4D

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Homework

Ex 2, 3, 4 on p. 48

We will discuss the answers on Tuesday 1 December. Test = Friday 4 December. 

New grammar

So far: articles (a/an/the/-) , determiners (some, many), verb patterns and a potential difference in meaning (I remembered to stop vs I remembered stopping), verbs to discuss habitual behaviour.

Next: Future in the past

Revision
Grammar
Which verb tenses can we use to discuss
habitual behaviour?

Future in the past

When we're talking about the past,  we sometimes want to refer to things which were in the future at that time. 

Grammar explanation is available on classroom so you don't have to copy this into your notebook at this point. 

1) would 

2) was/were going to 

3) was/were to 

4) was/were about to

Would

We use would:

to talk about general future possibilities, predictions, or expectations, but not definite plans. We use would especially when the future event was in the very distant future or lasted a long time.

• The discovery of antibiotics in 1929 would revolutionize medical care in the 20th century.
• Some of my friends believed the world would end in the year 2000.

was / were going to

We use 'was / were going to':

- to talk about plans or intentions.

She was going to finish her homework, but then she decided to go out instead.

- to make a prediction.

Some of my friends believed the world was going to end in the year 2000.

was / were to

We use was / were to:

- to talk about events that took place. 

He was to become a world-famous physicist by the time he was twenty-five.

- we can also use would to convey the same meaning.

He would become a world-famous physicist by the time he was twenty-five.

was / were about to

We use was / were about to:

- to talk about an event that was in the very near future or events that took place immediately after another event.

The war was over and the victory celebrations were about to begin.

- with a when time clause to describe an interrupted event.

The doctors were about to perform the operation when they realized that the patient was still awake.

Practice makes perfect

Unit 4

Online workbook 

Vocabulary & Grammar: Frankenstein

Exercises 3 & 4

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