PRESENT PROGRESSIVE AS FUTURE

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE AS FUTURE

We can use the present progressive to talk about definite plants and arrangements in the future, e.g.



The present continuous can refer to the future. It shows that we have already decided something and usually that we have already made a plan or arrangements:
[talking about plans for a tour by a rock music group]
The band is visiting Denmark next May.
I am taking the train to Paris tomorrow.

ü EXAMPLES:
They will be dancing all night long!
(¡Estarán bailando toda la noche!)

What will they be doing all night long?
(¿Qué estarán haciendo toda la noche?)

We will be working quite closely.
(Estaremos trabajando de manera muy cercana.)

This guy will be sleeping when you find him. 
(Este tipo estará durmiendo cuando lo encuentres.)

Tomorrow at three o'clock Josh will be cooking.
(Mañana a las tres Josh estará cocinando.)

It will be raining the entire week. 
(Estará lloviendo toda la semana.)

He will be running until he's too tired to move. 
(Estará corriendo hasta que esté tan cansado que no se puede mover.)



English speakers often use the present continuous tense (subject + 'be' = verb-ing) to talk about future arrangements. A future arrangement is a plan that you have decided and organised with another person.
The present progressive puts emphasis on the course or duration of an action.
The present progressive is used for actions going on in the moment of speaking and for actions taking place only for a short period of time. It is also used to express development and actions that are arranged for the near future.
Present progressive is also known as present continuous.


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