牛津版高一 Module 2

Unit 2

Future Continuous TenseFuture Continuous Tense

江苏 沈晓彦

Translation

1. We leave London on 15th July, a

nd we will be flying to Morocco, i

n northern Africa.

(7 月 15 号 , 我们将离开伦敦 , 然后飞往北非的摩洛哥。 )

2. Since we will be walking every day

for almost two weeks, I will need to

buy a large , strong light backpack

to carry my supplies of food and w

ater.

( 既然我们将每天行走将近两周 ,

我需要买一个又大又结实的背包 ,

来携带水和食品。 )

When do we use the future

continuous tense?

(a) talk about something that will

be in progress over a period of

time in the future

e.g. Toby will be climbing in the

Himalayas all next week.

I will be visiting Europe next week.

(b) talk about an action that starts

before a point in time in the future

and probably continues after it

e.g. Toby will not be in London next

Tuesday. He will be climbing

in

Himalayas.

(c) express future without intention

e.g. Tom won’t be cutting the grass. (fac

t, without intention) 汤姆将不割草

Tom won’t cut the grass.

汤姆拒绝割草

(d) make polite enquires about other

people’s future plans

e. g. Will you be visiting your uncle in

Tanzania?

Will you visit your uncle in

Tanzania?

The form of the future

continuous tense

The form of the future

continuous tense

Take the base verb work as an example

人称 肯定式 否定式 疑问式

第一人称

I/We shall

be working

…

I/We shall

not be

working

…

Shall I/

we be

working

…

人称 　肯定式 否定式 疑问式

第二人称

You will

be

working

…

You will

not be

working

…

Will you

be

working

…

人称 　肯定式 否定式 疑问式

第三人称

He /She /

It/ They

will be

working

…

He/

She /It/

They

will not

be

working

…

Will

he/she/

it/ they

be

working

A: Translate the following sentences

into English.

Practice

今天我下午三点到四点 , 我们要开会。We will be having a meeting from 3 to

4 this afternoon.

我想他马上就会到的。I believe he’ll be coming soon.

今天下午我要去送一个朋友。 I will be seeing a friend off this aftern

oon.

我不知道我们什么时候再在一起工作。 I don’t know when we will be working

together again.

史密斯夫妇下个星期去巴西。随后这个月里他们将在墨西哥旅行。Mr. and Mrs. Smith are going to Braz

il next week, and they will be travelin

g in Mexico later in the month.

B: Multiple choice:

1. Send for a doctor quickly, or the

old man___.

A. will die B. is dying

C. dies D. died

2. Henry will not be able to attend

the meeting tonight because ____.

A. he must teach a class

B. he will be teaching a class

C. he teaches a class

D. he will have been teaching

3. We ___ a basketball match at five

tomorrow afternoon.

A. will have watched

B. watch

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

5. If the horse wins tomorrow, he

___ twenty races in the past

three years.

A. will win B. would win

C. will have won D. has won

Future in the pastFuture in the past

Change direct speech into indirect

speech. 1. Bob: I’m going to watch birds. Li

Ming: Bob said ____________

____________

2. Wu Dong: I’ll go to my uncle’s. Colin:

Wu Dong said __________

____________ he would go

to his uncle’s.

Revision

he was going

to watch birds.

Question: So what is the

tense of the two

underlined

parts?

Question: So what is the

tense of the two

underlined

parts?

The usage of the future in the past tense

(A) 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.

(“be sure” happened in the past, the action “win the final victory” happened in the future compared with action of “be sure”)

(B) indicate a past intention

e.g. I was going to leave, but then it

rained.

(C) indicate a past arrangement

e.g. I was meeting him in town the

next day.

(D) 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 future in the past:

(A) would + do

e.g. I told you Colin and I would

spend a few weeks traveling.

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, and

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.

Multiple choice

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. I don’t think Jim saw me; he____

into space.

A. just started

B. was just starting

C. has just started

D. had just started

4. We were all surprised when he

made it clear that he_____ office

soon. (NMET1992)

A. leaves B. would leave

C. left D. had left

5. ---Come in, Peter. I want to show

you something.

---Oh, how nice of you! I___ you____

to bring me a gift. (NMET1990)

A. never think; are going

B. never thought; were going

C. didn’t think; were going

D. hadn’t thought; were going

6. He____ anyone the minute he

____ they needed help.

A. would help; saw

B. helped; saw

C. will help: sees

D. helps; sees

7. As I ____ the next day, I went to bed

early on Thursday evening.

A. was leaving B. had left

C. will leave D. left

8. I had no idea if he _____ the meeting.

A. will attend B. attends

C. will have attended D. would attend

9. I ____ to start off when it began to

rain.

A. was B. was able

C. wanted D. was about

10. They wanted to know what ____

next.

A. would happen B. has happened

C. will happen D. is going to happen