Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Present continuous as Future.
- By Mariana Lazcano Ochoa.
Group: B-II-3.
- Its form is
- Affirmative
- Negative
- Interrogative
- Used to
- Intentions
- Future plans
- To show that the sentence
refers to the future (and not
something happening now).
- The verbs go, come, do, and have, as
well as verbs related to travel, are
especially common with the present
continuous as future
- Often refers to more definite plans than be goind to.
- Its future time expressions are
- Today, tonight, tomorrow, the day after
tomorrow, tomorrow morning/afternoon/night.
- In five minutes, in a few days, in a few months.
- This afternoon, this Sunday, this week, this year, this spring.
- Next Sunday, next week, next August, next month, next year.
- The week after next, the weekend after next, the month after next, the year after next.