Unit 17. Present Tenses for Future Actions

Exercise 1. Make sentences interrogative.

Example: The lecture on civil law is on Monday. (What/Which) – What is on Monday? Which lecture is on Monday?

1. A special conference on the problem of juvenile delinquency takes place in Moscow in May. (Where/When) 2. They are illegal immigrants. They are crossing the frontier between the two countries next week. (Who/When) 3. The trial takes place on the 1^st of October. (What/When) 4. My brother is passing his exam on criminal law tomorrow. (Who/What) 5. The jury is passing a verdict on this case in an hour. (When/What) 6. Sorry, I can’t help. I’m leaving in an hour. (When/Who) 7. According to this timetable, the train arrives at three. (When/What ) 8. Can the clerk call the solicitor at 3p.m., because he is leaving tomorrow. (Who/When) 9. I can’t visit our advocate on Monday. I’m leaving in the morning. (Why/When) 10. The train leaves at five from the second platform. (What/When) 11. Don’t worry. The plane lands in time. (What/When) 12. I’m preparing for my exam this evening. (What/When)

Exercise 2. Open the brackets and put the verb into the correct form.

Example: Hurry up. The bus … (to leave). – Hurry up. The bus is leaving.

1. Christmas … on Monday next year (to be). 2. Mary and Tom … married next month (to get). 3. You can’t leave early. We … a meeting (to have). 4. We will have an anniversary of graduating from university next week so we … a party (to arrange). 5. Pam has been fired and … to London to look for a job (to go). 6. I need advice from a barrister so I … to see him (to come). 7. The conference on problems of young offenders … place on the 1^st of June (to take). 8. The witness … in a few minutes to give testimony (to arrive). 9. The plane … at Heathrow at 5 (to land). 10. Cross-examination is at the courthouse on Monday (to be). 11. Don’t wait for me. I … at once (to leave). 12. All jurors … the courtroom to discuss the case (to leave)

Exercise 3. Complete the sentences using one of these verbs.

go open leave start have come close

leave arrive meet fly do plan take

Example: The last bus … in twenty minutes. – The last bus starts in twenty minutes.

1. Their holiday is over. They … home tomorrow. 2. Hurry up! The train …in five minutes. 3. Mary … tomorrow to spend weekend with her family. 4. The judge … to the conference next week. 5. The plaintiff … to present all evidence he has. 6. The trial on a burglar … place at the London Magistrates’ court. 7. We … a party next Saturday. 8. What … the clerk … at 3 tomorrow? I need his help. 9. The witness is coming in three days and he … to stay here for two days. 10. The law conference … on Monday and … on Friday. 11. The liner … in London at 10 a.m. 12. Ben … the foreign delegation tomorrow.

Exercise 4. Correct the mistakes where necessary.

Example: A new session of the US Congress take place on the 5^th of September. – A new session of the US Congress takes place on the 5^th of September.

1. The election of a new president be next year. 2. Hoisters is robbing the supermarket tomorrow. 3. The first reading of the bill take place in the House of Lords next month. 4. The train with prisoners will arrives at 3 p.m. 5. The foreman are coming in a minute to announce a verdict. 6. Soon Mr. White comes at the scene of crime to question witnesses. 7. The participants of the law conference arrive tomorrow. 8. Dissolution of Parliament are on the 1^st of June. 9. The detective flies to Madrid to catch the main suspect. 10. The local government is move to another building in the center of the town. 11. FBI will tracking down actions of the criminal next couple of weeks. 12. The trial is taking place the following month.

Exercise 5. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English.

1. Семинар по теории государства и права пройдет во вторник в 9.40. 2. Адвокат опросит всех свидетелей преступления в ближайшее время. 3. Рассмотрение этого громкого дела будет 25 декабря в здании мирового суда. 4. Делегация правительства Китая прилетит 10 ноября. 5. Поезд, который доставит обвиняемого в терроризме, прибудет в 5 часов. 6. Обсуждение итогов работы комиссии по делам несовершеннолетних пройдет 25 мая. 7. Судебное разбирательство причин авиакатастрофы состоится 14 июля. 8. Поверенный приезжает в Лондон пятого сентября, чтобы собрать необходимые документы. 9. Детектив собирается приехать, чтобы опросить местных жителей. 10. Секретарь суда придет в зал суда через минуту. 11. Новое исследование уровня преступности в нашей стране выйдет в следующем месяце. 12. Прокурор уже поговорил с жертвой и через несколько минут уедет на место преступления.

Unit 18. Future Simple, Future Continuous,

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