牛津高一上学期英语模块二 Unit 2 grammar and usage

China will be holding the Olympic Games in 2008 Let’s know about the future events China will be holding the Olympic Games in 2008 You will be attending the college Entrance Examination from July 7 to 10 in 2008 Guess what the tense is! Future continuous tense

Toby will be climbing in the Himalayas all next week. Talk about something that will be in progress over a period of time. Toby will not be in London next Tuesday. He will be climbing in the Himalayas. Talk about an action that starts before a point in time in the future and probably continues after it

The weather report says that it will be raining when we arrive in London. Express future 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.

Will you be visiting your uncle in Tanzania? Make polite enquiries about other people’s future plans.

Toby will be climbing in the Himalayas all next week. 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?

The future continuous tense 1 in statements by using will(not) be + verb-ing form Toby and his brother, Colin, will (not) be flying to Morocco 2 in questions by inverting the subject and will Will they be flying to Morocco in 15th July? 3 in short answers by using will(not) only Yes, they will./no, they will not (won’t).

Who is the travel journalist? what is the note about? David Page 29 who is the boss? Who is the travel journalist? what is the note about? Wang Haixin David Wang Haixin, the boss, asks David to go to London and bring back some interesting photos and reports because the British Tourism Board will be holding a tourism festival next month.

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。 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。 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。

Suggested answers: 1 We will be having a meeting from 3 to 4 this afternoon. 2 I believe he’ll be coming soon. 3 I will be seeing a friend off this afternoon. 4 I don’t know when we will be working together again. 5 Mr and Mrs Smith are going to Brazil next week, and they will be traveling in Mexico later in the month.

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

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

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

a period of time in the future 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

Toby won’t be at home at 9 o’clock this Sunday 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 this Sunday and probably continues after it

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

Summary The simple future tense expresses a future action with intention while the future continuous tense expresses a future action as a statement of fact.

Finish reading Part A on page 98 homework Finish reading Part A on page 98

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