English Tenses and Future Arrangements

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Present Simple

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A timetable or programme.

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Present Continuous

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A future plan or intention which is already decided (often without an exact date).

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Be Going To

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General predictions about the future, often with I think, I hope, I'm sure, probably, definitely, etc.

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Will

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General predictions about the future, often with I think, I hope, I'm sure, probably, definitely, etc.

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Be going to

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Predictions about the future for which we can see some evidence now.

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Will

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A decision which we make at the moment of speaking.