FUTURE IN THE PAST

1 : WOULD, WAS GOING TO, WAS DOING Ook in de verleden tijd kan een handeling in de toekomst liggen t.o.v. het moment van spreken I bought a new bow tie last month because I was going to attend the school gala WOULD : vooral als gebeurtenis nog ver weg was, of als deze lang duurde They moved to Scotland in 1960, where they would spend the rest of their lives Their wedding day was a day they would never forget

1 : WOULD, WAS GOING TO, WAS DOING vervolg WAS / WERE GOING TO (DO) > VOORNEMEN / PLAN IN DE TOEKOMST We turned the TV off because we were going to have a quiet night in front of the fireplace PAST CONTINUOUS (WAS DOING) > AFSPRAAK IN DE TOEKOMST She asked me if I was doing anything after work I couldn’t come as I was meeting Paul, my boss

2 – WAS (JUST) ABOUT TO WORDT GEBRUIKT ALS GEBEURTENIS IN DE ZEER NABIJE TOEKOMST LAG I was just about to tell you something, but I have forgotten what it was When we arrived at the supermarket, it was just about to close

WAS / WERE TO HAPPEN ZEGT IETS VANUIT VERLEDEN OVER GEBEURTENIS IN DE TOEKOMST > FORMEEL In 1995 I met Anne, who was to become my wife Although we argued a lot at first, we were soon to be inseparable

3 – WAS/WERE TO HAVE + VOLT. DEELW GEEFT AAN DAT IETS GEPLAND WAS DAT (LATER) NIET PLAATS VOND My dad was to have taken Friday off, but in the end he had to work We were to have gone to Greece on holiday, but decided to go to Italy instead