Express intentions and plans that changed

Express intentions and plans that changed

Was / Were going to and Would

To express and ask about past intentions and plans that changed use:

was/were going to + verb in base form​

I was going to get married​

​Was she going to take the course?

​Who was going to teach this class?

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​They were going to study art

​Were you going to study with Dr. Mellon?

​Weren't you going to study law?

​Where were they going to work?

You can also use Would (the past of will)​ + a verb in base form to express intentions and plans that changed.

But only in a noun clause following verbs such as:

thought, believed or said

She thought she would be a doctor​

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​We always believed they would get married

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​They said they would pay for their daughter's studies

Note​

You can also​ use was/were going to in a noun clause after thought, believed or said

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They said they were going to ​arrive before noon

Multiple Choice

Use ____ to talk about future plans or expectations that existed in the past.

• verb to be + going + the past simple form of a verb

• was or were + going to + the base form of a verb

• where + going + the base form of a verb

Multiple Choice

____ can also express this.

• will + the past simple form of a verb

• could + the base form of a verb

• would + the base form of a verb

Multiple Choice

"I was going to get married​"

In this statement, did the plan actually happened?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

"​Were you going to study with Dr. Mellon?​"

Can this question be answered both negatively and positively??

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

To express plans and intentions that changed, you can also use verbs like...?

• thought, said, or believed

• knew, prevented or protect

• happened, started or invented

​Choose the correct answer to complete each sentence

Multiple Choice

Did you think you ___ feel this way about the news?

• would

• were going

• weren't going

Multiple Choice

I thought we ___ to eat dinner inside since it's getting cold

• aren't going

• wouldn't

• were going

Multiple Choice

No one knew that the product ___ such a success

• would

• was going to be

• wasn't going to

Multiple Choice

Bob and Glenn ___ going to wait for us, were they?

• were

• would

• weren't

Multiple Choice

They always thought they ___ move someplace warmer, but they didn't

• wouldn't

• weren't going to

• would