Exercise 2. Read and find the Russian equivalents.
1. The evil field will evil yield (производить, приносить плоды).
2. A good name will sell itself.
3. You will never see good and bad to agree.
4. A small leak will sink a great ship.
5. A wise man will make tools of what comes at hand.
6. A wise man will turn chance into good fortune.
7. A full larder (кладовая) won’t make your life harder.
8. Use the means and God will give the blessing.
Exercise 3. Open the brackets and use the Future Indefinite or the Future Continuous.
1. I can’t understand this letter. - I (to call) my son. He (to translate) it for you.
2. What you (to do) when you grow up? - I (to be) a pilot.
3. This time next month I (to sit) on a beach.
4. In a few days time we (to go) to London.
5. That tree makes the house very dark. - Very well, I (to cut) it down.
6. My brother has just returned from America. - Oh, good, we (to ask) him to our next party.
7. I’ll come at 6. - Good, I (to wait) for you.
8. You look frozen. Sit down by the fire and I (to make) you a cup of tea.
9. Don’t ring her up at 9, she (to put) her children to bed. Ring her later.
10. My son (to be) in the fifth form next year. That means that he (to learn) English.
11. I (to know) the results in some days.
12. I (to wait) for you at 6 o’clock tomorrow.
13. Tomorrow at this time you (to sail) down the Don River.
Exercise 4. Choose will or to be going to and one of these verbs.
| Collapse eat enter explode have increase leave paint phone re-open retire see show be sick walk |
1. Get out of the building! It sounds like the generator ….
2. Tim … early before he reaches 65. He mentioned it at the meeting recently.
3. “I think I … home across the park”. - “That’s a good idea”.
4. Next year, no doubt, more people … the competition as the prize money increases.
5. “Can we meet at 10 outside the station?” - “Okay. I … you there”.
6. Don’t sit on that bench, I … it.
7. I am not feeling well. In fact, I think I …!
8. “Closed over the New Year period. This office … on the 2nd January.
9. I’m sure you … a good time staying with Richard.
10. We … with Tim tonight. He has asked us to be there at 7.
11. The 2.35 to Bristol … from platform 5.
12. I wouldn’t walk across that old bridge if I were you. It looks like it ….
13. I read in the paper that they … the price of gas again.
14. Do you like my new solar watch? Here, I … you how it works.
15. “Dr. Jackson isn’t in his office at the moment”. - “In that case, I … him at home”.
(is going to explode; is going to retire, ‘ll walk, will enter, ‘ll see, am going to paint, am going to be sick, will re-open, ‘ll have, are going to eat, will leave, is going to collapse, are going to increase, ‘ll show, ‘ll phone)
Exercise 5. These sentences refer to the future. Correct them where necessary with either Present Continuous or to be going to or put ^ if they are already correct.
1. Unless aid arrives within the next few days, thousands are starving.
2. There are going to be more of us at the picnic than we’d thought.
3. I’m tired. I’m going to bed.
4. “I can’t go to the match after all”. - “That’s a pity. Dave’s being very disappointed”.
5. Clear the area! The bomb’s exploding.
6. In future the company is going to be known as “TST Systems”.
7. I’ve redecorated the bed. Do you think Jane is liking it when she gets home.
8. Whether we like it or not, within a few years biotechnology is transforming every aspect of human life.
9. It’s not a deep cut, but it’s leaving a scar.
10. He’s going to inherit his father’s fortune.
11. She is going to go to Switzerland next week on business.
(2,6,10; are going to starve, is going to bed, is going to be, is going to explode, is going to like, is going to transform, is going to leave, is going )