Lesson 4

Future Indefinite Tense

The form tense is the Future Indefinite Tense. It always says: “I am used for actions that will take place in the future time”.

The formation of the Future Indefinite Tense:

… shall(will) + verb …

A dying man was asked to forgive his neighbour. The man said: “Let it be, if I die, I’ll forgive him; but if I don’t die, I’ll show him what’s what”.

I’ll tell = I shall tell

There was an Old Man who said:

“How shall I flee from this horrible cow?

I shall sit on this stile,

And continue to smile,

Which may soften the heart of that cow”.

You’ll get = You will get

Proverbs

·                     Show me your company and I’ll tell you what you are.

·                     You spit in his eye and he will reply it’s just dew from the sky.

·                     Follow the river and you’ll get to the sea.

·                     He that does you an ill tirn will never forgive you.

·                     He that will steal an egg will steal an ox.

Lesson 5

… Continuous Tense

Present Continuous Tense

The fifth tense is the Present Continuous tense. It always says: “I express an action which is happening at the moment of speaking”.

The formation of this tense is as follows: auxiliary verb (am, are, is) + (verb + -ing)

Past Continuous Tense

It is used to express an action which was going on at a definite moment in the past.

 The formation of this tense: “be” in the past + (verb + -ing)

Mother:

-          Jane, what is Mary doing?

Jane:

-          Well, she is skating if the ice is as thick as she thinks, but if the ice is as I think, she is swimming.

An amoeba named Sam and his brother

Were having a drink with each other;

In the midst of their quaffing

They split their sides laughing.

And each of them now is a mother.

Some words about the Gerund.

It always says: “I am formed like Present Participle, by adding the suffix –ing.”

A gerund is partly a verb and partly a noun.

A gerund can be the subject or the object of a verb or it may be governed by a preposition.

Proverbs

·                     Seeing is believing.

·                     It is no use crying over spilt milk.

·                     Appetite comes with eating.

·                     Even reckoning makes long friends.

·                     He that goes borrowing, goes sorrowing.

·                     Sitting and waiting what we are hating.

·                     Gossiping and lying go hand in hand.

·                     Speaking without thinking is shooting without aiming.