About this lesson
This ready-to-use ESL grammar lesson plan on future-in-the-past helps learners understand and practise how to talk about future events from a past perspective. Through a clear study box explaining the three forms — would + bare infinitive, was/were going to + infinitive, and was/were + present participle — with guidance on usage and common errors, followed by multiple-choice, dialogue completion, story-writing, error-correction, and sentence-rewriting exercises, it's ideal for teachers aiming to develop students' grammatical accuracy and confidence in narrative tenses at the upper-intermediate level.
Learning outcomes
- 01Vocabulary
- 02Grammar: Future-in-the-past tense
- 03Support video
Talking about the future in the past – BBC English Masterclass
Skills and tags
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