OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR-26 sau đây là giáo trình lý thuyết tiếng anh và bài tập áp dụng từ cơ bản đến nâng cao , nhằm giúp các bạn có thể tự mình ôn tập và củng cố thêm về nền tảng kiến thức môn Anh văn , tự tin đạt kết quả tốt trong kỳ thi ngoại ngữ | OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR 26 PRESENT TENSES FOR THE FUTURE A The present continuous for arrangements Tom Are you doing anything this evening Nick Yes I m going to an ice hockey match. The Tigers are playing the Kings. I bought my ticket yesterday. We use the present continuous for what someone has arranged to do in the future. Here Nick has arranged to go to the match. He has bought a ticket. Here are some more examples. I m meeting Harriet at six o clock. David is coming round later on. We re having a party tomorrow. Sarah is going to Paris next week. We also use the present continuous to talk about things happening now see Unit 4 . Present We re having a party at the moment. Future We re having a party tomorrow. Here the phrase of time shows whether we mean the present or the future. But sometimes there is no phrase of time as when Nick says The Tigers are playing the Kings. Here it is clear from Tom s question that the conversation is about a future event. The present continuous for the future and be going to Unit 24A have similar meanings. We re having a party next week. We have made the arrangements. We re going to have a party next week. We intend We have decided to have one. Often we can use either form. I m meeting I m going to meet Harriet at six o clock. B The present simple for a timetable Mark What time does your train leave tomorrow Sarah Seven twenty-three in the morning. It gets into Paris at eleven twenty-three. We can use the present simple for the future when we are talking about a timetable usually a public one such as a train timetable. The train leaves at seven twenty-three tomorrow morning. The match starts at half past seven. Next Friday is the thirteenth. I ve got the tour details here. We spend three days in Rome. Compare the present simple for repeated actions see Unit 6A . The train leaves at seven twenty-three every morning. Be to and be about to We use be to for a future event that is officially arranged. It is often used in news reports.
