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VI. The use of the Future Indefinite.

The Future Indefinite is used to denote a future action.

I am tired. I shall go and have a nap before dinner. (Qalsworthy) It will be much cooler up at Fiesole. (Voynich)

Note: To denote a future action the word combinations to be going + Infin­itive, to be about+ Infinitive, and to be on the potnt+ Gerund are often used.

To be going to, to be about to, to be on the point of denote an action which is expected to take place in the nearest future. To be going to is colloquial, to be on the point of is literary.

This is going to be a cheerful evening. (Sham)

The runners are about to start.

The Future Indefinite is rendered in Russian by the future perfective and imperfective.

I shall read ten chapters tomorrow Завтра я прочту десять глав. I shall read the whole day tomorrow. Завтра я буду читать целый день.

In general the Future Indefinite Tense is seldom used in Mod­ern English. The tendency is to denote a future action either by means of the Present Continuous Tense or, which is most common, by means of the Future Continuous Tense, or by means of the word combination to be going+ Infinitive.

THE FUTURE INDEFINITE IN THE PAST

VII. The formation of the Future Indefinite in the Past.

1. The Future Indefinite in the Past is formed by means of the auxiliary verbs should and would and the infinitive without to of the notional verb.

Should is used for the first person singular and plural.

Would is used for the second and the third persons singular and plural. However, the tendency is to use would for all persons in all the Future Tenses in the Past.

I should work. We should work. You (he, she, it, they) would work.

2. In the interrogative form the auxiliary verb is placed before the subject.

Should I work? Should we work? Would you (he, she, it, they) work?

In the negative form the negative particle not is placed after the auxiliary verb.

I should not work. We should not work. You (he, she, it, they) would not work.

3. The contracted affirmative and negative forms are: I'd work I shouldn't work

He'd work He wouldn't work

4. The negative-interrogative forms are:

Should I not work? Would he not work?

Shouldn't I work? Wouldn't he work?

VIII. The use of the Future Indefinite in the Past.

The Future Indefinite in the Past denotes an action which was future from the point of view of the past.

I was sure he would agree with me.

THE CONTINUOUS FORM

The Continuous form denotes an action in progress at the pres­ent moment or at a given moment in the past or future. It is formed by means of the auxiliary verb to be in the required tense and Participle I of the notional verb.

THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

  1. The formation of the Present Continuous.

  1. The Present Continuous is formed by means of the Present Indefinite of the auxiliary verb to be and Participle I of the no­tional verb. In the interrogative form the auxiliary verb is placed before the subject.

2. In the negative form the negative particle not is placed after the auxiliary verb.

Affirmative Interrogative Negative

I am reading Am I reading? I am not reading

He is reading Is he reading? He is not reading

She is reading Is she reading? She is not reading

We are reading Are we reading? We are not reading

You are reading Are you reading? You are not reading

They are reading Are they reading? They are not reading

3.The contracted affirmative forms are:

I'm reading. She's reading. We're reading.

The contracted negative forms are:

She isn't reading We aren't reading