* Mean that the future action actually happened

The journey that was to change Toby's life started in July that year.

Step 3 practice

1 Go over Point 2 on page 30 to familiarize students with how future in the past is used in statements.

2 Ask students to finish part B on page 31 and then check the answers with the whole class.

3 Finish the passage according to Paragraph 2 on Page 22.

Dear Karen,

How are you? I'm going to tell you something about Toby's adventure in Africa.

He said they would leave London on 15th July and they would fly to Morocco, in North Africa. They were going to travel on camels through the Sahara Desert. It is the biggest desert in the world---about the size of the US! He expected it would be very hot, dry and dusty there. They would be traveling by camel, with local guides, camping in tents and sleeping on the ground in their big, thick sleeping bags. He had heard that could see beautiful stars on clear nights. He would bring a torch with him so that he would be able to see in the dark. The whole trip would take six days. That meant he would have to sit on a camel for almost a week. He said how uncomfortable it was. He hoped his camel liked him!

I will send you some post cards from Toby.

Love,

Aihua

Step 4 summary

Make sure students have a better understanding of the different predicate form and the tenses.

1 Toby was busy packing, because he was leaving for Africa.

To indicate a past intention

2 Colin called Jennifer to say that he was seeing her late that afternoon.

To indicate a past arrangement

3 Toby told Jennifer that he was climbing in the Himalayas the last week of last August.

To indicate a past action which continued for some time (used in the indirect speech)

4 While Toby and Colin were traveling in Africa, Jennifer was studying German in London.

To indicate a past action which continued for some time