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✍️ Future in the Past Exercises: Printable Worksheets with Answers

Exercise 1: Choose was going to or would

1. I ______ call you, but I forgot. →
2. He promised he ______ arrive on time. →
3. Every summer, we ______ visit our grandparents. →
4. She ______ study law, but she chose medicine. →
5. They said they ______ help us. →

Exercise 2: Complete with was/were about to

1. I ______ (leave) when you called. →
2. She ______ (fall) asleep when the phone rang. →
3. They ______ (give up) when they found the answer. →

Exercise 3: Rewrite the sentences using future in the past

1. "I will help you." (He said) →
2. My intention was to travel, but I didn't. →
3. The phone rang at the moment I was starting to eat. →