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Unit 25 · Future

What are you doing tomorrow?

Study

A

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

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'Where are Tina and Helen?' 'They're playing tennis in the park.'

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Please be quiet. I'm working.

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

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Andrew is playing tennis tomorrow.

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I'm not working next week.

B

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

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Sophie is going to the dentist on Friday. (= she has an appointment with the dentist)

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We're having a party next weekend.

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Are you meeting your friends tonight?

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What are you doing tomorrow evening?

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

You can also say 'I'm going to do something' (→ Unit 26).

C

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

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

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

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Lisa 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.:

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The train arrives at 7.30.

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What time does the film finish?

Compare:

present continuous (usually for people) present simple (for timetables, programmes etc.)
I'm going to a concert tomorrow. The concert starts at 7.30.
What time are you leaving? What time does your train leave?

Exercises (4)

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25.1

Look at the pictures. What are these people doing next Friday?

  1. 1Man playing tennis on a court
    Andrew is example
  2. 2Man going to the cinema
    Richard to the cinema.
  3. 3Woman meeting a man, greeting each other
    Rachel
  4. 4Woman and man having lunch together
    Karen lunch with Will.
  5. 5Couple going to a party with decorations
    Sue and Tom to a party.
25.2

Write questions. All the sentences are future.

  1. 1
    (you / go / out / tonight?) example
  2. 2
    (you / work / next week?)
  3. 3
    (what / you / do / tomorrow evening?)
  4. 4
    (what time / your friends / come?)
  5. 5
    (when / Lisa / go / on holiday?)
25.3

Write sentences about yourself. What are you doing in the next few days?

  1. 1
    example
  2. 2
    example
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
25.4

Put the verb in the present continuous (he is leaving etc.) or present simple (the train leaves etc.).

  1. 1
    ' (you/go) out tonight?' 'No, I'm too tired.'example
  2. 2
    (we/go) to a concert tonight. It (it/start) at 7.30.example
  3. 3
    Do you know about Sarah? (she/get) married next month!
  4. 4
    A: My parents (go) on holiday next week. B: Oh, that's nice. Where (they/go)?
  5. 5
    Silvia is doing an English course at the moment. The course (finish) on Friday.
  6. 6
    There's a party tomorrow night, but (I/not/go).
  7. 7
    (I/go) out with some friends tonight. Why don't you come too? (we/meet) at the Royal Hotel at 8 o'clock.
  8. 8
    A: How (you/get) home after the party tomorrow? By taxi? B: No, I can go by bus. The last bus (leave) at midnight.
  9. 9
    A: (you/come) with us to the cinema tonight? B: Yes, what time (the film / begin)?
  10. 10
    A: What (you/do) tomorrow afternoon? B: (I/work).