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    The document discusses the future in the past tense in English grammar. It explains that the future in the past is used to talk about events that had not yet occurred in the past time being referred to. It provides examples of how various future tense verbs, such as "going to", "will", and present continuous, are changed to their past tense equivalents, such as "was going to", "would", and past continuous, when used to talk about the future from a past point of view. A few example sentences demonstrate how the future tenses are adjusted to the past.

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    Verbs

    Future in the past


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    We use the future in the past when we want to speak about something which had still not happened at the moment of
    time in the past that we are referring to.
    There are various different forms of future in the past, all of which correspond to forms that we usually use to refer to the
    future. In fact, the process is the same as that used for converting direct speech to indirect (reported) speech - the verb
    tenses "move back in time":

    Am/Is going to = was going to

    When I saw John last time, he was going to travel around the world.

    Are going to = were going to


    Present continuous (am/is meeting) = past continuous (was meeting)
    Present continuous (are meeting) = past continuous (were meeting)
    Future simple (will) = would

    John said "I'm going to travel around the world".


    I saw Sue this morning, but she couldn't speak to me because she was catching a train shortly afterwards.
    Sue said "I can't speak to you because I am catching a train shortly".
    The judge put him into prison, from where he would never leave before he died.
    The judge said "I am putting you in prison, from where you will never leave before you die".

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