有一读者问： 除将来时态外，还有哪些时态可表将来？
这样的情况还有几种如下：
1. 用现在一般时表将来
(1)I'm off.
(2)The train leaves at nine p.m.
(3)I read my paper tomorrow.
(4)Tomorrow is Sunday.
(5)The future is bright.
(6)When I grow up I'll be a soldier.
(7)I'll thank you if you give me a lift.
(8)See that the windows are closed before you leave the room.
(9)I hope you have a pleasant stay in China.
(10)Who will be the first man who lives on the moon?
2. 用现在完成时表将来
(11)Please wait until I have finished my breakfast.
(12)If he asks for me, tell him I have left for Shanghai.
(13)There is but one more question; then I have done .
3. 用现在进行时表将来
(14)I'm leaving tomorrow.
(15)I'm finishing .
(16)You're not driving my car again.
(17)I'm not backing out.
(18)When you are passing my way, please drop in.
(19)If you say that once more, I'm leaving .
(20)He's always coming to see me.
4. 过去一般时表将来
(21)In the years to come it will be a great thing for a man to say that I died here like a hero.
(22)Be sure to let us know you arrived safely.
5. 过去进行时表将来
(23)He said they were coming this evening.
除上述时态可表将来外，还有一些可表将来的手段，如动词原形之前加be going to, be to, be about to等。由于这些手段已为广大读者所熟悉，因而就恕不举例说明了。
