Употребление Future Indefinite

Future Indefinite обычно употребляется для выражения однократных или повторяющихся действий в будущем и может переводиться на русский язык будущим временем глагола как совершенного так и несовершенного вида.

She will know the results tomorrow. Она узнает (будет знать) резуль-

таты завтра.

Наряду с Future Indefinite будущее действие выражается посредством словосочетания to be going (собираться) и инфинитива с частицей to другого глагола.

I am going to help him. Я собираюсь помочь ему.

На будущее время в предложении могут указывать обстоятельства времени: tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, in a few days, next week (year), soon, а также придаточные предложения времени и условия (употребленные в Present Indefinite).

The lesson will be over soon. Урок скоро заканчивается.

I'll ring you up when I get home. Я позвоню вам, когда доберусь домой.

Future Indefinite-in-the Past употребляется в придаточных дополнительных предложениях для описания будущих событий, если глагол главного предложения стоит в Past Indefinite.

She said that she would follow Она сказала, что последует моему

my advice. совету.

Упражнения

1. Проанализируйте употребление времен в следующих предложениях

а) 1. Dogs bark but do not always bite. 2. Does your cat drink milk? 3. Man proposes, God disposes. 4. Misfortunes never come singly. 5. If we take a taxi, we shall be in time there. 6. The train leaves at 12.30.

б) 1. Charles Babbage, a professor of mathematics at Cambridge University, invented the first calculating machine in 1812. 2. That machine did complicated calculation faster than any mathematician. 3. Long, long ago the peo­ple of Egypt made paper from the tall grass that grew on the banks of the river Nile. 4. Once there was a man who went to the market every day. 5. He used to go there at the same time and always bought five loaves of bread. 6. They used to live in London for a long time but now they live in Edinburg.

в) 1. I shall make coffee for you. 2. In five years he will work as a lawyer. 3. Don't bother. I'll drive you home. 4. A drawing man will catch at a straw. 5. The bag is too heavy. I'll help you with it. 6. I won't tell anybody about it. 7. Will you open the window, please. 8. Shall I read the text?

2. Поставьте глагол в the Past и the Future Indefini­te, употребляя соответствующие индикаторы време­ни

1. Не plays tennis twice a week. 2. She learns French and German. 3. We keep our car in the garage. 4. They of­ten make mistakes. 5. I help my mother about the house. 6. They do their shopping every day. 7. We go to the Uni­versity by metro. 8. The classes begin at 8. 9. I stay at school till 2 o'clock. 10. It often rains in October. 11. Tom gets excellent marks in English.

3. Употребите следующие предложения в 3-м лице единственного числа Present Indefinite Tense, обращая внимание на чтение окончаний -s, -еs

Образец: The rivers freeze in winter. (This river)

This river freezes in winter.

1. You watch TV too much. (The boy). 2. These shops close at 6 p.m. 3. We realize the danger of doing it. (He). 4. The children hurry to the cinema after school (The child). 5. We arrange everything for the New Year party (Bill). 6. I always help them. (She). 7. They look very well (Jane). 8. They worry too much about their children (This woman). 9. I agree with you (My mother). 10. Trams pass our house every ten minutes.