7.1. Грамматическое время Future Continuous

At this time on Monday I'll be heading across the Netherlands. The action has not begun but will be in progress at a given future time — c. f. the Present Continuous: I'm working now. (See Programme 1 Note 1.)

I'll be doing overtime until 8 o'clock tonight. (Up to a future time.) Next month we will be voting in the election. (A planned future action.) The Present Continuous could here be used instead.

Will you be travelling by air? (I would like to know.) Will you be taking mother? (Are you going to?) This is a polite way of asking for information — c. f. a 'will' request: Will you take mother? (Please? — see programme 6 Note 1.) It's gone five and my girlfriend will be waiting. (I'm sure she's there now.) James? He'll be playing tennis in the park, I imagine. (At this moment.) The Future Continuous is also used for statements about events known or believed to be taking place elsewhere.

7.2. Определенный артикль при имени собственном

The Victoria Palace (Hotel)	Victoria Station, Lake Victoria
The Queen Elizabeth II (the ship)	Queen Elizabeth II (the person)
The Thames (the river)	Thames Street
The Times (the newspaper)	Times Square
The Suez Canal	Suez (the region)
The Mediterranean (Sea)	The Sahara (Desert)
The Atlantic (Ocean)	Atlantic City
The Canaries (Canary Islands)	Mallorca
The Alps, The Rockies (Rocky Mountains)	Mont Blanc, Kilimanjaro

N.B. The word for 'mountain' may be included in the name. Other examples. Ben Nevis, Mt. (Mount) Ararat. 'The' is usually used before names of: — hotels, ships, rivers, canals, newspapers, deserts, seas, groups of islands or mountains, and a few countries. 'The' is not usually used before names of: — people, streets, towns, counties, stations, individual islands or mountains, fakes, and most countries.

The United Kingdom	Great Britain
The (United) States	America
The Soviet Union	Russia
The Midlands	Oxfordshire

Names of countries and regions suggesting groupings require 'the'.

7.3. Every / a / per для выражения периодичных действий

They go on holiday twice every year. There are crashes once or twice a year. She gets a hundred pounds a month. Her salary is one hundred pounds per month. A speed of about thirty miles an hour. Approximately 30 miles per hour (30m. p. h.). 'Every' adds emphasis; 'per' is more formal or technical and is rarely used in conversation.

7.4. Переход наречий и глаголов в разряд существительных

Don't work too hard.	He's a hard worker.
I mustn't arrive late.	A late arrival.
He got up early.	At this early hour.
They travel fast.	A fast train.
She won't wait long.	A long time.
He didn't go far.	It isn't far.
Planes fly high.	A high building.

These words can be used as adverbs or adjectives: hard, late, early, fast, long, far, high.

N.B. The adverbs 'hardly', 'lately', and 'highly' do of course exist, but with quite separate meanings: I hardly know him. (Scarcely.) I haven't seen him lately. (Recently.) They praised his work highly. (Greatly.)