I UNIT 101future in the past

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• Subtopic: Function of "Future in the Past" There are different ways to refer to plans or obligations that were in the future at the time someone spoke or thought about them in the past. We sometimes refer to this as "future in the past." We do not use future forms to describe these plans and obligations, but past forms. • Subtopic: Form and Usage | Use | Example | |---------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Use the past progressive to say that someone had a scheduled activity for a specific time in the future. The activity may or may not have happened in the end. | The teacher was nervous on her break. The school was filming her lecture later that day. | | Use reporting verbs and would or the past progressive to report what was said about the future. The activity may or may not have happened in the end. | I told the team I would be at the meeting. I told the team I was going to be at the meeting. | | Use the past progressive to say that someone had ...