过去将来时态（The Future-in-the-Past Tense) ：
过去将来时表示从过去某一时间看将要发生的动作或存在的状态，这种时态常用在宾语从句中。
1)结构 ：“主语+助动词would(should)＋动词原形+其他”构成，也可以用“was (were) going to＋动词原形”来表示。I thought the film was going to be very interesting.
我原以为这个电影会很有趣。
No one knew which country would hold the next Olympic Games.
谁也不知道将由哪个国家举办下一届奥林匹克运动会。
2)由were/was going to 表示过去将来时
Jackie thought the American country music was going to be very popular. 杰基认为美国乡村音乐将深受欢迎。
The Greens were going to spend their winter vacation abroad.格林一家将到国外去度寒假。
Zhou Lan said she was going to work hard at her English. 周兰说她将努力学习英语。
Charlie wrote he and his father were going to cut rice soon. 查利写道他与他父亲不久就打算割稻。
3)用would表示过去将来时
They told me that they would come home by air for the holiday. 他们告诉我说他们将乘飞机回家度假。
The writer thought it would be wrong to eat monkeys. 作者认为吃猴子肉是不对的。
It would be very difficult to make progress if you didn't work hard.
4)过去将来时态中的否定形式
The radio broadcast that it was not going to snow tomorrow.电台广播说明天不会下雪。
He explained that he was not going to take part in the sports meeting. 他解释说他将不参加运动会。
During an earthquake weak buildings would not stay up. 地震时不结实的楼房就要倒塌。
He would not prepare any special food for his cousin. 他不给表弟做特别的饭菜。
练习题
1.On television last night the newscaster announced that the leader ________ on Saturday.
A. is arriving B. will arrive C. would be arrived D. would arrive
2. He told us that he would begin the dictation when we________ ready.
A. will be B. would be C. were D. are
3. My aunt ________ to see us, she would be here soon.
A. is corning B. was coming C. came D. had came
4. They would be given a new house if more ________ the next year.
A. will be built B. would be built C. are built D. were built
5.--Alice, why didn’t you come yesterday?
--I ___, but I had an unexpected visitor.
A.had B. would C. was going to D. did
6．--Come in, Peter, I want to show you something.
--Oh, how nice of you! I ___ you ___ to bring me a gift.
A. never think; are going
B. never thought; were going
C. didn’t think; were going
D. hadn’t thought; were going
7. This morning Alice ___ out ___ the door opened and in came some strangers.
A.was just about to go; while
B.went ; when
C.was going ; while
D.was just about to go; when
8.We were all surprised when he made it clear that he ___ office soon.
A.Leaves B. would leave C. Left D. had left