牛津译林版高一英语模块二Unit2Wishyouwerehere教学课件：Grammarandusage.pptVIP

The uses of the future in the past: 1. We use the future in the past to report an action in the past from a time when it was still in the future. e.g. They were sure that they would win the final victory. 2. We use the future in the past to indicate a past intention. e.g. I was going to leave, but then it began to rain. 3. We use the future in the past to indicate a past arrangement. e.g. Colin left work early because he was going to see Jennifer later that afternoon. 4. We use the future in the past to mean that the future action actually happened. e.g. The journey that was to change Toby’s life started in July that year. The form of the future in the past: (A) would + the base form of a verb e.g. Colin and I would spend a few weeks travelling after he graduated. She would go for a walk after she had supper. (B) was/were going to e.g. We were going to see the wild animals, but then we didn’t have time. (C) was/were to e.g. It was his last day at school— he was to leave the next morning. (D) was/were about to e.g. Colin was about to get off the camel when a child ran towards him. Tick the sentences which express future in the past. 1. Colin and I would be in Africa the next Monday. 2. John was always going to the beach when he was a kid. 3. Jennifer was going to Hawaii on holiday. 4. I was having dinner with some friends when she called me. 5. Toby and Colin were to fly to Morocco the next day. Colin wrote in his diary about his adventure in the desert. Complete his diary entry with expressions from the box. wouldn’t see were going to watch would get up would never forget would fall down would last would stop were about to turn off 1.___________________ 2. ___________________ 3.________________ 4. ________________ 5.