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3 We can also use | shallor will + infinitive | to express ‘interpersonal’
meanings: when we are offering, making requests, promising or
threatening.
Shall | open the window? ! WILL stop smoking!
Will you give me a hand foramoment? You'll be sorry!
For more details, see 137.

4 Other ways of talking about the future
future perfect (see 139)
By next Christmas we'll have been here for eight years.
future progressive (see 140)
This time tomorrow Vl be lying on the beach.
about to (see 2)
! think the plane’s about to take off.
be to (see 58)
The President is to visit Beijing.

135 future: present progressive and going to

We use these two present tenses to talk about future actions and events
which are already decided now : they are planned, or they are starting
to happen: we can see them coming.
1 Present progressive
We often say that something is happening in the future. We talk like this
about actions that are already planned; we often give the time or date.
What are you doing this evening?
We're going to Mexico next summer.
Pm having dinner with Larry on Saturday.

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