Original teaching practice. Read one pattern, cover its model and try the questions before checking the separate answer section. Examples adapted from Chinese Grammar Wiki (AllSet Learning, CC BY-NC-SA) retain the course-reference provenance.
to desire将 / will将要 / auxiliary verb introducing…将会 (formal future)
Read tomorrow’s notice
- A school notice says meeting会议to desire将at / in在tomorrow明天to hold (a meeting…举行。 — the meeting will be held tomorrow. The notice places the event after today.
- It reports the announced plan. Reading it today does not show that tomorrow’s meeting has already happened.
Keep the subject and future action
- Put to desire将 / will将要 / auxiliary verb introducing…将会 before the future action phrase: school学校auxiliary verb introducing…将会to announce公布outcome结果。 — the school will announce the results.
- In the meeting example, at / in在tomorrow明天 supplies the time and to hold (a meeting…举行 supplies the event. to desire将 does not mark meeting会议 as an object to move.
meeting会议will将at在tomorrow明天be held举行。
Separate future and object uses
- meeting会议to desire将at / in在tomorrow明天to hold (a meeting…举行。 announces a future event. please请object marker将door门close关上。 asks someone to close the door; gate门 is the affected object.
- The same written to desire将 does different jobs. Read the whole action phrase, rather than translating every to desire将 as will.
Re-read a changed time
- A revised fictional notice changes tomorrow’s start from 14:00 to 15:00. The announced start is now one hour later.
- Use the revised time when planning your arrival. Neither the future form nor a time on the notice proves the meeting actually began then.
Choose a register, not a certainty level
- to desire将 is common in formal written announcements. In a chat about tomorrow, we / us我们tomorrow明天want / will / need要to hold a meeting开会。 is an ordinary alternative.
- A formal style does not make a plan impossible to cancel. meeting会议already已经to hold (a meeting…举行(completed / change)了。 instead reports a meeting already held.
Check event, time and evidence
- Identify the subject, the action and its stated future time. Keep a future announcement separate from a completed-event report.
- When to desire将 puts an object before an action, read that object use separately. Register alone does not tell you which job to desire将 performs.
Practise this pattern step by step.
Practice without the models
to desire将 / will将要 / auxiliary verb introducing…将会 (formal future)
1101.1 Use one of the future forms taught here: The meeting will be held tomorrow: meeting会议 ………… at / in在tomorrow明天to hold (a meeting…举行。
1101.2 to desire将 here is used mostly in…
- A. casual chat among friends
- B. news / formal announcements
1101.3 This future to desire将 is the same as the (把: marks the object)把-style to desire将 (将门to close (a door)关上).
True or false? Explain or repair the statement.
1101.4 An announcement gives tomorrow's meeting time. What does meeting会议to desire将at / in在tomorrow明天to hold (a meeting…举行。 communicate?
- A. to desire将 presents the meeting as a future event in formal style.
- B. to desire将 always introduces an object before a disposal action.
1101.5 An announcement says meeting会议to desire将at / in在tomorrow明天to hold (a meeting…举行。 Does it establish that the meeting has already been held?
True or false? Explain or repair the statement.
1101.6 A revised notice changes tomorrow’s start from 14:00 to 15:00. How many minutes later is the announced start?
1101.7 Match the complete sentence to its job.
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- school学校auxiliary verb introducing…将会to announce公布outcome结果。
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- to ask请将门to close (a door)关上。
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- meeting会议already已经to hold (a meeting…举行(completed / change)了。
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A. Ask for an action on the door
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B. Announce a future action
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C. Report a meeting already held
1101.8 Using formal to desire将 in a meeting notice shows the plan can never be cancelled.
True or false? Explain or repair the statement.
1101.9 Recall the situation: Read tomorrow’s notice. Decide what the speaker wanted to communicate. Close the examples. Say a Mandarin response, then write it in Chinese. Explain briefly in English what the lesson’s pattern adds. Compare with the model, then change one detail and try again.
Write or say your own response before reading the key.
Answers and explanations
to desire将 / will将要 / auxiliary verb introducing…将会 (formal future)
1101.1 to desire将
to desire将 / will将要 / auxiliary verb introducing…将会 + VP = formal future: meeting会议to desire将at / in在tomorrow明天to hold (a meeting…举行.
1101.2 B. news / formal announcements
to desire将 = a formal “will”; everyday speech prefers can / will会 / want / will / need要.
1101.3 False.
No – same character, two senses: future to desire将 vs disposal to desire将.
1101.4 A. to desire将 presents the meeting as a future event in formal style.
to desire将 presents the meeting as a future event in formal style. Compare 将门to close (a door)关上, where to desire将 introduces an object to be acted on. Word order and meaning determine which use applies.
1101.5 False.
The notice announces a future meeting; completion would need a later report or other evidence.
1101.6 60
15:00 minus 14:00 is one hour, or 60 minutes. This compares announced times; it does not prove actual completion.
1101.7 1–B: school学校auxiliary verb introducing…将会to announce公布outcome结果。 = Announce a future action; 2–A: to ask请将门to close (a door)关上。 = Ask for an action on the door; 3–C: meeting会议already已经to hold (a meeting…举行(completed / change)了。 = Report a meeting already held
The future, object-before-action and completed-event constructions make different claims.
1101.8 False.
Formal register does not guarantee that the future plan will be fulfilled.
1101.9 One possible response: meeting会议to desire将at / in在tomorrow明天to hold (a meeting…举行。
Check meaning and form:
- My response conveys a message that fits the opening situation.
- I can explain the meaning of the pattern, rather than only naming it.
- A revised fictional notice changes tomorrow’s start from 14:00 to 15:00. The announced start is now one hour later.
- Use the revised time when planning your arrival. Neither the future form nor a time on the notice proves the meeting actually began then.
- I tried a second response with a name, time, place, or description changed.
This is supported productive practice. Compare meaning and structure; your answer need not copy the model. A partner or teacher must hear the spoken response to comment on pronunciation.