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C1 Future in the Past Test

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C1 Future in the Past Test

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British English usage: Future-in-the-past uses past forms to describe something that was still future from an earlier past viewpoint, including would, was/were going to, was/were about to and was/were to.

Cambridge Grammar reference: Cambridge explicitly treats future-in-the-past as a viewpoint system: speakers look forward from a past reference point.

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1. She said she ___ call me later.
2. I knew they ___ arrive by ten.
3. He said he ___ visit Rome, but the trip was cancelled.
4. We ___ leave when the phone rang.
5. The president ___ visit the region the following week.
6. Choose the future-in-the-past sentence.
7. At that point I thought I ___ fail the exam.
8. She was leaving the next day. This is a ___ form referring to the future from a past point.
9. He promised he ___ help us.
10. The train ___ depart at six, but there was a delay.
11. I was just ___ call you when you rang.
12. They said they ___ a holiday the following April.