Future in the past

Future in the past

Exercise 2

Choose the correct or most appropriate form/s to refer to the future in the past for the sentences below.

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1 I ______ Sam for money, but I didn't because I don't want to owe him anything.

A.was asking

B.would ask

C.will ask

D.was going to ask

2 I had a feeling that the party ______ a disaster. Choose TWO correct options

A.would be

B.was being

C.was to be

D.was going to be

3 We didn't expect that he ______ like that.

A.would react

B.was reacting

C.would be reacted

D.will react

4 She ______ her speech when someone threw an egg at her. Choose TWO correct options

A.would finish

B.was about to finish

C.was going to finish

D.would be finishing

5 I told you she ______ everybody. She can't keep a secret.

A.was going to tell

B.was telling

C.will tell

D.told

6 After finishing his last book, I asked him what he ______ next, but he just didn't know. Choose TWO correct options

A.was doing

B.would be doing

C.did

D.was going to do

7 The baby ______ be born in March, but it was finally born in April.

A.was about to

B.was due to

C.would

D.was on the verge of

8 The couple who died in the fire ______ married at the end of the month. Choose TWO correct options

A.were getting

B.would get

C.were due to get

D.are getting

9 The next day we ______ to Germany where we ______ a press conference.

A.would fly / attended

B.were going to fly / attended

C.will fly / would attend

D.were flying / were due to attend

10 A family of six, who ______ the following week, died when the building collapsed. Choose TWO correct options

A.were to move out

B.would be moved out

C.moved out

D.were going to move out

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Using future in the past

Sometimes, we talk about a past event and want to refer to something that happened in the future at that particular point in the past. When we want to express future time seen from the past, we use the past of the regular future forms.

Check the following sentences to see the future forms and their corresponding past forms.

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We can also talk about the future seen from the past using other ways to express future. Check the table below.

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