The document discusses the use of the present continuous tense to talk about future plans. It explains that the present continuous can be used to refer to actions happening now or planned for the future, with the difference being the time expression used. Examples are provided showing questions using the present continuous to ask about future plans and responses using it to express planned future actions, even without an explicit time expression due to context.

1. PRESENT CONTINUOUS:
FUTURE PLANS.

2. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
Remember….

3. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
Remember….
The construction of the Present Continuous is:

4. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
Remember….
The construction of the Present Continuous is:
Affirmative Sentences:

5. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
Remember….
The construction of the Present Continuous is:
Verb “To Be” in present
Am
Is
Are
Affirmative Sentences:

6. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
Remember….
The construction of the Present Continuous is:
Verb “To Be” in present
Am
Is
Are
Main verb ends in -ing
Eating
Studying
Playing
Affirmative Sentences:

7. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
Remember….
The construction of the Present Continuous is:
Verb “To Be” in present
Am
Is
Are
Main verb ends in -ing
Eating
Studying
Playing
Affirmative Sentences:
Negative Sentences:

8. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
Remember….
The construction of the Present Continuous is:
Verb “To Be” in present
Am
Is
Are
Main verb ends in -ing
Eating
Studying
Playing
Affirmative Sentences:
Negative Sentences:
Verb “To Be” in present
Am not
Is not = Isn’t
Are not = Aren’t

9. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
Remember….
The construction of the Present Continuous is:
Verb “To Be” in present
Am
Is
Are
Main verb ends in -ing
Eating
Studying
Playing
Affirmative Sentences:
Negative Sentences:
Verb “To Be” in present
Am not
Is not = Isn’t
Are not = Aren’t
Main verb ends in -ing
Eating
Studying
Playing

10. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
Remember….
The construction of the Present Continuous is:
Yes/No Questions:

11. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
Remember….
The construction of the Present Continuous is:
Verb “To Be” in present
Am
Is
Are
Yes/No Questions:

12. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
Remember….
The construction of the Present Continuous is:
Verb “To Be” in present
Am
Is
Are
Yes/No Questions:
Subject
I
You
Sarah
John…

13. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
Remember….
The construction of the Present Continuous is:
Verb “To Be” in present
Am
Is
Are
Main verb ends in -ing
Eating
Studying
Playing
Yes/No Questions:
Subject
I
You
Sarah
John…
?

14. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
Remember….
The construction of the Present Continuous is:
Verb “To Be” in present
Am
Is
Are
Main verb ends in -ing
Eating
Studying
Playing
Yes/No Questions:
WH Questions:
Subject
I
You
Sarah
John…
?

15. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
Remember….
The construction of the Present Continuous is:
Verb “To Be” in present
Am
Is
Are
Main verb ends in -ing
Eating
Studying
Playing
Yes/No Questions:
WH Questions:
Subject
I
You
Sarah
John…
?
WH Question
What
Where
When
Why
Etc…

16. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
Remember….
The construction of the Present Continuous is:
Verb “To Be” in present
Am
Is
Are
Main verb ends in -ing
Eating
Studying
Playing
Yes/No Questions:
WH Questions:
Subject
I
You
Sarah
John…
?
Verb “To Be” in present
Am
Is
Are
WH Question
What
Where
When
Why
Etc…

17. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
Remember….
The construction of the Present Continuous is:
Verb “To Be” in present
Am
Is
Are
Main verb ends in -ing
Eating
Studying
Playing
Yes/No Questions:
WH Questions:
Subject
I
You
Sarah
John…
?
Verb “To Be” in present
Am
Is
Are
Subject
I
You
Sarah
John…
WH Question
What
Where
When
Why
Etc…

18. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
Remember….
The construction of the Present Continuous is:
Verb “To Be” in present
Am
Is
Are
Main verb ends in -ing
Eating
Studying
Playing
Yes/No Questions:
WH Questions:
Subject
I
You
Sarah
John…
?
Verb “To Be” in present
Am
Is
Are
Main verb ends in -ing
Eating
Studying
Playing
Subject
I
You
Sarah
John…
?
WH Question
What
Where
When
Why
Etc…

19. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
Look at the following examples…

20. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
Look at the following examples…

21. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
Look at the following examples…
What are they doing right now?

22. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
Look at the following examples…
What are they doing right now?
They are playing videogames.

23. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
Look at the following examples…
What are they doing right now?
They are playing videogames.
In this sentence, we use the Present Continuous to
express an action that is happening in this moment or
right now.
(en esta oración usamos el Presente Continuo para expresar una acción que esta ocurriendo en este momento o en
este instante)

24. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
Now, look at this
example…

25. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
What are they doing tomorrow?

26. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
What are they doing tomorrow?
Tomorrow, they are playing
videogames.

27. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
Do you see the
difference?

28. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.

29. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
What are they doing right now?

30. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
What are they doing right now?
In this sentence, we use the Present
Continuous to express an action that is
happening in this moment or right
now.
(en esta oración usamos el Presente Continuo para expresar una
acción que esta ocurriendo en este momento o en este instante)

31. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
What are they doing right now?
In this sentence, we use the Present
Continuous to express an action that is
happening in this moment or right
now.
(en esta oración usamos el Presente Continuo para expresar una
acción que esta ocurriendo en este momento o en este instante)

32. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
What are they doing right now? What are they doing tomorrow?
In this sentence, we use the Present
Continuous to express an action that is
happening in this moment or right
now.
(en esta oración usamos el Presente Continuo para expresar una
acción que esta ocurriendo en este momento o en este instante)

33. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
What are they doing right now? What are they doing tomorrow?
In this sentence, we use the Present
Continuous to express an action that is
happening in this moment or right
now.
(en esta oración usamos el Presente Continuo para expresar una
acción que esta ocurriendo en este momento o en este instante)
…or…
In this sentence, we use the Present
Continuous to express an action that is
planned for the future.
(en esta oración usamos el Presente Continuo para expresar una
acción que esta planeada para el futuro)

34. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
How can we tell the
difference?
(¿Cómo podemos notar la diferencia?)

35. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
How can we tell the
difference?
(¿Cómo podemos notar la diferencia?)
…the difference is the
time expression.
(la diferencia es la “expresión de tiempo”)

36. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
What are they doing right now? What are they doing tomorrow?

37. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
What are they doing right now? What are they doing tomorrow?
This time expression
expresses an action that
happens in this moment.
(esta expresión de tiempo expresa una
acción que ocurre en este momento)

38. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
What are they doing right now? What are they doing tomorrow?
This time expression
expresses an action that
happens in this moment.
(esta expresión de tiempo expresa una
acción que ocurre en este momento)
…while this…
(mientras que esta)

39. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
What are they doing right now? What are they doing tomorrow?
This time expression
expresses an action that
happens in this moment.
(esta expresión de tiempo expresa una
acción que ocurre en este momento)
This time expression
expresses an action
planned for the future.
(esta expresión de tiempo expresa una
acción planeada para el futuro)
…while this…
(mientras que esta)

40. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
Take a look at these
examples.

41. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
When are you planning to
go home?

42. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
When are you planning to
go home? I’m going home next month.

43. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
When are you planning to
go home? I’m going home next month.
Uses the present
continuous to ask for
future plans.
(usa el presente continuo para preguntar
por planes futuros)

44. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
When are you planning to
go home? I’m going home next month.
Uses the present
continuous to ask for
future plans.
(usa el presente continuo para preguntar
por planes futuros)
Uses the present
continuous to express
future plans.
(usa el presente continuo para expresar
planes futuros)

45. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
When are you planning to
go home? I’m going home next month.
Uses the present
continuous to ask for
future plans.
(usa el presente continuo para preguntar
por planes futuros)
Uses the present
continuous to express
future plans.
(usa el presente continuo para expresar
planes futuros)
Time expression for
future actions.

46. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
And, are you going by
bus?

47. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
And, are you going by
bus?
No, I’m not going by bus.
I’m taking a plane.

48. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
And, are you going by
bus?
No, I’m not going by bus.
I’m taking a plane.
Uses the present
continuous to ask for
future plans.
(usa el presente continuo para preguntar
por planes futuros)

49. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
And, are you going by
bus?
No, I’m not going by bus.
I’m taking a plane.
Uses the present
continuous to ask for
future plans.
(usa el presente continuo para preguntar
por planes futuros)
Uses the present
continuous to express
future plans.
(usa el presente continuo para expresar
planes futuros)

50. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
And, are you going by
bus?
No, I’m not going by bus.
I’m taking a plane.
Uses the present
continuous to ask for
future plans.
(usa el presente continuo para preguntar
por planes futuros)
Uses the present
continuous to express
future plans.
(usa el presente continuo para expresar
planes futuros)
Even though, there’s no time expression, the context of
the conversation tells us that she’s talking about future
plans.
(Aunque no hay expresión de tiempo, el contexto de la conversación nos dice que ella esta
hablando acerca de planes futuros)

51. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
And, are you going by
bus?
No, I’m not going by bus.
I’m taking a plane.
Uses the present
continuous to ask for
future plans.
(usa el presente continuo para preguntar
por planes futuros)
Uses the present
continuous to express
future plans.
(usa el presente continuo para expresar
planes futuros)
Even though, there’s no time expression, the context of
the conversation tells us that she’s talking about future
plans.
(Aunque no hay expresión de tiempo, el contexto de la conversación nos dice que ella esta
hablando acerca de planes futuros)

52. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
Look at more examples…

53. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.

54. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
Hello? Joan? Where are you?

55. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
Hello? Joan? Where are you?
In this moment, I’m driving my car

56. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
Hello? Joan? Where are you?
In this moment, I’m driving my car
Uses the present
continuous to express
actions in progress.
(usa el presente continuo para expresar
acciones en progreso)

57. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
Hello? Joan? Where are you?
In this moment, I’m driving my car
Uses the present
continuous to express
actions in progress.
(usa el presente continuo para expresar
acciones en progreso)
Time expression for
actions in progress.

58. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: FUTURE PLANS.
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