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Verbs
USE
• To talk about plans which are arranged for a particular time in the future. This
construction is used very often with come and go, and with verbs like see,
stay, visit, meet, etc:
They're going tomorrow.
I'm arriving next week.
We're visiting the States in three weeks.
Notes
• Remember that a time word or expression must be used, or understood from the
conversation, to make the present continuous a future.
• This is not just a 'near' future - it is possible to say: He's coming back in ten years.
Practice
Write these sentences in full, putting the verbs into the present continuous and
supply the missing words where necessary.
1 I / see / them / Saturday.
I'm seeing them on Saturday.
2 They / come / here / three weeks.
They're coming here in three weeks.
3 I / meet / John / three o'clock.
4 What / you do / Friday night?
5 I / go / to the disco / Saturday evening.
6 We / go back / to the States / three years.
7 They / go on holiday / two days' time.
8 I / not come home / Friday.
9 You / work late / tomorrow night?
10 We / not go to school / next week.
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