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    Future in The Past (Unit 3)

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    FUTURE IN THE PAST

    Future in the past is used when you want to discuss something in the
    past that you thought would happen in the future.
    You use future in the past to discuss a plan or a promise from the past.
    SUBJECT

    WAS / WERE
    WASNT/
    WERENT

    GOING TO

    BASE FORM
    OF THE
    VERB

    COMPLEMEN
    T

    Exercises
    Use "was going to" or "were going to " and the correct past
    tense verb for each sentence:
    Example: A: Did you take out the trash?
    B: I was going to, but then the phone rang. (ring)
    1. A: Is Dave coming to our party?
    B: He ___________________________, but he _______________________ a
    babysitter for his kids. (can't find)
    2. A: Are you making dinner tonight?
    B: I ________________________ until the power ________________ out. (go)
    3. A: Is your daughter going to college?
    B: She ______________________, but she ___________________ to take a
    year off and travel first. (decide)
    4. A: Is the teacher going to stay after class?
    B: He _______________________, but he ___________________ out he had a
    meeting to go to later. (find)
    5. A: Are your neighbors going to sell their house?
    B: They ______________________ until the real estate market
    ___________________. (crash)

    6. A: Are you going to buy a new computer?


    B: Well, I ____________________________ buy a new iMac until I
    __________________ my job. (lose)
    7. A: What are Jim and Victoria doing tonight?
    B: They ____________________ see a movie, but instead they
    _____________ reservations at a restaurant. (make)
    8. A: Did the plumber come to fix the toilet today.
    B: He _________________________ come this morning, but his truck
    _____________________ down. (break)
    9. A: Did the kids do their homework yet?
    B: They ___________________________do it until Uncle Joe
    _______________________ by for a surprise visit. (come)
    10. A: Did I pay the credit card bill yet this month? I can't remember.
    B: No, you didn't. You said you _____________________________ wait
    until you _____________________. (get paid)

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