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Luyện ngữ pháp - Destination C1 and C2 ((Unit 5: Grammar - Future time))


Future in the past

When we look back at what was the future once, we usually make the future verb forms past. Will becomes would, is going to become was going to, etc. Tenses such as present simple also change, by going back one tense.

will ➔ would Then: I think the factory will open in September.
Now: I thought the factory would open in September.
present simple ➔ past simple Then: I'm in a rush because the train leaves at 4.
Now: I was in a rush because the train left at 4.
Form - Other ways to express the future Exercise - A


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