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• with adverbs that are preceded by “all”: all this month, all
this time, etc.
Ex: The weather was getting better, but now is raining again.
• Use of the senses: appear, hear, see, seem, smell, sound, taste,
etc.
• Other: be, own, need, deserve, belong, fit, matter, involve, etc.
We also use this form to express our intentions and attitudes towards
other people: they are common in offers, requests, threats, promisses
and announcements of decisions.
b) Present Tenses
When we talk about future events which have already been planned or
decided, or which we can see are on the way, we often use Present
Tenses.
c) Be going to + infinitive
Ex: I’m going to stop him reading my letters if it’s the last thing I
do.
We can use the future perfect to say that something will have been
done, completed or achieved by a certain time in the future.
Ex: By next Christmas we will have been here for eight years.