牛津译林版高中英语必修2Unit 2“Wish you were here”（Grammar and usage）课件.pptVIP

Future Continuous Tense Future in the past Don’t phone me between 8:00 and 10:00. We will be having classes then. When used in this way, it does not mean the speaker has arranged the action, just want to suggest that something will happen naturally. e.g. I will write to you. ( I want to write) I will be writing to you. ( just a mere statement of fact, without intention) in statements by using will (not) be + V-ing in questions by putting will before the subject in short answers by using will (not) Take the base verb work as an example Translate the following sentences.1. 今天下午三点到四点，我们要开会。2. 我想他马上就会到的。 Multiple choice: 1. Send for a doctor quickly, or the old man ______.A. will die B. is dying C. dies D. died 3. We ___ a basketball match at five tomorrow afternoon. A. watch B. will have watched C. can watch D. will be watching 4. If he ___, don’t interrupt him. A. still works B. will still be working C. still has been working D. is still working Look at the following sentences: 1. She said that she would go and visit her friend. 2. He phoned his mother and told her he was going to arrive at 10 p.m. 3. I was just about to dive into the sea when I saw a shark. He phoned his mother and told her he was going to arrive at 10 p.m. 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. 4. We use the future in the past to mean that the future action actually happened.