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    The document discusses how to talk about the future from two different perspectives: 1) The future seen from now uses present tense verbs like "are going to" and "will" 2) The future seen from the past uses past tense verbs like "were going to", "would", "was supposed to", "were about to", and "were to" It provides examples of how the verb tenses change depending on whether you're talking about the future from the present or past point of view. Time expressions also often need to be changed when discussing the future seen from the past perspective.

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    The document discusses how to talk about the future from two different perspectives: 1) The future seen from now uses present tense verbs like "are going to" and "will" 2) The future seen from the past uses past tense verbs like "were going to", "would", "was supposed to", "were about to", and "were to" It provides examples of how the verb tenses change depending on whether you're talking about the future from the present or past point of view. Time expressions also often need to be changed when discussing the future seen from the past perspective.

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    The document discusses how to talk about the future from two different perspectives: 1) The future seen from now uses present tense verbs like "are going to" and "will" 2) The future seen from the past uses past tense verbs like "were going to", "would", "was supposed to", "were about to", and "were to" It provides examples of how the verb tenses change depending on whether you're talking about the future from the present or past point of view. Time expressions also often need to be changed when discussing the future seen from the past perspective.

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    Future in the Past

    Compare these two sentences:

    We didn't know our ideas were going to be successful.

    We believe our ideas are going to be successful.

    In the first sentence we know the result (our ideas were successful). In the second sentence we
    are predicting the result (our ideas are going to be successful).

    Look at the diagram. In the first sentence we are talking about the future seen from a point in
    the past. In the second sentence we are talking about the future seen from now.
    To talk about the future seen from the past, we use the past tenses of the verb forms we would
    usually use to talk about the future. Compare these sentences.

    The future seen from now The future seen from the past
    am/is/are going to + infinitive was/were going to + infinitive
    ... our ideas are going to be ... our ideas were going to be
    succesful successful…
    will + infinitive would + infinitive
    ... these young fans will go on ... these young fans would go on
    to spend… to spend ...
    is/are supposed to + infinitive was/were supposed to + infinitive
    … Star Trek is just supposed … Star Trek was just supposed
    to offer… to offer…
    am/is/are about to + infinitive was/were about to + infinitive
    . . . these bits of cardboard and . . . these bits of cardboard and
    plastic being used on set are plastic being used on set were
    about to be… about to be…
    is/are to + infinitive was/were to + infinitive
    ... they are to find out… ...they were to find out ...

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    We often need to change time expressions when we talk about the future seen from the past:
    There is to be meeting about it tomorrow. -> There was to be a meeting about it the following
    day

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