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In this case the Past Indefinite is rendered in Russian by the past perfective.

He threw down his spade and entered the house. (Ch. Bronte) Он бросил лопату и вошел в дом.

repeated actions in the past.

I'ri this case the Past Indefinite is rendered in Russian by the past imperfective.

He made an entry in his diary’ every night. (Bennett)

Каждый вечер он делал запись в дневнике.

N о t е. — Repeated actions are often expressed by us?d to + Infinitive and would + Infinitive. Used to is more colloquial and would is more lit­erary. '

Every afternoon, when the children came from school, they used to go and play in the Giant’s garden. (Wilde)

When fits of melancholy came upon him, he would spend all days locked in his room. (E. Bronte)

Sometimes used to does not denote repeated actions, but actions char­acterizing a person or actions or states which lasted a long time.

The Reed used to like the rain. (Wilde)

There used to be an old oak-tree near- the house.

THE FUTURE INDEFINITE

§ 5. The formation of the Future Indefinite.

  1. The Future Indefinite is formed by means of the auxiliary verbs shall and will and the infinitive without to of the notional verb.

In grammar books they generally say that shall i^ used for the first person singular and plural and will is used for the second and third persons singular and plural. However, in Modern English we can observe the tendency to use will for all persons in all the Future Tenses.

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

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

Affirmative

I shall (will) work

He will work She will work We shall work You will work They will work

Interrogative

Shall I work? Will he work? Will she work? Shall we work? Will you work? Will they work?

Negative

I shall not work He will not work She will not work We shall not worK You will not work They will not work

  1. The contracted affirmative forms are:

I’ll work You’ll work

The contracted negative forms are:

I shan’t [Jant] work He won’t [wount] work-

  1. The negative-interrogative forms are:

( Shall we not work? j Will he not work? \ Shan’t we work? ( Won’t he work?

§ 6. The use of the Future Indefinite.

The Future Indefinite is used to denote a future action.

1 am tired. I shall go and have a nap before dinner. (Galsworthy) 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-j- Infinitive, and to be on the point + 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. (Shaw)

The runners are about to start.

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