FUTURE IN THE PAST课件.ppt

e.g. They were sure that they would win the final victory. e.g. He told me he was going to learn another foreign language. The form of future in the past: (A) would + do e.g. I told you Colin and I would spend a few weeks traveling.  A. Tick the sentences which express future in the past. Colin and I would be in Africa the next Monday. John was always going to the beach when he was a kid. Jennifer was going to Hawaii on holiday. I was having dinner with some friends when she called me. 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. wouldn’t see, were going to watch, wouldn’t get up, would never forget, would fall down, would last, would stop, were about to turn off Check your answers! Finish the passage according to Para 2 on Page 22. Dear Karen How are you? I’m going to tell you something about Toby’s adventure in Africa. He said they __________ London on 15th July and they ________ to Morocco, in North Africa. They _________________ on camels through the Sahara Desert. It is the biggest desert in the world—about the size of the US! He said how uncomfortable it was. He hoped his camel liked him! I will send you some post cards from Toby. Love Aihua Multiple choices 1. —Alice, why didn’t you come yesterday? —I ___, but I had an unexpected visitor. A. had B. would C. was going to D. did 2. I first met Lisa three years ago. She ____ at a radio shop at the time. A. has worked B. was working C. had just started D. had worked 3. We were all surprised when he made it clear that he _____ office soon. A leaves B. would leave C. left D. had left 4. —Come in, Peter. I want to show you something. —Oh, how nice of you! I ____ you ____ to bring me a gift. A. never think; are going