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future in the past

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Structure: ‘Future in the past’

Learn the 'future in the past' (was/were going to, was/were to, would) through the FAA's emergency flight reductions during the 2025 US government shutdown, with an…

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Structure: ‘Future in the past’

A recall grounded hundreds of jets — and a chance to practise reporting what was predicted or already planned, seen from a point in the past.

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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…

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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…