Language Study

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Language Study
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What is the difference between them?
My mother is writing a report in her office.
Im going to go hiking along the river at the
weekend.
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Grammar
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Present Continuous Tense
are going to are you getting to is anybody
seeing is going with are you going Im
going to Xian are you getting
? future actions
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go, come, leave, get, arrive, meet, see off, take
off, return, start, fly, stay, etc.
e.g. Im leaving at seven tonight.
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Practice
Action Past Present Future
Travel
Reading
Horse
Car/ Plane
Spaceship
Scrolls, paper made from bamboo
Cellphones, Electronic newspapers
Books Computers
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Action Past Present Future
Writing
Shopping
Working
Pens and Computers
Computer pens
Simplepens
Onlineshopping
Shops and Supermarket
Market
In offices,factories and shops
Work athome using computers
Onfarms
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2) When the plane, the train, the bus, meeting
plan, film and programme are used as the subject,
these verbs should be used in simple Present
Tense.
e.g. The plane to London leaves at 930
tomorrow morning. The film begins at 600.
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Suggested answers
2. In the past , people read scrolls/ books
written on paper made from bamboo. Today, people
read stories in books or on the Internet. In the
future, people will perhaps read books and news
on cellphones or in electronic newspapers.