Unit 24. What are you doing tomorrow?

 

BASIC GRAMMAR IN USE

 

Unit 24. What are you doing tomorrow?

 

 

*am/is/are + -ing(present continuous) for something happening now

 

"Where are Sue and Nicole?"   "They are playing tennis in the park."

 

 

*am/is/are + -ing for the future(tomorrow/next week, etc.)

 

I'm not working next week.

 

 

*I am doing something tomorrow = I have arranged to do it. I have a plan to do it.

 

We're having a party next weekend.

Are you meeting your friends tonight?

I'm not going out tonight.

 

 

*We use the present continuous to say what somebody has arranged to do.

 

I'm staying home tomorrow.(not I stay)

Are you going out tonight?(not Do you go)

 

 

*We use the simple present for schedules, programs, trains, buses, etc.

 

Our plane arrives in New York at 8:00 tomorrow morning.

What time does the movie end tonight?