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外研选择性必修
第四册
Unit 1
Period 2
Grammar
1
2
To review the usage of tenses
To use the six tenses correctly
学习目标
目标一:To review the usage of tenses
Activity 1: Look at the sentences from the reading passage. Decide which tense each is in and match the tenses to what they describe.
a. For many of us, it’s something we already have experienced.
b. What will we be doing in ten years’ time?
c. He would later go on to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
d. ... the young Arthur Conan Doyle, born in Scotland in 1859, had originally worked as a doctor.
e. ... Doyle wrote some of his early Holmes stories while he was waiting for patients in his medicalpractice in London.
f. ... but Sherlock Holmeshas been entertainingreaders for well over a century.
( ) 1.An action completed in the past before another past action.( ) 2. An action or event taking place over a particular period in the future.( ) 3. An action that happened in a period of time up to the present.( ) 4. An action that started in the past and may still be going on or have
just stopped.( ) 5. An intended future action or event as seen from the past.( ) 6. An on-going situation at or around a particular time in the past.
Activity 2: Now answer the questions.
1. What other tenses have you learnt?
Find examples in the reading passage.
①One moment, we are lying comfortably in bed, about to fall into a deep sleep. (Present Continuous) ②... we find ourselves wondering or even worrying about possibly the most important issue of our life. (Present Simple)③Although they shared the same ambitious and energetic approach to life, ...(Past Simple)
2 What do these tenses describe?
Present Continuous: to talk about actions happening now or around now; to be used for future arrangements
Present Simple: to be used for habits, permanent situations, and truth; to be used for the future for timetabled events, such as airplanes
Past Simple: to describe events in the past
1 过去将来时过去将来时表示从过去某一时间看将要发生的动作或存在的状态,常用于宾