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Unit 3
Festivals and customs
Grammar and usage
Future in the past
Lead-in
判断以下句子的时态
·I visited the park yesterday.
·I will visit the park tomorrow.
·She said she would visit the park yesterday.
·I was going to visit my grandmother that afternoon.
·That dog was to be sold the next morning.
·Jack was about to do some shopping when the telephone rang.
一般过去时
一般将来时
过去将来时
过去将来时
过去将来时
过去将来时
Exploring the rules
1
Step
1. Read the story on page 34 and answer the following questions.
How much did Della have?
One dollar and eighty-seven cents.
What was she going to do to earn more money for a nice gift?
She was going to sell her hair.
What did she buy for Jim at last?
She bought a watch chain for Jim.
What was she about to find out?
She was about to find out if Jim would still think she was pretty.
Read the story on Page 34 and find out
all the sentences that use future in the past.
P34 A
And the next day would be Christmas.
If she was to buy a nice gift for her husband Jim, she would need more money.
… she was going to sell her hair.
… she would buy Jim a perfect gift.
Would Jim still think she was pretty?
She was about to find out.
Exploring the rules
2
Step
3. Observe the following sentences and find out more about the usage of future in the past.
John said he would come.
They were sure that they would win the final victory.
I left my office early because I was going to see Jenny later that afternoon.
That journey was to change his life.
Lily promised that she was coming to see us.
She said she would visit the park yesterday.
I was going to visit my grandmother that afternoon.
That dog was to be sold the next morning.
Jack was about to do some shopping when the telephone rang.
什么情况要用过去将来时?
就过去某一时间而言,以后将要发生的事情
过去安排好要做的事情
后来真实发生的事情
Refer to P99
Thinking
当时立即就要发生的动作
We use future in the past to describe an action __________ from the perspective of some point _________.
We