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LIFE5 Unit 11 Future in the Past

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    Grammar: The future in the past
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  • Mr. Bean ______ to head to work, but...well.. he decided to take a beach day.
    would
    is unlikely
    was about
    woul have
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  • From the start, it ____ a difficult project.
    would be
    was being
    was going to be
    is going to be
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  • We didn't think we ______ time to stop for lunch, so we took sandwiches with us.
    were unlikely to have
    were about to have
    will have
    would have
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  • I was about ______ walking, when the bus arrived.
    to start
    to have started
    starting to
    to be starting
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  • If we had known you were coming, we ______ for you.
    would have waited
    were to wait
    were going to wait
    were about to wait
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  • He _______ to quit when the pay increases were announced.
    was likely
    was about
    would have
    was
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  • We knew it was ____ a long and happy working relationship.
    to would be
    likely
    being
    going to be
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  • Correct it! We thought Jim won't arrive for another two hours, but he turned up at 9pm.
    We thought Jim wouldn't arrive for another two hours, but he turned up at 9pm.
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  • Correct it! We were about start filming when Marta suddenly lost her voice.
    We were about to start filming when Marta suddenly lost her voice.
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  • Correct it! When I saw the house, I knew Greg will like it.
    When I saw the house, I knew Greg would like it.
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  • Correct it! They're going to have a goodbye party for Sheila last Friday, but she didn't want one.
    They were going to have a goodbye party for Sheila last Friday, but she didn't want one.
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  • Rewrite the sentence: It was almost time for us to leave (about).
    We were about to leave.
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  • I thought it ____ not _______ to rain today!
    will not likely
    would not have
    was not going
    can not possibly
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  • Change to the future in the past: We think he will arrive today.
    We thought he would arrive yesterday.
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  • Rewrite the sentence: He had a plan to start a business (going to).
    He was going to start a business.
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  • for /I /have /was/ not /pig /would /become /CEO /that /if /it
    I would have become CEO if it was not for that pig.
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