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Other Ways of Indicating Future Actions
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- The Present Indefinite
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| Other Ways of Indicating Future Actions
The Future Indefinite is only one of a number of ways of indicating actions in the future. Its equivalents are the Present Indefinite, the Present Continuous and the going to form. The Future Indefinite is preferred to its equivalents if' there are some external circumstances that may effect the future activity or state. When the subject is a person, an element of willingness may often be present; then one of the Future Indefinite equivalents may be preferable. The Present Indefinite is used to indicate a future activity, as part of a plan or arrangement, particularly when it concerns a journey. It is often the case with verbs of motion, arrival, or departure. We leave here at six, arrive in Dublin at midnight and take a plane on to Amsterdam, (from a travel agency program) Soviet Prime Minister Arrives Here Tomorrow, (a newspaper headline) The use of the Present Indefinite to express actions planned for the immediate future is typical of formal style. The Present Continuous is also used for a definite future arrangement and is more typical of informal conversational style. The time indication is nearly always given (usually in the immediate future). I am leaving for Glasgow next week. He is playing in the concert tonight. We are meeting him after the performance. The verbs go and come can be used without a time indication and may then imply a less definite arrangement. "Where are you going?" "I'm going for a walk. Are you coming with me?" "Yes, I'm just coming. Wait for me." The going to form expresses the subject's intention to perform a certain future action. It implies that some preparation for the action has already been made. This form can bе used with or without a time indication. When used with a time indication, it is an alternative to the Present Continuous; there is then very little difference between these two future forms. I am meeting Tom at the station at 6.0. = I am going to meet Tom at the station at 6.0. When used without a time indication, the going to form refers to the immediate or near future. He is going to lend me his bicycle. Oh, we are going to see one another in London. This form is also used to express the speaker's feeling of certainty. I think it is going to rain. Look at those clouds. "They are going to murder some woman at 11.15 tonight... I've ever heard their conversation." "What makes you think he murder is going to be committed in your neighborhood?" N o t e that it is not very usual to put the verbs go and come into this form. The Present Continuous is normally used instead (i.e. "I am going" and "I am coming"). жүктеу/скачать 341.5 Kb. Достарыңызбен бөлісу:
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