future from the past

FUTURE FROM THE PAST10TH LEVELADRIANO GAIA

CONCEPT:•AN ACTION OR EVENT THAT WAS EXPECT TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, BUT IT WAS INTERRUPTED BY ANOTHER ACTION IN THE PAST.

MANNERS TO EXPRESS:

•WAS / WERE VERB

I was about to talk to my friends, but my mom called me at the exact time.

They were supposed to go to the movies when the rain started to fall heavily.

ABOUT TOGOING TO

EXPECTED TO

SUPPOSED TO

DUE TO

TO

MANNERS TO EXPRESS:

WAS / WERE

I was on the verge of doing my homework when my friend called me at the phone.

She was on the verge of entering at home when the mugger stopped her and took her purse.

ON THE VERGE OF + VERB + ING

MANNERS TO EXPRESS:

WOULD

I would call you when I arrived at home, but I had to clean my bedroom.

Jennifer would be taking her car when she perceived that it was not there.

We left work at 9pm and would have arrived at home at 9h30, but the traffic was terrible.

VERBBE+VERB+ING

PRESENT PERFECT

EXERCISES

•Make up sentences based on the clauses below:

a) I had to work at 9am. My child got hurt.b) I had to witness. The victim asked me not

to.c) She had to go to the party. Her mother

arrived.d) They wanted to see a film. The car crashed.e) The man had to be arrested. His lawyer got

an habeas corpus.