I. The Use of Indefinite Tenses.

v The Present Indefinite is used:

1) to express a recurrent or permanent action in the present;

e.g. He lives in Kiev with his mother. Він живе у Києві з матір’ю.

2) to express an action or state which does not refer to any particular time;

e.g. Sugar dissolves in water. Цукор розчиняється у

воді.

3) to express a planned future action mostly with verbs denoting motion ( to go, to come, to leave, to start, to arrive…).

e.g. I leave Moscow tomorrow. Завтра я виїжджаю з Москви.

v The Past Indefinite is used:

1)to express a single or permanent action which took place in the past;

e.g. I sawyou in the street yesterday. Я бачив тебе на вулиці

вчора.

2) to express a succession of past actions;

e.g. I dressed,wentdownstairs, hadЯ одягнувся, зійшов some tea and left for work униз, випив чаю і пішов на роботу.

v The Future Indefinite is used to express a single, permanent

or recurrent action in the future.

e.g. He’ll work abroad next year. Наступного року він працюватиме за кордоном.