 today this is Marc I'm doing great thanks for asking I'm visiting Milan for the first time this weekend the train leaves at 5 p.m. I'd better hurry up in this lesson we're going to look at the difference between the present simple and the present continuous for the future so stay tuned yes let's talk about the present continuous and the present simple however if you want to watch lessons on the future you may click here if you want to watch a lesson on going to and will click here like I said in this lesson we're going to look at the present continuous and the present simple for a future event so let's start with the present continuous let me tell you that you need to remember the auxiliary for the present continuous what is the auxiliary of the present continuous yes that's right the verb to be so when we have the verb to be we have the verb with an ing form or ing form if you don't remember that you should review the present continuous there is a lesson on the present continuous on my playlist so you may click here to watch that lesson however we use the present continuous for future arrangements plans or intentions but how do you know is a future event well you know that because there is the time expression or an adverb of time like this afternoon like tonight like in 2020 next week next month next year tomorrow the day after tomorrow etc let's look at my example I'm visiting I'm visiting Milan for the first time this weekend so how do you know that's a future sentence you know that there is for the first time and then you have also this weekend let's take a look at the second example John is taking his friend out for a drink tonight so what do we have here yes the present continuous John is taking and then we have tonight the time expression so these are more or less clear because you have the time expression at the end or at the beginning of a sentence right for example we have a and b two people so a says have you heard about Anna have you heard about Anna and then she goes on she says she's moving to New York City she's moving to New York City so here she's moving there is no time expression or adverb of time and the other person says really really when there he's asking for the time right next month next month and that's when she places the time expression next month so have you heard about Anna she's moving to New York the other person says really when and then she says next month okay so that's an intention so let's look at the second example do you know where you're staying at once in Toronto the other person says I'm staying with relatives once I get there I'm staying with relatives once I get there so here we have the first person said do you know okay so do you know where you're staying at you're staying so this is not a question right there this is part of a question but it's not the question so do you know is the question do you know where you're staying at where you're staying at once in Toronto once in Toronto could be the future indicator right because if I'm talking to that person right now that means that person is with you right so it's not in Toronto so once in Toronto once he gets or he arrives to Toronto so the other person would say I'm staying I'm staying okay with relatives I'm staying with relatives once I get there and once I arrive there once I get there so you understand is a future arrangement or plan or intention by the context so I said context is very important and expressions of time or adverbs of time are extremely important for the present continuous now let's take a look at the present simple so for the auxiliary of the present simple we use do or does you remember that right my hopes up the auxiliary is used for negatives and interrogative sentences what happens with positive sentences well if it's the third person you add s or e s if you want to watch a lesson on the present simple you may click here when do we use the present simple for the future for future scheduled events of course the time expressions and adverbs of time are important but they're not extremely important so the train leaves at 5 p.m. 4 milan so here we have at 5 p.m. okay see if I'm talking to you right now and it's 11 o'clock and I say the train leaves at 5 p.m. for Milan I know that it will be the future right at 5 p.m. is later so obviously at 5 p.m. is important here we have a schedule so a schedule is important so a time right or a day or a date another example my lesson starts at 10 a.m. today we have the adverb of time today so there is important today right but we what is extremely important is the time at 10 a.m. which fixes the future right and is a schedule event so is on a calendar my lesson starts at 10 a.m. today let's look at another example my flight for London takes off in an hour here we have a time expression in an hour and also more or less is a scheduled event because I said in an hour right an hour so an hour is in the calendar you can look at it and you can fix it right there verbs that are used are frequently used with for a future a scheduled events can be arrive be begin close the part and finish fly leave open start etc. careful though they can be both easily mistaken future arrangement present continuous so once probably right a future arrangement is once present simple scheduled fixed events many times right on a calendar is on a daily basis maybe or even on a monthly basis on a yearly basis so they're fixed in a calendar just to see this difference let's look at two examples with a present continuous I'm seeing her tomorrow just once tomorrow I'm seeing her tomorrow tomorrow is the adverb of time and you know that is a future arrangement just once I'm seeing her tomorrow versus I see her every Friday this is a habit right every Friday I see her so that means that there are many Fridays in a year and I see her every Friday is actually a routine so that's it for today thank you very much for watching if you have any questions comments or if 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