Transcript Future in the Past

Future in the Past
 Was/were going to is used in noun clauses
that are the direct object of a past tense
verb.
 This expresses an action that we thought
would happen at some time after the time
we thought it.
 Ex. Jessie dreamed she was going to
marry Yao Ming.
 In this use, was/were going to (become)
has the same meaning as would
(become).
 Crystal predicted that she would become
a doctor.
 Crystal predicted that she was going to
become a doctor.
 What did you predict that you would
become?
 Simple past verbs of mental activity occur before
a noun clauses with would or was/going to.
 believed hoped decided imagined doubted
knew dreamed felt pretended found out
realized forgot remembered guessed thought
had no idea was/were sure
 Annie knew that she would have over 50
boyfriends in one year!
 Choose five verbs from above and write
sentences telling what you _(verb)_____ that
would/was going to happen.
 The future in the past is used for an action
that was intended but never happened.
 Ex. Stacey was going to become an
English teacher, but she didn’t like verb
tenses.
 Simple past is used for the reason why the
intended action didn’t happen.
 What did you intend that didn’t happen
and why didn’t it happen?
They were going to go fishing, but
the car broke down.
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Go to the movies
Call home
Go on a picnic
Take photographs
Mow that lawn
Become artists
Go shark hunting
can’t sing
forget
it be too hard
be too afraid
not have a car/ film
get sick
not have enough
money
 Rap it Up B p. 61
 Picture Puzzle p. 62
 Great-Aunt Bertha vs. the City Council p.
64-65
 Homework:
 Review simple past, past continuous, and
future in the past
 Complete Finish the Story on p.66-67