III. THE SIMPLE TENSE
5. The Simple Future Tense
5.2 Future in the Past
Sometimes, when we are using the past tense, we talk about predictions for the future or about planned or intended actions in the future. The same rules are used for the 'future in the past' as the rules that we use for the simple future.
'Would' is used like 'will'—to promise something or to express intentions. Both 'would' and 'was going to' are used to make predictions for the future—what we expected to happen. 'Was going to' is used to talk about things that were planned ahead of time (rather than decided on at the moment of speaking).
Predictions
I knew that she would graduate with excellent marks.
I knew that I was going to get a good job when I graduated.
From the dark clouds overhead, I knew that it was going to rain.
Promises or Intentions
They would always go to a movie on Friday nights.
Plans for the Future
I was going to buy a new car when I got a better job.
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