Wishyouwerehere-Grammar（Module2Unit2江苏牛津高中英语精品课件）.pptVIP

e.g. He told me he was going to learn another foreign language. e.g. I was meeting him in town the next day. (B) to indicate a past intention (C) to indicate a past arrangement. e.g. Toby said goodbye to his friend, not knowing that they were never to meet again. (D) to mean that the future action actually happened. The form of future in the past: (A) would + do e.g. I told you Colin and I would spend a few weeks traveling. (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, and he was to leave the next morning. (D) was/were about to e.g. The bus was about to start. Colin was about to get off the camel when a child ran towards him. be about to 表示即将要发生的动作, 不与表示时间段的 状语连用。 (E) was/were + doing (come, go, arrive, leave, meet…) e.g. I didn’t know when they were coming again. I was meeting him in America the next year.  would/should + do was/were going to + do was/were to + do was/were about to + do was/were doing A. Tick the sentences which express future in the past. Colin told me he would be in Africa. John was always going to the beach when he was a kid. Jennifer mentioned that she was going to Hawaii on holiday. I was having dinner with some friends between 8 and 10 yesterday evening. Toby and Colin were to fly to Morocco the next day. B. Colin wrote in his diary about the sunrise he and Toby saw in the desert. Complete his diary entry with expressions from the box. were going to watch wouldn’t see wouldn’t give was to remember were about to turn would blow would stop would fall were going to watch were about to turn would blow wouldn’t see wouldn’t give would stop would fall was to remember Check your answers! Finish the passage according to Para 2 on Page 22. Dear Karen, How are y