Unit 2 grammar and usage

1. Unit 2 grammar and usage

2. Let’s know about thefuture events China will be holding the Olympic Games in 2008. You will be attending the college Entrance Examination from 7th June to 10th in 2009. Guess what thetenseis! Future continuous tense

3. I’ll be doingmy homework this time tomorrow/from 9:30 to 11:00 next Sunday. • 1.Talk about something that will be • in progress at a moment orover a period of time in the future.

4. This time on Friday Iwill be flying toBeijing,and my elder brotherwill be waiting forme at the airport. • 2.Talk aboutan action that starts before a point in time in the futureand probablycontinues after it

5. The weather report says that itwill be rainingwhen we arrive in London.

6. 3.Expressfuture without intention. • When used in this way, we want to indicate that something will happen naturally. It does not imply that the speaker has arranged the action. He won’t be attendingthe meeting. cf: Hewon’t attendthe meeting.

7. Willyou be visitingyour uncle in Tanzania? Willyoube bringingyour new book here this afternoon? Whenwillyoube thinking ofthe suggestion I put forward last time? • 4.Make polite enquiriesabout other people’sfuture plans. 比较 Will you bring the novel with you,please?

8. 5.Express future plans or arrangements: E.g.: Toby says he will be traveling to Africa next month. They will be flying to Morocco from London first, then they’ll be traveling across the Sahara Desert by camel

9. When will you come? When will you be coming? 直截了当 委婉 客气 He will come tomorrow. He will be coming tomorrow. He is coming tomorrow. He is to come tomorrow. 推测 一定会发生 安排 应该，必须

10. How to form the future continuous tense Toby will be climbing in the Himalayas all next week. Toby will not be in London next Tuesday. He will be climbing in the Himalayas. The weather report says that it will be raining when we arrive in London. Will you be visiting your uncle in Tanzania?

11. The future continuous tense 1 in statements by usingwill(not) be + verb-ingform Toby and his brother, Colin, will (not) be flying to Morocco 2 in questions by inverting the subjectandwill Willthey be flyingto Morocco in 15th July? 3 in short answers by usingwill(not)only Yes, they will./no,theywill not (won’t).

12. Part A：Translate the following sentences into English 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。 3 今天下午我要去送一位朋友。 Wewill be havinga meeting from 3 to 4 this afternoon. I believe he’ll be comingsoon. Iwill be seeinga friend off this afternoon.

13. I don’t know when we will be working together again. 4 我不知道我们什么时候再在一起工作。 5 史密斯夫妇下个星期将去巴西。随后这个月里他们将在墨西哥旅游。 Mr and Mrs Smith are going to Brazil next week, and they will be traveling in Mexico later in this month

14. 可能，愿意，按自然规律， II. Future in the past: (相对的时态) 1) would do: *He said hewould graduatein two years. *Every time I went there, hewould serveas my guide. *It was raining hard, but no onewould stopworking. 表示意愿

15. 2) was/were doing: (come/go/leave/ begin/start/arrive/finish…) *I told him Iwas leavingfor Nanjing the next day. *He called her to say that hewas seeingher later that afternoon. 可表示过去的打算，但没有实现“本打算” 3) was/were going to do: *He told me hewas going to spendhis holiday in Egypt. *Iwas going to cometo your party last night, but I had a fever.

16. 过去即将的将来，马上要干 4) was/were about to do: *Iwas just about to leavethe house when the telephone rang. Correct a mistake: We were asked not to bother him as he was about to take a test in 10 minutes 不能带具体的时间状语,但可以和as或when引导的时间状语从句连用 计划，安排好了的事，而且注定是要发生的 5) was/were to do: *It was Teachers’ Day the next day and wewere to seeour former teacher Miss Wang.

17. *…Chaplin had developed his own manner of acting, the one that was to make him world-famous.

18. 特定场合的一般过去式表达过去将来时 • He promised that he would called me if the old man came the next day. • She hoped that her parents would take her back home when the trees turned green the next year. 条件状语从句和时间状语从句中的过去将来时往往用一般过去时来表达。

19. The future continuous tense and the simple future tense Toby will be writing letter all afternoon tomorrow, because he wants to tell all his friends what he is going to do this summer. a period of time in the future

20. Toby won’t be at home at 9 o’clock this Sunday. He will be climbing in the Himalayas then The action climb starts before at 9 o’clockthis Sunday and probably continues after it

21. The simple future tense Toby will write to Colin and tell him about his new plan express intention

22. Summary The simple future tenseexpresses a future action withintention while the future continuous tenseexpresses a future action asa statement of fact.

23. Part 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

24. 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 is still working C still has been working D will still be working

25. 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