The future in the past
Going to: future plans 用Going to表示未来计划
Speakers of English use to be + 'going to' + base verb (without 'to') to talk about plans for the future.
I'm going to visit my uncle in Thailand next Spring.
I'm going to wash the dishes.
I'm going to Poland for Christmas.
Time expressions can be used if the speaker wants to say when the action will happen.
I'm going to visit my uncle in Thailand next Spring.
But it is not always necessary to use a time expression: 'going to' refers to an unspecified time in the future.
I'm going to wash the dishes.
'Going to go' can be shortened to 'going'.
I'm going to Poland for Christmas. = 'I'm going to go to Poland for Christmas.'
Was going to: the future in the past 过去未来式(用was going to表示过去未来发生的动作)
Sometimes we make plans for the future, but the plans don't actually happen. Speakers of English use was/were + 'going to' + base verb (without 'to') to look back at the plans we made but didn't do.
I was going to visit my uncle in Thailand last Spring, but I couldn't afford a ticket.
I was going to wash the dishes, but there wasn't enough time.
I was going to go to Poland for Christmas, but I stayed in France.
Time expressions can be used if the speaker wants to say when the action should have happened.
I was going to visit my uncle in Thailand last Spring.
But it is not always necessary to use a time expression.
I was going to wash the dishes.
I was going to meet a gorgeous man.
He was going to be funny, and rich too.
When the subject of the sentence is I/he/she/it, use 'was'.
I was going to meet a gorgeous man. He was going to be funny, and rich too.
When the subject of the sentence is you/we/they, use 'were'.
We were going to get married.
Was/were going to: pronunciation 注意was/were going to的发音
In spoken English, the phrase 'going to' can be pronounced word by word, especially when speaking slowly, or in formal situations.
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