Present

continuous
FUTURE
ARRANGEMENTS
 Form
Affirmative sentences:
I am seeing some friends tonight.
He/she/it is seeing some friends tonight.
We/you/they are seeing some friends tonight. 
Negative sentences:
I am not leaving until Friday.
He/she/it is not leaving until Friday.
We/you/they are not leaving until Friday.
Questions:
Am I doing anything this evening?
Is he/she/it  doing anything this evening?
Are we/you/they doing anything this evening?
 Use

You can use the Present 
Continuous for future 
arrangements which we have 
planned for a fixed time or 
place.
The Present Continuous is specially 
common with the expressions: 
tonight, tomorrow, this 
weekend, etc and with the verbs 
go, come, meet, see, leave and 
arrive.
E.g.We´re having dinner at their house tomorrow.
Don´t use the Present Simple for 
this.

Don´t say:

E.g. I see some friends tonight.

Next Saturday, Tessa ______ is doing (do)
aerobics. In the afternoon she
is______
meeting (meet) Rachel. In the
evening, she ______
is going (go) to a
concert. On Sunday, Tessa
_________
is having (have) breakfast in a
café. In the afternoon, she
_________
is playing (play) basketball. In
the evening, she is_______
watching (watch)
a video with her friends.
Is Tessa doing aerobics
on Saturday morning?
Yes, she is.
Is Tessa playing golf on
Saturday morning?
No, she isn’t.
Next Saturday, Rachel _______ is going
(go) swimming. In the afternoon,
she ________
is meeting (meet) Tessa. In
the evening, she _______
is seeing (see)
Tim. On Sunday, Rachel _______ is seeing
(see) her aunt Jean. In the
afternoon, she _______
is having (have)
lunch with Tim. In the evening,
she _______
is going (go) to the cinema.
Is Rachel doing aerobics
on Saturday morning?
No, she isn’t.
Is Rachel going to the
cinema on Sunday
evening?
Yes, she is.