Ways of talking about the future
| The Present Simple | Употребляется для обозначения расписания. | What time does the lecture begin? The plane takes off at 7.00. |
| The Present Continuous | Для обозначения запланированного действия. | What are you doing tonight? My sister is leaving tomorrow. |
| To be going to | Намереваться, собираться что-либо делать. | I am going to the football match. Are you going to watch the ten o’clock news? |
Ех. 1. Use the proper form of the verbs using The Future Simple or The Present Simple.
1. I hope that kindness as well as justice (be) the guide of all people in future.
2. Don't get off the bus till it (stop). - Don't worry, I (not, do) it.
3. You mustn't cross the street until the light (change).
4. If you (look) after the luggage, I (buy) the tickets. - Sure, I (do) it.
5. You (get) home by bus or by taxi tomorrow? - I (take) a taxi.
6. I (see) you home? - No, thanks. I (go) home with my school friend.
7. If the car (be) out of order again, you (have to) call the service station, but I doubt if they (be able to) serve it very quickly.
8. Nobody (know) what (happen) in ten or twenty years if life (get) tougher and tougher.
9. I wonder if they (turn) to us if any need (arise).
10. My little son (want) to know if there (be) some cartoons on TV on Saturday. If there (be) some, he certainly (watch) them.
11. Everybody (be interested) if the weather (change) for the better next week.
12. I (leave) a message at the office in case the customer (phone). But it's difficult to say if he (do) it today.
13. He (wonder) if Caroline (change) her mind about going to the party. If that (happen), he'll be really glad.
14. Nobody can definitely tell us when he (come) back from London. But as soon as he (return), we (get in touch) with him.
15. —If Linda (want) to learn Italian, she (have to) attend a special course. — I wonder if it (cost) her a lot.
16. I (be) always by your side as long as you (promise) to listen to me.
Ех. 2. Translate into English.
1. Я позвоню, как только доберусь домой.
2. Мы уйдём, как только прекратится дождь.
3. Ей интересно, будут ли эти цветы хорошо расти.
4. Никто не может сказать мне, будет ли врач работать сегодня. Если будет, то мне придется пойти на прием.
5. — Если Борис бросит курить, это пойдет ему на пользу. — Интересно, сможет ли он это сделать.
6. Если я сделаю неверный шаг, мне придется отвечать за это.
7. — Она будет сердиться, если узнает правду. — Я сомневаюсь, узнает ли она ее.
8. Если я буду в Нью-Йорке в мае, то мы обязательно встретимся. Но я не знаю, получу ли я визу вовремя.
9. Я не знаю, согласится ли Миша на эту работу. Если только не найдет что-то лучше.
10. Мы успеем на вокзал, если машина приедет вовремя.
Ех. 3. Put the verbs into the Present Simple, the Future Simple, the Future Perfect, the Future Continuous or the Future Perfect Continuous Tense.
1. I'm going on holiday. This time next week I (lie) on a beach or (swim) in the sea.
2. By the time he arrives they (leave).
3. Don't phone me between 7 and 8. We (have) dinner then.
4. What you (do) these time next week? - I (work). It'll be Saturday. I always work on Saturdays. - You (work) all day? -I (work) till 5 o'clock.
5. She is ill now. By the first of April she ... (be in hospital for three weeks).
6. By this time next week, he (work) on his book for a year.
7. He has bought this TV-set on credit. He ... (pay) all the money by the 21st of August.
8. By next year we (live) in this city for twenty-five years.
9. I think she (hear) all about it by the time I (see) her.
10. I promise, I (finish) this book by the weekend and then I (give) it to you.
11. I think they (finish) building the house by the time the winter (come) and then we (move in) by the New Year.
12. You (have) lunch with me tomorrow? - I'd love to, but I'm afraid I (do) my exam at that time.
13. He spends all his spare time planting trees. He says that by the end of next year he (plant) more than one thousand.
14. I hope they (repair) this road by the time we (come) here next summer.
15. Would you like to come over for dinner on Sunday? - Well unfortunately, I (work) all day and I (be) very tired.
16. Do you realize that on September 15, you (repair) our car for three months?