Luyện ngữ pháp - English Grammar for Academic Purposes - Chapter 1: Time and Action - Using Verbs)


III. THE SIMPLE TENSE

5. The Simple Future Tense

5.2 Future in the Past

5.2.2 How to Write the 'Future in the Past'

Here, we use the helping verb 'would' or 'was/were going to' + the base form of the verb. Notice that the helping verb is in the past tense.

Examples:

Last weekend it rained. We were going to camp out in the mountains, but our plans were ruined by the rain.

I was going to graduate last spring, but I got a very good job and had to reduce the number of classes I was going to take. So, I couldn't finish the requirements in time to graduate in the spring.

We knew that he wouldn't finish cleaning the dishes after dinner.

Manon thought that she would go camping with us, but she got sick and couldn't come.
- 5.2.1 Differences between the Future Tense and the Future in the Past - 5.2.3 Negative of ‘Future in the Past’


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