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Present and Future Tenses 现在/将来时

Present and Future Tenses 现在/将来时

An English broadcaster once said: "I'm flying to Toronto next week." Why don't he use future tense? I'm really confused about it.

Che Xingzhou, Xi'an

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In this edition of Question and Answer of the Week, we look at whether it's possible to use the present continuous tense to discuss the future.

Look at these three sentences. Two of them are grammatically correct and one of them is wrong. Can you spot the wrong one? Listen to the programme to find out if you are right.

I'm driving over to my grandma's house tomorrow.

The gas man's coming over at four o'clock.

You are hating the movie later.

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