The difference is that in one sentence you are using the past continuous tense to talk about the future (“He told me he was going to church with me”), and in the other you are using the construction I talked about above
No íbamos a nadar en el río
We use past verb forms to do this: The last time I met her, she was leaving for a new job in Italy the following day
Directions: 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? were going to + verb
There are two ways to form the future in the past
[was/were + going to + VERB] Examples: I knew you were going to goto the party
Future in the past follows the same basic rules as the simple future
Use would + base form in noun clause direct object that describes future plans or expectations
End of the free exercise to learn English: Future in the past
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What does this mean, and how do I correctly treat a statement about the future that is made in the past? You use future in the past to discuss a plan or a promise from the past
For that purpose we use would, was/were going to, past continuous, would be doing, was to do, was going to do, etc
Future in the past - English Grammar Today – une référence pour lutilisation et la grammaire de langlais écrit et parlé – Cambridge Dictionary When we use was/were + going to + (base verb), we are talking about a plan or a prediction: Plan: David said that he was going to bring his camera with him, but he forgot
We were going to tell you earlier
Sep 03, 2018 · In English grammar, the future-in-the-past is the use of would or was/were going to to refer to the future from the perspective of some point in the past
me the photos ,but we were interrupted
Feb 16, 2016 · This concept was also illustrated in the classic movie, Back To The Future
Was going to: the future in the past Sometimes we make plans for the future, but the plans dont actually happen