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Tenses · CEFR B2 · Confident
Looking forward from a point in the past. Very often it carries the sense that the plan did not happen.
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I was going to go, but it rained.
was / were going to + verb · would + verb
Question 1 of 1
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Example 1 of 1
I was going to go, but it rained.
The plan was in the past, so the looking-forward has to be in the past too.
The shape
was / were going to + verb · would + verb
Say what you had planned but did not do.
In Hindi
बीते किसी पल से आगे देखने के लिए। अक्सर इसका मतलब होता है कि वह योजना पूरी नहीं हुई।
CoCap explains every structure in both languages, because a rule you understand in Hindi is a rule you can use in English.
The sentence Indian-English speakers actually produce, and the reason it is wrong.
| Commonly said | Correct English |
|---|---|
I will go, but it rained. | I was going to go, but it rained. The plan was in the past, so the looking-forward has to be in the past too. |
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Where this structure sits in the ladder, and what surrounds it.
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