| 1. Действие, совершившееся в истекшем отрезке времени | I met him yesterday/ last week | Я встретил его вчера/ на прошлой неделе |
| 2. Последовательные действия в прошлом | He left the hotel, took a taxi and drove to the station | Он вышел из гостиницы, взял такси и поехал на вокзал |
| 3. Обычное, повторявшееся действие в прошлом | Last year I went to the theatre every week | В прошлом году я ходил в театр каждую неделю |
| 4.Действия явно происходило в прошлом | Mozart wrote more than 6000 pieces of music | Моцарт написал более 600 произведений |
| 5.После оборота It’s (a long time…) since… | It’s two years since I last saw Joe | Прошло два года с тех пор, когда я видел Джо последний раз |
| Утвердительная форма | Вопросительная форма | Отрицательная форма |
| I shall work | Shall I work? | I shall not/shan’t work |
| He, she, it will work | Will she, he, it work? | He, she, it will not/ won’t work |
| We shall work | Shall we work? | We shall not/shan’t work |
| You will work | Will you work? | You will not/won’t work |
| They will work | Will they work? | They will not/won’t work |
| 1. Спонтанное решение в момент речи | Oh, I have left the door open – I’ll go and shut it | Я оставила дверь открытой – Я пойду и закрою её |
| 2. Говорящий высказывает свое мнение | I think/am sure/expect he will come home late | Я думаю/уверен/ожидаю, что он придет домой поздно |
| 3. Говорящий ожидает распоряжений | Shall I read? Shall we come at 9? | Мне читать? Нам приходить в 9? |
| 4. Вежливая просьба | Will you close the door, please? | Закройте дверь, пожалуйста |
| Утвердительная форма | Вопросительная форма | Отрицательная форма |
| I am reading | Am I reading? | I am not reading |
| He is reading | Is he reading? | He is not reading |
| She is reading | Is she reading? | She is not reading |
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| We are reading | Are we reading? | We are not reading |
| You are reading | Are you reading? | You are not reading |
| They are reading | Are they reading? | They are not reading |
| Утвердительная форма | Вопросительная форма | Отрицательная форма |
| I was reading | Was I reading? | I was not reading |
| He was reading | Was he reading? | He was not reading |
| She was reading | Was she reading? | She was not reading |
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| We were reading | Were we reading? | We were not reading |
| You were reading | Were you reading? | You were not reading |
| They were reading | Were they reading? | They were not reading |
| Утвердительная форма | Вопросительная форма | Вопросительная форма |
| I shall be reading | Shall I be reading? | I shall not be reading |
| He will be reading | Will he be reading? | He will not be reading |
| She will be reading | Will she be reading? | She will not be reading |
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| We shall be reading | Shall we be reading? | We shall not be reading |
| You will be reading | Will you be reading? | You will not be reading |
| They will be reading | Will they be reading? | They will not be reading |
| Утвердительная форма | Вопросительная форма | Отрицательная форма |
| I have seen | Have I seen? | I have not seen |
| He has seen | Has he seen? | He has not seen |
| She has seen | Has she seen? | She has not seen |
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| We have seen | Have we seen? | We have not seen |
| You have seen | Have you seen? | You have not seen |
| They have seen | Have they seen? | They have not seen |
| Утвердительная форма | Вопросительная форма | Отрицательная форма |
| I had written | Had I written? | I had not written |
| He had written | Had he written? | He had not written |
| She had written | Had she written? | She had not written |
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| We had written | Had we written? | We had not written |
| You had written | Had you written? | You had not written |
| They had written | Had they written? | They had not written |