Future seen from the Past

Question 1

Future from the past we use the past of the verbs forms for the future, and always in reporting.

Answer 1

I haven’t got much money, so I’ll stay at home this summer.
Eleni decided she would stay at home this summer.

Question 2

I’m not going to say anything about the exam today because I don’t have time.

Answer 2

I wasn’t going to say anything about the exam, but the students asked me about it.

Question 3

Will you be going alone?

Answer 3

At the time, I thought I would be going alone, but Eleni decided to come.

Question 4

There is to be a meeting this evening.

Answer 4

It was announced that there was to be a meeting this evening.

Question 5

If the future from the past is still the future, Present or Past is possible.

Answer 5

It was announced this morning that there is to be/was to be a meeting this evening.

Question 6

Use was/were to +infinitive for things that happened and was/were to have +Past Participle for things didn’t happen.

Answer 6

The boat, which was to have taken them to the island, failed to arrive.
He was to find out that the car he had bought was stolen.

Question 7

It is more natural to say supposed to.

Answer 7

I was supposed to help, but I was ill. (more natural than I was to have helped).