Unit2Wishyouwerehere FutureContinuousTense Futureinthepast Grammarandusage Lookatthefollowingsentencesandtrytoexplainwhythetenseisusedinthesesentences Lead in 1 WeleaveLondonon15July andwe llbetakingaflighttoMorocco innorthernAfrica 2 Sincewewillbewalkingforalmosttwoweeks I llneedtobuyalargebackpackinadvancetocarrymysuppliesoffoodandwater Don tphonemebetween8 00and10 00 Wewillbehavingclassesthen present future 8 00 10 00 havingclass Futurecontinuoustense 1 TobywillbeclimbingintheHimalayasallnextweek Theusesofthefuturecontinuoustense e g IwillbevisitingEuropenextweek Note Weusethefuturecontinuoustensetotalkaboutsomethingthatwillbeinprogressoveraperiodoftimeinthefuture Note weusethefuturecontinuoustensetotalkaboutanactionthatstartsbeforeapointinthefutureandprobablycontinuesafterit 2 TobywillnotbeinLondonnextTuesday HewillbeclimbingintheHimalayas 3 TheweatherreportsaysthatitwillberainingwhenwearriveinLondon Note Weusethefuturecontinuoustensetoexpresspredictions e g Afteryoutakethemedicine youwillbefeelingmuchbetter Whenusedinthisway itdoesnotmeanthespeakerhasarrangedtheaction justwanttosuggestthatsomethingwillhappennaturally e g Iwillwritetoyou Iwanttowrite Iwillbewritingtoyou justamerestatementoffact withoutintention Iwon tgotoJapan HerefusestogotoJapan won tgoexpressintention Iwon tbegoingtoJapan Amerestatementoffact givingnoinformationaboutherfeeling Shewon tgotoJapan perhapsshewillbedoingsomethingelse 4 Willyoubevisitingyouruncle e g Whenshallwebemeetingagain Willyoubeworkinghere Note Weusethefuturecontinuoustensetoaskpolitelyaboutotherpeople sfutureplan instatementsbyusingwill not be V inginquestionsbyputtingwillbeforethesubjectinshortanswersbyusingwill not Theformofthefuturecontinuoustense Takethebaseverbworkasanexample I Weshallbeworking I Weshallnotbeworking ShallI webeworking Youwillbeworking Youwillnotbeworking Willyoubeworking He She It Theywillbeworking He She It Theywillnotbeworking Willhe she it theybeworking Atraveljournalistreceivedanotefromhisboss Readthejournalist sscheduleandcompletehisreply 1 2 3 4 5 willbetravelling willbeinterviewing willbegoing willwrite willbeexploring Translatethefollowingsentences 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 Practice Wewillbehavingameetingfrom3to4thisafternoon Ibelievehe llbecomingsoon 3 今天下午我要去送一个朋友 4 我不知道我们什么时候再在一起工作 Iwillbeseeingafriendoffthisafternoon Idon tknowwhenwewillbeworkingtogetheragain 5 史密斯夫妇下个星期去巴西 随后这个月他们将在墨西哥旅行 Mr andMrs SmitharegoingtoBrazilnextweek andtheywillbetravellinginMexicolaterinthemonth Multiplechoice 1 Sendforadoctorquickly ortheoldman A willdieB isdyingC diesD died 2 Henrywillnotbeabletoattendthemeetingtonightbecause A hemustteachaclassB hewillbeteachingaclassC heteachesaclassD hewillhavebeenteaching 3 We abasketballmatchatfivetomorrowafternoon A watchB willhavewatchedC canwatchD willbewatching 4 Ifhe don tinterrupthim A stillworksB willstillbeworkingC stillhasbeenworkingD isstillworking 5 Ifthehorsewinstomorrow he twentyracesinthepastthreeyears A willwinB wouldwinC willhavewonD haswon Futureinthepast Lookatthefollowingsentences 1 Shesaidthatshewouldgoandvisitherfriend 2 Hephonedhismotherandtoldherhewasgoingtoarriveat10p m 3 IwasjustabouttodiveintotheseawhenIsawashark Hephonedhismotherandtoldherhewasgoingtoarriveat10p m hephoned present wasgoingtoarrive 10p m before10p m past speaker Theusesofthefutureinthepast 1 Weusethefutureinthepasttoreportanactioninthepastfromatimewhenitwasstillinthefuture e g Theyweresurethattheywouldwinthefinalvictory 2 Weusethefutureinthepasttoindicateapastintention e g Iwasgoingtoleave butthenitbegantorain 3 Weusethefutureinthepasttoindicateapastarrangement e g ColinleftworkearlybecausehewasgoingtoseeJenniferlaterthatafternoon 4 Weusethefutureinthepasttomeanthatthefutureactionactuallyhappened e g ThejourneythatwastochangeToby slifestartedinJulythatyear Theformofthefutureinthepast A would thebaseformofaverbe g ColinandIwouldspendafewweekstravellingafterhegraduated Shewouldgoforawalkaftershehadsupper B was weregoingtoe g Weweregoingtoseethewildanimals butthenwedidn thavetime C was weretoe g Itwashislastdayatschool hewastoleavethenextmorning D was wereabouttoe g Colinwasabouttogetoffthecamelwhenachildrantowardshim Tickthesentenceswhichexpressfutureinthepast 1 ColinandIwouldbeinAfricathenextMonday 2 Johnwasalwaysgoingtothebeachwhenhewasakid 3 JenniferwasgoingtoHawaiionholiday 4 Iwashavingdinnerwithsomefriendswhenshecalledme 5 TobyandColinweretoflytoMoroccothenextday Colinwroteinhisdiaryabouthisadventureinthedesert Completehisdiaryentrywithexpressionsfromthebox wouldn tseeweregoingtowatchwouldgetupwouldneverforgetwouldfalldownwouldlastwouldstopwereabouttoturnoff 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 weregoingtowatch wereabouttoturnoff wouldlast wouldn tsee wouldgetup wouldstop wouldfalldown wouldneverforget 1 Alice whydidn tyoucomeyesterday I butIhadanunexpectedvisitor A hadB wouldC wasgoingtoD did Multiplechoice 2 IfirstmetLisathreeyearsago She ataradioshopatthetime A hasworkedB wasworkingC hadjuststartedD hadworked 3 Idon tthinkJimsawme