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'I am going to do something' = I have already decided to do it. A : There's film on television tonight. Are you going to watch it? B : No I'm tired. I'm going to have an early night. A : I hear Ruth has won some money. What is she going to do with it? B : She's going to buy a new car. I am doing and I am going to do We normally use I am doing (present continuous) when we say what we have arrange..

Present continuous (I am doing) with a future meaning. This is Tom's diary for next week. He is playing tennis on Monday afternoon. He is going to the dentist on Tuesday morning. He is having dinner with Ann on Friday. In all these example, Tom has already decided and arranged to do these things. Use the present continuous to day what you have already arranged to do. Do not use the present simpl..

'Something used to happen' = something happened regularly in the past but no longer happens. I used to paly tennis a lot but I don't play ver often now. Diane used to travel a lot. These days she doesn't go away so often. We also use used to... for something that was true but is not true any more. This building is now a furniture shop. It used to be a cinema. I used to think he was unfriendly bu..

We often use have got rather than have alone. So you can say: We've got a new car. or We have a new car. Ann has got tow sisters. or I have two sisters. We use have got or have for illness, pain. I've got a headache. or I have a headache. When have means 'possess', you cannot use continuous forms (is having/are having) I have / I've got a headache. ( not I'm having ) For the past we use had (usu..

Yesterday morning I got up and looked out of the window. The sun was shining but the ground was very wet. It had been raining. It was not raining when I looked out of the window. the sun was shining. But i had been raining before. That's why the ground was wet. Had been -ing is the past perfect continuous. You can say the something had been happening for a period of time before something else ha..

The past perfect simple is had + past participle (gone/seen/finished etc..). Sometimes we talk about something that happened in the past Sarah arrived at the party This is the starting point of the story. Then, if we want to talk about things that happened before this time, we use the past perfect: When Sarah arrived at the party, Paul had already gone home. Some more example: When we got home l..

Do not use the present perfect (I have done) when you talk about a finished time ( yesterday / ten minutes ago ) The weather was nice yesterday. ( not 'has been nice' ) They arrived tem minutes ago. ( not 'have arrived' ) I ate a lot of sweets when I was a child. ( not 'have eaten' ) Use a past tense to ask When ... ? or What time ... ? When did they arrive? ( not 'have they arrived' ) What time..

The present perfect is a present tense. It always tells us something about now. 'Tom has lost his key' = he doen't have his key now. The past simple tells us only about the past. 'Tom lost his key' = whe don't know whether he has it now or not. We only know that he lost it at some time in the past. Jack grew a beard but but now he has shaved it off. ( so he doesn't have a beard now ) They went o..

Campare When ... ? ( + past simple ) and How long ... ? ( + present perfect ) A : When did it start raining? B : It started raining an hour ago / at 1 o'clock. A : How long has it been raining? B : It's been raining for an hour / since 1 o'clock. We use both for and since to say how long something has been happening. We use for when we say a period of time. (two hours, six weeks etc.) - I've bee..

We use the present pefect to talk about something that began in the past still continues now. Compare the present and present perfect : Amy is in hospital. She has been in hospital since Monday. We know each other very well We have known each other for a long time. I have been doing something (present perfect continuous) = I started doing something in the past and I am still doing it ( or have j..