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today is S unday

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I'm playing tennis tomorrow.

They are playing tennis (now). 日e is playing tennis tomorrow.

We use am/is/are 十 -ing (present continuous) for something happening now:

0 'Where are Tina and 日 elen?' 'They're playing tennis in the park.

0 Please be quiet. I'm working.

We also use am/is/are + -ing for thefuture (tomorrow / next week etc.):

0 Andrew is playing tennis tomorrow.

0 I'm not working next week.

I am doing something tomorrow = I h ave arranged to do it, I have a plan to do it:

0 Sophie i
ophie is going to the d en ti st o n Fri day.
I'm going to a
(= she has an appointment with the dentist)
concert tomorrow.
0 We're having a party next weekend.

0 Are you meeting your friends tonight?

0 What are you doing tomorrow evening?

0 I'm not going out tonight. I'm staying at home.

You can also say 'I'm going to do something1 (➔ Unit 26).

We use the present continuous (I'm staying / are you coming etc.) to say what somebody has arranged

to do:

0 I' m staying at home this evening. (not I stay)

。 Are you going out tonight? (not Do you go)

isa
0 Lisa isn' isn't coming to the party next week. (not Lisa doesn't come)

But we use the present simple (start, arrives etc.) for timetables, programmes, trains, buses etc. :

e trai
0 The trai n arrives at 7.30.
0 What time does the film finish?

Compare:

present continuous (usually for people) present simple (for timetables, programmes etc.)

0 I'm going to a concert tomorrow. 。 The concert starts at 7.30.

0 What time are you leaving? 0 What time does your train leave?

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60 ( present continuous ➔ Units 3-4 present simple ➔ Units 5-7 I'm going to … ➔ Unit 26