Part C Grammar
时态（Tense）（4）
1. 将来进行时
该时态表示在将来某一时间或某一时段正在进行的动作或发生的情况。谓语形式由shall或will+be+现在分词构成。
e.g. We will be having a meeting from 3 to 4 this afternoon.
2. 一般过去将来时
该时态表示在过去某一时间之后将要发生的动作或情况。该时态多用于主句谓语动词是一般过去时的宾语从句。谓语形式由would或should+动词原形构成。
e.g. He said that he would get married soon.
3. 过去进行时
该时态表示在过去某时间或某阶段正在进行的动作或发生的情况。谓语形式由was或were+现在分词构成。通常跟有一个表示过去时间的状语。
e.g. We were talking about you a moment ago.
Exercises
Task One Complete the sentences with the words in the brackets. Change the word forms if necessary.
1. I_______________(write) to you as soon as I get to Shanghai.
2. Mike_______________(visit) several places since he came to Beijing.
3. He_______________(write) four letters to his wife every month.
4. Don’t make any noise, Grandma_______________(sleep).
5. His aunt_______________(do) some cooking when he came in.
6. When they reached the station, the train_______________(leave).
7. There_______________(be) a meeting next Monday.
8. I wasn’t sure whether he_______________(lend) me his book the next morning.
9. Listen! Who_______________(sing) in the next room now?
10. They will have a trip to the Great Wall if it_______________(not rain) tomorrow.
Task Two Choose the best answer for each of the sentences.
1. He________to do his homework at six every evening.
A. is beginning B. is beginning
C. begin D. begins
2.________he________on well with his friends this term?
A. Does, gets B. Does, get
C. Is, getting D. Is, geting
3. Mr. Smith________short stories, but he________a TV play now.
A. is writing, is writing B. is writing, writes
C. writes, is writing D. writes, writes(https://www.daowen.com)
4. Look at those clouds. It________soon, I’ m afraid.
A. is going to rain B. is raining
C. will rain D. won’t rain
5.________you________me up at six, please?
A. Are, going to wake B. Are, waking
C. Will, wake D. Do, wake
6. He said he________to draw a plane on the blackboard at that time.
A. tries B. tried C. was trying D. will try
7. While she________TV, she________a sound outside the room.
A. was watching, was hearing B. watched, was hearing
C. watched, heard D. was watching, heard
8. Before the news reached him, he________to know about it.
A. has got B. had got C. got D. gets
9. The Greens________China for five years.
A. has been in B. have been in C. went to D. have gone to
10. The house belongs to my aunt but she________here anymore.
A. hasn’t lived B. didn’t live C. hadn’t lived D. doesn’t live
Grammar Bank
Task One Finish the sentences according to the requirements.
Task Two Error correction.
1. Both his parents look sad. Maybe they had known what’s happened to him? ( )
2. He has ever been to Shanghai, has he? ( )
3. Have you met Mr. Li ago? ( )
4. The famous writer wrote one new book in the past two year. ( )
5. The Sound of Music is a very nice film. I saw it twice. ( )
6. His father has joined the Party since 1978. ( )
7. It was ten years since he left the army. ( )
8. Miss Green isn’t in the office. She has been to the library. ( )
9. The old man has been dead last year. ( )
10. Half an hour passed since the train left. ( )