Present Continuous for
Future
We use the Present Continuous (am/is/are + verb + -ing) to talk
about plans or arrangements already decided for the near future.
- Affirmative:
Subject + am/is/are + verb-ing
- Negative:
Subject + am/is/are + not + verb-ing
- Question:
Am/Is/Are + subject + verb-ing?
Examples
- I am meeting my friends tomorrow.
- She is visiting her grandparents next
weekend.
- We are having an English test on
Monday.
- They are not going to the party on
Saturday.
- Are you traveling to
Bogotá next week?
Practice Sentences
- We __________ (visit) the museum on Friday.
- My parents __________ (travel) to Cartagena
next week.
- I __________ (not / study) this weekend.
- __________ you __________ (play) football
after school tomorrow?
- Ana __________ (have) a birthday party tonight.