AEE 233: One Super Conversational Way to Talk About Your Plans in English

Need some help talking about your plans in English? On today’s Tear
Up Your Textbook Tuesday, Lindsay and Michelle tell you how to talk
about the future the way native speakers do!   Taking IELTS?
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textbooks tell you to talk about the future using ‘will’ and ‘going
to’. These work, but native English speakers also do
it by using the progressive tense. To native ears, this
is a more natural and conversational way to talk.   Here are
some examples of conversation about the future using the
progressive tense: “What are you having for dinner?” “Tonight I’m
having chicken.”   “Are you bringing anything?” “I’m bringing
wine.”   “What are you doing tomorrow?” “I’m going to see a
movie.”   Note that all of these conversations are talking
about the future, not the immediate moment.   What are you
doing tomorrow? What are you doing next week? Let us know in the
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