4PLANS GOING TO PRESENT CONTINUOUS Going to and Present Continuous Going to and Present Continuous are often both possible for future are often both possible for future plans. plans. We use Going to express the idea We use present continuous for of intention. fixed plans with a definite time and/or place. Continuouscompounding is the mathematical limit that compound interest can reach. It is an extreme case of compounding since most interest is compounded on a monthly, quarterly or semiannual Sometimes speakers use the Present Continuous to indicate that something will or will not happen in the near future. Examples: I am meeting some friends after work. I am not going to the party tonight. Is he visiting his parents next weekend? Isn't he coming with us tonight? Others say: Weuse the present continuous for future arrangements we have already talked about with someone else. Compare the uses of different future structures. structure and use. example. will - future statement of fact My wife . will be . in Japan next week. will - prediction In 50 years, cars . Миможемо використовувати Present Continuous для вираження свого ставлення до дій, що відбуваються постійно, або характеру певної людини, коли вони визивають в нас гнів (anger), роздратування (irritation) або вони нам докучають (annoy). ThePresent Continuous tense is used primarily to indicate that an action is currently happening and is still ongoing. Sentences with Present Continuous tense can also be used to indicate temporary situations, bad habits, and activities planned in the near future. Let's take a look at the different ways we can use this tense. Learnhow the present continuous tense can be used to talk about plans and arrangements in the future. Visit English tips Thereis no such thing as a future tense in English, though we do use modals like "will" and "be going to" to express future meaning. also, in the Quiz: "Most times, when you have a verb in the continuous, it has an "ing" ending.". — It isn't "most times" but every time. ready4english. simplepresent] Notice that there is no future in the if- or when-clause. USE. The future real conditional (also called conditional 1) describes what you think you will do in a specific situation in the future. It is different from other real conditional forms because, unlike the present or the past, you do not know what will happen in the Formacióndel "present continuous". El "present continuous" de cualquier verbo se compone de dos partes: el presente del verbo to be + el "present participle" del verbo principal. Prueba tu comprensión. (Para formar el "present participle": raíz+ing, e.g. talking, playing, moving, smiling) Afirmativa. Sujeto. 18dFiHB.