hello and welcome everyone this is minoo
at anglo-link this is the seventh video
in our series learn the tenses and the
second video about future tenses in the
first video we looked at the differences
between when and going to and in this
video we're going to look at the use of
the present continuous tense as I'm
doing for future action and contrast it
with going to by watching these two
videos you will have a good
understanding of the three main forms
that are used in English to speak about
future actions so when you're ready
let's begin right let's start and
contrast going to future with present
continuous with the future time marker
first of all just a brief reminder of
the formulation of the two forms going
to future I am going to do it you're
going to do it he is going to do it
etc and present continuous but this time
including a future time marker I'm doing
it tomorrow
you're doing it tomorrow he is doing it
tomorrow
etc okay let's move on to usage now
let's start with the second usage of the
going to future that we looked at in the
previous video as you remember the
second usage was talking about a
decision or a plan made before the time
of speaking let's look at some examples
my friend wants to see the town and I've
decided to show her around I'm going to
show her around
she has decided to study at college she
is going to study psychology he is
planning to seek legal advice is made a
decision is going to see his lawyer
sometime next week they want to discuss
the matter so they've decided to have a
meeting we are going to meet soon notice
there are all personal decisions or
plans before the time of speaking let's
have a look at when we use the present
continuous plus future time marker then
we use this formulation when it's not
just your personal plan or decision but
an arrangement or an appointment it's
something you can put in your diary now
let's take the same context and see how
the tense changes so this time you've
made an appointment with your friend to
show her around the town to indicate
this you use the present continuous and
say when this is happening in the future
I'm showing her around this afternoon in
the second example she has now
registered at college it's like an
appointment an arrangement
so we switch to the present continuous
she is studying psychology next year
let's look at the third example
he has made an appointment with his
lawyer
he is seeing him next Tuesday and the
fourth example they have now scheduled a
meeting it's arranged it's fixed they're
meeting at 1:00 o'clock tomorrow so
notice how appointments and arrangements
have been made and are not fixed in the
future let's look at the two tenses
together and compare so going to four
plans and decisions usually personal
before the time of speaking the present
continuous including a future time
marker for appointments and arrangements
I'm going to show her around the town
it's my plan my decision I'm showing her
around the town this afternoon I have an
appointment with her she is going to
study psychology that's her decision
she's studying psychology at college
next year
she is not registered for it he is going
to see his lawyer next week that's what
his planning he's meeting his lawyer on
Tuesday he has an appointment with him
now they're going to meet again soon
they've decided that they're meeting at
one o'clock tomorrow they have made an
appointment for this meeting right in a
dialogue you want to ask your question
with either form
you can ask about their personal plans
or about their arrangements and they can
choose the form that best fits their
answer they will tell you whether it's
just a plan or an arrangement so you can
say what are you going to do tomorrow or
what are you doing tomorrow if they have
an arrangement they can answer with the
present continuous for example I'm
visiting my parents or I'm playing
tennis with a colleague if they only
have personal plans or decisions they
will answer with the going to forum for
example I'm going to finish my homework
oh I'm going to tidy up my room note
that it's best to avoid saying what will
you do tomorrow unless you follow it
with the neath what will you do tomorrow
if you finish your work early there's
one more point to mention to you that's
about timetables
if your arrangement involves an external
timetable then you need to use the
present simple to speak about it let's
look at some examples for example what
are you doing tomorrow next week etc
let's say someone says I'm flying to
Geneva and there's a timetable there's a
flight timetable he or she will have to
say my flight leaves at 11:00 a.m. we're
going to a concert next saturday to give
the time the concert begins with switch
to present simple the concert
at 8 p.m. I selected another arrangement
she is watching a movie with us
this evening to give the time the movie
begins we switch to present simple the
movie starts at 7:30 another arrangement
there arriving by train tomorrow
afternoon to give the timetable of the
Train
switch to present simple their train
arrives at 3:15 p.m. right it's time to
do some exercises obviously a common
mistake can be using the present
continuous instead of going to and
vice-versa so let's look at some
situations and see which sentence sounds
better to you first example someone says
have you booked an appointment with your
dentist what's better to answer yes I'm
going to see him tomorrow morning oh yes
I'm saying him tomorrow morning well as
it's an appointment option B is better
present continues with the future time
marker yes I'm seeing him tomorrow
morning let's look at another example
someone asks you what are your plans for
this summer what is a better answer I'm
going to decorate my house oh I am
redecorating my house
well it's your personal plan you haven't
made any arrangements so a is more
appropriate here I'm going to redecorate
my house next exam
someone asks what are you doing this
evening
would you say I'm going to have dinner
with Jane oh I'm having dinner with j-b
sounds better because it's an
appointment with Jane she knows about it
and our last example is the light broken
what's the most appropriate answer here
yes the electrician is going to come
tomorrow to fix it
oh yes the electrician is coming
tomorrow to fix it pay definitely sounds
better because you have an appointment
with the electrician he's told you is
coming ok let's finish our review of the
future tenses by looking at this table
that summarizes the uses of will going
to and be doing well for a decision at
the time of speaking going to for a
decision before the time of speaking and
be doing for an arrangement for an
appointment and will for uncertainty
with expressions like I think maybe
probably and going to for certainty with
expressions like I'm sure I'm certain
definitely please remember that these
aren't guidelines for you to be able to
choose the most appropriate form in each
situation of course sometimes both forms
work equally well but really only a
native speaker would know that
instinctively
there's a non-native speaker it is
useful to follow these guidelines but
allow you to be really confident in
choosing the future forms well I hope
you've enjoyed this video about future
tenses and the previous one as you know
what you need to do next is to go on our
website angling calm read the
explanations again and do the exercises
to reinforce all these points and I just
like to say thank you for watching and
see you in the next video bye now