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LE HANH 2383 Posted 3 years ago
Grammar

Future tenses

I would like to ask about future tenses,

I know that there are many ways to express an action in the future:

1. "be going to+ to inf"

2. Simple future "will+ to inf"

3. Present continuous "be+V_ing"

4. Future continuous " will be+ V_ving"

But I don't know what the different emphasis between them.

Here is an example:

At work, I get an email from my leader informing that we will have an urgent meeting tomorrow. I want to inform my mother about this news and tell her not to cook lunch for me at home:

Mum, I.......(1-have)..... a meeting tomorrow, so that I .....(2-not have).......lunch at home tomorrow.

I have several options, but I don't know which I should choose to use,and what is the difference :

For (1):

  1. I will have a meeting tomorrow...
  2. I will be having a meeting tomorrow...
  3. I am having meeting tomorrow...
  4. I am going to have a meeting tomorrow...

For (2):

  1. ...,so that I won't have lunch at home tomorrow.
  2. ...,so that I won't be having lunch at home tomorrow.
  3. ...,so that I am not having lunch at home tomorrow.
  4. ...,so that I am not going to have lunch at home tomorrow.

Thank you so much.

  

Top answer

This is the sentence that I would say: Hi mom. I have a meeting tomorrow, so I won't be coming home for lunch.

  • This is the sentence that I would say: Hi mom.
  • I have a meeting tomorrow, so I won't be coming home for lunch.
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This is the sentence that I would say:

Hi mom. I have a meeting tomorrow, so I won't be coming home for lunch. 
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LE HANH 2383Mum, I.......(1-have)..... a meeting tomorrow, so that I .....(2-not have).......lunch at home tomorrow.

We say it like this:

I have a meeting tomorrow, so I won't be having lunch at home.

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Le Hanh,

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CJ

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