VOCABULARY

Rescue -- To save
Knocked -- To strike with a hard blow
Vandals -- A person who deliberately(on purpose) destroys or damages public or private pro
Karaoke -- Form of entertainment where people sing to pre-recorded music
Wrote off -- To consider something a loss
Hire
-- To use something for a short period of time by paying a rent
Cheer
-- To make happier
Particular -- Specific, definite
Steal
-- Rob, to take someone elses property without asking them and not returning it.
Moped -- A low power bike
Retrieve -- Get or bring back
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Present tense:
The present tense is a tense that expresses action in the present time.

Past tense:
A tense used to express an action or a condition that occurred in or during the past.

Future tense:
A tense that expresses actions in the future. Something that has not yet happened or started.

ed to indicate a

FUTURE in the PAST

plan formed in the past which was later changed or abando

Example 1 --- Mary

Policeman arrives and arrests

Mary

The duck
Falls on
Marys head

Mary was going

to rescue the
duck

NOW

Future in the past

PAST

FUTURE

Example 1
I was going to/about to call John at 8pm, but I did not.

4 PM

8 PM

10 PM

NOW

PAST

FUTURE

Different phrases we use to talk about FUTURE IN THE PAST

1. WAS/WERE

going to

2. WAS/WERE

about to

3. WAS/WERE

due to

4. WAS/WERE

on the point of

5. Would ( past tense of will )

Example He thought he would buy a car the next day
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What Happened there ??

The deer

was going to/about to

cross the tracks, but got hit by a train.

(Future in the past)

Gets hit by the train

Deer on one side
of the tracks

Deer was going to

Cross the tracks

NOW

4.
1. She was going to rescue the poor bird.
2. He was about to have a good, strong drink.
3. She was on the point of filling it up.
4. (They) were due to get married.

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VOCABULARY
Salary

--- A fixed regular payment

Afford

--- Have enough money to pay for

Wallet

--- Purse, a pocket-sized, flat, folding holder for money and plastic cards.

Reward

--- Gift, Prize

Colleague -- Partner, A person with whom one works

Organiser --- A person who arranges
Eventually --- In the end, finally
Suspend

--- Remove
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