S1:How long are you staying there and in which hotel？ S2:Perhaps we will stay for two days at Youth Hotel and then move on to shanghai and
Hangzhou. S1: That’ good. When are you coming back? S2:Almost a month. S1:It sounds so much fun. I wonder if I could join you.
difficult points
Structure: be doing
❖ Master the following v-ing forms:
❖ 1.结尾去e
2.双写辅音字母
❖ leave—leaving travel—travelling
❖ cycle—cycling get—getting
❖ take—taking
S2:I’m going on a tour round China. S1:Who are you going with? S2:I think of going with my cousins. S1:So when are you leaving? S2:Well, I’m planning to begin in Beijing next
▪ The rules of the present continuous tense that expressing the future action.
1) come, go, stay, arrive, leave 等词的现在进行时经常用来表示将来确切的计划。
2) 表示交通方式、行程安排的动词，例如 fly， walk, ride, drive, take (a bus, a taxi)等的现在进 行时也经常用于表示将来。
• 3.What the function of the tense in this situation?
• 4.What is the advantage of this usage?
The present continuous tense :expressing futurity
What is the structure? When to use it ?
return, see, spend, start, stay, wear, work 等。
ex. I’m leaving tomorrow.
我明天走。
They’re getting married next month.
他们下个月结婚。
常用的表示将来时间的短语有： tomorrow ,next, in+time, in the future, the coming/following…,soon.
Think about the following questions:
• 1.Are they having a holiday? or Are they going to having a holiday?
• 2.What tense do they use when they talk about their travel plan?
现在进行时表示将来，主要用于表示按计划或安排要发生的动作。 常有“意图”“安排”或“打算”的含义。这种现在进行时比较 生动，给人一种期待感。 它常表最近或较近的将来，所用动词 多是转移动词。 表将来的现在进行时除用于转移动词外，亦可 用于某些非转移动词。能这样用的动词常用的有：
arrive, come, do, get, go, have, leave, meet, play,
month and then go for a few days to Qingdao . S1:That sounds good. How are you travelling to
Qingdao? I prefer to fly but it’s so expensive.
S2:Yes.I think so too. So we are going by train. We are staying in my aunt’s flat down there. Then I hope we are going to Nanjing.
plan—planning
❖ come—coming begin—beginning
❖ 3.以辅音字母结尾但不双写辅音字母
❖ bring—bringing buy—buying
❖ stay—staying fly—flying
Present Continuous Tense : expressing futurity
NEW SENIOR ENG S Book 1 Unit 3
Grammar The Present Continuous Tense:
expressing futurity
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Dialogue
S1:Summer holiday is coming. Where are you going for your holiday?
Learning important points
We try to learn to use:
1. Talk about travel plans using the
present continuous tense .
Learning
2. Write a travel plan using the present continuous tense .
How to use it?
We must get to learn:
1. The structure of the present continuous tense
2. The V-ing forms that easily miswrite.
3. The rules of the present continuous tense that expressing the future action.