Task 1 Learn Some Grammar before Writing
Activity 1 Challenge Yourself
☛ Read the following sentences, and then compare their forms, tenses, meanings and the role of the underline words.
1. I’m going to talk about a new product which we are going to launch in two months. （be going
to do: 一般将来时）
2. However, just as she was gearing up to introduce the book at a book fair, the novel coronavirus
epidemic broke out and instead of introducing China to the Germans, she began recording her daily experience in Germany and sharing it with her Chinese readers. (was + doing: 过去进行时）
Activity 2 Practice Your Learning
关于将来时的补充内容
1.一般将来时
基本构成：would/should do
否定句：主语+would/should not+动词原形（do）+其他.
一般疑问句：would/should+主语+动词原形（do）+其他?
特殊疑问句：特殊疑问词+would/should+主语+动词原形（do）+其他?
基本用法：
1）表示从过去某一时间点而言将要发生的动作或存在状态。常用于宾语从句和间接引语中。
He asked me yesterday when I should leave for Paris.
They wanted to know how they would finish the homework earlier.
2）表示非真实的动作或状态。
If I had a chance to study abroad, I would study at University of Cambridge.
If I got a passport, I should visit the Eiffel Tower.
3）表示过去的某种习惯行为，此时，不管什么人称，一律用would.
This door wouldn’t open.
He would sit for hours but doing nothing.
2. 过去将来进行时
基本构成：should(would) be+现在分词
否定句：主语+should(would) not be+现在分词+其他.
一般疑问句：should(would)+主语be+现在分词+其他?
特殊疑问句：特殊疑问词should(would)+主语be+现在分词+其他?
基本用法：
1）表示就过去某一时间而言，将来某一时刻或某一段时间正在进行的动作，主要用于宾语从
句 中,尤其多用于间接引语中。
They said they would be coming.
Doctor Wang told his patient that he would be leaving.
2）表示在过去某一时间之后即将进行的动作。
He said that he could not come because he would be having a meeting.
He asked me what I should be doing after seeing my friend off.
3）表示在过去将来某一时间正在发生的动作，它常和表示过去将来的时间状语连用，但上下
文清楚时，时间状语亦可省略。和将来进行时一样，它也常表计划中的事，不表意愿或打算。
Miss white would be giving a lecture
Mary would not be coming next day.
4）过去将来进行时有时也可用在其他从句中。
The new name he would be using was Jack Jones. (用在定语从句中)
He would pay the rest as he would be leaving France. (用在状语从句中)
5）过去将来进行时也可用在独立句中。
The car started. Ellen James would be driving off to the university.
I was excited. We would be flying to Sydney next Wednesday.
3. 过去将来完成时
基本构成：would have+过去分词
否定句：主语+would have+not+过去分词+其他.
一般疑问句：would have+主语+过去分词+其他?
特殊疑问句：特殊疑问词+would have+主语+过去分词+其他?
基本用法：
1）表示从过去某一时间来看将来某时会已经完成的动作，通常用于转述，即间接引语中。She said she would have finished her exams by then.
I thought Sophia would have told you something.
2）过去完成时用于虚拟语气中，若表示与过去事实相反的情况，此时条件从句的谓语用过去完成时（had + 过去分词），而主句谓语则通常用过去将来完成时（would have+过去分词）。
If we had found him earlier we would have saved his life.
If I had known that you were coming I would have met you at the airport.
3）would have + 过去分词的情态用法。
Only somebody with a small mind would have refused to help.（表推测）
Few men would have bared their soul to a woman as he had.（表怀疑）
I’m surprised you didn’t like the film. I would have thought it was just your kind of thing.（表过去的想法）
☛ Choose the best answers.
( C ) 1. Look! The boys _____football while the girls _____ .
A. Play, dance B. playing, dance C. playing, dancing D. play, dancing
答案解析: look 是现在进行时的标志，while 引导，表示同时进行的两个动作。
( A ) 2. How _____ you_____today?
A. are, feeling B. do, feel C. did, feeling D. were, feel
答案解析：句意问今天感觉怎么样？强调当前一段时间或目前的一个状态，用现在进行时。
( D ) 3. His job is to write short stories, but he _____a TV play these days.
A. writes B. writing C.has written D. is writing
答案解析: these days 时间状语表示当前一段时间或现阶段正在进行的动作。
( A ) 4. What_____ you_____ at seven p.m. yesterday?
A. were, doing B. did, do C. were, do D. have, done
答案解析：at seven p.m. yesterday表示在过去某一时间点正在发生的动作，用过去进行时。
( B ) 5. I _____ homework this time tomorrow.
A. will do B. will be doing C. would be doing D. will be done
答案解析：this time tomorrow明天的这个时间，表示要在将来某一时刻或某一阶段内将来发生的动作，用将来进行时。
( C ) 6. Be careful. The train _____.
