Future in the past

When do we use due to + infinitive?

• talk about the future from a past perspective

• other people's expectations

• refer to scheduled times

• predictions for events from a past perspective

True or false? We can use the future in the past to talk about future events that did actually happen.

• False

• True

We were ____ into the meeting at 2 PM.

• unlikely to arrive

• supposed to have been gone

• due to go

• to be

He ____ go on to achieve amazing levels of success.

• were to

• was to

• would

• is bound

We use expression it/that wasn't to be to:

• say that something we had predicted/hoped for did happen

• express the same ideas

• say that something we had predicted/hoped for didn't happen

• express opposing ideas

We had been hoping to win the match, but ______.

• it wasn't to be

• it should have been

• it could have happened

• that wasn't to be

We use were to/would +base form to:

• make predictions for events from a past perspective

• talk about the future from a past perspective

• express that the action should have been taken soon afterwards

• talk about the past arrangements

I knew that from that day onwards we ________ friends forever.

• had to remain

• ought to have remained

• were to remain

• would remain

We use be supposed + infinitive with to to:

• expressing an opinion about a past event

• talk about other people's expectations

• talk about something being imminent

• to express a probability of a hypothetic event in the past

I ______ my application for Monday, but I'd completely forgotten.

• was supposed to sent in

• was supposed to have sent in

• was supposed to have been sending in

• was supposed to send in