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Structure: Future in the past 2

We talked previously about using the future in the past with be (in the past) + going to + infinitive verb to indicate a plan, prediction or expectation from a past perspective.

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Structure: ‘Future in the past’

What is the ‘future in the past’?

When we speak in English we normally think about the future from our current perspective. That is, we think about the future from now.

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