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D. Complete the following sentences using be going to or will.
1. A: Could you lend me some money?
B: Here’s £50.
A: Thank you. I promise I pay you back in two weeks.

2. A: Do you have any plans for tomorrow?
B: Yes, we play football. Do you want to join us?
3. A: I’m very worried about my exam.
B: I’m sure you get a good mark.
4. A: They are cutting down rain forests to make fields.
B: Yes, it is horrible! I think many plants and animals disappear in the next ten years.

5. A: Why did you turn off the TV?
B: Because I sleep.
6. A: Do you think Jane is at home now?
B: I don’t think we find her at home.

Present continuous for future

We can use the present continuous to express plans or arrangements in the near future.
We are having a meeting next week.
Mary’s getting married in June.
Our boss is coming next Monday.

E. Read the following sentences below. Write ‘P’ for present meaning or ‘F’ for future meaning.

Example:
Jane is giving a party next Saturday. F
My mother goes to work at eight o’clock every day. P
1. We are painting our house now.

2. Anna is pregnant. She is having a baby in two weeks.
3. We are starting a new unit next Monday.
4. Our students are studying silently at the moment.
5. They are going to Spain next summer.

6. He is reading the document in his room at the moment.
7. The plane is taking off in a few hours.

8. Be quiet. Susan is talking on the phone.
9. Our teacher is giving another test tomorrow.
10. Look! The birds are flying over us.

11. Our school is organising a trip to the capital city in a couple of weeks.
12. My grandparents are moving to a new house this weekend.

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