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Present

Past Future

Using The Simple Present &

The Present Progressive To Express Future Time

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Using TheThe Present Progressive To Express Future Time

The present progressive may be used to express future time when the idea of the sentence concerns a planned event or definite intention.

A future meaning for the present progressive tense is indicated either by future time words in the sentence or by the context.

My wife has an appointment with a doctor. She is seeing Dr. North next Tuesday.

A: What are you going to do this afternoon? B: After lunch I am meeting a friend of mine. We are going shopping. Would you like to come along?

Examples

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because rain

is not a planned

event.

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Verbs such as rain

because rain

is not a planned

event.

is not used in the present progressive to indicate future time

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The simple present can also be used to express future time in a sentence concerning events that are on a definite schedule or timetable.

These sentences usually contain future time words.

Only a few verbs are used in this way: e.g., open, close, begin, end, start, finish, arrive, leave, come, return.

The museum opens at ten tomorrow morning. Classes begin next week.

John’s plane arrives at 6:05 P.M. next Monday.

Examples

Using The

Simple Present

To Express Future

Time

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