Future in the Past
El tiempo Future in Past responde a la pregunta: What was going to happen? = ¿Qué iba a pasar? o What was going to be happening? = ¿Qué iba a estar pasando?. Se forma: Sujeto + was/were + going to + verbo en presente (I was going to work). Sujeto + was/were + going to + be + verbo en progresivo (I was going to be working).
Simple Tenses - Continuous Tenses
Future in the Past
What was going to happen? - ¿Qué iba a pasar?
I was going to work - Iba a trabajar
I am sorry. I was going to call you but then I forgot.
Lo lamento. Te iba a llamar pero lo olvidé.
We were going to take the foreign visitors around town, but they never arrived.
Íbamos a llevar a los visitantes extranjeros a conocer la ciudad, pero nunca llegaron.
James was going to print his paper, but the printer was not working.
James iba a imprimir su trabajo, pero la impresora no estaba funcionando.
Mr. Drake was going to fix his car, but it was too expensive.
El Sr. Drake iba a reparar su auto, pero era demasiado costoso.
That singer was going to record a new album but then she got sick.
Esa cantante iba a grabar un álbum nuevo pero se enfermó.
We were not going to swim in the river.
No íbamos a nadar en el río.
The plane was not going to depart at 6:00.
El avión no iba a partir a las 6:00.
Was he going to buy tickets for the concert?
¿Él iba a comprar entradas para el concierto?
Were they going to move to South Africa?
¿Ellos iban a mudarse a Sudáfrica?
Future in the Past – Continuous form
What was going to be happening? - ¿Qué iba a estar pasando?
I was going to be working - Iba a estar trabajando
Mrs. Jones was going to be working in her garden, but it was too cold to be outdoors.
La Sra. Jones iba a estar trabajando en el jardín, pero hacía demasiado frío para estar afuera.
Alan was going to be repairing the front door when the tenants arrived.
Alan iba a estar reparando la puerta de entrada cuando llegaran los inquilinos.
The boys had lost their tent so they were going to be sleeping under the trees.
Los niños habían perdido la carpa entonces iban a estar durmiendo bajo los árboles.
They were not going to be painting their apartment on a wet day.
No iban a estar pintando el departamento un día húmedo.
Was Peter going to be calling her during the baseball game?
¿Peter iba a estar llamándola durante el partido de baseball?