Grammar and usageUnitUnit 22Wish you were hereWhat tense is used in the sentences below:Many teenagers like reading adventure stories. I have read about an adventure in Africa. Toby and Colin will live with the local people in their villages. They will be walking everyday for two weeks. present perfect simple future future continuous simple present They will be walking everyday for two weeks. You were having a meeting at this time yesterday. They held a party on the campus last weekend. He is now living an interesting life in Africa. Future continuous Past continuous Simple past Present continuous• They set off at 9 a.m. and would reach the airport an hour later.——————— Simple past——————————————Future in the paste.g. They were sure that they would win the final victory. (‘be sure’ happened in the past, the action ‘win the final victory’ happened in the future compared with the action of ‘be sure’)(A) to report an action in the past from a time when it was still in the future.e.g. He told me he was going to learn another foreign language.e.g. I was meeting him in town the next day.(B) to indicate a past intention(C) to indicate a past arrangement.e.g. Toby said goodbye to his friend, not knowing that they were never to meet again.(D) to mean that the future action actually happened.The form of future in the past:(A) would + do e.g. I told you Colin and I would spend a few weeks traveling. (B) was/were going to e.g. We were going to see the wild animals, but then we didn’t have time.(C) was/were to e.g. It was his last day at school, and he was to leave the next morning.(D) was/were about to e.g. The bus was about to start. Colin was about to get o...
