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Future in the Past

A.We use ________ to talk about:


a. an intention that may or may not have been achieved
i.
b. a plan/arrangement that changed (often with a reason)
i.
c. thoughts in the past (I thought/knew)
i.
d. reported speech
i.
B. We use ________ to say we were close to doing something,
but were stopped at the last moment, but might still
happen
a.
C. We use ________ to talk about what someone said they
would do, which may or may not have happened
a.
b. *different to repeated past actions
D.We use ________ to talk about a past action (not intention)
that didn’t happen
a.
E. We use ________ to talk about actions that people should
have done, but didn’t
a.

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