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- The customer says railroad passengers are satisfied. This is: [present simple meaning a repeated action or situation]
- The fortune-teller's problem is that: [she is tactless when she corrects her customer]
- The difference between "I'm going to do" and "I'm doing" is: [the difference between intention and having made arrangements]
- The customer tells her she isn't going to have friends or customers. Why? [He finds her very unpleasant.]
- The customer is dissatisfied because: [he understands "will” as indicating that Czech trains are not always on time]
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1. "I am going to Asia" indicates arrangements have been made.That is correct.
2. The present simple expresses future events which happen regularly.That is correct.
3. English generally uses will to express the future.That is incorrect. Correct is: Look in the text to find out.
4. "I'm going to go to Asia" indicates intention.That is correct.
5. Predictions about the future must use the helping verb will.That is incorrect. Correct is: Look in the text to find out.