Future Simple. Use # 6: “Will” or “Be Going to” to Express a Prediction Both “will” and “be going to” can express the idea of a general prediction about the future. Predictions are guesses about what might happen in the future. In “prediction” sentences, the subject usually has little control over the future and therefore…
Future Simple. Use # 5: “Be going to” to Express a Plan “Be going to” expresses that something is a plan. It expresses the idea that a person intends to do something in the future. It does not matter whether the plan is realistic or not. Example: He is going to spend his vacation in…
Future Simple. Use #4: Coming Events When we talk about coming events which are objective and we don’t have any influence on them: Example: The competition will start at 9.- Соревнования начнутся в 9. Example: We will know the election results tomorrow.- Завтра мы узнаем результаты выборов. Example: Jane will arrive in a few minutes.-…
Future Simple. Use #3: Unplanned Actions and Spontaneous Decisions When we talk about unplanned (spontaneous) decisions: Example: Don’t worry! I will help you with this problem.- Не волнуйся! Я помогу тебе с этой проблемой. Example: I will close the window. It’s starting to rain.- Я закрою окно. Начинается дождь. Example: This phone is a real…
Future Simple. Use #2: “Will” to Express a Promise “Will” is usually used with promises. Example: I promise I will not tell him about the surprise party.- Я обещаю, что не расскажу ему о вечеринке-сюрпризе. Example: I won‘t tell anyone your secret. – Я никому не расскажу твой секрет. Example: I will call you when I arrive.…
Future Simple. Use #1: “Will” to Express a Voluntary Action “Will” often suggests that a speaker will do something voluntarily. A voluntary action is one the speaker offers to do for someone else. Often, we use “will” to respond to someone else’s complaint or request for help. We also use “will” when we request that…
Past Perfect Continuous. Use #2: Cause of Something in the Past Using the past perfect continuous before another action in the past is a good way to show cause and effect. Example: Sam gained weight because he had been overeating.-Сэм набрал вес, потому что он переедал. Example: Betty failed the final test because she had not been…
Past Perfect Continuous. Use #1: Duration Before Something in the Past We use the past perfect continuous to show that something started in the past and continued up until another time in the past. “For five minutes” and “for two weeks” are both durations which can be used with the past perfect continuous. Notice that…
Past Perfect Tense. Use #3: Unreal or Imaginary Things in the Past In the same way that we use the past simple to talk about unreal or imaginary things in the present, we use the past perfect (one step back in time) to talk about unreal or imaginary things in the past. This is common…
Past Perfect Tense. Use #2: The Duration before Something in the Past (Stative Verbs) If something has started in the past and continued up to another time or action in the past we use the past perfect to describe “how long” the action lasted. Note that we can also use the past perfect continuous here,…