Using "was/were to plus infinitive" and "was/were to have plus past participle" to talk about arranged events that were in the future at a certain moment in the past.
We use “was/were to + infinitive” to describe events which took place, and
“was/were to have + past participle” to talk about events which didn't happen.Answers
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Future in the Past: Lesson (Would, Past Continuous, Going to, Was/Were to + Infinitite, Was/Were to Have + Past Participle)
Future in the Past: Exercise on "Going to"
Future in the Past: Exercise on "Would" & "Going to"
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ReplyDeleteit used to be a confusion of mine, but everything changed after I see the grammar analysis here, very helpful.
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ReplyDeletePatricio. Thanks to mister Hemingway who wrote "A farewell to arms" here I saw : was and were + infinitive
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