How to use the future in the past - English In A Minute

Sometimes we want to talk about something we thought

A veces queremos hablar de algo que pensamos

would happen in the future at a point in the past.

que sucedería en el futuro en un momento del pasado.

We'll look at how to do this now.

Veremos cómo hacer esto ahora.

To do this, we use past versions of future forms.

Para hacer esto, usamos versiones pasadas de formas futuras.

'Will' becomes 'would'.

'Will' se convierte en 'would'.

Yesterday I said I would go to the park.

Ayer dije que iría al parque.

'Going to' becomes 'was going to'. Like this:

'Going to' se convierte en 'was going to'. Así:

The last time I saw you,

La última vez que te vi

you were going to start a new job. What's it like?

, ibas a empezar un nuevo trabajo. ¿Cómo es?

The present continuous becomes the past continuous.

El presente continuo se convierte en pasado continuo.

Last week you were visiting your family

La semana pasada estabas visitando a tu familia

the day after I saw you. How did it go?

al día siguiente de que yo te vi. ¿Como le fue?

So to recap:

En resumen:

'will' becomes 'would',

'will' se convierte en 'would',

'going to' becomes 'was going to'

'going to' se convierte en 'was going to'

and the present continuous

y el presente continuo se

becomes the past continuous.

convierte en pasado continuo.

At the start,

Al principio,

I said we'd look at how to talk about the

dije que buscaríamos cómo hablar sobre el

future in the past. And now we have.

futuro en el pasado. Y ahora tenemos.

Bye!

¡Adiós!