A. comes B. will be come C. is coming D. would be come
答案解析：be careful，提示动作正在进行，用现在进行时。
( C ) 7. It’s eight o’clock. The students_____ an English class.
A. have B. will having C. are having D. were have
答案解析： It’s eight o’clock 是一个具体的时间点，提示动作正在进行，用现在进行时。
(B ) 8. ____ he _____ at five tomorrow afternoon?
A. Does, shops B. Will, be shopping C. Has, shopping D. Would, shop
答案解析：five tomorrow afternoon明天下午的5点钟，表示在将来某一时刻将要发生的动作。
( D) 9.This time yesterday Jack_____TV, he _____his bike.
A. is not watches, is repairs B. has not watched, has repaired
C. was not watched, was repaired D. was not watching, was repairing
答案解析：this time yesterday 说明是昨天这个时间点正在发生的动作，用过去进行时。
( A ) 10. _____ you _____ on your report tomorrow evening?
A. Will, be working B. Have, worked C. Did, work D. Had, worked
答案解析：tomorrow evening明天晚上，表示在将来某一时刻或某一阶段内将要发生的动作。
( C ) 11. She is always_____ people.
A. helps B. help C.helping D. would help
答案解析： always, repeatedly, forever 等可与进行时连用，表示不断重复的动作。
( A ) 12. They _____ us at the station on next Monday.
A. will be meeting B. would meet
C. should be meet D. was meeting
答案解析： 从时间状语next Monday 可推断出用将来进行时。
( A ) 13. We _____ for Tom at ten last Sunday. He often kept us ______.
A. were waiting, waiting B. were waiting, wait
C. waited, waiting D. waited, wait
答案解析：at ten last Sunday 具体的时间点，提示上个星期天10点正在发生的动作。Keep sb doing 是固定的搭配。
( B ) 14. I ______ a letter at nine last night.
A. is writing B. was writing C. wrote D. is writing
答案解析：时间状语last night可判断此题用过去进行时。
( D ) 15.---Mary, could you help me?
---Wait a moment. I ____.
A. read a book B. did my homework
C. was watching TV D. am cooking dinner.
答案解析：句意是别人请求帮助的时候，“我”让别人稍等，因为正在做晚餐，这个动作此刻正在进行，因此用现在进行时。
( D ) 16. Look! They _________ a good time, _________ they?
A. have, do B. have, don’t
C. are having, are D. are having, aren’t
答案解析：D. look，正在进行时的标志，第二空是反义疑问句。
( C ) 17. What _____ you _____ this time the day after tomorrow?
A. should, doing B. does, do C. will, be doing D. will,do
答案解析：句意是后天的这个时候你在干什么？表示将来某时刻正在进行的动作，用将来进行时。
( A ) 18.—Why didn’t you go to the cinema with us this afternoon?
— I ______ at the airport for my uncle from Beijing.
A. was waiting B. have waited C. am waiting D. will wait
答案解析：从didn’t 可判断这道题发生在过去，因此排除掉B,C,D 选项。
( B ) 19. I am _____ you these days.
A. worry about B. worrying about
C. worried about D.will be worry about
答案解析：表示现在这一段时间正在进行的动作或所处的状态，所以该题用现在进行时。
( A ) 20. While Jim ______ his bike, Lin Tao came to see him.
A.was mending B. was mended
C. could mend D. will be mending
答案解析： 由while 引导，从came 的形式，可以得知动作发生在过去，故用过去进行时。
Activity 3 Checking Your Learning
☛ Choose the best answers.
( D ) 1. We _____ supper when the phone rang.
A.are having B. having
C. will have D. were having
答案解析：以when引导的过去连用，表示同时进行的动作, 故用过去进行时。
( B ) 2. That piece of music sounds quite familiar. Who_____ the piano upstairs?
A.was playing B. is playing C. plays D. play
答案解析：听到了歌声，说明这个动作正在发生，故用现在进行时。
( C ) 3. This time next day they_____ in the cinema.
A.sits B. are sit C. will be sitting D. would sit
答案解析：从this time next day明天的这个时间，可以判断出应该使用将来进行时。
( A ) 4. He_____ to Sydney at half past four on next Wednesday afternoon.
A.will be flying B. would be flying
C. could fly D. will be flew
答案解析：句意是下周三下午4点半飞往悉尼。表示将来某一时刻正在进行的动作，用将来进行时。
( B ) 5. Three days ago, he _____ his car while I _____.
A.was cleaned, was cooking B. was cleaning, was cooking
C. has cleaned. has cooked, D. would cleaning. would cooking
答案解析：B. 以while引导，加上时间状语three days ago，故用过去进行时。