3. THANKSGIVING DAY
Thanksgiving is one of the largest celebrations in
the United States. It is always on the fourth
Thrusday of November. Millions of people gather
for a day of feasting, football and family.
On Thanksgiving morning, 3.5 million people
watch the Macy´s thanksgiving Day Parade in
New York City. More than 50 million people
watch the event on TV.
In the afternoon or evening, families have a
delicious turkey dinner.
JUNE 2ND
5. ARE YOU DOING ANYTHING ON THE
WEEKEND?
ASYNCHRONOUS
CLASS
JUNE 5TH
6. USE OF PRESENT CONTINOUS
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
JUNE 8TH
7. Remember!
We can use the present continuous to talk
about arrangements (plans which you
have organised)
in the future.
My brother is playing football with his
friends tonight.
I’m going to the cinema at the weekend.
Are you having a party for your birthday?
JUNE 9TH
8. Note: We can often use ‘going to’ instead of the Present Continuous to
indicate future meaning.
– Nick is spending time with his family tonight.
– Nick is going to spend time with his family tonight.
When we use the Present Continuous with this meaning, it is
necessary to add a time
reference (tomorrow, tomorrow evening, on/next
Sunday)
so we know it refers to the future and not to the present:
•Jane is working at the moment (Present Continuous refers
to present activity) but in the evening
she is playing tennis (Present Continuous refers to
•planned activity in future).
JUNE 9TH
9. How to form Present Continuous
Positive Statements
To make the Present Continuous with future
meaning, we use:
am / is / are + the ‘-ing’ form of the verb and add a
time marker.
• I’m staying at home tonight.
• She isn’t working on Thursday.
• We’re meeting at two o’clock.
• John and Samantha are getting married
tomorrow.
ASYNCHRONOUS CLASS
JUNE 12TH
10. Negative sentences
We form the negative by adding ‘not‘ to either the
full form or short (contracted) form:
am / is / are + not + the ‘-ing’ form of the verb
We’re not having a meeting this afternoon.
=We aren’t having a meeting this afternoon.
=We are not having a meeting this afternoon.
I’m not coming to the party tonight.
= I am not coming to the party tonight.
ASYNCHRONOUS CLASS
JUNE 12TH
11. Questions
To form a question, we rearrange the word order, placing the verb ‘be’ before
the subject:
am / is / are + subject +the ‘-ing’ form of the verb
Are you going to the concert tomorrow?
Is your mom joining us for dinner next week?
https://grammartop.com/present-continuous-with-future-meaning/
ASYNCHRONOUS CLASS
JUNE 12TH
