什么是一般将来时
一般将来时(simple future tense)用于表示将来会发生的动作。 例如
· John will bake a cake.
· They will paint the fence.
一般将来时的构成
一般将来时的肯定形式由以下成分构成:
"will" + [base form of the verb] (动词原形)
· She will play.
· Martin will paint.
否定形式:
"will not" + base form of verb
· The Moscow State Circus will not perform in Beijing next year.
· We won't celebrate our anniversary by flying to New York.
(注:"Will not "在英语中可简称为 "won't")。
疑问形式:
一般疑问句:
"will" + [subject] (主语) + base form of verb
· Will the Moscow State Circus perform in Beijing next year?
· Will we celebrate our anniversary by flying to New York?
特殊疑问句:
[question word] + "will" + [subject] + base form of verb
· When will the Moscow State Circus perform in Beijing?
· How will we celebrate our anniversary in New York?
选择疑问句:
"will" + [subject] + base form of verb + choice A + or + choice B
· Will the Moscow State Circus perform in Oxford or Cambridge?
· Will we celebrate our anniversary on Friday or Saturday?
对将来动作的表达方式
有三种类型:一般现在时表将来,现在进行时表将来,以及使用标志词,如will,shall和be going to表将来。
使用一般现在时表将来:
-针对预定事件(scheduled events)(you can't change them你无法更改)
· What time does the concert start?
· The concert starts at ten o'clock.
· The train leaves at nine.
使用现在进行时表将来:
-表示安排(arrangements)(有未来时间表达,可以根据需要进行更改)
-I'm flying to London next Monday.
-My boss is travelling to China next week.
-Mum's going to the dentist's tomorrow morning.
使用标志词表将来:(will / going to / shall)
1. 用 WILL / WON'T 表示:
-不确定的预测(unsure predictions): We will live on the moon.
-承诺(promises): I will study more, I promise, mum.
-即时决定(instant decisions): It's cold. I'll shut the window.
-提议(offers): Is this exercise difficult? I'll help you.
2. SHALL 与 I 或 WE搭配使用,以示礼貌(for polite):
-建议(suggestions): Shall we go to the park?
-提议(offers): Shall I answer the phone for you?
3. -用 GOING TO 表示:计划(plans)或意图(intentions)
· Tim is going to buy a new bike.
· I'm going to study hard for my exams.
-表示预测(predictions)要有强有力的视觉证据(visual evidence)。
· Look at those black clouds. It's going to rain.
-表明已经做出决定(decision),但还没有做出安排(arrangements)。
四种将来时态
一般将来时是四种将来时态之一。 本表显示了所有四种将来时态: