3. Future Indefinite

Future Indefinite образуется при помощи вспомогательного гла­гола shall для первого лица единственного и множественного числа или will для второго и третьего лица единственного и множествен­ного числа. Смысловой глагол при этом стоит в форме инфинитива без частицы to.

Формы глагола в Future Indefinite

Число	Утвердительная форма	Вопросительная форма	Отрицательная форма
Ед.	I shall ask. You (he, she, it) will ask.	Shall I ask? Will you (he, she, it) ask?	I shall not ask. You (he, she, it) will not ask.
Мн.	We shall ask. You (they) will ask.	Shall we ask? Will you (they) ask?	We shall not ask. You (they) will not ask.

Future Indefinite употребляется для выражения:

(а) повторного действия или постоянного признака предмета в будущем; e. g. He will go to the swimming-pool every other day.

(б) однократного действия в будущем, e. g. I shall take the book from the library tomorrow.

В предложениях с Future Indefinite для указания на будущее время часто употребляются слова tomorrow, next week/ month, year, in two days (через два дня), one of these days (на днях) и т. д.

В придаточных предложениях времени или условия для выра­жения будущих действий употребляется Present Indefinite, а не Future Indefinite. E. g. When (if) he reads this book he will return it to the library.

EXERCISES

PRESET INDEFINITE

Вставьте глагол “to be”.

1. They ___ engineers.

2. She ___ a good student.

3. These ___ my books. They ___ on the chair.

4. They ___an office.

5. Where ___ your students?

6. These man ___ not bad doctors.

7. What colour ___ his pen? It ___ blue.

8. What page ___ this?

9. I ___ not an economist. I ___ a teacher.

10. Who ___ at the office.

11. Who ___ they.

12. What colour ___ the desks at your office?

13. What ___ your friends? They ___ engineers.

14. Where ___ the faxes? They ___ under my book.

Вставьте глагол “to have”.

1. Не ___ two questions to ask you.

2. What flat ___ you friend? He ___ a nice two-room flat.

3. Their daughter ___ not children.

4. Mike ___ not a son. He ___ a daughter.

5. ___ you questions? No, we ___ not.

6. Who ___ a pen? I ___ . Give me your pen, please,

7. We ___ a bathroom in our flat.

8. Jane's friend a room or a flat in Kiev? She ___ a one-room flat,

9. Nina's son ___ not a red pencil.

10. I ___ not French books at home. I don’t know French.

Закончите предложения так, чтобы ваша часть контрастировала с первой по смыслу.

Model: I buy newspapers everyday but my friend … (seldom).

I buy newspapers everyday but my friend seldom buys them.

1. I get up very early every day but my friend … (never).

2. I always go to bed at 11 o’clock but my little sister … (at 9).

3. I seldom spend my holidays in the country but my brother … (often).

4. Every Sunday I visit my parents but my friend … (once a month).

5. As a rule I finish my work at 6 o’clock but my mother … (never).

6. I watch TV every evening but my mother … (once a week).

Поставьте предложения в вопросительной и отрицательной форме:

1. They often make many mistakes.

2. Mary often plays the piano.

3. Ann never helps him with his lessons.

4. She drinks a lot of milk every day.

5. We finish work at 5 every day.

6. I never come home late.

7. Victor likes his animals very mach.

Поставьте в нужную форму глаголы в скобках, используя Indefinite (Simple) Tense.

1. Nurses (look) after patients in hospitals.

2. Ann plays the piano, but she (not, play) it very well.

3. In Britain most shops (close) at 5:30 p.m.

4. At night when it (get) dark they (switch) on the TV or the radio and (listen) to music.

5. I (learn) to drive a car some years ago.

6. He (cross) the street and (go) towards the city park.

7. As soon as you (come) home, I'll phone you.

8. If you (enter) the institute, your parents will be happy.

9. If it (rain) we shall stay at home.