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Affirmative Interrogative Negative

I should be reading Should I be reading? I should not be reading He would be reading Would he be reading? He would not be reading She would be reading Would she be reading? She would not be reading We should be reading Should we be reading? We should not be reading You would be reading Would you be reading? You would not be reading They would be reading Would they be reading? They would not be reading

  1. The contracted affirmative forms are:

I'd be reading He'd be reading

The contracted negative forms are:

I shouldn't be reading He wouldn't be reading

  1. The negative-interrogative forms are:

( Should 1 not be reading? \ Shouldn't I be reading? ( Would he not be reading? \ Wouldn't he be reading?

§ 16. The use of the Future Continuous in the Past.

The Future Continuous in the Past denotes an action going on at a definite moment which was future from the point of view of the past.

I felt sure they would be discussing the same problem when 1 called.

(For detailed treatment see Chapter XVIII.)

Note 1. —Influence of the lexical character of the veib on the use of the Indefinite and the Continuous form.

To express a process with terminative verbs the Continuous form a!one is possible.*

At that moment he was unlocking the door. (Oppenheim) В этот момент on отпирал дверь.

With the Indefinite form the meaning would be quite different: the action would be represented as completed.

At that moment he unlocked the door. В этот момент он отпер дверь.

То express a process with non-terminative verbs the Continuous form is mostly used, though the Indefinite form is also found, especially with such verbs as to sit, to stand, to lie, because these verbs express a state rather than a process.

When I saw her, she lay motionless on the sofa.

With the adverbial modifier the whole day yesterday (to-morrow) both the Indefinite and the Continuous form of non-terminative verbs can be used to denote a process.

1 was so tired I slept (was sleeping) the whole day yesterday.

The meaning is the same, .only with the Continuous form the pro­cess is expressed more emphatically.

Note 2.— The use of the Past Indefinite and the Past Continuous in complex sentences with as and while.

The use of the Past Indefinite and the Past Continuous in complex sentences with as and while, when there are two actions going on at the same time, largely depends on the lexical character of the verb.

  1. If both the verbs are terminative, they are generally used in the Past Continuous.

She was arranging the books on the shelf while I was sweep­ing the floor.

  1. If one of them is terminative and the other non-terminative, the terminative verb must be used in the Past Continuous and the non-terminative verb may be used either in the Past Continuous or, preferably, in the Past Indefinite.

She was arranging the books on the shelf while I played the piano.

  1. If both veibs are non-terminative the best way is the Past Indefinite in both clauses.

He read as he ate. (Bennett)

There is another possibility: the use of the Past Indefinite in one clause and the Past Continuous in the other. He was singing as he walked.

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