Grammar: Talking about the future in the past - BBC English Masterclass

Sian Hi Sian here for BBC Learning English - today

Sian Olá Sian aqui para a BBC Learning English - hoje

is an exciting day because we are going to go back to the past and look at the future!

é um dia emocionante porque vamos voltar ao passado e olhar para o futuro!

So, you know that we have a past tense, a present tense, lots of future forms, but did

Então, você sabe que temos um tempo passado, um tempo presente, muitas formas futuras, mas

you know we also have the future in the past?

você sabia que também temos o futuro no passado?

When we talk about the past, sometimes we want to talk about something that was in the

Quando falamos sobre o passado, às vezes queremos falar sobre algo que estava no

future at that time - to do this we put the future forms into the past. I'm going to show

futuro naquele momento - para fazer isso, colocamos as formas futuras no passado. Vou mostrar

you some examples of this and I'm going to take you back to the past to do this...

alguns exemplos disso e vou levá-lo de volta ao passado para fazer isso...

Ah it's such a nice day today - i'm going to go for a run at lunchtime.

Ah, está um dia tão bonito hoje - vou sair para correr na hora do almoço.

Ah I was going to go for a run today, but I'm feeling a bit tired now!

Ah, eu ia correr hoje, mas estou me sentindo um pouco cansado agora!

So, when we want to use the future in the past with 'going to', 'I am going to' becomes

Assim, quando queremos usar o futuro no passado com 'going to', 'I am going to' torna-se

'I was going to' - ''I was going to go for a run''. We can use this for predictions or

'I was going to' - ''I was going to go for a run''. Podemos usar isso para previsões ou

intentions that change, like my intention to go for a run, or for things that did happen.

intenções que mudam, como minha intenção de correr ou para coisas que aconteceram.

So, "I knew it was going to be sunny today!"

Então, "eu sabia que ia fazer sol hoje!"

Pay attention to the pronunciation though - 'I was going to' when we speak quickly becomes

Preste atenção na pronúncia - 'I was going to' quando falamos rapidamente torna-se

'I was gonna'. "I was gonna go for a run today, but I'm gonna have lunch instead''

'I was going'. "Eu ia correr hoje, mas vou almoçar em vez disso'' "

"I've got to go, I'm meeting Neil at 10 o'clock."

Tenho que ir, encontro Neil às 10 horas." "

"Sorry I was in a rush earlier, I was meeting Neil at 10 o'clock and I didn't want to be late."

Desculpe, eu estava com pressa mais cedo, encontrarei Neil às 10 horas e não queria me atrasar."

So, we use the present continuous to talk about arrangements in the future. When we

Então, usamos o presente contínuo para falar sobre arranjos no futuro. Quando

want to talk about the future in the past, this becomes becomes the past continuous.

queremos falar sobre o futuro no passado, isso se torna o passado contínuo.

So, for example, "I was meeting a friend for lunch so I was in a hurry."

Então, por exemplo, "Eu estava encontrando um amigo para almoçar, então eu estava com pressa."

We can also use this for arrangements that didn't happen, but you intended them to happen.

Também podemos usar isso para arranjos que não aconteceram, mas você pretendia que acontecessem.

I've got to go Neil, I'll call you back later

Tenho que ir Neil, ligo de volta mais tarde

"Oh I told Neil I would call him later... I need to do that!"

"Oh, eu disse a Neil que ligaria para ele mais tarde... preciso fazer isso!"

When referring to the future in the past 'will' becomes 'would' - "I said I'd call Neil." Remember

d ligar para Neil." Lembre-se que

we normally contract would to 'd'.

normalmente o contrato seria 'd'.

"Oh hang on a minute... I was about to call you Neil! No honestly, I was just about to

"Oh, espere um minuto... Eu estava prestes a chamá- lo de Neil! Não, honestamente, eu estava prestes a

call you."

ligar para você."

So, when we talk about the future - something that's going to happen in a short time, we

Então, quando falamos sobre o futuro - algo que vai acontecer em pouco tempo,

use am about to "I'm about to call Neil". When we want to use this structure to talk

usamos am about para "Estou prestes a ligar para Neil". Quando queremos usar essa estrutura para falar

about the future in the past, am about to becomes was about to. I was about to call Neil

sobre o futuro no passado, estou prestes a se tornar estava prestes a. Eu estava prestes a ligar para Neil

when he phoned me.

quando ele me ligou. "

"I think I'll have finished all my work by lunchtime."

Acho que terei terminado todo o meu trabalho na hora do almoço."

"Ah it's almost lunchtime, I thought I'd have finished all my work by now... but it's taking

"Ah, está quase hora do almoço, pensei que já teria terminado todo o meu trabalho... mas está demorando

ages!"

muito!"

So, when we talk about the future in the past using the future perfect, the future perfect

Então, quando falamos sobre o futuro no passado usando o futuro perfeito, a forma do futuro perfeito

form 'will have + past participle' becomes 'would have + past participle'. So, 'I will have finished'

'will have + particípio passado' torna-se 'would have + particípio passado'. Então, 'I will have finish'

becomes 'I would have finished'. Pay attention to the contractions again, so instead of saying

torna-se 'I would have finish'. Preste atenção nas contrações novamente, então ao invés de dizer

'I would have', when we're speaking we say 'I'd've'. 'I thought I'd've made lots of money by now!'

'I would have', quando estamos falando, dizemos ' Eu teria. 'Achei que já teria ganhado muito dinheiro!'

Now, I was going to tell you all to go to our website bbclearningenglish.com for more

Agora, eu ia dizer a todos vocês para irem ao nosso site bbclearningenglish.com para obter mais

information about the future in the past and to practise this... but you all know that

informações sobre o futuro no passado e para praticar isso... mas todos vocês já sabem disso,

already so I don't need to tell you! See you soon - Bye!

então não preciso contar! você logo - Tchau!