Future with present progressive

Many students have been taught that the modal verb will is the standard form
used to indicate the future. This is not true. In fact, the present progressive,
sometimes called the present continuous, is much more common in both
American and British English.
 While some languages, for example Spanish and
Italian, also have a present progressive, they are not
used to indicate the future. English is able to use the
present progressive to talk about the future by
employing temporal adverbs (in two weeks, tonight,
tomorrow, etc). For example:

Tom is leaving in two weeks.

I am cooking dinner tonight.

We are staying home tomorrow.

 now  
Tom is leaving (right now).
I am cooking dinner (I’m at the
stove).
We are staying home (today).
future
Tom is leaving in two weeks
I am cooking dinner tonight (at the
moment it is noon).
We are staying home tomorrow.
• HOW CAN YOU IDENTIFY THAT:
• USING
• in two weeks, tonight, tomorrow,
• NEXT: MONTH,YEAR,WEEK, MONDAY,ETC
• SOON
Note that it is possible to talk about the future using the present progressive
without a temporal adverb once the context has been established.

context established (next week,   response

tomorrow)

Where are you staying next We are staying in a hotel.

week?
How is Tom getting to work He is taking the train.
tomorrow?
• HER FAVORITE HOBBY IS PLAYING THE PIANO
• I LOVING READ THE BOOKS

• She wants an ice cream now

• She wants an ice cream now
• She doesn´t want an ice cream now
• Does she want an ice cream now?
• He believes in her now
verbs positive negative question

like She doesn´t like class on

Saturdays
know I know the answer now

hate Do they hate morning

classes at moment?
think He thinks in the lunch
right now
want We don´t want zoom now

taste Does she taste the coffee

now?