Grammar and Vocabulary. Future Simple (affirmative, interrogative, negative)

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Future Simple (affirmative, interrogative, negative)

will/going to

intensifying adverbs: extremely/particularly/truly

sentence adverbials: moreover/additionally/hence

Exercise 1. Study the Future Simple forms.

Exercise 2. Read the sentences in the Future Simple paying attention to

the verb forms. Translate them from English into Russian.

Model: We will open a new retailer shop. — Мы откроем новый магазин

розничной торговли.

1. We will hire a new Quality Manager. 2. He will eliminate excessive

paper work. 3. They will get significant results. 4. I will try to concentrate

on this important problem. 5. Our new manager will disseminate the

information about quality programmes. 6. Their Personnel Manager will

interrogate employees. 7. The company will invest in a new project. 8. They

will support charitable initiatives. 9. The manager from the R&D

Department will conduct this comprehensive research. 10. It will imply

great profits. 11. We will try to satisfy our target customer. 12. They will

analyze the strengths and weaknesses of a new project.

Exercise 3. Learn these adverbs of time. Read the following predictions

and translate them from English into Russian.

tomorrow — завтра

soon — скоро

next week/month/year — на следующей неделе/в следующем ме-

сяце/году

in two days/weeks/months/years — через два дня/две недели/два

года

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affirmative	Interrogative	negative
Iwill.work	Will I work?	Iwill.not (won’t) work
Youwill work	Will you work?	Youwill.not (won’t) work
He/she/itwill work	Will he/she/it work?	He/she/itwill.not (won’t) work
Wewill work	Will we work?	Wewill.not (won’t) work
Youwill work	Will you work?	Youwill.not (won’t) work
Theywill work	Will they work?	Theywill.not (won’t) work

1. It is important now. It will be important tomorrow. 2. It is profitable

to make bicycles. It will be profitable to make bicycles soon. 3. It is

prestigious to buy real estate today. It will be even more prestigious to buy

real estate next year. 4. There are numerous online shops today. There will

be many more online shops in the future. 5. There are some responsibilities

today. There will be more responsibilities tomorrow. 6. There is demand for

this product today. There will be no demand for this product in two years.

7. Our company will launch a new product next April. 8. We will employ

a new Product Manager next month. 9. They will explain the necessary

things to you. 10. I will fire him tomorrow because he doesn’t work well.

11. The service will be available next week. 12. We will try to eliminate

excessive paper work soon.

Exercise 4. Make these sentences in the Future Simple interrogative and

give short positive and negative answers.

Model: The CEO will come tomorrow. — Will the CEO come tomorrow?

Yes, he will. No, he won’t.

1. We will hire ten new employees next week. 2. Mr Collins will head

a new department. 3. Our competitors will launch a new PR campaign

tomorrow. 4. The company will offer inexpensive goods to their target

customer. 5. Our new manager will set an example to everybody. 6. We will

study all strengths and weaknesses of the programme next week. 7. She will

work in collaboration with the legal department. 8. The staff will stay after

work next Saturday. 9. We will have many more sophisticated entrepreneurs

in the future. 10. He will be a respected person in ten years. 11. The

Marketing Manager will meet our Chinese partners tomorrow. 12. They

will try to improve their packaging.

Exercise 5. Pronounce the new words and word combinations. Learn them.

bring about — вызывать/быть причиной, compare — сравнивать,

purchase — покупать, indicate — указывать, blur — делать неясным/

сглаживать, take effect — вступать в силу, impact — оказывать

влияние, rely — полагаться/надеяться на, connect — соединять,

emerge — появляться/возникать, result in — приводить к, be in line

with — делать в соответствии с/соотноситься, take place — происхо-

дить/иметь место, rise — увеличиваться, speed up — ускорять, operate

in — работать в, drive the future — управлять будущим, invest — вкла-

дывать/инвестировать в, take on big challenges — принимать вызов

Exercise 6. Compare the Future Simple Tense with the going to -

construction. Translate the sentences from English into

Russian. Remember that Future Simple denotes prediction/

promise while going to denotes intention.

Model: I will make a new plan tomorrow. — Я составлю новый план за-

втра.

I am going to make a new plan. — Я собираюсь/намереваюсь соста-

вить новый план.

1. Our new strategy will bring about great changes. 2. I am going to

compare these two opportunities. 3. The department will purchase new

equipment next year. 4. We are going to rely on your loyalty. 5. The success

of our new product will indicate our company growth. 6. The meeting will

take place at 5 o’clock on Thursday. 7. We are going to invest in this

profitable project. 8. This innovation will impact our productivity. 9. The

technical workers are going to speed up the assembly line. 10. The new

invention will connect business people in different countries. 11. The

managers are going to work in line with the instructions. 12. New markets

will emerge in the coming years.

Exercise 7. Translate the sentences. Note down the italicized adverb

intensifiers. Learn them.

truly — действительно/поистине, extremely — чрезвычайно/

крайне, particularly — особенно/в частности, almost — почти/едва не,

indeed — действительно/в самом деле

1. Longman Pearson is a truly influential international Publishing

Company. 2. He is a truly independent industrialist. 3. This is an extremely

difficult problem. 4. He is an extremely reliable partner. 5. Delegating

responsibilities is a particularly important skill for managers. 6. We

maintain a particularly high pay rate. 7. They will have almost equal

opportunities. 8. The shop is almost empty. 9. Such changes will indeed

take place in the global market. 10. It will indeed be a profitable

transaction. 11. This product line will connect almost all customers and

producers. 12. He will take on particularly big challenges.

Exercise 8. Translate the sentences from English into Russian paying

attention to sentence adverbials.

Moreover — кроме того, вдобавок

In addition/additionally — к тому же, в придачу

Hence — следовательно, отсюда следует

1. Mr Brown is a good worker. Moreover, he is particularly reliable.

2. Our workers will work nights. In addition, they will sometimes work at

weekends. 3. He can speak fluent English. Hence he has greater

opportunities for career growth. 4. Mr Smith is a wealthy man. Moreover,

he is very influential. 5. He has got an apartment in a fashionable district.

In addition he has got a luxurious car. 6. People always recognize him.

Hence he is famous. 7. He is in accountancy. Hence he writes a lot of

reports. 8. Retailer shops will work on Saturday. Moreover, they will be

open on Sunday.

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