HiTim, The way we describe the tenses can very much depend on our purpose and particular schools of thinking - some grammars define it as twelve tenses (as I present in my own book) to show the 3 times, past, present and future, and their four forms, but others would describe this as two or three tenses (past and present as the only 'morphological' tense, and future as a tense using Usuallywe do not use main verb be with continuous tenses. London is the capital of the UK. not London is being the capital of the UK. Sometimes, however, we can use main verb be with a continuous tense. This is when the real sense of be is "act" or "behave". Also, the action is temporary. John is being careful. Thepresent continuous tense is used to talk about plans for the future, or specific arrangements that people have made for future events. The school is having a sale next week; I 'm running the bookstall. PresentModal Continuous. For present modal continuous, use can, must, may, will, shall. Then add be and of course, an -ing verb. Use • Use present modal continuous when you are not sure if the subject will be in the middle of doing an action or is planning to take an action in the future. However, this action is possible, necessary, or 4PLANS GOING TO PRESENT CONTINUOUS Going to and Present Continuous Going to and Present Continuous are often both possible for future are often both possible for future plans. plans. We use Going to express the idea We use present continuous for of intention. fixed plans with a definite time and/or place. ahoYN.

can we use present continuous for future