Global MCQ Practice
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Future In The Past Was Going To WouldSet 1

1I'll call you as soon as I ..... (get) back from my holiday.
2We thought it ..... fun if we dressed up for the party tomorrow night.
3He had a feeling that the vacation ..... (be) a disaster. prediction
4We ..... to land in Singaporebut our pilot changed the arrangements in thelast minute.
5We ..... fly to Istanbul, but we took the train instead.
6If I see your mom, I ..... her that you don't study hard enough.
7Sofia will hold a party to celebrate the event .....
8If my brother and I ..... the homework this evening, we will watch TV tonight.
9Based on the reading, which sentence would you check as "Future in the Past"?
10Project SCORE was the first communications satellite ever put into Earth's orbit, and it will be launched on December 18, 1958.
11Which of the following is an example of "future in the past"?
12If schools had encouraged intergenerational activities, students ..... more empathy.
13The twenty police officers who were to have gone off duty at eight .....
14Nuclear energy was ..... be used around the world when the Chernobyl disaster happened.
15Complete the sentences using a future in the past form, and the verb in parentheses.-That's funny. I ..... (just / ask) you exactly the same question!
16We ..... play chess, but there was really nothing better to do, so we decided to play.
17I ..... to call you last night but forgot.
18Past Future tense = Subject + would + have + V3.
19We ..... (sign) the contract this afternoon but there's been a delay.
20"She ..... (accept) the job, but the salary was too low."
21Sorry, I ..... you today, but I forgot.
22Choose the phrase that express the following:Nosotros ibamos a pasar tiempo con nuestros amigos en Venecia.
23We ..... go to the beach, but it started raining.
24Ten years ago, he ..... work in Canada. He changed his mind.
25I ..... make some cupcakes, but then my oven broke
26If she doesn't wake up now, she ..... the bus.
27Past Future tense = Subject + would + V1.
28The last time I saw you, you ..... quit your job ..... did you do it in the end?
29The weather expert predicted that the coming typhoon ..... destructive.
30Mary:You look very cold.Lucy:When I left the house, I had no idea it ..... (snow) this afternoon.
31I ..... (go) to spend the afternoon with my friends but decided to stay home instead.
32By the time you will get home, we will have already been in bed.
33One sentence does NOT express future in the past. Which is it?
34Despite the curator's objections, the piece ..... in the main gallery.
35Is she going to fall in the hole?
36She didn't know that her life ..... change after graduation.
37Which structure is used for predictions from a past perspective?
38Fill in the blank with the past future tense's verb form!I ..... eat pizza last weekend but unfortunately I lost my money.
39I ..... you with your homework as soon as l ..... writing these essays. A) will help / have finished B) am helping / have finished C) was going to help / will finish D) help / am going to finish
40We went to the cinema, where we ..... a film about the Mafia, but it was so popular we couldn't get in.
41Which of the following best describes the meaning of "Future in the Past"?
42At the Brussels meeting over the last weekend Madeleine Albright, The American secretary of State, ..... her allies that future NATO missions ..... them further afield, but not all over the world.
43Which is NOT a future in the past structure?
44I saw he had a gun, but I didn't think he .....
45Which of the following is a future in the past:'I was going to travel' or 'I will travel'?
46Complete the sentence with the correct future in the past structure.Thomas and Luis ..... go fishing this weekend.
47Which tense is used to denote an action completed before a definite moment which was future from the point of view of the past?
48The job applicants were informed that the selection results ..... the following week.
49If I don't eat breakfast tomorrow morning, I ..... hungry during class.
50Complete the sentence with the best future in the past structure.I ..... call you, but I fell asleep instead.
51Jenny didn't come to my party. I am sad because she said she ..... come.
52When can the future-in-the-past forms be used in object clauses?
53Olivia ..... last week, but she had an accident. She'llstart sometime next week.
54Complete the sentence with the best future in the past structure.They ..... eat at the restaurant but it was closed.
55That night I was very excited because the next morning I ..... back home on the first train.
56My expectation was that Sandra ..... the promotion, but they gave it Leander instead.
57She knew she would be excited when she got her acceptance letter to college."
58I believed that our situation ..... get far worse.
59She said she ..... call me, but she forgot.
60Which of the following sentences uses the Future in the Past correctly?
61The President ..... a speech, but in the end he ..... his mind. A. would deliver-had changed B. was going to deliver-changedC. delivered-had changed D. was delivering-changed