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?