We often use the present continuous to talk about future events that are already planned and decided –when a date and/or a place have been chosen.
We can also use be going to to talk about future arrangements.
We can normally use both the present continuous and be going to to talk about future plans, but the present continuous emphasises that we have already decided on a place and/or time, whereas be going to emphasises our intention to do something, without necessarily implying that all the arrangements have been made.
We can also use the future continuous instead of the present continuous for future events already planned or decided.
We often use the future continuous to ask politely about future arrangements.
Of course, we can also use the future continuous to talk about situations or actions that will be in progress at a particular time in the future.
We use the present simple for future events that are scheduled or timetabled.
We use will to talk about something we think will happen:
We use be going to to talk about something that is very near to happen or that we see is going to happen (there is present evidence)
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We use the future perfect simple for actions that will be finished before a specific time in the future.
We can also use the future perfect simple to talk about the duration of a situation until a specific time in the future (with stative verbs).
We use the future perfect continuous with dynamic verbs to talk about the duration of a situation until a particular time in the future.
Use present simple to talk about the future in sentences with when, as soon as, until, before, after
When we offer to do something for somebody, we use I will in statements or shall I in questions.
We use shall we to make suggestions.
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