Future in the past

I was about to send my exam...

• ...when a blackout happened.

• ...on her way home

• ...was a cold day.

Anna was bound to use the app...

• ...to finish well

• ...in her class.

• ...buy a new car.

Sam insisted he ___ create a new type of computer, but no more.

• will

• would

Ben ___ unlikely to apply to the NASA, but he tried anyway.

• is

• was

The astronauts didn't think they ___ time to stop in the space station, so they asked for more supplies.

• have

• would have

I was about to ___ that model when the company presented a new model.

• buy

• buying

Some scientists ___ going to create the Internet, but the project was cancelled.

• were

• was

The NASA ___ going to send a mission to Mars, but there was no money for the program.

• was

• were

Andy Warhol said that people were ___ become popular for 15 minutes in the future. He was right!

• bound to

• would

• would have

Nuclear energy was ___ be used around the world when the Chernobyl disaster happened.

• about to

• will

• is going to