future from the past
DESCRIPTION
Explain the structures to be used when an event programmed to the future time was interrupted by another one action.TRANSCRIPT
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.