Present Continuous
Present Simple
Present Perfect Continuous
Present Perfect
Past Simple
Past Perfect
Past Perfect Continuous
Future Simple
Future Continuous
Future Perfect
Future Perfect Continuous
Future Simple for Arrangements
Remember, you should never use will to say what somebody has already arrange or decided to do in the future:
- Mike is moving to New Jersey next month. ( not "Mike will move")
- I'm going to visit my friend tonight. (not "I will visit" my friend tonight)
- Paul isn't free on Thursday. He's working in his aunt's shop.
As you can see, the Present Continuous and going to were used to express future arrangements.
Submitted by Mark on Tue, 05/27/2008 - 17:19.
Avoiding "will" to denote the future.
In the above examples I am equally comfortable using the "will" form for the future action.
Both seem equally correct or standard to me.
I would never have commented on this except that I have the required credentials: native speaker of standard American English for decades with 25 years schooling and some knowledge of other languages.
RMH